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Rockford
Public Library
Electronic Resources
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| Mobile Databases
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| EBSCOhost Mobile
Databases |
EBSCO
Databases designed for viewing on your mobile devices. |
| Worldbook Online Mobile |
Contains more than 25,000 encyclopedia articles as well as magazine articles, a dictionary, pictures, sounds, and videos.
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WorldCat Mobile |
An extensive
online catalog of books, audiovisual items, Internet resources, and
other materials held by libraries worldwide. |
| Pop Culture Universe Mobile |
An
authoritative digital library of information on American and world
popular culture, past and present. |
| Automotive
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| Auto Repair Reference Center |
Auto
repair information for domestic and
imported vehicles. Information is supplied by the publisher of
Chilton® manuals. Repair manuals for most vintage makes start
as
far back as 1954. |
| Mitchell
Repair
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Mitchell
Repair offers
comprehensive auto repair information, estimating, and service
information.
This
database is only available at the Main Library
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| Biographies
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Biography
in Context
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This
database contains
full-text biographical articles on more than half a million influential
people from around the world. Contemporary and historical authors,
newsmakers, entertainers, politicians, and athletes are included.
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Books
and Music
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| Freegal Music
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Freegal offers music for free
download. RPL cardholders can download up to 3 individual songs per
week. Files are downloaded in an MP3 format and can then be played,
transferred or burned onto a CD. The site contains thousands of
artists, tens of thousands of albums and hundreds of thousands of
songs, all owned by Sony Music Entertainment.
Click here
for FAQs.
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I-Share
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Formerly
Illinet, this catalog allows users to search for books from higher
educational institutions throughout Illinois.
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Literature Resource Center
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Provides
access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors
from every age and literary discipline.
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MAX
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Search
for books and other materials at the Rockford Public Library using our
online catalog, MAX. With your library card number and PIN (password),
you can login to your personal account to place holds and renew items.
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NIC
Catalog
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Search
for items held by libraries near Rockford (including Cherry Valley
Public Library, Ida Public Library, and the North Suburban Library
District) using the NIC Catalog.
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Novelist
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Find
a good book to read! NoveList lets you search for fiction by title,
author, plot, genre or subject. Retrieve author read-alikes, book
recommendations, book lists, and book discussion guides.
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Novelist K-8
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Novelist
K-8 works just like NoveList, but is geared towards kids in
kindergarten through 8th grade.
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| OverDrive |
OverDrive is a downloadable audio
and digital book service available to all RPL cardholders. You can
download bestselling audio books and other digital content directly
from RPL’s website. Just install the free reader software and
then use your library card number to access all your favorite titles. |
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Statewide
Illinois Library Catalog
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A
catalog
that allows users to search libraries throughout the entire state of
Illinois. *Login
using your library card number, then select this catalog from the
drop-down list.
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| TumbleBooks |
TumbleBookLibrary is an online
collection
of animated,
talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in
a format they'll love. |
| WorldCat |
An extensive
online catalog of books, audiovisual items, Internet resources, and
other materials held by libraries worldwide. |
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Business,
Consumer Information,
and Philanthropy
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| ABI/Infom
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Search
for articles from over
3,000 business publications. Includes regional publications, as well as
trade, industry, and scholarly publications. |
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Associations Unlimited
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Contains
information on over 400,000 international and U.S. national, regional,
state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields.
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Foundation
Directory
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A
database which lists 80,000 grantmakers and over 500,000 grants..
This
database is only
available at the library.
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Illinois
Skills Match
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Matches
up Illinois job seekers with suitable employers.
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Reference
USA
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Search
for information on over 14 million U.S. businesses and 89 million U.S.
households.
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Value
Line
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Provides
investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options, and convertibles.
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Education
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| Daily
Life through History
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Information
about past eras
for students and teachers; includes primary source documents, topic
guides, maps, and a dictionary.
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ERIC
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Over
1.1
million journal articles and reports in education. *Login using your library card number,
then
select this catalog from the drop-down list.
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FAFSA
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Obtain
information about federal student aid and fill out the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid.
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| Pop
Culture Universe |
An
authoritative digital
library of information on American and world popular culture, past and
present. |
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Teacher Reference Center
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Includes
citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from the most popular
journals and magazines for teachers and administrators.
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Testing and Education Reference Center
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Search
for scholarships; access test preparation books; take practice tests
for the GED and other exams; access information about colleges,
graduate schools, and careers.
