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Resource Group Description
Searching Numerous Databases At Once   Find information from multiple databases with one search!
NEW Hoover's First Research Business Users  Search by SIC or NAICS codes for industry profiles (ex. employment, unemployment, personal income, tax revenues, and exports) across state boundaries.
NO HOME ACCESS AVAILABLE.
All Data Pro Consumers  Resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information.
NO HOME ACCESS AVAILABLE.
America's Obituaries and Death Notices Genealogists News Seekers  Search newspaper obituaries and death notices from around the United States.
Ancestry Plus Genealogists  Genealogy Resource. Gain instant access to more than 1 billion names, more than 3,000 databases,and a variety of genealogical research features.
NO HOME ACCESS AVAILABLE.
Courier News News Seekers  Access news articles from 1997.
eLibrary Researchers Students  Search a variety of sources such as newspapers, encyclopedias, etc.
ERIC Educational Database Researchers Students  Journal articles and reports on education topics.
Facts.com News Seekers Researchers Students  Brings together complete content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1940 and selected content from six other core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 60+ years.
FirstSearch Researchers Students  Links to many indexes and full-text resources and scholarly articles including ArticleFirst, ClasePeriodica (Latin America), ECO (Journals), PapersFirst (Conferences), PerAbs (Periodical Abstracts), and WorldCatDissertations.
Gale Virtual Reference Library Business Users Researchers Students  Search and read online some of our most popular reference books including business, medical, and educational titles.  Alphabetical list of titles.
GPO Consumers Researchers  U.S. government publications.
Heritage Quest Genealogists
Students
 
Genealogy Resource: Start your family history search here. Includes complete US Federal Census images.
Hoover's Job Seekers Business Users  Covers public and private companies along with detailed company and industry information. Includes information from Hoover's Industry Database and D&B Company Database.
NO HOME ACCESS AVAILABLE.
Illinois Clicks Students  It is an information website with quality internet resources, reviewed and selected by Illinois librarians, well-organized for easy access by all Illinois citizens.
Infotrac General Reference Center Gold Researchers Students  Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, etc.
Learning
Express
Library.com
Job Seekers Students  (formerly Learnatest.com)-Interactive practice exams and test preparation. Follow directions about how to become a new user or access your tests.
Lit Finder Students  Search for poems, stories, plays, speeches, and essays.
Medline Health Database Consumers  All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.
Morningstar.Com Business Users  Identify stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs that meet your needs.
Newspapers on Newsbank News Seekers  Local, State and National Newspapers including Elgin Courier News, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Suntimes, Rockford Register and major metro newspapers from across the nation. Now includes access to America's Obituaries and Death Notices : search by name, date range, or text such as institutional name, social affiliation(s), geographic location(s), and philanthropic activities.
NoveList & NoveList K-8 Fiction Readers Kids  Explore by fiction types, describe a plot, match a novel, or best fiction. You can choose level of adult, young adult, children, or easy.
Record Information Services Consumers  Find local public information in Kane and surrounding counties on new homeowners and businesses, foreclosures and auctions, and bankruptcies.
Reference USA- Business Users Job Seekers  Gain Business and Residential Database Information.
Thomas Register Business Users  The most comprehensive resource for industrial information. Go straight to the source of product, company information, CAD drawings and more...
Value Line Research Center Business Users
Investors 
Includes on-line access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, and more.
NO HOME ACCESS AVAILABLE.
WebFeet Kids
Students 
Find the best resources on the net selected and reviewed by librarians, educators, subject specialists, and editors.
WilsonSelectPlus Researchers Students  Indexes professional publications and academic journals with some links to full-text articles.
World Book Online Kids
Students 
Offers more than 25,000 encyclopedia articles, more than 14,000 Web sites, dictionaries, atlases, etc. that are carefully edited to suit the educational level of the users most likely to use them, from grades 4 through 12 and adults.
WorldCat Business Users Researchers Students  Find Books in Library Catalogs all over the world.