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FEATURED DATABASE
Universal ClassUniversal Class offers courses in Exercise and Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Arts and Music, Home and Garden Care, Cooking, Computers and Technology, Health and Medicine, Homeschooling, Job Assistance, Law and Legal, Parenting and Family, Pet and Animal Care…plus 100’s more.
THESE DATABASES ARE AVAILABLE FOR IN LIBRARY USE ONLY:
Ancestry.comSearches a wide variety of databases, census records, U.S. marriage and death records, immigration records, passenger lists, and much more.
THESE DATABASES CAN ALSO BE ACCESSED FROM HOME
AtoZ Maps OnlineAccess over 145,000 maps including: physical maps, climate change maps, historic maps, hurricane maps, earthquake maps, animal and plant species distribution maps, current event maps, topographic maps, and weather maps, NASA Earth Observatory Maps, NASA Animation Maps, more than 14,000 Google Earth® “skins,” U.S. Geological Survey Maps, U.S. Census Bureau Maps, and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Maps. 2,700 full-color flag images and icons, 300 geography crossword puzzles, 267 geography lesson plans, 30 interactive geography games, and quizzes.
AtoZ the USA
This database offers extensive information on all 50 U.S. states, 5 territories, and the District of Columbia in 156 data categories with 50+ maps for each state. It has thousands of U.S. state reports and articles ready to download, royalty-free image collections of flags, vintage postcards, panoramic photos, license plates, and much more.
AtoZ World Culture
Access country-by-country cultural information on 175 nations and territories; including, religion, business culture, historical notes, government, stereotypes, holidays and festivals, food and recipes, health notes, women in culture and business and much more.
AtoZ World Travel
Access to 150 world travel guides with information on city facts, neighborhoods, attractions, nightlife, shopping, restaurants, weather, health and medical, language, currency, transportation and much more.
Access World NewsSearch current and archived local, state, national and international full-text articles on issues, events, business, education, government, sports and more with over 5,000 newspapers, newswires, news videos, news blogs and web-only content including the Chicago Sun-Times (1986-Current), Joliet Herald (1997-Current), and USA Today (7/1/87-Current).
Career Transitions
A practical, personalized and guided experience that includes assistance on building a resume, offers career and industry projections, interviewing tips, networking tips and job searching guidance. Information on unemployment services and educational suggestions are also offered.
Chicago Area News Collection
This collection contains complete articles from 176 daily and weekly newspapers, blogs and online sources from 125 Chicago area communities. Sources include: the Sun Times, Daily Herald, Crain’s Chicago Business and Chicago Defender. Also access from home.
Chicago Tribune Historical Archives
Covering news stories of the nineteenth and twentieth this archive also includes obituaries and death notices, Chicago Tribune Morgue clippings file, and Front pages.
Chilton Library
Represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles from the past 30 yrs. plus additional coverage of speciality models.
EBSCO Host
MasterFILE Premier contains full text for nearly 1,750 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, and much more. There are also general reference books, primary source documents, and an Image Collection.
Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource for consumer-related health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related issues.
Business Source Premier provides full text to 2,300 journals in areas such as business, marketing, management, accounting, banking and finance. There are also market research repots, industry reports, country reports and company profiles.
Find-it Illinois
Portal for Illinois government and other information. Includes information on Illinois government, authors, and the Illinois Digital achives.
FirstSearch
Click here to access FirstSearch from home
Search for books, sound recordings, videos, journal and magazine articles (many full-text), dissertations and conference proceedings, and ready-reference tools such as directories, almanacs, and encyclopedias. Subjects include education, science, arts and humanities, consumer affairs, etc. Library holdings are displayed to identify items in our collection. Other items can be requested thru Interlibrary Loan.
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
Every species known to man is here with topics ranging from Aardvarks to Horse Face Loaches to Zebra-tailed Lizards. Each record is concisely presented and includes scientific names, species,reference evolution system, physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, reproductive biology, conservation status and significance to humans.
HeritageQuest
Click here to access HeritageQuest from home
Resource for census data, family records, and related books and articles. Index is fully searchable by name, location, birthplace and more. Includes collections of over 25,000 fully searchable family and county histories, city directories, business directories, church histories and a special index specifically for the Revolutionary War.
Legal Forms
Provides a wide selection of printable legal, business and personal forms including many popular legal forms specific to Illinois. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreement forms for bankruptcy, divorce and land lord-tenant law.
