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Articles -- Journals, Magazines and Newspapers
Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.
Chicagoland Newpapers [part of Newsbank]
Search for full-text articles from these local newspapers: Chicago Tribune (1/1/1985-current, Chicago Tribune, RedEye edition (10/25/2002 - current), and Star Newspapers (1/1/2004 - 11/11/2007)
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. It has full-text articles, many with images. General OneFile includes the New York Times full-text from 1985 to the present, travel guides, National Public Radio programs from 1990 to the present, and the ability to translate articles into 11 different languages for ESL researchers.
Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. [A collection of hispanic magazines with full text. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects.]
Search full-text newspapers from a variety of states.
This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course. This collection is made up of 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
Biographies
Biography Resource Center + Lives & Perspectives
Biographies from books, magazines and newspapers, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to websites. Search for current or historic figures based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text.
Books, Literature and Reviews
Explore endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics by combining over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favorites lists.
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Covers world literature and authors throughout history and contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. Also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more!
Media on Demand (Powered by Overdrive)
Free digital ebooks and audio books to download for your mobile device or computer.
Full text reviews, annotations, publication information, and more for more than 120,000 works of fiction. Search for books by author, title, series or even by plot descriptions. Find recommendations for similar titles and authors, guides for book discussions and more.
A version of NoveList Plus (see above) designed especially to help elementary and middle school students select fiction and nonfiction titles for school-related or pleasure reading.
Join one of our free Online Book Clubs and Monday through Friday you'll receive a portion of a chapter from a popular book by e-mail which will take only five minutes to read.
WorldCat [part of First Search -- Illinois residents only]
A searchable worldwide library catalog of books, movies, articles, journals, audio, and online materials. Select WorldCat from the list of OCLC FirstSearch Databases. To borrow an item from this catalog, contact the library. [Illinois residents only]
Business and Small Business
Business and Company Resource Center
Wide variety of business information, including company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and new articles.
Insurance and Liability Collection
This collection, comprised of over 20 journals, takes a broad view of this multimillion dollar industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.
ReferenceUSA
Search U.S. Businesses and U.S. Standard White Pages. The business directory lets you search by company name, ticker symbol, executive name, geographic location, sales range, type of business and number of employees. You can use the White Pages directory U.S. residents to conduct market research and to locate friends and relatives.
Full-text articles from business journals with insights, tips, strategies and success stories on starting and running a small business.
Small Business Resource Center
Resources on how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how-to guides, articles and websites.
Car Repair
Car repair info with photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step repair procedures, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) for automobiles and light trucks and more.
Education and Careers
Articles and reports, most full-text, for educators; covers preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing and issues in administration, funding and policy.
ERIC [part of First Search -- Illinois residents only]
The Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) is an online digital library of education research and information. Select ERIC from the list of OCLC FirstSearch Databases. [Illinois residents only]
Job & Career Accelerator [part of Learning Express Library]
Combines everything you need for a successful job search into one easy-to-use application. You can explore detailed information on over 1,000 different occupations, match your interests and skills with the career that's best for you, search over five million up-to-the minute local and national job postings, create professional resumes and cover letters, practice and master interviewing skills and more.
To set up an account: As a New User, register using your Homewood Library card barcode number. Then create an account using your barcode number as your username and select a password of your choice. As a Returning User, use this account information to login to continue where you left off.
Sharpen your skills and improve your scores with free online practice tests, instant scoring, personalized evaluations and self-paced courses. Includes tests for basic skills, GED, SAT, GRE, Teacher Certification, Real Estate, U.S. Citizenship, EMS, ESL, Civil Service Careers and more. Includes a module for learning and improving computer skills.
To set up an account: As a New User, register using your Homewood Library card barcode number. Then create an account using your barcode number as your username and select a password of your choice. As a Returning User, use this account information to login to continue where you left off.
Universal Class
Over 500 free online continuing education classes are available.
These self-paced, non-credit personal and professional development
classes are led by real instructors who will give you continuous
feedback on your progress. Register with your Homewood barcode number.
You'll then create a user
name and password to use each time you log in so you can pick up where
you left off.
Vocations, Careers and Technical Education Collection
Access specialized vocation and industry journals, plus popular magazine and general career guides for articles on jobs, careers, and technical education.
