Reference Tools
Biographies
- Courts and Judges
- Executive and Legislative
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, 1774 - present
- Governors
- Political Graveyard
Biographical information on deceased U.S. politicians - Presidents, U.S.
- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (Univ. of Michigan, Hoover Administration, 1929- )
- HeritageQuest Online (BadgerLink)
Compilation of genealogical and historical sources, including census and cemetery records, directories, and more. - WI Genealogy Research (Wisconsin Historical Society)
Contains pre-1907 vital records, including birth, death and marriage records as well as 150,000 Wisconsin Name Index records, including biographical sketches, obituaries, and newspaper articles published before 2000. - Women's Legal History Biography Project
Citation Guides & Legal Abbreviations
- Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
- Understand Legal Citations
- Reading Legal Citations (Boston College Law Library)
- Wisconsin
Dictionaries
- Dictionary of Wisconsin History (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- Glossary of Common Legal Terms (WI State Bar)
- Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary (BadgerLink)
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