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  • Covers key disciplines such as finance, information technology, management, marketing, etc.  Along with hundreds of industries and focus areas such as oil, energy, environment, and healthcare management, etc.  And has an ever growing range of content from around the globe.

  • Some of the world’s top researchers link students to the lives and works of world-renowned experts making science accessible in this continually updated resource of articles, biographies, images, and videos.

  • Based on the print series by Grolier, this is a comprehensive and interactive animal encyclopedia for elementary and grade school aged children.

  • A large and comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices from around the United States.

  • 15,000 years of Native American culture, history, and heritage.

  • Census, church, court, and immigration records.

  • Primary documents of U.S. history-- speeches, letters, memoirs, editorials, etc.

  • Information from agriculture to computers to engineering to medical to space sciences.

  • Contains bibliographic citations describing items listed on the table of contents pages of more than 16,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture.

  • A collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference titles regarding art, music, fashion, movies, etc.

  • Is that old painting valuable?  Find out with AskART, the eResource that covers more than 87,000 American artists from all periods and all regions of the country.  Pricing information, biographies, and more. 

  • Access learning tutorials for 15 different resources, including iMovie, Photoshop and PowerPoint. Atomic Training has the essential training you need to develop and increase technology skills, proficiency, and productivity. Users must create an account.

  • Repair information on more than 28,000 domestic and imported vehicles, with drawings, photos, wiring diagrams, and more.

  • Provides in-depth reports on thousands of insurance companies. 

  • Biographical encyclopedias and dictionaries featuring people across the ages, from around the world and from all walks of life.

  • Full-text articles of hundreds of thousands of individuals spanning history and geography.

  • Pairs classic video storybooks with related nonfiction eBooks.  For grades Pre-K through 3.

  • Finds the right titles, and provides all known format options, including e-book sources.

    Bowker Stacks for iTunes (note: username: northbrookpl / password: admin)
  • Provides live interactive online help combined with online resources to guide you through the necessary tasks to get a job.

  • Business and Company Resource Center SEE Business Insights
  • A collection of encyclopedias, directories and reference books of general and indepth information on all aspects of business.

  • Comprehensive business information including company profiles, articles, financials, rankings, industry information and more.

  • Full-text form 1986-present.

  • Full-text from 1985-present.

  • Cover-to-cover from 1849-1986.

  • Find an extensive array of information about children's books, video and audio recordings, and other children-focused media. 

  • One of the most trusted resources for information and advice on consumer products.

  • This independent, non-profit, consumer authority rates local service firms. 

  • Search for biographical and bibliographical information and references on U.S. and international authors.

  • Access biographical/critical introductions to major and new authors and find full-text criticism on major literary works for authors currently active or who died after Dec. 31, 1999.

  • Concise cultural and statistical snapshots of every country recognized by the United Nations, including all USA states and Canadian Provinces. Find recipes, flags, pictures and more.

  • Comprehensive marketing information on public and private companies and their executives.

  • Award winning database that navigates across topics, time periods and cultures.

  • A comprehensive history in the U.S. and Canada in the 20th Century, divided into decades.

  • Provides access to current and past U.S. census data

  • Cover-to-cover of The Chicago Tribune, andThe New York Times from 2008- present.

  • Organized alphabetically by major industry groups, this completely
    updated directory provides information on each industry's associations,
    newsletters, magazines, trade shows, directories, databases and industry
    web sites.

  • Literature Criticism Online includes: Drama Criticism and Short Story Criticism: Critiques of authors of short fiction and major dramatists that span all time periods.

  • Over 125 essays on basic topics, provides an introduction to our latest understanding of the Earth.

  • OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide.

  • Provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.

  • Full-text articles from thousands of periodicals.

    Download Ebsco App from iTunes
  • ECO

    A searchable database of a growing collection of journals in a variety of subject areas. Searching across multiple journals and browsing within journals is possible. Bibliographic information is available for all journal issues. Full-text articles, including original text and image content, are available for issues included in the institution subscription.

  • A collection of reference books with information on the history of education worldwide as well as information on scholarships and loans.

  • Full-text articles from magazines, books, and newspapers. Includes maps, pictures, audio and video.

  • Provides K-6 students full-text articles, maps, pictures, audio and video.

  • Comprehensive, authoritative information on nearly every subject.

    Encyclopedia Britannica's Mobile Website
  • For elementary and middle school students.

  • Covers speciifc events, laws, organizations and Supreme Court rulings, as well as essays from prominent immigrants who have made a significant impact on the United States.

