Online Resources

Adult Learning Center
24/7 Writing Lab, Live Tutoring, Skills Building, Career Resources, GED Prep, U.S. Citizenship Prep, Microsoft Office Essential Skills Series, and 24/7 Question Center.
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Barron's
Full-text articles, cover to cover. 1988--present.
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BookFlix
Online books and educational activities for children preschool to 2nd grade.
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Brainfuse
Live online tutoring available Mon - Sun, 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
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Chicago Consumers' Checkbook
IN LIBRARY USE ONLY. Ratings of local services, such as auto repair shops, plumbers, lawyers, dentists, banks, insurance companies, and more.
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Chicago Tribune -- Current & Historical
Full-text articles, cover to cover: historical 1849 -- 1987, current 1985 -- present.
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Consumer Reports
Reviews, product comparisons, and buying advice.
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Core Collections
Guides to building and maintaining library collections of highly recommended titles in: Children's Middle & Junior High School, Graphic Novels, and Nonbook Materials.
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Credo Reference
Search hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject specific titles as well as images, audio files, and videos.
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Electronic Reference Books
Full text of encyclopedias, almanacs, and other reference books.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Covers the complete encyclopedia and Compton's Encyclopedia for middle school students and up.
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FirstSearch
Our FirstSearch databases: ArticleFirst, ClasePeriodica, ECO, ERIC, GPO, MEDLINE, OAlster, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst, World Almanac, WorldCat, and WorldCatDissertations. Once you have entered the FirstSearch site, click Databases and checkmark the database you wish to search. Up to three databases can be searched simultaneously.
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Infotrac -- General Reference Center
Articles from magazines, newspapers, professional journals, and some reference books. Dates covered: Varies (many go back to early 1990s, some to 1980s).
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Lincolnwood Review
Partial coverage 1995 - present.
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Mango Languages
Learn another language. English as Second Language courses also included. Best used with the Mozilla Firefox browser.
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Morningstar Investment Research Center
Stock, mutual fund, and exchange-traded fund (ETF) information. Market data from all major equity exchanges and indexes worldwide.
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MyMediaMall
Access eBooks and eAudiobooks from your home 24/7.
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NoveList
Adult and children's fiction and nonfiction book reviews, book summaries, author read-alikes, and more. Updated monthly.
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OmniFile Full Text Select (formerly Wilson Select)
Mostly full-text articles from academic journals, professional publications, and general interest magazines. 1994 to present.
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Opposing Viewpoints In Context
Listen to or read pros and cons of current social issues. Viewpoint articles, topic overviews, magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, and podcasts.
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Reference USA
Search company by industry, location or size. Entries based on Yellow Page & White Page Telephone Directories; annual reports, 10-Ks, and other SEC information, Chamber of Commerce and postal service information. Updated monthly.
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Science Reference Center
Articles in biology, chemistry, earth, space, life, medicine, technology, and environmental sciences. Biographies of scientists and science fair projects also covered.
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Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Stock, bond, and mutual fund reports; company profiles; and The Outlook investment newsletter. If accessing from outside the library: username=Lincolnwood, password=Your Lincolnwood Library card number.
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TumbleBooks
Online collection of animated, talking picture books.
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Wall Street Journal
Full-text articles, cover to cover. 1982-- present.
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