Online Digital Resources
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Points of View Reference Center
Resources for students to understand issues, develop criticial thinking skills, and develop persuasive arguments. Includes essays, overviews, articles, and transcripts on, citizens’ rights, earth and environmental issues, global issues, health and medicine, and media and communications.
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Pressbooks (from inkie.org)
Design and export your own ebook using Pressbooks software.
Get your novel, memoir, poetry collection, or children’s book into ebook and print-ready formats. Pressbooks is an easy-to-use, online tool that allows you to create professional-quality versions of your ebook in various file formats including ePUB, MOBI, and PDF.
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Primary Search
Resources to support elementary school students, including encyclopedias specifically for kids, articles from children’s magazines including Highlights and Junior Scholastic, and a large image collection.
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ProQuest Global Newsstream
Search the most recent global newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites, as well as archives through the 1980s. Content includes articles from over 3100 state, regional, national, and international newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Daily Herald, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and more.
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Public Records Database
Public and marketing-oriented data for the Chicago-land area, including information on new homeowners and business, foreclosures and sales, and bankruptcies.
If you are at the library using the library’s wi-fi or on a library computer, please use this link to access Public Records.
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