  • This eBook provides a provocative overview of the many different perspectives on the issues of animal rights and animal welfare. Part of Gale Virtual Reference Library.

  • Covers nonprofit U.S. membership organizations with interstate, intrastate, city or local scope.

  • Covers nonprofit U.S. membership organizations of national scope.

  • A record of sourcebooks, periodicals, organizations, directories, handbooks, bibliographies, online and other sources of information.

  • This 4 volume set includes the history of energy, it's resources, and technology and has photos, charts and graphs to illustrate.

  • Presents articles showing the math behind our daily lives.  Explains how and why math works, and allows readers to better understand how disciplines such as algebra, geometry, calculus and others affect what we do every day.

  • ERIC is a Web-based digital library of free education-related sources of interest to educators, researchers, and the general public, and consists primarily of electronic bibliographic records describing journal and non-journal literature. The collection is to be expanded to include full-texts of articles and other electronic resources such as audio and video materials.

  • The world's largest digital library of education literature.

  • Provides detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career skills and much more!

  • Search for titles similar to the ones you enjoy by entering the title, author or characteristics like location, genre time frame and more.

  • Database of databases such as WorldCat, ERIC, ECO MEDLINE, GPO, WilsonSelectPlus, etc.

  • This new set addresses one of the fastest-growing subjects in academic curricula—the forensic sciences, which are also known as criminalistics. 

  • Includes Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Public and Private Companies,Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, Encyclopedia of Associations National and Regional, Market Share Reporter.and the National Directory of Non-Profit Organizations.

  • Profiles of broadcast and print media companies.

  • This is a master index to the major print literature series published by The Gale Group. It combines and cross references more than 130,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 140,000 titles into one source. Use this index to locate biographies on authors and critical essays on their writings.

  • Search across this entire collection of more than 400 e-books covering all subject areas.

    Download Gale's "Access My Library" App from iTunes
  • A-Z encyclopedia offering nonspecialist information about 460 topics in genetics, from the science behind this important field to diseases that can be passed down among generations.

  • A collection of reference books that deal with world governments and their laws.

  • GPO

    Consists of references to congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents from executive departments, and judiciary materials.

  • This details the most important events throughout history, worldwide.

  • Contains persons, from ancient times to the present, who were merely controversial and those who were extremely infamous.

  • Census records; Revolutionary War documents; full-text books and articles;and Freedman’s Bank.

  • Events and people of North America in the 20th Century. Includes Encyclopedia of American Immigration, Decades Series 1950s-1980s, Great Events from History, Great Lives from History, Milestone Documents in American History, Milestone Documents in World History.

  • A collection of encyclopedias and reference books providing information on different historial periods.  Includes some primary sources.  From Gale Virtual Reference Library.

  • Includes Decades in America - 20s through 80s and Great Events From History.  From Salem Press.

  • A collection of reference books, all primary sources of historically significant people and events.

  • U.S. history information, including primary documents, timelines, and in-depth coverage of events and people.

  • Print or download common legal forms, including real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord/tenant, and more.

  • Lessons and tests for 4th - Grad.- School and job licensing. Includes ACT, SAT, TOEFL, LSAT, MCAT Real Estate Civil Service and more.  Tutorials for Microsoft Office and Adobe products.

    Registering with a username and password is required.

  • Legal materials available for use in the library only.

  • Our library's online catalog

    Download the Bookmyne App from iTunes
  • Read or listen, cover-to-cover, the news of the day from any corner of the world. Newspapers are written in the country's native tongue.

  • A collection of reference books on all aspects of literature: biographies, criticism, etc.

  • Critical insights:  A Streetcar Named Desire; the Handmaid's Tale; Things Fall Apart; Death of a Salesman.

  • Literature Criticism Online includes: Contemporary Literary Criticism, Drama Criticism, Short Story Criticism and Twentieth Century Literary CriticismCritiques of authors of short fiction and major dramatists that span all time periods.

  • Provides basic and in-depth lessons for English speakers with 35 languages, some with Basic and Complete courses and ESL for 15 languages, some with Basic and Complete courses. Click on "Start Learning" to begin OR create a profile to save your session.

    This is a very short demo about Mango. If you want to actually use the eResource, click on the link above.
    Download Mango Languages App from iTunes
  • Arranged by four-digit SIC code, each entry features data and market description; a list of producers/products and their market share; and more.

  • Masterplots analyzes the most important works in all genres - fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction.

  • A collection of reference titles on all aspects of health and medicine.

  • Compiled by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), MEDLINE is the world's most comprehensive source of life sciences and biomedical bibliographic information.

