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African American Song Alldata (automotive, 1982-present) | In library only. America the Beautiful America's News Magazines America's Obituaries and Death Notices Ancestry - Library Edition | In library only. ArticleFirst Biography Resource Center BookFLIX (Grades pre-K - 3) Booklist Online Business and Company Resource Center CCS Library Magazine/Newspaper List Chicago Sun-Times (1986-present) Chicago Tribune (1985-present) Chicago Tribune Historical Archive (major stories, obits) Chicago Tribune Historical (Proquest 1849-1986) Chilton Library (automotive repair) Classical Music Library Cobblestone Online |  User Name=DPPL, Password=60016 Consumers Checkbook | In library only. Contemporary Authors CQ Researcher Cross-Search (Search Multiple Databases at one time)     Lands and Peoples Learning Express Library - online practice tests Legal Forms (Illinois forms) Literature Resource Center Marshall Cavendish Digital Medline Medline Plus | Free Web site Morningstar New Book of Knowledge New Book of Popular Science New York Times Historical Archive (1851-2005) NoveList Plus NoveList Plus K-8 Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en Linea Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Oxford English Dictionary Public Records

Daily Herald (1995-present) Daily Life Online Des Plaines Public Library Magazine/Newspaper List Des Plaines Times (1995-present) Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos Encyclopedia Americana eLibrary Encyclopedia of Associations ERIC FirstSearch - 13 databases in many different subject areas. General OneFile General Reference Center Gold GPO (Government Publications) Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Heritage Quest Online iBistro I-Share Illinois Periodicals Online Investor Newsletters | In library only - see a librarian. JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association (1998-present) In library only - see a librarian. Kids InfoBits     ReferenceUSA ReferenceUSA Health Care SILC - Statewide Illinois Library Catalog Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries SRDS Media Solutions | In library only - see a librarian. Student Resource Center Tell Me More (language instruction - use with Internet Explorer only) TumbleBook Library Virtual Reference Library Wall Street Journal (1984-present) Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Public and Private Companies-2008 Current company and industry information. Westlaw (Illinois) | In library only - see a librarian. Wilson Select Plus World Book Encyclopedia Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos WorldAlmanac WorldCat