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Regionally Available Resources: Wisconsin | BadgerLink

This guide highlights resources that are made available to people in the Advocate Aurora Health community by their local and state governments.

BadgerLink Overview

BadgerLink is Wisconsin's Online Library, and it provides Wisconsin residents with access to licensed content from trustworthy resources. The available resources contain diverse content that is used by K-12 schools, public libraries, public and private universities and technical colleges, medical and health-care facilities and practitioners, and state agencies.

BadgerLink is a service provided by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Library Services Team, and resources and staff are paid for with Universal Service Funds appropriated through Wisconsin's biennial budget and federal funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Learn more about BadgerLink.

How to Access BadgerLink Resources

When connecting to BadgerLInk resources, you may be prompted to login. There are two ways to login: 

  1. Find your city or town and your public library, then enter your public library card barcode.
  2. Find Wisconsin, then enter your 5-digit zip code. 

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