  •  Look up corporate documents including annual reports, industry reports with sector level analysis, Corporate Bond Reports, industry profiles, performance, market trends outlook and more. 

  • Combines full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary

  • 125 primary source documents from virtually every geographical region are given the "Milestone Documents" treatmetn in this new four-volume set. Important documents such as the Magna Carta, the Communist Manifesto, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo are included in their entirety, along with an in-depth analysis of the document, a biography of the author, and several helpful teachers' guides.

  • Get data and guidance on mutual funds, stocks, exchange-traded funds and more.

    Download Morningstar App from iTunes
  • Provides contact and descriptive, factual information on the largest nonprofit organizations in the United States. Based on data from the Internal Revenue Service

  • From 1888 - present.  Includes every page and every photograph - all fully searchable.

  • Comprehensive coverage from 1980 to the present.

  • Search for narrative nonfiction titles similar to the ones you enjoy by entering the title, author or characterisitcs like location, genre time frame and more.

  • Full-text from 1996- present.

  • Information on authors, books, and series for fiction and non-fiction.

  • Fiction and Non-Fiction summaries and readalikes.

  • OAIster is a union catalog of digital resources is produced by the University of Michigan and includes items such as: digitized (i.e., scanned) books and articles, born-digital texts, audio files, images, movies, and datasets.

  • Indexes over two million papers presented at conferences worldwide. Also covers congresses, expositions, workshops, symposiums, and other meetings.

  • This database contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including more than 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.

  • OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings.

  • Full-text resource for 2350 full-text periodicals and regional newspapers, including USA Today and the Wall Street Journal.

  • Search the 7 Chicagoland counties for new homeowners, foreclosures & sales, bankruptcies and new businesses.

  • U.S. and Canadian company and residential profiles.  Search by business type, size, location, and more. 

  • A collection of encyclopedias and reference books with information on animal life, conservation, weather and more.

  • The curriculum-oriented database offers a comprehensive, authoritative overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive essays, definitions, diagrams, videos, animations, illustrations, images, biographies, experiments, activities, and current news articles.

  • Click here to find magazine and newspapers in full text. You may search by periodical title or broad subject category.

  • Literature Criticism Online includes: Drama Criticism and Short Story Criticism: Critiques of authors of short fiction and major dramatists that span all time periods.

  • A comprehensive database covering all major areas of starting and
    operating a business.

  • Business Media Advertising Source, including: Consumer Media Advertising Source, Direct Marketing List, Newspaper Advertising Source, Radio Advertising Source,TV and Cable Source.

  • S&P's investment research and commentary. Note: You may need to click on the link a few times to gain access.

  • The Statistical Abstract provides hundreds of U.S. social, political, and economic statistics.  Sources include numerous federal agencies, as well as private institutions.

  • Register for free to access the most product information and  manufacturers; explore the latest green products; find projects galleries,continuing education; send RFIs and RFPs and more.

  • Formerly known as the Thomas Register. Search ThomasNet to find manufacturers, distributors and service providers - from Actuators to Zirconium and everything in between.

  • The TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), Ebooks and Audio Books which may be viewed online or downloaded for 90 days, and Tumble Puzzles & Games.

  • HelpNow offers students expert help: Get live online homework help, skills building, writing assistance, and more from Brainfuse-certified tutors.  

  • Access biographical/critical introductions to major authors and find full-text criticism on major literary works from 1900–1999.

  • Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities and more.

  • Full-Text from 1984-present.

  • A collection of reference books on wars around the world.

  • Updated company and industry profiles.

  • Contains full-text articles from nearly 3100 publications covering subjects from the Arts and science to the law and more.

  • The standard for providing accuracy, objectivity, and reliability in research materials.

  • Easy-to-read articles, multimedia, interactive tools and more.

  • A general reference source that includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, and statistics. The World Almanac database includes the contents of: the World Almanac and Book of Facts, the World Almanac of the U.S.A., the World Almanac of U.S. Politics, the World Almanac for Kids, and Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia.

  • World-wide catalog of millions of books, multimedia, web resources, and other materials.

    WorldCat's Mobile Site
  • Read beautiful, full-color, complete digital magazines.  Download the app to use on your mobile device. 

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    If you are viewing a magazine from a computer, follow these instructions:

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    3. Run the installation file.

    On Mac, you can alternatively run the Adobe Air Application Installer that you can find in your list of application after installing Adobe Air. Once open, find the Zinio Reader 4 installation file (which has an .air extension) and run it to install it.

     

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