Complete Core Collections

A comprehensive guide that helps you build and maintain well-rounded collections of nonfiction and fiction books.

Creativebug

Creativebug is an all ages crafting resource with video tutorials on everything from knitting and crocheting to art and design for crafters of all experience levels. There are also downloadable patterns, templates, and recipes at your fingertips.

Consumer Health Complete

Images, videos, and full-text articles.

Cook County Genealogy

Information on how to request genealogy records from the Cook County Clerk’s Office.

College of DuPage

Resources for Adult Basic Education, General Educational Development, and English as a Second Language.

Chicago Consumers’ Checkbook

Reviews and recommendations for service and retail providers throughout Chicago. Patrons using remote access will be required to create a login using their email address.

Chicago Better Business Bureau

Find accredited businesses and charities and file complaints, if needed.

Check Illinois

Look up public records in northern Illinois.

Chicago Tribune Full Text

Full text of the newspaper 1849 to the present.

Consumer Reports

Product ratings, reviews, recommendations, brand reliability, and buying advice.

Career Onestop

Sponsored by the US Department of Labor.

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Biography Reference Source

Extensive coverage of popular and heavily researched biographies and genres, including those featured in Biography Today and Biography.

Biology Corner

Biology information, textbooks, articles, lesson plans, and fun experiments.

EasyBib.com

Generates MLA, APA, or Chicago-formatted bibliographic reference and parenthetical citation.

Gale eBooks

Explore more than 300 full-text reference books with one search.

Tutorial

Gale Encyclopedia of World History: War

Discussion and analysis of each significant war and conflict worldwide.

Gale in Context: Biography

Biographical information on people from around the world and throughout history. Includes all entries from Contemporary Authors.

Gale in Context: High School

History, literature, science, and social studies articles aimed at middle and high school students.

Geology Research

From the US Geological Survey.

History Reference Source

Full-text articles, biographies of historical figures, photos, and documents.

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences

Highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features new articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.

LearningExpress

Interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards, standardized test preparation, career development, and more, all available on multiple online platforms.

Literary Movements for Students

Discusses such movements as Greek Drama, the Harlem Renaissance, Magic Realism and Transcendentalism.

Literary Reference Plus

Literary criticism, plot summaries, book reviews, author biographies, literary journal articles, and full-text poems and short stories.