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Available from home: Highland Park residents will be prompted for their library card number.Information on U.S. states and territories. Essays on the history, geography, economics, government, culture, and the major cities of each state, biographical profiles of important people, and articles on famous places and natural wonders. In-Library use only.
Chicago Tribune
Full-text articles from 1985 to the present.
Contemporary
Authors
Biographical information on modern authors.
eLibrary
Plus
Full-text newspapers, magazines, international newswires, maps, photographs, and
television and radio transcripts.
Encyclopedia Americana
Its 45,000 articles and more than 25 million words have been contributed by over 6,500
specialists in their respective disciplines and cover all academic fields and curriculum
topics. Includes the Americana Journal, a searchable database of newsworthy
current events compiled weekly by Americana staff and illustrated with Associated Press
photographs. In-Library use only.
Enciclopedia
Estdiantil Hallazgos
A World Book encyclopedia in Spanish for elementary
and middle school students. La Enciclopedia estudiantil hallazgos en línea
es una enciclopedia de conocimientos generales. Continene información
sobre gente, lugares, objectos, acontecimientos e ideas.
Facts.com
Complete content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1980 and selected content
from Issues and Controversies On File, Today's Science On File, Editorials On File, Funk
& Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, Reuters On-Line News Service, The World Almanac and Book
of Facts.
General Reference Center Gold
Search magazines, reference books, and newspapers for current events information, book
reviews, and research papers.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Multimedia encyclopedia featuring animations, videos, cutaways, panoramas, dynamic
maps, and sounds.
Health Reference Center
Find articles from health magazines and journals, health encyclopedias, and pamphlets.
InfoTrac
Web
One step access to Contemporary Authors, General Business File, General
Reference Center, Health Reference Center, and Opposing Viewpoints Resource
Center.
Lands and Peoples
Encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events that is geared to
student readers. In-Library use only.
Formerly Poem Finder. Iin addition to 750,000 indexed poems and 70,000 full-text poems, LitFinder now also offers Story Finder with thousands of full-text searchable short stories. In Library-use only.
New Book of Popular Science
A science encyclopedia geared to students. In-Library use only.
New York Times
Full-text articles from the New York Times from 1999 to the
present.
New York Times Historical Newspaper
The New York Times in its entirety from 1857
through 1999.
Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Advertisements and photos included.
News Illinois
Find full-text news articles on state and local issues in Illinois from 1997 to the
present. Stories of significance to Illinois from other states are also included. In
library use only. In-Library use only.
Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center
Use this resource for primary source information about important issues. Articles from reference books, newspapers, and magazines are collected in one database for researching current topics.
The World Atlas provides more than 500 clear, full color, reproducible maps and a wealth of statistics and data on more than 200 nations, territories, regions, and continents. Click on "geography" after the Facts on File logo appears.
World Book Online--Americas Edition
Find over 31,000 encyclopedia articles, 6,000 web links, 25,000 periodical articles, 800
videos, animations, and sounds, 400 interactive maps, 100 3-D bubble views, and much more.
World
Book Online--International Edition
Additional articles with a more international scope. Open this link to the World
Book Americas Edition and choose the "International Edition" from the drop down
menu at the top of the page.
Please notify us of any problems logging on to the above databases via email or by calling the reference desk at 847-432-0216.
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