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CultureGrams™
A leading reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world. It provides country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures and delivers a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. It includes reports covering 200+ countries, all 50 United States, and the Canadian Provinces.
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eLibrary Elementary
More than 130 magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts, maps, images, weblinks, and audio/video titles, all selected as appropriate for elementary school studies. Every magazine, journal, newspaper, book, and transcript is provided in 100 percent full-text.
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FirstSearch
FirstSearch provides access to over 50 billion library records, magazine articles, proceedings, and more. Much of the information is full-text.
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Grolier Online
Includes Encyclopedia Americana (Ages 13+), Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (Ages 10+) and the New Book of Knowledge (Ages 8+), plus the renowned reference resources: Lands and Peoples and the New Book of Popular Science.
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Learn-A-Test
Learn-A-Test offers you the chance to do practice tests on topics ranging from Citizenship to GRE to Postal Worker. Library patrons can simply enter their library card number, and then choose a password that they will remember. This will allow access from within the library or from home.
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Literature Online Reference Edition (LION)
Literature Online Reference Edition (LION) is a database collection of author information and literary criticism.
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ProQuest
ProQuest is a collection of databases containing articles from magazines, newspapers, and academic journals. The library subscribes to general full-text information databases that are appropriate for children, teens and adults.
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SIRS Researcher
This general reference database contains thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues. It is a great resource for students writing position papers. Articles can be printed or e-mailed.
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SWAN
SWAN is the System-Wide Automated Network of the Suburban Library System. You can use SWAN to search the library catalogs of 78 south and west suburban libraries, including Orland Park, Frankfort and many others.


ILLINET Online
ILLINET Online is the computer-based library catalog providing worldwide access to more than 7,000,000 bibliographic records from the 44 academic members of the Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization.


Homework Help
Not finding what you need here? Homework help contains more information including links to some math and science resources.


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