Genealogy
America's Obituaries & Death Notices [part of Newsbank]
An easy-to-use interface allows searching for an obituary or death notice by name, date range, or text such as institutional name, social affiliation(s), geographic location(s), philanthropic activities, etc.
Records from the United States census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists, and more. [In-Library use only]
Research materials for tracing family history and American Culture. Included are images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790-1930, plus family genealogies, local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage and death records, genealogical and local history articles and more. [Use your Homewood Public Library card barcode number to log in.]
Health and Wellness
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Search for health and wellness topics from health/medical journals, general interest publications, print resources, pamphlets, and videos
MEDLINE [part of First Search -- Illinois residents only]
Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Select MEDLINE from the list of OCLC FirstSearch Databases. [Illinois residents only]
Nursing and Allied Health Collection
Provides the full-text for journals, magazines, and newsletters related to nursing and allied health fields.
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection
Mostly full-text articles in the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine. Topics include proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and many more.
Full-text articles from to give individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops -- and diminishes -- over time.
History
Full-text periodicals, multimedia reference articles and overviews, and facsimiles of historic documents providing an overview of U.S. history covering the events, issues and current information.
History Resource Center: World
Full-text coverage of world history from primary sources, reference books and academic journals. Includes maps and photographs. Covers ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance.
This collection of journals provides coverage of the current thinking and events in U.S. history, as well as scholarly work being established in the field.
This collection of predominantly full-text journals provides coverage of events in world history.
Hobbies and Leisure
This collection includes the major cooking and nutrition magazines with thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.
Fine Arts and Music Collection
This collection of full-text periodicals covers different types of art and expression. It provides broad coverage of the arts from music and music theory to drama and the performing arts. It also provides content in the visual arts and art history.
Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection
With content from industry journals, this collection provides coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, while also allowing for focused study of specialized aspects of the industry - including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more.
Home and Garden
With broad coverage of agriculture and its related fields, this collection provides a comprehensive view of this growing body of knowledge. With the titles in this collection, researchers have access to current and authoritative content that spans the industry -- from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture.
Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection
This collection of journals focus specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture.
With this collection of home improvement titles is for hobbyists and professional carpenters alike and covers such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more.
Homework Help for Kids
Discover the world with concise cultural and statistical snapshots of every country recognized by the United Nations -- from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Local experts document the unique, intimate details of each country's customs, traditions and daily life. Includes photos, videos, interviews, famous people, recipes, flags, graphs and tables and more.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online for Kids
Includes two encyclopedias: Compton’s Encyclopedia for middle school students and Elementary Encyclopedia for elementary students as well as a dictionary. The Student Center includes an atlas, timelines, video clips, biographies, study skills and much more. [contact the library for login and password information]
Passport is a starting point for older students and adults with advanced search features, in-depth current-events from sources like the Associated Press, access to worldwide news sources, and Pro/Con debates. It includes The New Book of Knowledge, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Americana, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, and American the Beautiful plus an interactive atlas, dictionaries, thesauri, biographies, and science projects.
Designed for students in kindergarten through grade five with simple, quick access to curriculum-related information from elementary reference sources and magazines. It covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
For students in middle school and beyond to find information on cultures, geography, languages, and news and history for countries and continents. Includes maps, flags, photos, and Web links.
A version of NoveList Plus designed especially to help elementary and middle school students select fiction and nonfiction titles for school-related or pleasure reading.
Student Resource Center – Gold
For high school and middle school student. Based on national curriculum standards, this resource centers covers the major subject areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, provides a selection of reference, full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary documents, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts.
This collection includes reference articles, text-to-speech capabilities, learning and life skills activities, research and translation tools, multimedia, and interactive video. Designed for high school and middle school students who read below grade level because of language or learning difficulties.
For elementary and middle school students, this collection includes all the articles from the articles from the print versions of the encyclopedia plus additional articles, learning resources and research tools. Includes science fair projects, biography center, interactive maps and more.
Contains articles and images from the World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia, which have been selected for younger readers, English-language learners, and reluctant readers.
World Book Online Reference Center
World Book Online Reference Center, the premier online reference source-containing every article from the 22-volume print set plus thousands more. Resource includes : World Book Advanced; World Book Kids; World Book Student and Estudiantil Hallazgos en Linea. (the Spanish Student Discovery Encyclopedia on line)
World Book Spanish Language Encyclopedia
La Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos en linea ofrece articulos para los estudiantes de los grados 4-12 y adultos. El Diccionario Estudiantil Hallazgos tiene palabras que le permite encontrar el significado de las palabras en la Enciclopedia. Hay miles de fotografias e ilustraciones disponibles, ademas de mapas imprimibles. La Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos en línea también tiene audio, video y presentaciones virtuales que le permite explorar lugares del mundo en 360 grados.
