Informational Databases

Badger Link

Contains the EBSCO suite of databases and many other resources. To access off-campus, click http://www.badgerlink.net/lib_card.html and scroll down to La Crosse - Western Technical College Library. Library Barcode Number is your Western ID Number.

CREDO Reference

Dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, biographies, and quotations covering the full spectrum of human knowledge.

Criminal Justice Periodicals Index (CJPI)

Includes US and international criminal justice journals, law enforcement and corrections administration, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security information.

CultureGrams Online

Offers up-to-date country reports on over 200 cultures of the world, United States, and Canadian provinces. Teaching activities, currency converter, citation generator, distance calculator, recipes, and much more.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GLOBAL WARMING

Provides coverage of the science, policy, and social issues surrounding climate change. Addresses a broad range of topics from scientific concepts to social issues to current laws.

GreenFILE

Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, this multi-disciplinary database focuses on the relationship between humans and the environment.

Health Reference Center

Integrates millions of articles from nursing and allied health journals, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and consumer health information sources.

Historical Encyclopedia of American Business

This database provides a complete view of all aspects of American business. Brought to you by the Salem History suite of databases.

LexisNexis Academic

Full-text access to over 6000 news, business, and legal publications.

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS IN CONTEXT

Covers a variety of social issues from Stem Cell Research to Terrorism and Gun Control. Topic overviews, pro and con viewpoint articles, court-case overviews, biographies, primary source documents and more.