Electronic Resources
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| Automotive, Home Improvements and Hobbies | Biography | Books & Literature | Business | Education | En Espanol | Encyclopedias | Genealogy |
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Gale Database Group allows you to select /search from over 30 Gale databases.
Chicago Tribune (ProQuest 1849-present)
Each issue of every newspaper is indexed thoroughly, so your patrons have access to not only top news stories, but also detailed information on the arts, sports, business, and popular culture. Even such items as editorials, editorial cartoons, obituaries, and letters to the editor from well-known people are indexed. The complete text of recent articles is provided in the ASCII format. – Publisher.
ProQuest Historical
Newspapers: Chicago Tribune (1849-1987)
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and
scholars with online, easily searchable first-hand accounts and
unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
AR Book Finder Searching for Accelerated Reader books is fun and easy with this free online tool.
| Automotive, Home Improvement and
Hobbies | ||
| Agriculture Collection | With a strong emphasis on titles covered in the Agricola database, this collection of more than 400 titles is focused on agriculture and its related fields: from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture. In addition, over 20 Delmar reference titles provide in-depth coverage on a variety of agricultural related topics. | |
| ALLDATA Online | ALLDATA Online is a comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostics and repair information. Includes vehicles from 1982 to present. | |
| ChiltonLibrary.com |
ChiltonLibrary.com 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 of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models. ChiltonLibrary.com gives you the confidence to service or repair virtually any system on your vehicle. | |
| Culinary Arts Collection |
The Culinary Arts collection includes 150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information. | |
| Fine Arts and Music Collection |
With more than 100 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection will provide your students with resources to support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. | |
| Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection |
Farmers, landscape architects, and biotechnologists alike will have their information appetites sated with this collection of nearly 50 journals focused specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. A fertile and growing collection, this collection includes content relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies. | |
| Home Improvement Collection |
Even the smallest home improvement project can be daunting: with this collection of nearly 100 home improvement focused titles, hobbyists and professional carpenters alike will immediately put their projects on a more solid foundation. Coverage includes such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more. | |
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Biography | ||
| Biography in Context | In-depth biographies -- biographical profiles that provide an extensive look at the featured individual's life and his or her accomplishments | |
| Books and Authors | Books & Authors offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. The ideal convergence of science and serendipity, this online resource leverages the Internet's unique capacity to create, build, communicate and sustain communities of readers. | |
| Something about the Author | This series provides illustrated biographical profiles of children's authors and artists. This critically acclaimed series covers more than 12,000 individuals, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries typically cover: personal life, career, writings, works in progress, adaptations, additional sources | |
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Books &
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| AR Book Finder | Searching for Accelerated Reader books is fun and easy with this free online tool. | |
| Books and Authors | Books & Authors offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. The ideal convergence of science and serendipity, this online resource leverages the Internet's unique capacity to create, build, communicate and sustain communities of readers. | |
| Communications and Mass Media Collection |
From marketing professionals to students studying for advanced degrees in linguistic theory, this collection provides current and accurate information from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and many more. | |
| Illinois Catalog / FirstSearch |
Illinois
Catalog includes the location and status of books and other
materials in libraries within the state of Illinois. Online Computer Library Center's (OCLC) FirstSearch is an immense collection of electronic databases on subject matters relating to the arts, social and physical sciences, humanities, business, medicine, and general reference. This Web-based online reference service provides access to over 80 databases and more than six million full-text articles that the Secretary of State and State Librarian, Jesse White and the Illinois State Library provide to Illinois libraries and their patrons free of charge. | |
| International children's Digital Library | ||
| Literature Criticism Online |
Gale™ takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Literature Criticism Online. Imagine centuries of analysis - the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals - delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals. The net result is tens of thousands of hard-to-find essays at your fingertips. It's all designed to raise the level of research while providing the around-the-clock remote access that today's researchers demand. | |
| Literature Resource Center | Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available. | |
| Literature Resources from Gale | Search Literature Resource Center and/or LitFinder. | |
| LitFinder | international in scope, covers all time periods, and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including more than 135,000 full-text poems, 850,000 poem citations and excerpts, 6,400 full-text short stories, 3,800 full-text essays, 2,400 full-text speeches, and 1,250 full-text plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary. Within LitFinder's collection, patrons have access to works from over 80,000 authors from 660 nationalities - 30,000 of whom are women writers - including over 1,000 poems published for the first time in the last year and thousands of Spanish-language poems with English translations. | |
| MyMediaMall | MyMediaMall is a Web-based service that allows library patrons to check out and download eAudiobooks, eBooks, and eVideos any time of the day or night from the comfort of their own home. MyMediaMall, powered by Overdrive, allows users to download to a personal computer, as well as enjoy digital content on a wide array of devices including MP3 players, CDs, Smartphones, and PDAs iPod®, iPhone™, and the iPod Touch. After the checkout period, title(s) will be automatically returned to the collection. Learn more about MyMediamall | |
| NovelistPlus | NoveListPlus is an advisory tool that helps readers find new books based on books they have read or topics in which they are interested. Provides access more than 29,000 full textbook reviews or annotations. | |
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TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks, animated, talking picture books, which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to products an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. | |
| SWAN | SWAN an online card catalog for the Prairie Trails Public Library District and 70+ member libraries. The catalog lists more than one million titles of books, periodicals, cassettes, videos, CDs, DVDs and other library materials. SWAN will allow patrons to view their current library record, renew items, and place holds. | |
| WorldCat / FirstSearch | WorldCat is a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.. It catalogs books, websites, films maps, musical scores, sound recordings, videotapes, and more. | |
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Business | ||
| American FactFinder | The U.S. Census Bureau has developed this web site to find population, housing, economic, and geographic data. FREE | |
| Annual Reports | A single point of reference for accessing more than 12, 400 current and historical annual reports. FREE | |
| Business Company Resource | The first of its kind, Business & Company Resource Center brings together a wide variety of global business information, enabling users to efficiently research business case studies, competitive intelligence, and career and investment opportunities. | |
| Communications and Mass Media Collection |
From marketing professionals to students studying for advanced degrees in linguistic theory, this collection provides current and accurate information from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and many more. |
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| Demographics | Access census data dating back to 1970. Find population, age, housing, economic, and geographic data. stdl:library FREE | |
| Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection |
With current and relevant content from over 500 industry journals, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, while also allowing for focused study of specialized aspects of the industry - including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more. |
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| Insurance and Liability Collection |
Protection of assets is a concern for all: from the individual property owner to the multinational corporation, all have a vested interest in ensuring the retention of their assets, be it physical or intellectual. This collection, of journals, takes a broad view of this multimillion dollar industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more. |
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| Record Information Services | Public Records offers a complete selection of current and past public record information. Information includes New Homeowners, Foreclosures, New Businesses and Bankruptcies. | |
| ReferenceUSA | Directory information for businesses in the US. Full entries include the business name, address, telephone number, key executives, employee size, estimated sales and credit rating. Also includes U.S. residential | |
| Small Business Resource Center |
Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites. | |
| Thomas Register | Thomas Register is the most comprehensive online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America. FREE | |
| United States Census | The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the people and economy of the nation. FREE | |
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Education | ||
| Byki® Online |
Start
Learning a New Language Today! The library is pleased to announce the addition of Byki® Online Library Edition, a powerful new online language-learning system designed specifically for use by the patrons of to our web resources. | |
| Educator's Reference Complete | ||
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Learning Express Library
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Become computer savvy with Learning
Express Library!
