| Biographies: |
Biography
Resource Center
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A comprehensive biographical database, it includes
authors, newsmakers, entertainers, political figures,
historical figures, artists, and athletes. |
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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| Books & Literature: |
MAX
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Search for books and other materials at the Rockford
Public Library using our online catalog, MAX. |
Novelist
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Find a good book to read! Novelist lets you search
for fiction titles by title, author, plot, genre
or subject. |
Novelist
K-8
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Novelist K-8 works just like Novelist, but is geared
towards kids in kindergarten through 8th grade. |
My Media
Mall
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My Media Mall lets your checkout ebooks and MP3
audio books and music for three weeks. |
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| Education: |
Illinois
Skills Match
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Matches up job seekers with employers that are
looking for employees. |
FAFSA
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Find out information about the FAFSA program and
fill out a FAFSA application online. |
Testing
and Education Reference Center
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Helps users meet their educational goals by identifying
scholarships, practicing tests on-line, and offering
a database of thousands of colleges and graduate
schools. |
Scholarship
Search
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Search the Rockford area databases for scholarships. |
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| Homework
Help: |
Funk
and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
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Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety
of subject areas. |
World
Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
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An encyclopedia in Spanish for students.
Una enciclopedia en español para los estudiantes. |
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. |
Middle
Search Plus
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Full text of nearly 140 magazines for middle and
junior high school research. |
Student
Research Center
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Search magazines, newspapers, biographies, Radio & TV
transcripts, and much more. |
Grolier
Online
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Contains information on Lands and People & Amazing
Animals of the world. |
EBSCO
Animals
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EBSCO Animals provides information on a variety
of topics relating to animals. |
Cqresearcher
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Congressional Quarterly |
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Away Virtual Reference 
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day or night —right on the Internet.
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