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Enter your barcode when promoted. Provides access to over a billion names in hundreds of databases, including records from the complete U.S. Federal Census (1790-1930); military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more.

Online literacy resource for grades Pre-K to 3rd that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to help build a love of reading and learning.

1849-1992. Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. This collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

Full-text articles to support research in aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs and alcohol, fitness, and nutrition. Includes teen health topics for teens and parents.

Journal articles and reports in education. Some articles are full text. Many of the articles can be obtained for Woodridge Public Library cardholders through interlibrary loan.

A collection of academic and professional magazine and journal databases on specialized topics. Coverage dates for each title vary and some databases are full text. Also includes WorldCat, a national catalog of books, audiovisual items and other materials in libraries of all types.

Full-text articles to support research in history and genealogy and lesson plans to support student learning.

Novels, short stories, poems, plot summaries and synopses, and literary criticism. Research guides, lesson plans, and citation tools support student learning.

Learn the latest software, creative, and business skills with high-quality online instructional videos on lynda.com. Explore a wide range of subjects from photography, animation, music, and video to graphic design, project management, and web development. New courses are added every week.

A good place to start for research and homework. Includes full-text articles, reference books, primary source documents, photos, maps, and flags.

Resources to support middle school students, including biographies, magazines, primary source documents, photos, maps, and flags. Includes Sports Illustrated Kids, Scholastic News, National Geographic and dozens more. Articles include reading level indicators (Lexile).

1980-current. Full text coverage of the U.S. newspaper of record. Offers superb coverage of national and international news, plus coverage of important speeches and documents, Supreme Court decisions and presidential press conference transcripts.

NoveList K-8 Plus is especially for younger readers. It has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for kids in grades K-8. Use it to find just the right books for every reader.

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.

Research Library is a truly multidisciplinary resource featuring a diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and other timely sources across the top 150 subject areas.

The database is compiled from hundreds of Yellow page directories, Business White Pages, Corporate Annual Reports, SEC 10K reports, Chamber of Commerce Directories, state directories, and other public information sources.

Get exclusive full text for many of the top consumer small business reference books and full-text magazines in a wide range of small business topics.

1984-current. The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news.

The Value Line Research Center provides online access to Value Line’s leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options, and convertible securities, as well as special situation stocks. See reports and ranks on more than 3,500 stocks, 18,000 mutual funds, and 200,000 options, and more.