The computer skills tutorials on LearningExpress Library provide
more than 50 easy-to-use courses to help you improve your computer
skills. Covers most popular software programs: Adobe Acrobat - Microsoft Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and more! | |
| Universal Class |
Universal Class offers online 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 are non-credit courses and are provided for your personal enrichment. These courses are not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, or educational requirements. | |
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En Espanol | ||
| Informe | This full-text electronic reference tool is the first system to provide indexing, images and full text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations. | |
| World Book Espanol | ||
| Encyclopedias | ||
| Lands and Peoples / Grolier Online | Provides articles on countries, cultures, and current events. L&P is divided into seven main sections: the Encyclopedia, Global News Desk, Focus: North America, Culture Cross, Electronic Atlas, Passport to Fun, L&P Almanac. | |
| World Book Discover | This differentiated learning site features read-aloud, translations, more video, and clear, easy-to-read articles. | |
| World Book For Kids | This site includes easy-to-read articles and engaging multimedia, games, science projects, interactive tools, and activities. | |
| World Book Info Finder | This site offers science fair projects, a Biography Center, links to world newspapers, 21st century research guides, and much more. | |
| World Book Reference Center | This site offers encyclopedic content as well as computer and Web tutorials, "How To"... documents, and government resources. | |
| World Book Spanish Language Encyclopedia | ||
| Genealogy | ||
| Ancestry Library Edition | The library version of Ancestry.com. This genealogical database provides access to more than one billion names in more than 3,000 databases. Search public and vital records including birth and death certificates, military records, and more. | |
| Chicago Tribune (1849-present) | Images and full text of historical international, national, regional, and local issues and events, such as major wars and military actions, emerging nations, prohibition, Chicago gangsters, Great Depression, and Chicago as the center of the Progressive movement. Full text of death notices and obituaries | |
| Heritage Quest | A resource for census data, family records, and local histories. Includes U.S. federal census, family genealogies, local histories, birth, marriage and death records, genealogical and local history serials, and more | |
| Health & Medicine | ||
| Health and Wellness Resource |
Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only. | |
| Medline Plus | Medline Plus is a service of the National Library of Medicine. FREE | |
| Nursing and Allied Health |
All aspects of the Nursing profession -- from direct patient care to health care administration -- are covered in this collection. Including nearly 400 titles, this collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum. | |
| Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection |
Both researcher and practitioner alike will find relevant, authoritative content in this collection, which includes over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine. Covering a wide spectrum of information, researchers will have access to a diverse, but focused set of topics in the field, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and many more. |
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| Psychology Collection |
This set explores what makes people "tick" from childhood to death. This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops -- and diminishes -- over time. Your library's users will have instant access to 200 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. | |
| PubMed | PubMed is a service of the National Library of Medicine. FREE | |
| History | ||
| U.S. History Collection |
As any historian will state, the study of history is as much about the present as the past: to that end, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in US History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. This compilation of journals provides robust and balanced coverage of this field, useful both to the novice historian as well as to the advanced academic researcher. |
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| U.S. History in Context |
History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire "American Journey Online" series. | |
| Work History in Context |
History Resource Center: World is a comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronologic research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals. | |
| Homework Help | ||
| AR Book Finder | Searching for Accelerated Reader books is fun and easy with this free online tool. | |
| Grolier Online | An abundance of encyclopedia articles, maps and current event information. | |
| History Resource Center: US | History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire "American Journey Online" series. | |
| History Resource Center: World | History Resource Center: World is a comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronologic research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals. | |
| Kids InfoBits | Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. | |
| Lands and Peoples / Grolier Online | Provides articles on countries, cultures, and current events. L&P is divided into seven main sections: the Encyclopedia, Global News Desk, Focus: North America, Culture Cross, Electronic Atlas, Passport to Fun, L&P Almanac. | |
| Opposing Viewpoints in Context | Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Thomson Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. | |
