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HeritageHub

Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images.

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Hispanic Life in America

The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.

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History Reference Center

Covering topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century. Contains full-text journals, magazines, reference books and thousands of primary source documents, plus thousands of historical documents, biographies of historical figures, photos, maps, and videos.

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Hoopla

Borrow and stream movies, TV shows, eAudiobooks, eBooks, Music, and eComics. 

  • Loan period is 3-21 days based on material.
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Illinois Administrative Code

The purpose of the Code is to provide public access to the rules filed by state agencies with the Office of the Secretary of State Administrative Code Division.

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Illinois Career Resource Network

Our 6-12, College, and Adult tools support your lifelong career exploration and development. Create your own individualized career plan.

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Illinois Driver's Practice Tests

14 tests in English and Spanish cover the contents of the Illinois DMV Driver’s Handbook. As on the real test, you are required to identify traffic signs, signals and pavement markings, and answer questions about traffic laws, driving and safety rules, vehicle equipment and crash prevention.

Este recurso tiene 14 exámenes en inglés y español que cubren el contenido del libro Normas de tránsito. Este libro tiene toda la información que usted necesita para aprobar el examen de manejo escrito. En este recurso, usted puede identificar las señales de tránsito, las luces direccionales, las marcas en el pavimento, y responder a las preguntas acerca de las leyes de tránsito, las reglas de seguridad, el equipo del auto, y la prevención de accidentes. 

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Illinois General Assembly

Information about the General Assembly. The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives, elected by the electors from 59 Legislative Districts and 118 Representative Districts.

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Illinois Legal Aid Online

General low cost or free legal advice and family law information

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India Tribune

Read the latest edition of India Tribune by clicking on the front page picture at the top right of the screen. The current edition is displayed followed by all the editions from the last two years.

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Inkie (formerly Pressbooks)

Write your own book or edit your existing book. Type directly into Pressbooks or import your book and then edit and design digital and print copies. Pressbooks will help you organize your chapters, edit text, add bibliographies, introductions or prefaces, choose a design from over 50 design themes and more.

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Justice Entrepreneurs Project

Affordable legal services provided by independent lawyers in a variety of areas such as family law, landlord/tenant, estate law, consumer law, employment law, criminal misdemeanors and traffic tickets, and real property law. Small business help available for business formation, contracts and intellectual property issues. Limited immigration assistance.

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Learning Express Library

Practice tests for students and adult learners on a wide variety of levels, such as AP, college entrance, civil service, GED, TOFEL, US citizenship, and reading and writing skills. Provides powerful tools and guidance to help achieve your career goals, including a resume and cover letter builder

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Legal Information Reference Center

Offers the everyday user the necessary tools and detailed “how-to” instructions to independently address a wide-range of legal issues including business law, financial planning, family law, property & real estate and rights & disputes.

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LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn has now acquired Lynda.com. Tens of thousands of online courses are available on many business, technology, and digital media topics. They also added tutorials in Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, French, German, and Portuguese.

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LitBase

LitBase is a world literature database with with a focus on the most studied authors, poetry, fiction, plays, and creative nonfiction worldwide.

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Literary Reference Plus

Literary Reference Center is a rich full-text literary database covering all genres and time periods. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems.