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Search NewsBank's full-text, fully searchable
database of the Sauk Valley Newspapers. Right now you can search
issues from 10/09/06-Current. From this database you also
have access to America's News Magazines and NewsBank's
Special Reports. To access these databases from within the
library, simply click on link above.
To access them from home,
click on the link above and enter your library card number.
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Salem Health (within
the library)
Salem Health (from home, just enter your library card#)
Salem Health is a robust online database that
includes the complete content of the printed version of
Magill's Medical Guide. "Designed for laymen and written
for healthcare consumers, the Guide is a perfect mix of
accessibility and depth, providing general readers with an
authoritative reference source that helps bridge the gap between
medical encyclopedias for professional and popular self-help
guides. It is an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical
information suitable for student research as well as use by
general readers, including patients and caregivers." |
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NoveList (within the library)
NoveList
(from home, just enter your library card#)
NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading
access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 125,000
fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to
fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We’re Reading,
Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists.
And there's a special NoveList for K-8! |
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The Illinois State Library, a division of the office of
the Secretary of State, Jesse White, Secretary of State, provides free of
charge, to all ILLINET member academic, public, school and special
libraries, access to the following electronic resources: OCLC FIRST
SEARCH.
OCLC FirstSearch is an immense electronic
database service. Included in the Illinois State Library's
purchase are OCLC ArticleFirst, ClasePeriodica, Ebooks, ECO, ERIC, GPO,
IllinoisCatalog, MEDLINE, OCLC PapersFirst, Proceedings, World Almanac,
WorldCatDissertations and WorldCat. Full-text documents are included in many of
these databases. OCLC FirstSearch gives Illinois library
patrons access to billions of records.
Click on the "List All Databases" tab on the FirstSearch home page for
more information about these databases.
Wilson Select Plus
-- In addition to the databases provided by the Illinois State Library
to Illinois library patrons, Dixon Public Library is also
subscribing to Wilson Select Plus. You will find it included
in the OCLC FirstSearch Databases as explained above. It
offers full text articles in science, humanities, education and
business from over 2300 sources, 1,500,000+ records, from 1994 to
present.
To place Interlibrary Loan requests via OCLC First
Search
select the WorldCat or Illinois Catalog database from the list of
databases in the drop down menu or from the list in the Databases tab.
(If you choose to search the Illinois Catalog Database, be sure to set
the "Limit to:" option to "All Illinois Libraries" if this is what you
want to search. We borrow from all lending libraries in Illinois.)
Select the Advance Search if you prefer. Find the item you want to
borrow, open the record for that item (click on the title link) and
click the "Borrow this item from another library (Interlibrary Loan)"
link. Fill out the online form and Submit.
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A to Z Maps Online
 -- A to Z Maps Online is the
world’s most useful online map database that contains a
stand-alone map resource including 140,000 maps and many
comprehensive features for geography research. A wide range of map
categories that address the varying needs of students and library
patrons including outline maps, current event maps, political maps,
physical maps, topographical maps and thematic maps. Educational and
teaching tools that include map crossword puzzles, games and quizzes.
There are over 40 lesson plans and a comprehensive collection of flags
and flag images for countries, states, provinces and more. LOGIN
WITH YOUR LIBRARY CARD BARCODE NUMBER TO ACCESS THIS WONDERFUL
DATABASE.
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Global Road Warrior
--The Ultimate Guide to
the World. The Global Road Warrior is an online
country information database that contains comprehensive information
on 175 countries that is constantly updated, which includes topics
ranging from society and culture, business, travel and a very
comprehensive map program for all of the countries. It includes
flexible applications for: (1) Students in middle school, high school
and college who require a comprehensive research tool for country
reports. (2) Business students who are studying international trade.
(3) Travelers who need to know about the culture, and many of
practical concerns, before visiting any of our countries. (4) Business
professionals conducting international business who require
information on customs and appropriate business behavior. LOGIN
WITH YOUR LIBRARY CARD BARCODE NUMBER TO ACCESS THIS WONDERFUL
DATABASE.
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 Illinois
Periodicals Online (IPO)
Illinois Periodicals Online (IPO) is a project of the
Northern Illinois University Libraries, DeKalb, Illinois. To
date, the IPO project has reached agreement with ten journals:
Illinois Country Living, Illinois Heritage, Illinois History : A
Magazine for Young People, Illinois History Teacher, Illinois Issues,
Illinois Municipal Review, Illinois Parks & Recreation, Outdoor
Illinois, Point of View, and Prairie Farmer. The goal is to scan
a magazine's entire backrun up to the current time.
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 MEDLINEplus Health Information
MEDLINEplus will direct you to information to help
answer health questions. MEDLINEplus brings together, by health topic,
authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health
(NIH), other government, non-profit and other health-related
organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in
MEDLINEplus and give easy access to the medical research literature.
It also provides you with a database of full-text drug information and
an illustrated medical encyclopedia.
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