| Student Resource in Context | This premium selection from the Student Resource Center family offers the widest array of full-text magazine articles, including a health component not available anywhere else. In addition, Student Resource Center Gold includes content from the acclaimed American Decades--an indispensable source for cultural, political and historic analysis of the 20th century. | |
| World Book Discover | This differentiated learning site features read-aloud, translations, more video, and clear, easy-to-read articles. | |
| World Book For Kids | This site includes easy-to-read articles and engaging multimedia, games, science projects, interactive tools, and activities. | |
| World Book Info Finder | This site offers science fair projects, a Biography Center, links to world newspapers, 21st century research guides, and much more. | |
| World Book Reference Center | This site offers encyclopedic content as well as computer and Web tutorials, "How To"... documents, and government resources. | |
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Law & Government | ||
| American FactFinder | The U.S. Census Bureau has developed this web site to find population, housing, economic, and geographic data. FREE | |
| Criminal Justice Collection |
Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge. Users will have access to 150 journals. | |
| Demographics | Access census data dating back to 1970. Find population, age, housing, economic, and geographic data. FREE | |
| Legal Trac | Students, law school faculty and legal researchers will all find the legal publications they need in LegalTrac™. Drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal publications, LegalTrac™ provides indexing for approximately 875 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included in LegalTrac™ is selected on the basis of criteria provided by a special advisory committee of the American Association of Law Libraries. LegalTrac™ also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles. Subscribe to LegalTrac™ through InfoTrac® Web and your library gains 24-hour remote access to top-notch legal sources through your preferred interface. | |
| United States Census | The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the people and economy of the nation. FREE | |
| Magazines /
Journals /
Newspapers | ||
| Academic OneFile | Full text of The New York Times from 1985 to present Full collection of Elsevier abstracts for every Elsevier journal from 1996 to present. Full text of the London Times and Financial Times. Full text for periodicals covered in major bibliographic resources such as CINAHL, BIOSIS, MLS, PsycInfo, ERIC, EconLit, RILM and others. Key, peer-reviewed journals published in Spanish, French and other languages. Ability to translate all content to 11 different languages | |
| ArticleFirst / FirstSearch | Full text articles and citations on a variety of subjects: business, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, humanities, law, politics, science, social science, sports, and technology. | |
| Chicago Tribune |
Chicago Tribune (1985-Current) Search full-text issues, events, business, state, regional and national news, the arts and entertainment, sports and more. | |
| Chicago Tribune Historical | Images and full text of historical international, national, regional, and local issues and events, such as major wars and military actions, emerging nations, prohibition, Chicago gangsters, Great Depression, and Chicago as the center of the Progressive movement. Full text of death notices and obituaries | |
| Computer Database | For researchers who need to keep pace with the fast changing world of high technology, Computer Database is their Internet- accessible reference solution. With Computer Database, library users can access today's most well-read and influential periodicals on the computer, telecommunications and electronics industries -- all in one seamless search. | |
| General Onefile |
There's a lot of unique content
in General OneFile that cannot be found in other products. | |
| Psychology Collection | This set explores what makes people "tick" from childhood to death. This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops -- and diminishes -- over time. Your library's users will have instant access to 200 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. | |
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Science, Technology, and
Nature | ||
| Agriculture Collection | With a strong emphasis on titles covered in the Agricola database, this collection of more than 400 titles is focused on agriculture and its related fields: from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture. In addition, over 20 Delmar reference titles provide in-depth coverage on a variety of agricultural related topics. | |
| Computer Database |
1980 - Oct 2009 Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology. | |
| Environmental Studies | A collection of over 700 journals and 6 subject specific Delmar reference titles provide robust coverage of environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests. | |
| Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection | Farmers, landscape architects, and biotechnologists alike will have their information appetites sated with this collection of nearly 50 journals focused specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. A fertile and growing collection, this collection includes content relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies. | |
| Science in Context | Science Resource Center is an in-depth, curriculum-oriented science database that provides a one-stop resource for all science-related research needs. The Science Resource Center reflects curriculum trends and focuses on key concepts taught in school classrooms | |
| Workstation / Public Internet Access Information |
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