Virtual Library Cards
Getting Started
Sheboygan Area School District students have instant access to free streaming services, e-books, online classes and other digital library resources.
If a site requires you to create an account, please use your school email address.
Otherwise, log into any of the resources below using your student ID# and date of birth as follows:
- Your card number is the number 0035, followed by your six-digit student ID. For example, if your student ID was 123456, your card number would be 0035123456.
- Your PIN is your date of birth, with no spaces or other characters between the numbers. For example, if your birthday was 12/27/2011, your PIN would be 12272011.
Parents/caregivers can opt their children out of the program by calling Mead Library at 920-459-3400.
Resources for Students
Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier is a comprehensive database of academic journals for scholarly research. Articles from 4,700+ full-text publications in the fields of biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, and m
African American Experience
Covers African American history and its relation to U.S. history through published articles, essays, objects and artifacts, ideas and movements, images, documents, and other historical and culturally valuable sources.
American Indian Experience
Illuminates the historical and contemporary practices and tribulations of more than 150 Native American tribes from all regions of North America.
Ancestry.com
Ancestry Library Edition, distributed exclusively by ProQuest and powered by Ancestry.com, delivers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more.
Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers
Powered by Wisconsin Newspaper Association for student and adult researchers, the Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers features full-text daily/weekly Wisconsin newspapers from 2005 to 90 days ago.
BadgerLink
BadgerLink is a statewide service to libraries and schools offering full-text access to a variety of resources including thousands of back-issue magazine and newspaper articles in full text.
Britannica School
For students and educators, Britannica School is the access point for Britannica School Elementary, Middle, and High.
Career Cruising
Career Cruising is a global leader in career development software for people of all ages. No other program offers the fun, intuitive, engaging experience that brings potential to life.
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports is a product of Consumers Union, an expert, independent, nonprofit organization that brings you information and product ratings on thousands of products, including autos.
EBSCO All Resources
Education Research Complete
Research covering all levels of education from early childhood to higher education. For college-level and adult researchers.
Educational Administration Abstracts
Citations covering areas related to educational administration. For college-level and adult researchers.
ERIC
Citations and links to full-text articles related to education. For college-level and adult researchers.
Explora
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia is for student and adult researchers. It includes over 25,000 encyclopedia entries for students and adults.
Gale Online Courses
Online resource providing access to exceptional classes on multiple topics of interest, including career training programs and languages.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
eBooks on this award-winning platform deliver outstanding nonfiction to support research and education for students, faculty, patrons, and librarians.
Glassdoor Salary Details, Reviews and More
Glassdoor is a comprehensive career resource with information on 70,000+ companies. Glassdoor includes salary and bonuses and details for specific jobs at specific companies, as well as hiring process details.
HeritageQuest Online
Comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources for college-level and adult researchers.
Historical Newspapers: Wisconsin Collection
Coverage on issues such as state politics and legislation; school board meetings, zoning board meetings, and historical topics and events like the boom of the papermaking industry in Wisconsin; the immigration of Hmong Americans to Wisconsin after
History Reference Center
History Reference Center offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 77,000 biographies of historical figures, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
Hoopla
Humanities International Complete
Humanities International Complete provides full text of hundreds of journals and other published sources from around the world. Includes all data from Humanities International Index plus unique full text content.
IXL Online Learning
Kanopy
KnowledgeCity
KnowledgeCity® is an educational website offering online video training courses in business, software, safety, compliance and finance.
Latino American Experience
Provides learners with far more than history lessons with facts and figures. It tells of the Latino experience first-hand, through the voices of Latino authors and contributors.
Learning Express Library
Learning Express offers an interactive online practice tests and tutorials for many exams, including: ACT, ASVAB, GED, GRE, Law Enforcement, LSAT, Postal workers, SAT, US Citizenship.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
Library, Information Science & Technology provides article citations covering subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, etc.
MAS Complete
Powered by EBSCOhost for middle and high school students, MAS Ultra - School Edition is a collection of magazines, books, and multimedia covering a wide-range of subject areas including history, science, careers, etc.
MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE Premier covers virtually every area of general interest and also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents.
Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary is powered by Britannica Digital Learning for students and educators. It is the largest, most comprehensive American dictionary containing more than 700,000 definitions with 143,000 etymologies.
MiddleSearchPlus
Powered by EBSCOhost, MiddleSearchPlus includes magazine and primary sources suitable for middle school students.
New York Times
Enjoy free unlimited access to NYTimes.com on any device during your visit, at home or on the go.
Newspaper Archive
NewspaperARCHIVE is the world's best resource for historical and genealogical information. Our unique archive spans more than 400 years of family history, small-town events, world news and more.
Newspaper Source Plus
Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 710 full text newspapers, providing more than 31 million full text articles. In addition, the database features more than 684,000 television and radio news transcripts.
NoveList K-8
Powered by EBSCO for children and pre-teens, NoveList K-8 is a children's fiction recommendation resource with read-alikes, discussion guides, reading lists and more.
OverDrive/Libby
Popular Magazines
Find full-text issues of popular magazine titles, available for free with your library card. Access provided through BadgerLink.
Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular magazines for elementary school research.
Professional Development Collection
Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Provided by BadgerLink.
Reference Solutions
Reference Solutions (formerly Reference USA) is the premier source of business and residential information for reference and research, and offers the most up-to-date data available in the market.
Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone and EBSCO Information Services have combined to offer you the Rosetta Stone courses for 30 different languages.
Sharpe Online Reference
The U.S. History and Culture Collection offers a unique, interdisciplinary approach to U.S.
Sheboygan Press
Wisconsin Newsstand from Proquest offers comprehensive, local news from The Sheboygan Press (since November 30, 2002) and other Wisconsin Gannett newspapers.
TeachingBooks.net
TeachingBooks share the spirit of books and reading by bringing authors into your classroom. Provided by BadgerLink.
The African American Experience
Covers African American history and its relation to U.S. history through published articles, essays, objects and artifacts, ideas and movements, images, documents, and other historical and culturally valuable sources.
Transparent Language
Tumblebooks
TumbleBooks is the place to go to hear stories, play games, and more. E-books for e-kids!
Universal Class
Learn something new today! UniversalClass offers hundreds of online CE classes. Our courses are not just tutorials; they are real.
WISCAT
WISCAT is a statewide union catalog of library holdings containing over 7 million titles and more than 33 million holdings from over 1,200 contributing Wisconsin libraries, including Mead Public Library.
Wisconsin Media Lab
For elementary, middle, and high school students and educators, Wisconsin Media Lab contains hundreds of educational videos, images, and animations spanning all curricular areas.
WorldCat.org
WorldCat.org is a new product that includes a search box which allows Web users to search the entire database of library materials by keywords. You may then put in geographic information and find out how to get the item.