The Oak Creek Public Library offers electronic resources you can access from home including e-materials, classes, and databases. If you do not have an Oak Creek library card you can apply for one. If you have forgotten your PIN you can reset it.
e-Materials
Wisconsin’s Digital Library and Libby
Wisconsin’s Digital Library, also known as OverDrive, is a state-wide catalog of free e-Books, e-Audiobooks, e-Magazines, and videos that you can check out and enjoy for limited periods of time. All you need is a Wisconsin library card and Internet access.
To access these e-Materials on a smart device, just use the Libby app. Libby lets you read across devices, provides offline access, and makes it easy to customize how you read. Tired of waitlists? Items in Libby’s Lucky Day Collection can be checked out instantly!
The Libby app is available to download on Android and Apple devices.
Comics Plus
All Milwaukee County public library card holders have access to the Comics Plus database. This resource offers thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga with unlimited, simultaneous access. Every title is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on computers, tablets, and smartphones.
Classes
Peterson’s Test Prep
Peterson’s Test Prep provides online courses, e-Books, and full-length practice tests for GED, SAT, ACT, AP, PSAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, U.S. citizenship, and more. Through this resource, you can research tuition assistance, explore career options, and use interactive tools to gain insight on various careers or vocational programs. This database is geared toward teens in high school as well as adults seeking higher education.
Transparent Language Online
With over 100 languages to choose from, Transparent Language Online provides a fun, effective, and engaging experience for learners of all levels looking to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language. Combining robust courses, supplemental vocabulary, extensive grammar resources, and mobile apps, Transparent Language Online is the most complete language-learning system.
Udemy Business
Udemy Business offers 10,000+ online video courses in the areas of business, tech, and personal development across 75+ different categories. Each course consists of on-demand video with support articles. Learners will receive a certificate of completion when the video course is finished. You will need a Google or Microsoft account to sign in to Udemy Business. If you don’t already have an account, both are free but you must be 13 years or older. Udemy Business is also available as an app; we recommend setting up your account on a desktop computer first then setting up the app to view your video courses on your mobile device. Follow this video tutorial to set up the app.
Databases
SPOTLIGHT: Consumer Reports
Contains the complete text of all articles and product recalls in the 12 regular monthly issues of Consumer Reports magazine, the 12 monthly issues of two newsletters, Consumer Reports Travel Letter, and Consumer Reports on Health.
This BadgerLink database provides full-text journal and magazine articles for high school students enrolled in various Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses.
Alternative and holistic approaches to health care and wellness. This is a BadgerLink database.
Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers
Produced by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, this site offers access to its 235 daily and weekly member newspapers. Newspaper content is available beginning with April 2005 and recent issues are included following a two month embargo period. Each edition is provided in full, cover to cover, in a searchable PDF format.
From personal interest to educational research, BadgerLink provides Wisconsin residents with licensed, trustworthy content not available from free search engines.
Step-by-step guide to learn about the research process.
Encyclopedia articles with images, maps, games, and other learning materials for elementary school students and educators.
Offers encyclopedias and other digital resources for primary-level students. Ofrece enciclopedias y otros recursos digitales para estudiantes del nivel primario.
Use this powerful resource to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites.
Learning resource collection tailored to the unique needs of young children. Similar to Britannica School Early Elementary, but for the public library setting.
Britannica School Early Elementary
Learning resource collection tailored to the unique needs of PreK-2 students and educators. Access Britannica Fundamentals content through this new resource.
Encyclopedia articles with images, maps, games, and other learning materials for middle school students and educators.
The industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. This database provides full text back to 1886 and searchable cited references back to 1998.
OEM repair, maintenance, and service information on most cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs. Provides step-by-step procedures, diagnostic and troubleshooting help, and a video library.
Computers and Applied Sciences Complete
Articles on the topics of computing, technology, and the engineering disciplines.
Provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
This is the EBSCO version of Consumer Reports magazine which offers full text from 1991 to the present.
A research database designed for education students, professionals, and policymakers.
Educational Administration Abstracts
Indexing and some full-text articles from selected periodicals in the field of education.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
Access the US Department of Education’s research center online along with books, articles, and reports from the field of education.
European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750
A comprehensive guide to printed material about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. From EBSCO, this multilingual database does not contain the full-text to cited books.
Lesson plans, curriculum standards, and other professional development resources for educators. This resource highlights content relevant to K-12 teachers, includes information on state curriculum standards, and provides easy access to lesson plans from ERIC and other resources.
Explora for Elementary Schools
EBSCO’s interface for schools and public libraries. Designed specifically for its users, the interface supports student research and classroom instruction.
Simultaneously searches 20 of EBSCO’s most popular databases. Included are resources found in Academic Search Premier to Science Reference Center and everything in between. No more trying to decide which product contains the articles or topics you need – try this first!
Explora for Middle and High School
Features the ability to browse by Arts & Literature, Biography, Business & Government, Current Issues, Geography, Health, History, and Science & Math while drawing from a wide array of EBSCO databases. It also provides an easy-to-use interface and updated functionality such as the cite button that formats your footnotes and bibliographies so you can just paste the information into your paper or report.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
A general purpose encyclopedia for all ages.
Offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government, and general-interest titles includes content about global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records as well as Open Access full-text for more than 4,700 records.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
A collection of consumer health information.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Current health articles taken from academic journals, professional reports, and trade publications searchable through EBSCO.
A comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources.
Offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction books; cover-to-cover full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals; nearly 57,000 historical documents; more than 77,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 113,000 historical photos and maps; and more than 80 hours of historical video.
Explore popular topics like needlecraft, home & garden, collecting, performing arts, cooking, and more.
Magazines and reference books on home improvement and repair project topics.
Humanities International Complete
Scholarly and literary articles as well as book reviews.
The Juice – Reading Practice through Daily News
Practice your reading skills through daily news articles from The Juice. They are written at four reading levels starting at 5th grade and going up to 12th grade. You can change the reading level to find the best fit for you. This is also a great way to get the whole family involved; discuss the daily news with your kids!
Library & information Science Source
A research database for library and information science students, professionals, and policymakers.
Literary Reference Source Plus
A collection of literary criticism and reference works for the general public as well as for high school students, higher ed students, and educators. The primary goal of LRC is to assist English and Humanities students with homework and research assignments of a literary nature.
This resource provides a collection of popular magazines, books, and multimedia that addresses a wide range of subject areas important for the schooling of middle and high school students.
Features more than 2,300 full-text magazines and journals. It covers topics such as business, health, education, fitness, leisure, personal finance, general science, multicultural issues, DIY, and fashion. It features over 73,000 full-text, primary source documents as well and videos from the Associated Press.
Search and retrieve medical and health information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) with this EBSCO database. Use the MeSH thesaurus link for best results!
Military and Government Collection
A database of full-text journals and periodicals pertaining to all branches of the military and government. It is designed to offer current news to military members, analysts, policy makers, students, and researchers. Content includes more than 270 full-text journals and periodicals as well as indexing and abstracts for 440 journals and periodicals.
You’ll find the latest breaking business news updated throughout the day, this week’s top business stories from the Milwaukee area, and other popular features. System-wide access is provided by the Milwaukee Public Library.
This database provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. Newspaper Source Plus includes 1,520 full-text newspapers, providing more than 28 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 601, 300 television and radio news transcripts, videos, and podcasts.
Newspaper.com Library Edition World Collection
Historical newspapers archive from the 1700s-2000s containing thousands of well-known regional, state, and small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.
Near real-time access to top world-wide news.
Full-text reviews, annotations, publication information, subject headings, and more for more than 120,000 works of fiction. This database can also recommend similar titles and authors, provide guides for book discussions, and more.
Your solution for integrating fiction across the curriculum. With its fun & intuitive interface and extensive feature content, NoveList K-8 will be the resource you and your young readers turn to when looking for the next book to read.
Curates K-12 multimedia educational content. Find videos, images, sound files, and animations spanning all curricular areas that are a part of Wisconsin’s public broadcasting system.
Poetry & Short Story Reference Source
This database contains classic and contemporary poems, short stories, biographies, and essays along with lesson plans and learning guides.
Points of View Reference Source
Resources presenting multiple sides of an issue to help assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills. Intended for high school and adult learners.
Drawn from age-appropriate magazines, Primary Search offers magazine articles and easy-to-read books to support homework assignments for elementary school students.
Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, this BadgerLink database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles and more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full-text education journals in the world.
An online tutoring platform available to all residents of Milwaukee County. You will be guided through lessons that teach basic reading skills, vocabulary, grammar, word pronunciation, and more. The verbal instruction is easy to understand and leads you through each step. To get started, visit this form to enter your first name, last name, and an email address. After you submit the form, you will receive an email within two days with a login link to get started with your lessons.
This database provides comprehensive, full-text coverage for regional business publications. It incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States, including The Daily Reporter from Milwaukee.
Full-text science reference books, images, and articles on various topics.
This BadgerLink database is for educators and librarians serving students from grades 9 through 12. It includes information on over 30,000 fiction and nonfiction titles as well as and multimedia covering a range of subject areas.
This database gives detailed, user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines.
Serving teachers at all levels, this research database from EBSCO provides full citations and abstracts from 220 peer-reviewed journals. It covers topics such as assessment, best practices, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, elementary education, higher education, Instructional media, language arts, literacy standards, school administration, science & mathematics, and teacher education.
Resources that brings books to life. It contains a diverse and constantly growing online collection of multimedia K-12 book and author resources that helps teachers integrate books throughout the curriculum.
Current and archival to 1980s U.S. news featuring key national and regional sources including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, and Chicago Tribune as well as over 80 Gannett titles.
Wisconsin Historical Society Family History Records
Browse family history research records from the Wisconsin Historical Society records available on Ancestry. This collection has family history-related government records covering various time periods between 1800-1987. Birth, death, and marriage indexes can be found alongside state censuses, wills, and probate records.