Alphabetical Databases
Amazon.comA great place to double check for a book that seems to be nowhere else? Many products for sale in addition to books, music and video titles.
America's NewspapersAmerica's Newspapers offers full-text coverage for local, regional, and national newspapers, including the Sun Times, and The Herald News, as well as the Chicago Tribune Historical Archives.
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Ancestry.comThis genealogy databases gives you access to a wide variety of resources including: census records, military records, immigration records, and much more.
Because this is the Library Edition of this product, it is ONLY accessible from computers located IN the library.
Auto Repair Reference Center
The most comprehensive collection of automobile repair reference information Auto Repair Reference Center (ARRC) contains repair and maintenance information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. New repair procedures, TSBs and updates are added to the product on a regular basis. All of the content in ARRC has been created by ASE certified technicians.
Career CruisingCareer Cruising is an online career guidance and planning system. People of all ages can use the Career Cruising tools to find the right career, explore education and training options, and even build a resume or portfolio. Career Cruising allows you to input your interests and skills and, based on your reponses will give you potential career paths, relevant schools and/or training suggestions and more!
Chicago TribuneSearch for the full-text of articles appearing in the Chicago Tribune from 1997 to present.
Chicago Tribune Historical ArchiveThe Chicago Tribune Historical Archive covers news stories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The information in this vast historical archive provides a look at noteworthy local and national issues and events occurring over the past 150 years, from 1849 to 1984. It includes:
- Obituaries and Death Notices (2.5 million) - very unique data covering 1860-1984, including front-page obituaries for notables from Chicago and worldwide.
- Chicago Tribune Morgue clippings file (nearly 3 million) - major stories covering events and issues clipped and indexed by the Chicago Tribune staff at time of publication. Coverage is from the 1920's through 1984.
- Front pages (16,614 pages containing over 155,000 articles) - image of entire front page as it appeared when published from the early 1900 through 1984.
Consumer Health Complete
Includes full-text for more than 250 health reference books and encyclopedias Consumer Health Complete™ (CHC) is the single-most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.
CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full-text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition and dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.
CHC offers a unique search interface designed to call attention to the full text content available from many important source-types, and to provide an intuitive means for searching this specific information.
Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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 ElementaryMore 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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FirstSearchFirstSearch provides access to over 50 billion library records, magazine articles, proceedings, and more. Much of the information is full-text.
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Good Search Search EngineHelp your library earn some extra money when you search online. A percentage of advertising revenue is donated back to the library.
Grolier OnlineIncludes 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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HeritageQuestHeritageQuest offers a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture.
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Homework Help
Not finding what you need here? Homework help contains more information including links to some math and science resources.
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.
MasterFile Premier
MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text more than 500 reference books, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps and flags.
National Library of MedicineNow called MEDLINEPLUS this premier source has a wide range of medical information including health information in over 40 languages, online access to medical encyclopedias with detailed diagrams and pictures and information about local health providers and services in your community as well.
NoveList
NoveList is a readers' advisory resource that assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles. Starting with a favorite author or title, the reader is directed to similar authors and titles. NoveList contains materials for all ages including picture books, children's "chapter" books, young adult titles, and books for adult readers.
Novelist K-8
NoveList K-8 contains information on fiction books for all K-8 grade levels, and includes picture books, children's "chapter" books, and young adult titles. The database is updated monthly. Make NoveList K-8 your starting place for learning about the books that you and your students need and will want to read. It's a companion database to the NoveList database for adult readers, and produced by the same staff that created NoveList.
Record Information ServicesRecord Information Services is a public records database that covers Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties. It covers new homeowners, new businesses, foreclosures and sales, and bankruptcies.
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ReferenceUSAThe ReferenceUSA database contains directory listings on more than 12 million businesses and 120 million households in the United States.
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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.
Web MDA great place to get some general consumer health information. To be used in conjunction with information from medical professionals, not instead of.
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