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Complete List of Databases

Most of these databases can be accessed from home using your Glenview Public Library card number as username. A few are available only inside the library and are marked appropriately.

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Academic Search Premier

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to More

1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Hide


Alt HealthWatch

This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries More

full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990. Hide


Amazing Animals

A virtual trip to the zoo, with interactive information on over 1200 animals.


America's Obituaries & Death Notices

A comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices in an interface that allows searching by name, date range, or text such as More

institutional name, social affiliation(s), geographic location(s), philanthropic activities, etc.Hide


Ancestry Library Edition

Genealogy and local history research: digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 forward,  Passenger and Immigration Lists Index.


Auto Repair Reference Center

Automotive repair information for more than 33,800 vehicles from 1945 to present, with drawings and step-by-step photographs, technical service bulletins and recalls, wiring diagrams, specifications, maintenance schedules and a Labor Time Guide and Estimator.

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Biography and Genealogy Master Index

Biography and Genealogy Master Index indexes biographical dictionaries and who's whos, subject encyclopedias, and literary criticism. It also acts as More

an index to other indexes. BGMI indexes only reference works containing multiple biographies; it does not index periodical articles or books of biography about a single individual.Hide


Biography in Context

Biography in Context combines biographies from over 130 sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, More

Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, Contemporary Black Biography, Religious Leaders of America, International Dictionary of Art and Artists, and Writers Directory, with full-text biographical articles from more than 265 magazines.Hide


Brainfuse – HelpNow

Online tutors are available to help Grades K-12, College Intro, and Adult Learners. Subjects include: Math, Science, Social Studies, English and JobNow, 3:00pm-10:00pm daily. Tambien en Espańol.


Business Source Premier

A business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database More

provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998 in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.Hide

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Catalog

Use the catalog to search for books, movies, music, reference materials, and more in the Glenview Public Library.


Chicago Consumers' Checkbook

Consumers' CHECKBOOK is an independent, nonprofit consumer organization that evaluates the quality and prices of local service firms and stores, such as auto repair shops, plumbers, dentists, banks, and insurance companies to provide consumers information to help them get high quality services and products at the best possible prices.


Chicago Sun Times

The Chicago Sun-Times covers politics and government on the local, state and national level with coverage from 1986 to present.


Chicago Tribune

Detailed indexing for The Chicago Tribune with coverage back to 1985.


Chicago Tribune Archive

Useful for finding obituaries and news stories from 1849-1984.


CultureGrams States Edition

Explore the United States in colorful kid friendly reports.


CultureGrams World Edition

Experience the world through detailed cultural information on more than 200 countries.

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Daily Herald

The Daily Herald is the third largest newspaper in Illinois covering the communities: North West Cook County, DuPage, Lake, McHenry and Kane Counties and Fox Valley.


Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online

Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online provides more than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.

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EBSCOhost

Search Business, Health, Student, or General indexes to over 1,700 publications including Consumer Reports and Harvard Business Review.


E-Journal Portal Publications

Find specific online publications by title or by subject.


Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos

Spanish language database by World Book. Based on the award winning Student Discovery Encyclopedia.

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Facts.com

Facts On File World News Digest since 1940 and a live news feed from Reuters® to answer questions about events, people, issues, facts, and figures of the last 60+ years.


Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

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Gale Legal Forms

View and select legal documents and forms for standard legal transactions.


Gale Literary Index

An online index, searchable by author, title, or nationality, to all of the Gale print literature publications shelved in the Glenview Public Library reference collection.


Gale Virtual Reference Library

A cross searching platform of e-reference books on multiple topics.


Glenview Announcements

Pioneer Press local newspaper for Glenview, IL.


Glenview Obituary Index

An index of obituaries in the Glenview Announcements, the Glenview Journal, The Glenview View, and other local sources. It is a work in progress. More

If you do not find the name you are researching, please contact the Reference Desk. Hide


GreenFILE

Well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. This collection of scholarly, government and More

general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.Hide


Grolier Multimedia

Offers quick access to general reference articles and media resources for a visually rich research experience. For middle school students and up.


