Adult Learning Center
Dedicated to the unique needs of an adult population, the Adult Learning Center offers a comprehensive and integrated suite of services, including the GED prep, 24/7 Writing Lab, Live Tutoring, Skills Building, Career Resources, U.S. Citizenship Prep, Microsoft Office Essential Skills Series, and 24/7 Question Center.

Barron's
Full-text articles, cover to cover. 1988--present.

BookFlix
BookFLIX is an interactive, online collection of books and educational activities for children preschool to second grade.

Booklist Online
Book reviews from the American Library Association. Lincolnwood Library card required inside as well as outside the library.

CAMIO -- Catalog of Art Museum Images (FirstSearch)
CAMIO contains about 95,000 works of fine and decorative art from leading museums around the world. Difficult-to-find contemporary art is one of its strengths. Scope ranges from 3000 BC to the present. Lincolnwood Library cards holders, who wish to access this resource from outside the library, please call the library's adult service desk for authorization.

Chicago Consumers' Checkbook
IN LIBRARY USE ONLY. This organization evaluates the quality of local services, such as auto repair shops, plumbers, lawyers, dentists, banks, insurance companies, and more. Consumers' Checkbook is an independent, nonprofit consumer organization founded in 1974 with the help of funding from the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs. They do not accept support from businesses, and their publications and website carry no advertising.

Chicago Tribune -- Current


Chicago Tribune -- Historical


Consumer Reports
Online companion to the Consumer Reports print magazine. Reviews, product comparisons and buying advice. Additional information includes user reviews, news, blogs, forums and video content.

Electronic Reference Books (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
This resources contains the full text of encyclopedias, almanacs and other reference books. Subjects include: Arts, Biography, History, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Science and Social Sciences. Articles include illustrations.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Covers the complete encyclopedia and Compton's Encyclopedia for middle school students and up.

FirstSearch
Our FirstSearch databases: ArchiveGrid, ArticleFirst, CAMIO, ClasePeriodica, ERIC, GPO Monthly, MEDLINE, OAlster, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst, World Almanac, WorldCat, and WorldCatDissertations. Once you have entered the FirstSearch site, click Databases and checkmark the database you wish to search. Up to three databases can be searched simultaneously.

Global Issues in Context
Global perspectives on issues of international importance. The focus is on broad issues, such as war, genocide, terrorism, human rights, poverty, famine, globalization, world trade, nuclear proliferation, and global warming. Includes videos, downloadable audio files and interactive statistics.

Infotrac -- General Reference Center
Use this resource to locate articles on the following topics: Current Events, Business and Industry Trends, Arts and Sciences, Popular Culture, Sports, Hobbies, and more. Articles come from magazines, newspapers, professional journals, and some reference books. Many, but not all, are full-text articles. Dates covered: Varies (many go back to early 1990s, some to 1980s).

Lincolnwood Review
Partial coverage 1995 - present.

Mango Languages
Mango is an online language learning system teaching practical conversation skills for a wide variety of popular languages. Mango also includes English as Second Language courses. Best used with the Mozilla Firefox browser.

MyMediaMall -- Downloadable Books and Videos
MyMediaMall is a digital collection of ebooks, audiobooks, and videos that can be accessed from your home 24/7. Titles can be downloaded to your PC, PDA, MP3, including IPod, and even burned to a CD.

NoveList
Adult and children's fiction and nonfiction book reviews, book summaries, author read-alikes, and more. Updated monthly.

Opposing Viewpoints
Listen to or read pros and cons of current social issues. Viewpoint articles, topic overviews, magazine and newspaper articles, academic journals, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts. The viewpoint articles are largely based on the acclaimed social issues print series by Greenhaven Press. Articles also downloadable to MP3 players.

Reference USA
Search company by industry, location or size. Entries are based on Yellow Page & White Page Telephone Directories; annual reports, 10-Ks and other SEC information, Chamber of Commerce and postal service information. Updated monthly.

Science Reference Center
Science Reference Center is designed for student's research needs and contains full-text articles and reference books in the following areas: biology, chemistry, earth, space, life, physical, and environmental sciences. Also covered are: health and medicine, science in society, history of science, technology, biographies of scientists, and science fair projects. Users have the otpion to listen to an article's' text.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Business and investment information, including stock, bond, and mutual fund reports; company profiles; and The Outlook investment newsletter. If accessing from outside the library: username=Lincolnwood, password=Your Lincolnwood Library card number.

Teen Health & Wellness
“A ground-breaking database that is the first to completely focus on the medical health and emotional needs of teenagers” -- School Library Journal.

TumbleBooks
Tumblebook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books.

Wall Street Journal
Full-text articles, cover to cover. 1982-- present.

Wilson Core Collections
Guides to building and maintaining library collections of highly recommended titles in the following areas: Children's Middle & Junior High School, Graphic Novels, and Nonbook Materials.