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A library's catalog provides the most recent information on materials they have available - like books, videos, DVDs, magazines, newspapers and music.
Morton Grove Public Library Online Catalog
catalog.webrary.org
CCS Online Catalog
CCS is a consortium of 21 public libraries in the north suburban area and includes Niles, Park Ridge, Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Lincolnwood, Northbrook, Wilmette and more.
The Morton Grove Public Library subscribes to several encyclopedias and article databases. These are available 24 hours a day from home. You will need your Morton Grove Library Card to access them. For a complete list and access to all available databases click here.
Old Farmer's Almanac
Find out a detailed 5-day forecast, next month's forecast, or what the weather was like back to 1994.
Webster's Dictionary Online
Look up words online using the Collegiate Dictionary.
The World Factbook
Use the World Factbook to answer questions about a country's economy, government, and population.
Art:
Art History Resources on the Web
An extensive website of web resources organized chronologically and geographically.
The Union List of Artist Names
Environment:
Environmental Protection Agency
History:
Civil War Women
Duke University has digitally transcribed diaries, letters and other documents from their archives to present women's perspectives during the Civil War.
Documenting the American South
Through the voices of people who lived in the Ameican South from the Colonial period through the early 20th century are seven digitized collections arranged by theme, like, First-Person Narratives, The Southern Homefront 1861-1865, and North American Slave Narratives.
Famous Trials
35 major court trials are documented using primary and secondary sources and range from ancient times (the trial of Socrates) to the present (the trial of O.J. Simpson).
History--It's Happening!
This website from EBSCO Publishing focuses on North American history and offers, in addition to archived videos, links to various articles and history websites.
HyperHistory.com
This amazing website is a virtual timeline organizing world history by people, events, science, art, religion, politics, and more.
Making of America: University of Michigan Libraries Collection
Making of America: Cornell University Library Collection
One of the largest digitized collections of books and journal articles published between 1850 and 1877, the Making of America collections are full-text searchable and represent American life between antebellum and reconstruction.
The Historical New York Times Project
Carnegie Mellon University has begun to digitize issues of the New York Times. Currently available are articles dating from the Civil War in their project titled Chapter 2: The Civil War Years 1860-1866.
The Oyez Project: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database
Over 2000 hours of recorded arguments are available to listen to. A few famous cases include: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Roe v. Wade, United States v. Nixon, and Grutter v. Bollinger.
Virtual Jamestown
17th-century Colonial America comes alive in this collection of maps, court records, newspapers, first-person accounts, letters, and official public records of the first permanent English colony in North America.
Literature:
Internet Public Library's Online Literary Criticism Collection
Critical and biographical websites on authors that can be searched by author, title, or literary period.
Science and Nature:
Biology4Kids
Learn about cells, microbes, plants, invertebrates, vertebrates, and scientific methods.
Botany.com
This site provides the general description of plants, leaf shapes, plant diseases and pests, and a dictionary of botanical words.
Chem4Kids
Learn about the elements, atoms, matter, reactions, biochemistry and more.
eNature.com
Use this site to help you study about plant or animal life.
Geography4Kids
This site focuses on Physical Geography - about the Earth and what happens on the earth, not about countries.
Internet Public Library's Resource Guide to Science Fair Projects
If you need help getting started, IPL can help by provide online resources for choosing a topic to researching background information.
How Stuff Works
Get information on science, technology, culture, nature, toys, and more! How Stuff Works covers hundreds of topics like facial recognition, biometric technology, hurricanes, boomerangs, magna doodles, and football.
Invention Dimension
Learn about inventors and inventions, check out the Inventor of Week, try the Brain Drain game, learn about patents, and get tips on developing your own ideas.
Ology
The American Museum of Natural History has developed a site where you can learn about genetics, biodiversity, paleontology, astronomy, marine biology and more.
Periodic Table of the Elements
The Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry Division has created a dynamic table which gives you information about each of the elements and a guide to using the table.
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