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Databases (Alphabetical)

America's Newspapers
America's Newspapers offers access to full-text articles from local, regional, and national newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, the Sun-Times, the Daily Southtown, and the Herald News. It also includes the Chicago Tribune Historical Archive which provides images and full-text of historical international, national, regional, and local issues and events from 1850-1984.
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CultureGrams™
CultureGrams is a source for cultural information on countries around the world. It goes beyond facts and figures, delivering information on daily life, culture, background, customs, and lifestyles.
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eLibrary Elementary
eLibrary provides access to more than 130 magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts, maps, images, weblinks, and audio/video titles. All are in full-text!
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FirstSearch
FirstSearch is the comprehensive database used to search for books, articles, proceedings, music, films, and much more, in libraries around the world. It boasts over 50 billion records.
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Grolier Online
Grolier Online includes the Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, the New Book of Knowledge, Lands and Peoples, and the New Book of Popular Science.
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Literature Online Reference Edition (LION)
Literature Online is a source for literary criticism and author information. Much of the information is available in full-text.
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ProQuest
ProQuest provides access to articles from magazines, newspapers, and academic journals. Many are available in full-text.
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SIRS Researcher Discoverer
SIRS Researcher is a general reference database containing articles on social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political, and global issues. (If accessing SIRS Discoverer from home, click on the "Database Features" tab and then on "Go To SIRS Discoverer").
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Databases (by Subject)

General Databases

Grolier Online
Access three encyclopedias, SciFiles, atlases and almanacs.
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SIRS Researcher
Try the World Almanac.
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ProQuest
ProQuest provides access to articles from magazines, newspapers, and academic journals. Many are available in full-text.
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America's Newspapers
America's Newspapers offers access to full-text articles from local, regional, and national newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, the Sun-Times, the Daily Southtown, and the Herald News. It also includes the Chicago Tribune Historical Archive which provides images and full-text of historical international, national, regional, and local issues and events from 1850-1984.
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General Links

Encyclopedia Britannica Online encyclopedia.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Dictionary, thesaurus, word games.
National Weather Service Forecasts, maps, and official weather warnings and advisories.
Roget's Thesaurus Features 35,000 synonyms and 250,000 cross references.
WorldCat Search every library in the world for books, music, movies, and more!



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Biography Databases

Grolier Online
Look up people in the encyclopedias. Look up scientists in the New Book of Popular Science.
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SIRS Researcher
Find newspaper and magazines articles about people here.
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Amercian President Non-partisan source of biographies for all American Presdients.

Biography Links

Amercian President Non-partisan source of biographies for all American Presdients.
Biographical Dictionary Dictionary covering over 33,000 individuals from ancient times to the present day.
Meet Amazing Americans Inventors, politicians, performers, activists, and more from America's Library.



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Geography Databases

CultureGrams™
Cultural information on countries around the world.
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Grolier Online
Try the "Almanac" tab in America the Beautiful and "Electronic Atlas" in Lands and Peoples.
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SIRS Researcher
Find newspaper and magazines articles about people here. Maps of the World.
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Geography Links

Altapedia Online Physical and political maps as well as facts and statistics.
CIA World Factbook Profiles of countries by the U.S. Government.
Country Reports Cultural, historical, and statistical information.
National Geographic Map Machine Locate and print maps, historical information, weather, and population.



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Government

Local Government

· New Lenox Village
· New Lenox School District #122
· Lincoln-Way High Schools
· Providence Catholic High School
· New Lenox Township
· New Lenox Historical Society
· New Lenox Park District
· Will County

Illinois Government

· Secretary of State
· State of Illinois

United States Government

· GPO Access Government documents
· Thomas Legislative information from the Library of Congress
· USA.gov Official portal of the United States Government
· The White House



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History and Social Studies Databases

America's Newspapers
Full-text articles from local, regional, and national newspapers.
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CultureGrams™
Cultural, historical, and statistical information.
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eLibrary Elementary
Full-text access to magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts, maps, images, weblinks, and audio/video titles.
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FirstSearch
Comprehensive database for books, articles, proceedings, music, films, and much more.
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Grolier Online
Try Lands and Peoples.
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ProQuest News and Magazines
Access to articles from magazines, newspapers, and academic journals.
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SIRS Researcher
Try the Environment, Family and Global Issues topics.
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History and Social Studies Links

American Memory Historical documents of the United States by subject from the Library of Congress.
The Charters of Freedom The Declaration of Independece, The Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
This Day in History It is what it says.
The National Archives Historical documents of the United States fron the National Archives.
The Statistical Abstract of the United States (StatAb) Statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States




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Language Arts Databases

Literature Online Reference Edition (LION)
Literary criticism and author information.
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ProQuest News and Magazines
Literary Criticism.
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Language Arts Links

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Need a killer quote to start off that paper? Try here.
The Elements of Style A reference source for writing papers.
OWL @ Purdue Can't remember how to format that paper or cite a source? This is the place to go!




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Library

Internet Public Library (IPL) Internet Search developed by librarians at the University of Michigan.
IllinoisCLICKS! Internet search developed by librarians funded by the Illinois State Library.
Library of Congress National library of the United States (in practice).
WorldCat Search every library in the world for books, music, movies, and more!




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Science Databases

FirstSearch
Use the MEDLINE search to find articles in medicine and biology.
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Grolier Online
Scientist's biographies, current events, and science projects in The New Book of Popular Science.
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SIRS Researcher
Pick "Science" then the type of science you're interested in.
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ProQuest
Find magazine articles on your topic and read them online or print them out.
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Science Links

How Stuff Works Also does what it says.
PubMed PubMed is a source for finding medical information including full-text articles.
Science Fair Science fair project ideas from the Internet Public Library.