"Developing a City of Readers"







"A mind and a vote are terrible things to waste"
  
 
 


DATABASES


FIRST SEARCH Accessible at the Library

First Search includes many databases in areas such as

  • Arts Humanities,
  • Business & Economics,
  • Education and Social Studies.

In the education area, there is access to

  • ERIC (Journal articles and reports in education),
  • Article 1st (Index of articles from nearly 12,500 journals)
    • and
  • Net First (OCLC database of Internet resources.)


Reference USA

ReferenceUSA is an Internet-based reference service from the Library Division of infoUSA. The site was designed for use as a reference tool in libraries and is continually enhanced based upon suggestions from librarians and library patrons.


ANCESTRY LIBRARY

Ancestry Library Edition is a comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical research. Census records; birth, marriage, and death records; immigration records; vital and church records; military records; and court, land, and probate records are included. Popular databases include the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 to 1930, Social Security Death Index, Civil War records, U.S. Public Records Index, American Genealogical-Biographical Index, and slave narratives.

 

Employment Jobing.com http://wijobs.com
Employment Wisconsin Job Network http://wisconsinjobnetwork.com
Health Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov
Health Healthfinder http://www.healthfinder.gov
Health MedLinePlus http://medlineplus.gov
Health Lake County Health Department http://www.co.lake.il.us/health/default.asp
Health Condell Hospital http://www.condell.org/#Scene_1
Health Lake Forest Hospital http://www.lfh.org
Health Vista Health (Victory Hospital) http://www.vistahealth.com/contact.htm
Health Family Doctor http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home.html
Health Merck Manual Online http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html
Rumors/Urban Legends Truth or Fiction http://www.truthorfiction.com
Rumors/Urban Legends Snopes http://www.snopes.com


Reading for Knowledge




LearningExpressLibrary

LearningExpressLibrary provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing test they must pass.

For login, NCPL patrons can use their library card number as username and their last four digits of their library card for the password. A list of the test covered in Learning Express include

  • ACT
  • Advanced Placement
  • ASVAB
  • Basic Skills Success
  • Business Writing Help Center
  • Catholic High School
  • Civil Service
  • Cosmetology
  • EMT/Paramedic, Firefighter, Law Enforcement
  • ESL (Spanish) Skills Improvement Courses
  • FCAT
  • Firefighter
  • GED, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, SAT
  • Job and Career Help Center
  • Nurse Aide
  • Postal Worker
  • Real Estate
  • Skills Improvement Courses
  • TASP, TOEFL, Teacher Certification
  • Technical and Career College Preparation
  • US Citizenship

 
 
 
 
  

 
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