[The Discover Student Encyclopedia Online offers articles for students in grades 4-12 and adults. Discover Student Dictionary has words that helps you find the meaning of words in the Encyclopedia. There are thousands of photographs and illustrations available, and printable maps. Discover Student Encyclopedia Online also has audio, video and virtual presentations that lets you explore the world in 360 degrees.]
Languages
Learn a language with Byki, Before You Know It. Over 70 languages are available, from Afrikaans to Zulu. Register with your Homewood barcode number. You'll then create a user name and password to use each time you log in so you can pick up where you left off.
Law
Full-text articles on criminal justice. Aimed at people preparing to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, forensic scientist or for a career in Homeland Security.
Citations from major legal publications and many full text articles in PDF format. LegalTrac is updated daily with coverage starting from 1980. Indexed publications include major law reviews, legal newspapers, law specialty publications, business and general interest periodicals, and articles on federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation as well as international law.
Religion and Philosophy
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Find articles from magazines and academic journals, some full-text, covering religion and the related areas of philosophy, archaeology and anthropology. Topics include theological approaches to social issues and the impact that religion has had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts and language.
Research
Chicagoland Newpapers [part of Newsbank]
Search for full-text articles from these local newspapers: Chicago Tribune (1/1/1985-current, Chicago Tribune, RedEye edition (10/25/2002 - current), and Star Newspapers (1/1/2004 - 11/11/2007)
Concise cultural and statistical snapshots of countries recognized by the United Nations -- from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Local experts document the unique, intimate details of each country's customs, traditions and daily life. Includes photos, videos, interviews, famous people, recipes, flags, graphs and tables and more.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Reference Center
Search or browse the encyclopaedia. Center includes research tools such as quotations, timelines, atlases and country comparisons, news of the day, and more. [contact the library for login and password information]
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full-text database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources covering such topics as arts, biography, business, education, environment, general reference, history, information and publishing, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nation and world, religion, science, social science and technology.
OCLC FirstSearch Databases [Illinois residents only]
Search for magazine and journal articles as well as library items in this collection of databases, which include ERIC, MEDLINE, Illinois Catalog, and WorldCat. [Illinois residents only]
Student Resource Center – Gold
For high school and middle school student. Based on national curriculum standards, this resource centers covers the major subject areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, provides a selection of reference, full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary documents, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts.
WorldCat [part of First Search -- Illinois residents only]
A searchable worldwide library catalog of books, movies, articles, journals, audio, and online materials. Select WorldCat from the list of OCLC FirstSearch Databases. To borrow an item from this catalog, contact the library. [Illinois residents only]
Science and Technology
Articles, some full-text, from magazines in the computer, telecommunications and electronic industries including product reviews, industry reports, the latest news on high-tech topics and more.
Composed of predominantly full-text academic journals and general science-focused magazines, this collection provides coverage of all such scientific fields as particle physics, quantum theory, advanced mathematics, and biotechnology and many more.
Information Science and Technology Collection
This collection covers all aspects of managing and maintaining
information and technology, including usability, cataloging, information management, circulation, business information and more.
Reflecting the high school curriculum, this resource covers such fields as biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, math, environmental science, life science, medicine, space science, computer science, technology, history of science, science and society, science as inquiry, science-related biographies and more.
Social Issues
Communications and Mass Media Collection
Articles from journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and many more.
This collection includes full-text journals and explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community.
Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
Covers environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues Collection [GOF]
Mostly full-text coverage of such topics as gender studies, sexual behavior surveys, family and marital issues, conversion therapy, gay and lesbian rights, homophobia, health aspects and many more.
Military and Intelligence Database
Find articles from journals, magazines, reference books, and newswire articles on current affairs, political science, aerospace and defense industries, military and naval science and international relations.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Full-text coverage of social issues featuring pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, multimedia, including images and podcasts, links to hand-selected web sites, and more.
Access full-text articles from journals and electronic reference books on the topic of conflicts: their causes, their impact, and how they are perceived on a global scale.
