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Books & Literature
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.
Databases: By Subject
By Title
E-Journal Portal
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Catalog
Use the catalog to search for books, sound recordings, CD-ROMs, videos, and reference materials in the Glenview Public Library.
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Novelist
A readers' advisory resource that assists fiction readers in finding authors, titles, genres, or "read-a-likes" by subject, author, or plot description.
NoveList contains materials for all ages including picturebooks, children's "chapter" books, young adult titles and books for adult readers.
NoveList has full-text reviews, book discussion guides, and links to author websites.
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NetLibrary
Listen to eAudiobooks anytime, anywhere. eAudiobooks are books that have been read aloud and recorded. eAudiobooks can be checked out from the library or from a personal computer via the library’s Web site, 24/7.
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BookNews
Choose from over a dozen different genre-related newsletters. A monthly e-mail of book selections that we think will interest you, including book jackets, descriptions, book reviews, author commentaries, all with links to our card catalog.
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LitFinder
Stories, poems, plays, speeches and essays searchable by genre, subject, or author.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
A cross searching platform of e-reference books on multiple topics.
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Biography Resource Center
The Biography Resource Center combines biographies from over 130 sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, 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.
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Facts.com - World Almanac Encyclopedia
Facts On File Biographies of important personages both past and present.
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EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier
A variety of full text databases from leading information providers. Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary database of over 3,500 full text scholarly publications. |
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OCLC FirstSearch
A gateway to multiple online research databases. Search WorldCat for books and other materials from libraries worldwide.
It also includes records representing 400 languages.
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Books In Print
Comprehensive database of 5 million book, audio book, and video titles containing publisher information and book reviews.
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Cooperative Computer Services
Search the IBistro catalog of a consortium of local North and Northwest suburban libraries. |
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E-Journal Portal
Find specific online publications by title or by subject.
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Please ask a librarian for assistance or telephone the Reference Desk at (847)729-7500 ext. 111 for further information about these databases.
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