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African-American History Online
African-American History Online is a comprehensive reference database, covering more than 500 years of African-American history—from the slave trade to the Civil Rights movement to the present day. Thousands of extensively hyperlinked and informative entries include topical entries, biographies, primary source documents, images, timelines, and maps and charts.
American History Online
American History Online is a comprehensive and authoritative reference to the most important individuals, events, and topics in U.S. history. The thousands of entries—topical entries, biographies, maps, timeline entries, primary source documents, and images—are hyperlinked and allow users a path to related entries. Extensive overview essays provide detail on each time period.
American Indian History Online
American Indian History Online is an authoritative reference database that provides in-depth coverage of more than 5,000 years of culture, legends, and leaders. More than 500 Native American groups are covered in hyperlinked entries, including topical entries, primary source documents, biographies, maps, images, and timelines. The content is also searchable by tribe and culture area.
American Women's History Online
American Women's History Online is an authoritative reference database, extensively hyperlinked, providing thousands of entries—biographies, topical entries, maps, timelines, tables and charts, primary sources, and images—that are essential to understanding the experiences of women throughout U.S. history.
Ancient and Medieval History Online
Focusing on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia, Ancient and Medieval History Online gives a balanced, global view of the world in ancient and medieval times. Thousands of entries on events, people, and primary source documents are hyperlinked and allow users a comprehensive and comparative view of the pre-modern world.
Biographies Plus
Biographical coverage of notable, famous and historical figures in over 56,000 profiles, articles and essays. Includes 20,000 images.
Bloom's Literary Reference
Read about the fascinating lives of world-famous writers—from Aeschylus to Anita Desai, from Ernest Hemingway to Émile Zola. Study the great works of world literature—from influential novels, Workspoems, and plays to important works of nonfiction.
College Zone
Whether you’re a student, parent or ISAC business partner, at College Zone you’ll find information just for you. Click on the appropriate link (above) to enter your zone.
Country Background Notes
These publications include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. The Background Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from the State Department's regional bureaus.
CQ Researcher
In-depth, non-biased full-text coverage of current political and social issues such as health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.
Curriculum Resource Center
Handouts, maps, experiments and diagrams for middle school, high school, and junior college teachers and students seeking material to supplement their coursework in core subject areas—including U.S. and world history, science, and geography.
Grolier Online
Grolier Online is published by Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc., a division of Scholastic Inc. It includes seven encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia America, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, and The New Book of Popular Science. Click here for comprehensive information on the many features available from within each of these encyclopedia databases.
History Database Center
Search multiple history databases for American, Native American, African-American, World, Ancient, and Women’s history resources. Jr. High through High School.
Illinois Labor Market Information
your source for Illinois labor market information
LearningExpress Library
Practice tests and tutorial course series to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic, basic skills or licensing tests. Immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and analysis of your results. Grade school through adult learners. Registration required.
Literature Resource Center
Literature Resource Center pulls together materials from many different print and online sources, including scholarly journals, literary reviews, reference books, authoritative websites, and more.
LitFinder
Index for poetry, short stories, essays, plays and speeches, many full-text. Jr. High through adult users.
Modern World History Online
Modern World History Online covers the important people and events of world history from the age of exploration in the mid-15th century through the modern era. Topical entries, biographies, maps, primary source documents, and timeline entries provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, and events that have defined world history.
NoveList K-8 Plus
A "what do I read next" resource for fiction readers in grades K-8. Search by plot or browse genre and award lists. Teacher resources including book talk examples and reading lexiles.
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
ProQuest
Index of millions of articles and reviews from thousands of magazines, journals and newspapers covering a world of topics, many full-text. Middle school through adult use.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
ProQuest Historical Newspapers delivers The Chicago Tribune. It offers an unparalleled online resource for the study of historical events, social and consumer history, economics, literature, technology, and more. Every issue is reproduced in cover-to-cover full-page image—from news stories and editorials to graphics and advertisements. Users can search using keyword, Boolean, or natural language queries as well as limit searches by date, author, article type, and more.
Science Online
Printable diagrams, definitions, biographies, experiments and essays covering a broad array of science topics for middle school through high school students.
The World Almanac® for Kids Online
Handouts, maps, experiments and diagrams for elementary teachers and students seeking material to supplement their lessons. Coverage includes people and events in history, maps and flags, timelines, science diagrams, science projects, career ideas and other handouts.
Tutor.com
Tutor.com is available directly to students, as well as schools, libraries, businesses and community colleges to help K-12 and adult learners succeed. Live Homework Help is available 3pm to 11pm every day in English and in Spanish.
World Geography and Culture Online
More than 1,200 printable, full-color maps and over 270 flags, accompanied by statistics, images, and information about geography, government, history and culture for more than 200 countries and territories, the 50 U.S. states, and the 13 Canadian provinces.
WorldAlmanac
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. Basic reference source for users in upper grade school through adults. Includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, and statistics.