Grolier Online

Published by Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc., it includes encyclopedia databases: Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, Amazing Animals of the World, and The New Book of Popular Science.

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Health Source - Consumer Edition

Health Source - Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 300 journals providing information on many health topics including More

the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Also included in this database is searchable full text for nearly 1,100 health-related pamphlets; 146 health reference books, 4,500 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish); and Stedman's Medical Dictionary.Hide


Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, and also features More

abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong and is updated on a daily basis.Hide


Heritage Quest

Research materials for tracing family history and American culture for beginning or professional genealogists.


History Study Center

History Study Center provides digitized primary and secondary sources with documents and articles organized under widely-studied topics, with reference works, images, video clips and links to 2,000 Web sites.

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Illinois Statewide Catalog

SILC is the Illinois catalog of materials for libraries throughout the state.


Issues and Controversies

Issues and Controversies features up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day.

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JobNow

JobNow provides you with practical tools, career resources, a resume builder, and interview tips and coaching, to help you get a job.

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Kids Search

Search for full-text articles and pictures in this kid-friendly database especially for students in kindergarten through 5th grade.

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Learning Express Library

Test preparation tutorials (middle school through graduate level including: GED, Advanced Placement, ACT, PSAT, SAT, GMAT, and GRE), More

licensing exam preparation (for civil service, plumbing, electrical, nursing and more), job search & workplace skills courses, and online computer courses for Microsoft Office programs. Hide


LexisNexis Express

In-depth full text news, business and legal sources from major US and world newspapers, trade publications, company profiles and SEC filings. Legal research available in library only.


Library PressDisplay

Library Press Display provides library users, from the casual reader to the formal researcher, access to over 500 newspapers from more than More

70 countries in 37 languages. Read or listen to today's news articles or browse page by page, section by section with color photos, images, display ads and more.Hide


Literature Criticism Online

Modern and historical articles on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres.


LitFinder

Stories, poems, plays, speeches and essays searchable by genre, subject, or author.

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Mango

Self-paced web-based language learning system for 22 languages and 15 ESL courses including Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, French, More

German, Italian, Greek, Russian, Angielski dla polskich rozmówców (English for Polish Speakers), Inglés para hispanoparlantes (English for Spanish Speakers), and Inglęs para falantes do portuguęs brasileiro (English for Brazilian Portuguese Speakers).Hide


MasterFILE Premier

A multidisciplinary full text database for nearly 1,700 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. More

Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags.Hide


Morningstar

Identify stocks or funds to find out what analysts have to say about that investment, or input two or more stocks and/or mutual funds to see how they work together as a portfolio.


MyMediaMall

Glenview Public Library cardholders can now download ebooks and audiobooks from the comfort of home 24/7. There are hundreds of titles to choose from More

including fiction, nonfiction and classics for both adults and youth. These titles can be downloaded to your PC, Mac, PDA, MP3 player, IPod and even burned to a CD. No need to worry over late fees. Materials are automatically returned for you. Hide

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New Book of Knowledge

Fun, easy to use general reference resource. For elementary school students and English language learners.


New Book of Popular Science

In depth science, health and technology research and news. Includes photos, maps and over 2200 biographies.


New York Times

The New York Times famous for its slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print." and recipient of numerous Pulitzer Prizes, provides national and foreign coverage from 1985 to present.


Newsbank: America's Newspapers

The electronic editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers from around the United States. Select newspapers by state or region.


NoveList Plus

A readers' advisory resource that assists fiction and non-fiction readers in finding authors, titles, genres, or "read-a-likes" by subject, author, or plot description. NoveList Plus contains materials for all ages including picturebooks, children's "chapter" books, young adult titles and books for adult readers with full-text reviews, book discussion guides, and links to author websites.


