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Heritage Quest
Designed specifically for patrons in public libraries who are either just beginning their family research or who after years of work are still uncovering their past. With over 25,000 books, the entire U.S. Federal Census, PERSI™, and other expanding collections.
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Hoovers
An excellent starting point for business and industry information. Provides a corporate description, financial information, key officers, and competitors, for thousands of companies.
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I-Share
Online catalog featuring the resources of 45 Illinois libraries, mostly academic.
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Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
Information on Illinois history or preservation. Find a museum, a list of historical sites, how to get your building listed on the National Register of Historic Places, or read and article from Illinois History Teach.
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Illinois Tax Forms
Illinois Tax forms and tax assistance.
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InfoTrac
A collection of databases including Business Resource center, Health Resource Center, Literature Resource Center, and General Reference, Opposing Viewpoints, Gale Virtual Reference Library, and Something about the Author. Provides citations and full-text information on a variety of subjects.
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Information Please
Reference source that allows you to search the contents of an encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary and both the TIME and ESPN almanacs.
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IRS Federal Tax Products
Federal Tax forms, publications, and assistance.
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JAMA Online
Journal of the American Medical Association offers limited searchable access to the current and past issues of this medical journal. Some full text is available.
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Kelly Blue Book
Website to assist the car buyer or seller. Includes pricing information for new cars as well as used cars, incentives and rebates, vehicle reviews and buying advice as well as JD Powers' quality ratings. Includes valuation for motorcycles and snowmobiles.
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Mango Languages
Mango is an online language learning system teaching practical conversation skills for a wide variety of popular languages. Available in-house and remotely.
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Martindale-Hubbell
Need a lawyer to help with your lawsuit? This site can help you find one. You can search by state, country or area of practice.
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Metra Information Center
The site for Metra train schedules.
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Morningstar (in the library)
Morningstar (at home)
Morningstar is a source for information on stocks, mutual funds, variable annuities, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds, separate accounts, and 529 college savings plans. Currently tracks more than 100,000 investment offerings worldwide, according to their website.
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NADA Guides
This site covers new and used cars, recreation vehicles, classic cars, motorcycles, snowmobiles, sailboats, aircraft, and manufactured housing. Prices are given for a range of years. Insurance quotes and lemon checks are available for free.
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Netlibrary (Now in EBSCOhost Research Databases)
Contains a large collection of online e-books, available with your library card. Available in-house and remotely. You will need to establish an account at the site to read and download e-books. Please Note: NetLibrary has ceased, but its collection is available through EBSCOhost, another of the library's database vendors. Please see the Ereader and Content Page of the website for more information.
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Newsbank: America's Newspapers
Find current and archived local, state, and national full-text articles on issues, events, people, government and more including the Chicago Sun-Times (1986-Current), Herald News (1997-Current), Naperville Sun (1997-Current), The Reporter (Bolingbrook) (2/9/07-Current), New York Times (1985-Current), and the Washington Post (1977-Current).
Please note: Chicago Tribune recent issues have been removed from this database. The library is currently negotiating with another database vendor for access to this material.
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NoveList
Search for fiction books by author, title, series title, plot, or genre. Available in-house and remotely.
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Overdrive eMediaLibrary
Download best selling digital titles 24/7 to your PC at home, in the office or from anywhere in the world and transfer to your MP3 or burn onto CD for listening on-the-go. Ebooks also available.
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Oxford English Dictionary Online
Locate definitions and origins of a word or phrase.
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Pace Suburban Bus Service
Suburban Chicago bus schedules.
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PrairieCat
Fountaindale Public Library District online catalog. This resource allows you to borrow materials from over 100 different libraries and have them sent to your local library.
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ProQuest Databases - Wall Street Journal
Full Index of the Wall Street Journal Eastern Edition going back to 1984. Also includes an index to the current year online edition.
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Public Record (in the library)
Public Record (at home)
The most current public record and marketing information available, including databases of new homeowners, new businesses, new and previously recorded mortgages, bankruptcies and foreclosures plus much more.
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