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Databases with theuse from homeicon next to them may be used from outside the Library by subscribers to the Library's Remote Access Service. Click on theuse from hometo connect from outside the Library.
use from home ABI/Inform
Index of articles on business and management topics. Indexing for 1971- and selected full text from 1991- .
Ancestry.Com
One of the most popular resources for genealogical information, with family history data for over 500 million names. Users outside the library may select this link, but they will only have access to Ancestry.Com resources that are labeled "free."
use from home Applied Science and Technology Index
An index of magazine and journal articles on the applied sciences (e.g., engineering), from 1984-. This is not a full-text database. Please inquire at the reference desk about locating articles identified by this index.
use from home Arlington Heights Memorial Library Catalog
The new web version of our catalog requires no initial login. It lets you look up library items, place holds and view your circulation record. Unlike other AHML Databases, this may be used by patrons outside the library!
use from home Biography & Genealogy Master Index
Index to biographical articles appearing in reference books. This is not a full-text database. Please use the AHML Online Catalog or inquire at the Reference Desk to see if the Library owns the reference book(s) identified by your search.AHML catalog to determine whether we own the reference books in question.
Chicago Tribune
Full-text of the Chicago Tribune from 1985- .
CollegeSource
Features over 10,200 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover original page format including 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools.
use from home Database of Occupations
Allows you to look up background information on thousands of career choices, such as educational requirements, advancement opportunities and long-term outlook. Produced by the Illinois Occupational Information Coordinating Committee.
Encyclopedia Americana
The online version of one of the world's most respected encyclopedias. Includes the Americana Journal (for looking up information on countries, organizations or specific dates) and the Wall Street Journal Almana.
use from home ERIC
Index of research articles in education, 1966-. Provides extensive abstracts, and selected full text. The articles with record numbers beginning "ED..." may be available at the library from the ERIC Documents Microfiche. Inquire at the Magazine and Newspapers Desk.
use from home Expanded Academic Index
Index of articles from over 1800 journals, with an emphasis on academic titles in the arts, humanities, science and social science. Includes selected full-text from over 900 sources.
use from home Facts.Com
Provides extensive summaries of news events 1980-, with biographical profiles, historic documents, editorials, and photographs
use from home FIS Online
Financial and historical information on publicly traded companies. Access is now also available to the weekly updates of Moody's News Reports
use from home General Business File ASAP
Contains company profiles, investment analysts' reports and articles on business and economics. Covers 1983- . Some articles are full-text.
use from home General Reference Center
Index of articles from hundreds of major magazines, journals and newspapers from 1980-, with selected full-text from 1984- . Also includes a number of general reference sources (e.g., full-text encyclopedia articles, maps and entries from Information Please Almanacs).
Grangers Poetry
Online version of one of the world's most respected guides to poetry. Also includes thousands of full-text poems
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
A more general encyclopedia than Americana, with additional multimedia content, as well as an atlas and timelines.
use from home Health Reference Center
Contains reference articles, pamphlets and magazine articles from 1995-, with selected full-text.
use from home Illinois Newsstand
Includes full text of about nine Illinois newspapers, most significantly the Chicago Sun-Times (1995- ) and the Daily Herald (11/97- ). It also includes indexing of the Chicago Tribune, but not full-text.
use from home Infotrac Junior
Magazine and newspaper articles, mostly full-text, and the Information Please Almanac, from the past 3 years. Selected for kids in grades 6-8.
use from home Infotrac Kids
Magazine and newspaper articles, mostly full-text, and the Information Please Almanac, from the past 3 years. Selected for kids in grades 3-5
Literary Index
Use this to locate critical or biographical material in reference books about authors, books, stories or poems. This database has no full text. Use the Library Catalog or inquire at the Reference Desk to determine if the Library owns the books identified by this database. Unlike other AHML Databases, this may be used by patrons outside the library!
use from home Local Libraries' Online Catalog
(Also called "Liaison") Allows you to look up books, videos, cd's, etc. in other local libraries. Inquire at any of the Library's service desks for information on getting materials from other libraries. Unlike other AHML Databases, this may be used by patrons outside the library!
use from home Medline
Index of medical research articles from 1965- . Includes extensive abstracts and selected full text. Inquire at the Reference Desk about locating articles identified by this database.
use from home Netfirst
An authoritative database of Internet resources selected by librarians.
New Book of Knowledge
A basic students' encyclopedia, with special information for parents and teachers.
use from home Novelist
Uses thousands of book reviews to help readers find books that match their reading tastes.
use from home PDR Electronic Library
Extensive, authoritative information about drugs, including multi-drug interactions.
use from home Periodical Abstracts
Index of articles from hundreds of major magazines and journals from 1987- and selected full text from 1992- .
use from home Predicasts Promt
Includes summaries and full text from nearly 1,000 business and trade journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, market research studies, news releases, and investment and brokerage firm reports, 1996- . Especially helpful for locating information on smaller companies and getting in-depth company intelligence.
ReferenceUSA
Directory listings for over 11 million U.S. businesses.
use from home Roth Poemfinder
Search through thousands of full-text poems and citations to poems in collections. Also lets you browse through poems by topic.
use from home Sirs Discoverer
A full-text, general information resource for kids, including the World Almanac for Kids.
use from home SIRS Researcher
A full-text database of selected magazine and journal articles on social issues. This database is especially useful for working with term paper topics.
STAT-USA
Full-text guide to US government literature on economics and export information (statistics, trade leads, foreign business practices, etc.).
use from home U.S. Governement Printers Office Monthly Catalog
A catalog of documents published by the US Government Printer's Office from 1976-. This is not a full-text database. The Library will not own most of the materials identified by searches in this database. Please inquire at the Reference Desk for other options in locating government documents.
use from home WilsonSelect Plus
Includes full-text from hundreds of magazines and journals from 1994- . Use this database if you absolutely must have full-text right away.
use from home World Almanacs
Full text of the World Almanac and Book of Facts, World Almanac of the USA, World Almanac of U.S. Politics and World Almanac for Kids.
use from home WorldCat
This database is a sort of "national online catalog," allowing you to look up items in thousands of libraries across the US and internationally. Use WorldCat when you cannot find a book in either the AHML catalog or the North Suburban Library System Catalog (Liaison). In most cases, you will have to request a book that you find in WorldCat via interlibrary loan (ILL).


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