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Cqresearcher
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Congressional
Quarterly’s online database offers in-depth and unbiased
reporting of issues in the news. Find background information on timely
topics and access older reports to track how debates have changed over
time.
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| Kids Search |
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Learn something new today! Over 500 online continuing education courses are
available here.
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Encyclopedias
and Almanacs
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Funk and Wagnalls New World
Encyclopedia
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Over
25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject
areas.
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| Pop
Culture Universe
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An
authoritative digital library of information on American and world
popular culture, past and present.
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Searchasaurus
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A fun
and
easy way for kids to search magazines, encyclopedias, pictures, and a
dictionary.
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World
Almanac
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Includes
encyclopedia entries, biographies, facts, and statistics from the Funk
and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. *Login using your library card number,
then
select this catalog from the drop-down list.
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| World
Book Kids
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World Book Kids
features
content and tools developed especially for young students. The site
offers simple navigation, easy-to-read articles,
multimedia, comparison tools, interactive games and activities, and
teacher resources.
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World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil
Hallazgos
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An
encyclopedia in Spanish for students.
An
encyclopedia in Spanish for students.
Una
enciclopedia en español para los estudiantes.
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World
Book
Online
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Contains
more than 25,000 encyclopedia articles as well as magazine articles, a
dictionary, pictures, sounds, and videos.
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Foreign
Language
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Clase
Periodica
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Clase
and
Periodica offers an index of Latin journals in the sciences and
humanities. *Login using your library card number,
then
select this catalog from the drop-down list.
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| Mango
Languages
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Learn
conversational skills quickly and easily through Mango's unique
teaching method. Choose from 48 unique courses including ESL. |
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World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil
Hallazgos
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An
encyclopedia in Spanish for students.
An
encyclopedia in Spanish for students.
Una
enciclopedia en español para los estudiantes.
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| EBSCOhost Espanol |
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Genealogy
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Search
37 million obituaries
from across the country (1977-Current), the Social Security Death
Index, as well as historical newspapers, books, and documents. |
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Ancestry Library
Edition
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Search
U.S. Immigration records, birth records, marriage records, death
records, and U.S. Census records to find ancestors. This
database is only
available at the library.
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Heritage Quest
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Find
ancestors using census records from 1790-1930, Revolutionary War files,
Freedman’s Bank, and other resources.
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| Hobbies
and Home Improvement |
| Hobbies
and Crafts Reference Center |
Feeling
creatively inspired?
This website has a full range of craft ideas and activities for any
level of experience and interest. |
| Home
Improvement Reference
Center
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Find
detailed information and guides to
undertaking a variety of home improvement projects. Includes articles
about decorating, electrical, plumbing, outdoor, and remodeling
projects. |
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Health
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| Consumer
Health Complete
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This
database covers a full
range of health-related topics, such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs
& alcohol, fitness, children's health, men & women's
health,
etc. |
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Medline
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Contains
citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from journals in the
fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the
preclinical sciences. |
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Cqresearcher
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Congressional
Quarterly’s online database offers in-depth and unbiased
reporting of issues in the news. Find background information on timely
topics and access older reports to track how debates have changed over
time.
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of page
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Homework
Help
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| World
Book Kids
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World Book Kids features
content and tools developed especially for young students. The site
offers simple navigation, easy-to-read articles,
multimedia, comparison tools, interactive games and activities, and
teacher resources.
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Funk and Wagnalls New World
Encyclopedia
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Over
25,000
encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
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Middle
Search Plus
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Full-text
articles from more than 140 popular magazines for middle school
students. Thousands of biographies, historical essays, photographs,
maps, and primary source documents are included. Full-text articles are
assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
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Novelist
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Find
a good book to read! NoveList lets you search for fiction by title,
author, plot, genre or subject. Retrieve author read-alikes, book
recommendations, book lists, and book discussion guides.
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| Novelist
K - 8 |
Novelist
K-8 works just like
NoveList, but is geared towards kids in kindergarten through 8th grade.
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| Student
Research Center |
Search
magazines, newspapers, biographies, Radio & TV transcripts, and
much more. |
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Primary
Search
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Full-text
articles from nearly 70 magazines for elementary school students.
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, photos, and maps are included. Full-text
articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
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Searchasaurus
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A
fun
and easy
way for kids to search magazines, encyclopedias, pictures, and a
dictionary.
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World Almanac
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Includes
encyclopedia entries, biographies, facts, and statistics from the Funk
and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs.
*Login using your library card number,
then
select this catalog from the drop-down list.
