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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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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