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. Books & Literature
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. |
(847)729-7500 ext. 111 for further information about these databases.
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