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ABCmouse

Inspire your child, aged 2-8, to love learning and build confidence in reading, math, and more.
Access ABCmouse in the Library.
Access ABCmouse at home.

Also available via mobile app.

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ALLdata

ALLDATA

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Manuals for diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining cars. Includes recalls and auto service department Technical Service Bulletins.

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America’s Newspapers Chicago Community Coverage

Search Chicago Metro news sources.  This extensive collection is available in the library and remotely with your library card on an easy-to-use mobile responsive interface. Includes easy citation tools, article sharing and email capability for your convenience.

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Ancestry

Ancestry (Library Edition)

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Unlock the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps, and more.

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Ancestry Heritage Quest

Ancestry Heritage Quest combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular ProQuest Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content.

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Article First

Article First

Search for magazine and journal abstracts and full-text articles from 1990 – present.

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AtoZdatabases: Search Businesses, People, Mailing Lists and Sales Leads, Jobs, and more.

AtoZdatabases is the premier Reference, Research, Marketing, Mailing Lists/Sales Leads, and Job-Search Database. The database includes 65 million business & executive profiles, over 240 million residents with interests, hobbies and lifestyles information, over 7 million real-time job listings, 2 Million new businesses, over 12 million healthcare professionals, over 12 million new movers, 2 million new homeowners, and much more. The databases are ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends, relatives and a whole lot of other possibilities.

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Auto Repair Source

Auto Repair Source provides library users with the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date “do-it-yourself” service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported cars, SUVs, vans and light trucks.

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