Databases

  • AtoZ Maps Online
    Online map database

  • AtoZ the USA
    A to Z Information for U.S. States and Territories.

  • AtoZ the World
    Culture, customs, food, religion, language, maps, and points of interest around the world.

  • Auto Repair Reference Center
    Online auto repair manuals.

  • Brainfuse
    This service provides online homework help sessions as well as a homework help database.

  • Chicago Sun Times and Daily Herald - In Library Online
    Online and archived editions of area newspapers.

  • EbscoHost
    Online journal articles, many with full text.

  • ERIC
    Index to documents and research about education and teaching.

  • Grolier Online
    Student resource featuring an encyclopedia, atlas, magazine articles, and more.

  • Kids Infobits
    Student resource and quick reference resource for  grades K - 12.

  • Learning Express
    Online test preparation.

  • Little Pim
    Foreign language lessons designed specifically for kids. Offered by the same company as Mango Languages.

  • Mango Languages
    Online lessons to learn foreign languages.

  • Medline
    Index of articles and research covering all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.

  • Novelist
    Your guide to adult and teen fiction.

  • Novelist K-8
    Guide to fiction for younger kids.

  • Public Information
    Databases of new homeowners, new businesses, new and previously recorded mortgages, bankruptcies, and foreclosures.

  • Sorkins - In Library Online
    In depth company profiles of Midwest businesses.

  • Tumblebooks
    Interactive e-Books for kids.

  • TumbleReadables
    TumbleReadables is a collection of online read-along titles in categories such as Graphic Novels, Early Readers, Chapter Books, Teen Fiction, Classics, and Drama/Poetry.

  • World Almanac and Encyclopedia
    This database includes the following resources: World Almanac and Book of Facts, World Almanac of the U.S.A., World Almanac of U.S. Politics, World Almanac for Kids, and Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia.

  • WorldCat
    Catalog of books and materials held by participating libraries world wide.