Glenview Public Library - Online Databases

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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.

Databases: By Subject By Title E-Journal Portal

	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 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.

	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.

	Books In Print Comprehensive database of 5 million book, audio book, and video titles containing publisher information and book reviews.

	Catalog Use the catalog to search for books, sound recordings, CD-ROMs, videos, and reference materials in the Glenview Public Library.

	E-Journal Portal Find specific online publications by title or by subject.

	Facts.com 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.

	Facts.com - World Almanac Encyclopedia Facts On File Biographies of important personages both past and present.

	Gale Virtual Reference Library A cross searching platform of e-reference books on multiple topics.

	Grolier Online Grolier Online is published by Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc., a division of Scholastic Inc. It includes five encyclopedia databases: Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, Amazing Animals of the World, Lands and Peoples, and The New Book of Popular Science.

	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.

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

	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.

	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.

	Online Magazine and Newspaper Locator Find specific online publications by title or by subject.

	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.

	Today’s Science Today’s Science presents the latest scientific discoveries and the fundamental concepts that underlie them covering: health, the environment, technology, life science, physical science, earth and space science, and science and society.

	Westlaw Public Library Edition (Available in library only) Online access to Westlaw legal information from: Illinois Forms Legal and Business, Nichols Civil Practice with Forms, Illinois Law and Practice, Illinois Practice Series, American Law Reports, and Illinois Personal Injury Forms.

	World Book Encyclopedia Designed for school-aged students, this encyclopedia contains every article from the 22-volume print set plus state-of-the art multimedia and editor-reviewed Web sites.