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World
Book Online
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Contains
more than 25,000
encyclopedia articles as well as magazine articles, a dictionary,
pictures, sounds, and videos.
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Cqresearcher
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Congressional
Quarterly
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| Kids Search |
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Journals
and Magazines
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Article
First
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Index
of
articles from the contents pages of journals covering medicine,
business, humanities, popular culture, science, technology, and social
science.
*Login using your library card number,
then
select this catalog from the drop-down list.
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ECO
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Electronic
Collections Online is a collection of scholarly journals, including
topics such as agriculture, history, literature, and
psychology.
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Master
FILE Premier
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Contains
full-text articles from nearly 1,700 publications, covering all
disciplines; some articles date as far back as 1975. Includes reference
books, primary source documents, and over half a million photos, maps,
and flags.
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Middle
Search Plus
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Full-text
articles from more than 140 popular magazines for middle school
students. Thousands of biographies, historical essays, photographs,
maps, and primary source documents are included. Full-text articles are
assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
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Papers
First
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An
index
of
papers presented at conferences worldwide.
*Login using your library card number,
then
select this catalog from the drop-down list.
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Primary
Search
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Full
text of
nearly 70 magazines for elementary school research.
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Proceedings
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An
index
of
worldwide conference proceedings.
*Login using your library card number,
then
select this catalog from the drop-down list.
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Cqresearcher
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Congressional
Quarterly’s online database offers in-depth and unbiased
reporting of issues in the news. Find background information on timely
topics and access older reports to track how debates have changed over
time.
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Law
and Government
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Illinois
Compiled Statutes
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Users
can find
out information about laws in Illinois, current Senate and House
members, and read the Illinois Constitution.
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Loislaw
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Access
cases, statues, bar publications, and treatises at the federal level
and for all fifty states.
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| LexisNexis |
Search
more than 40,000 legal,
news, and business sources. Designed specifically for professionals in
the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement,
accounting, and academic markets. |
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Lawchek
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Search
in eleven different areas of law to find answers to everyday legal
questions, state specific information, a glossary of common legal
terms, and many other resources.
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State
Tax Form Links
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Allows
the user to find a number of different tax forms for any state.
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U.S.
Government Publications
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Covers all types of U.S.
government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings,
debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by
executive departments.
*Login
using your library card number, then select this catalog from the
drop-down list.
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US
Tax Forms and Publications
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Tax
forms from
the Internal Revenue Service.
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Cqresearcher
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Congressional
Quarterly’s online database offers in-depth and unbiased
reporting of issues in the news. Find background information on timely
topics and access older reports to track how debates have changed over
time.
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| United States Government Manual | As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government
Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative,
judicial, and executive branches. |
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Newspapers
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| Digital
Microfilm
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Digitized
microfilm editions
of Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
The digital microfilm covers January 1, 2008 to the present (excludes
current month). |
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Click on
icons below to access news source
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Search
37 million obituaries from across the country (1977-Current), the
Social Security Death Index, as well as historical newspapers, books,
and documents.
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| LexisNexis |
Search
more than 40,000 legal,
news, and business sources. Designed specifically for professionals in
the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement,
accounting, and academic markets. |
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Search
full-text articles from 1986-Current
including local, state, national and international news, editorials,
issues, events, sports, industries, cultural events, and other sections.
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Chicago
Tribune
|
Search
full-text articles from 1985-Current
including local, state, national and
international news, editorials,
issues, events, sports, industries,
cultural events, and other sections. |
Rockford Register Star
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Search
full-text articles from 1999-Current
including local, state, national and international news, editorials,
issues, events, sports, industries, cultural events, and other sections. |
New York Times
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Search
full-text articles from 2000-Current
including local, state, national and international news, editorials,
issues, events, sports, industries, cultural events, and other
sections. Includes New York Times Book Review and New York Times
Magazines
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Social
Sciences
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| Daily
Life |
Information
about past eras
for students and teachers; includes primary source documents, topic
guides, maps, and a dictionary.
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Library, Information Science
&
Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
|
Includes
citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from periodicals covering
the subjects of librarianship, classification, cataloging, online
information retrieval, information management, and more.
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| Pop
Culture Universe |
An
authoritative digital
library of information on American and world popular culture, past and
present. |
|
Cqresearcher
|
Congressional
Quarterly’s online database offers in-depth and unbiased
reporting of issues in the news. Find background information on timely
topics and access older reports to track how debates have changed over
time.
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