NoveList K-8 Plus

NoveList K-8 contains reading recommendations for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture books, children's "chapter" books and More

young adult titles. It offers reading recommendations by reading level and reading tips for parents. Discover fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in the classroom. You can find stories that are set in a particular country for use with geography units, books about different cultures and relationships, as well as titles to help students develop their appreciation of literature.Hide

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OCLC FirstSearch

A gateway to multiple databases for articles in business, management, science, humanities, education, health and medicine including ArticleFirst, ClasePeriodica, ECO, ERIC and Medline.

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PebbleGo

Interactive animal site for beginning readers K-2. Play fun educational games and learn early research skills.


Proquest

Search The Chicago Sun Times, The Daily Herald, The Wall Street Journal,USA Today, and several other Midwest regional newspapers, as well as nationally known magazines and journals.


Proquest Newsstand

Detailed indexing to the following selection newspaper titles: USA TODAY, Los Angeles Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Barron's, More

The Boston Globe, The Guardian, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel, the Advocate and more.Hide


Proquest Psychology Journals

Proquest Psychology Journals with full text is designed for both undergraduate and graduate level and contains psychological, psychiatric, and related publications.

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Record Information Services

The Record Information Services' Database can provide you with public records of new homeowners, new business licenses, foreclosures, and bankruptcies in Cook, Dekalb, Dupage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties.


ReferenceUSA

An online telephone directory database used for residential and business listings nationwide searchable by name, geographic location, yellow page heading, business size or sales volume.


Regional Business News

Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications) covering metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

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Searchasaurus

A fun, colorful interface for students. Choose from "Primary Search" (for kindergarten through 5th grade) or "Middle Search" (for 6th grade through high school).


SIRS Knowledge Source

Excellent database for student assignments on social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political, and global issues. Full text More

articles archived from 1989 to present many with graphics, charts, maps, and diagrams.Hide


S&P NetAdvantage

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage is a comprehensive source of business and investment information, offering on-line access to popular Standard & Poor's research products such as Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, and Bond Reports.


Something About the Author

Landmark reference set covers the lives and works of authors and illustrators of books for children and teens. A complete searchable archive digitized from the over 200 volume print set.


Student Edition

Designed for high school students. Provides access to age-appropriate content from magazines, newspapers and reference books. Authoritative content that is updated daily.


Student Resources in Context

A fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical More

analyses, full-text coverage of over 450 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips.Hide


Student Research Center Grades 6 - 12

EBSCO's Student Research Center makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type—magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.

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Teacher Reference Center

Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.


Today’s Science

Search for the latest scientific discoveries and fundamental scientific concepts in health, the environment, technology, life science, physical science, earth and space science, and more.


TOPICsearch

TOPICsearch contains full text for over 60,000 articles from 399 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.


TumbleBook Library

Animated talking picture books with puzzles and games. Books are also in Chinese, French, Italian, Russian, & Spanish.

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Value Line

Investment research and rankings for stocks, funds, and options.

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Wall Street Journal

Comprehensive coverage the world's leading financial newspaper from 1984 to present.


World Book Kids

Uses the award winning Student Discovery Encyclopedia that is simple, easy to read and understand. Grades K-5.


World Book Online Info Finder

Expansive reference resource based on the World Book Encyclopedia. It offers over 40,000 articles, science projects and a multimedia library. Grades 4 – 12.


World Book Online Reference Center

Encyclopedic, multimedia, e-book and primary source database integrated in a single search. Individual accounts let users create and save their work. 7th grade through adult.


World News Digest

Facts On File World News Digest since 1940 and a live newsfeed from Reuters® to answer questions about events, people, issues, facts, and figures of the last 60+ years.


WorldCat.org

The WorldCat library catalog lets you search for books and audio visual materials in library collections in our community, throughout Illinois and in thousands of libraries around the country and the world.


Please ask a librarian for assistance or telephone the Reference Desk at
(847)729-7500 ext. 7700 for further information about these databases.


 
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