Bellwood Community Guide: Find brief information about our community.
Village of Bellwood: Our Village news online. Can access anytime from any where.
Proviso West High School: All the new about our high school.
| Business & Investing |
Hoover's Online: Find brief information on more than 40,000 public and private companies. Research companies and industries, search for specific companies, view industry directories, build custom company reports. Find business people, locate key decision makers, view individual stats & biographies, download executive lists. ReferenceUSA: Information on U.S. companies. Search by categories of company name, type of business, geographic region, or business size. Within each category you may search by the company's executive name, ticker symbol, SIC code, yellow page headings, number of employees, and stock exchange. Thomas Register of American Manufacturers: Search ThomasNet.com, the most comprehensive resource for industrial information, products, services, CAD drawings, and more… ThompsonGale
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| Encyclopedias |
| World Book Online Reference: A student's best source for accurate and accessible information. This comprehensive site includes more than 40,000 encyclopedia and reference articles. It also contains thousands of links selected by World Book editors and expert contributors. Access from Home |
| Government, Politics, & Law |
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Village of Bellwood:
Our Village news online. Can access anytime from any where. The World Fact Book: Select a country of the world and view reference maps, flags, and categories: background, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. ThompsonGale
Legalforms: provides thousands of legal forms: Official,
State Specific, Federal, Business, Personal, Real Estate and General
forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues. |
| Health & Medicine |
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EbscoHost:
Bellwood Library's index for locating magazine articles online is EBSCO Publishing's MasterFILE
FullTEXT Select, a database providing users with instant access to thousands of
searchable full text magazine articles. NIH Senior Health: This website for older adults was developed by the National Institute on Aging, and the National Library of Meddicine, both part f the National Institutes of Health.
Mayo Clinic
Medical and Health Information:
Look up
diseases &
conditions, MEDLINEplus Health Information: MEDLINE, produced by the National Library of Medicine, allows one to search the abstracts of articles from over 3,500 professional medical, dental, and nursing journals.
Statewide Illinois Library Catalog (SILC): The Statewide Illinois Library Catalog, known as SILC, is Illinois' first all-inclusive statewide union catalog. From a single record, users are able to link to a local shared catalog record to see where an item is owned and if it available for loan. Bellwood Library cardholders can contact the Reference staff at (708)547-7393 to request items they find on SILC. SWAN: Library Catalog of Metropolitan Library System Catalog including Bellwood Public Library |
| History |
Curriculum Resource Center: This database contains printable handouts for classrooms for teachers, parents, and students. Just select a category or search by keyword and browse. The World Fact Book: Select a country of the world and view reference maps, flags, and the following categories: background, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. |
| Homework |
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Curriculum Resource Center:
This database
contains printable handouts for classrooms for teachers, parents, and
students. Just select a category or search by keyword and browse.
EbscoHost-MasterFile: Bellwood Library's new index for locating magazine articles online is EBSCO Publishing's MasterFILE FullTEXT Select, a database providing users with instant access to thousands of searchable full text magazine articles. LearnATest:
Take practice tests
at the library or at home through the Internet! Users will be able to
take any of 28 tests, including the GED and ASVAB tests. Among the
features of this resource are: Newspaper Source by Ebsco: This database provides selected full-text for nearly 30 national and international newspapers and selected full-text for more than 200 regional newspapers. In addition, full-text television and radio news transcripts are provided from various channels. The World Fact Book: Select a country of the world and view reference maps, flags, and categories: background, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. |
| Jobs & Careers |
| Resume and Interview Skills at
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ReferenceUSA: Get information on U.S. companies. Search by categories of company name, type of business, geographic region, or business size. Within each category you may search by the company's executive name, ticker symbol, SIC code, yellow page headings, number of employees, and stock exchange. |
| Legal Forms |
| ThompsonGale
Legalforms provides thousands of legal forms: Official,
State Specific, Federal, Business, Personal, Real Estate and General
forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues. Included are forms drafted by attorneys for a particular legal matter, forms from public records and participating companies and attorneys. "Official" forms for many states are also included. Warning: Public users should consult an attorney in your state for serious legal matters. |
| Magazines & Newspapers |
| America's
News Magazines: Coverage
of U.S. and international news, business, lifestyle, entertainment,
sports, and science and technology from familiar magazines.
Chicago Tribune Historical Archives: Images and full text of historical international, national, regional, and local issues and events, such as major wars and military actions, emerging nations, prohibition, Chicago gangsters, Great Depression, and Chicago as the center of the Progressive movement. Full text of death notices and obituaries. EbscoHost-MasterFile: Bellwood Library's index for locating magazine articles online is EBSCO Publishing's MasterFILE FullTEXT Select, a database providing users with instant access to thousands of searchable full text magazine articles. West Proviso Herald: Search Bellwood’s local newspaper from 2002 through the most current issues. Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. |
| Maps & Driving Directions |
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Mapquest:
Need driving
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feature: choose from a variety of ways to access MapQuest while you're
on the go: subscribe to one of our premium
downloadable
applications for your Java or BREW phone, or use any of our
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Web-enabled phones. Rand McNally: Database with maps and driving directions, road explorers, atlases, maps on your phone. Plan a road trip and even check the weather before setting out. |
| Readers Resources |
| NoveList: NoveList is an online readers' advisory tool that helps readers find new books based on books they have read or topics in which they are interested. Readers enter a title or author they like, or describe a book they would like to read, and NoveList finds books in its database with matching subject headings. NoveList provides enhanced subject access to over 60,000 fiction titles; in addition, more than 29,000 full text book reviews or annotations are included in the NoveList database. |
| Reference |
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Village of Bellwood:
Our Village news online. Can access anytime from any where.
ReferenceUSA: Get information on U.S. companies. Search by categories of company name, type of business, geographic region, or business size. Within each category you may search by the company's executive name, ticker symbol, SIC code, yellow page headings, number of employees, and stock exchange. Statewide Illinois Library Catalog (SILC): The Statewide Illinois Library Catalog, known as SILC, is Illinois' first all-inclusive statewide union catalog. From a single record, users are able to link to a local shared catalog record to see where an item is owned and if it available for loan. Bellwood Library cardholders can contact the Reference staff at (708)547-7393 to request items they find on SILC. The World Fact Book: Select a country of the world and view reference maps, flags, and categories: background, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. ThompsonGale
Legalforms provides thousands of legal forms: Official,
State Specific, Federal, Business, Personal, Real Estate and General
forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues. |
| Science & Technology |
| Curriculum Resource Center: This database contains printable handouts for classrooms for teachers, parents, and students. Just select a category or search by keyword and browse. |
| Taxes (Federal & State) |
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Illinois Tax Forms Index:
State Tax Forms and
Publications - Individuals, Businesses, Gaming, and Other Tax Related
Forms. Documents are in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). IRS Forms and Instructions: On this database is the forms and publications resource page, the official source of IRS tax products. The links provide methods to access and acquire both electronic and print media. Additionally, the Search function provides basic and advanced search capabilities for published products available on IRS.gov. |
| Travel |
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Mapquest:
Need driving
directions from Point A to Point B? Includes maps. New
feature: choose from a variety of ways to access MapQuest while you're
on the go: subscribe to one of our premium
downloadable
applications for your Java or BREW phone, or use any of our
free services for your
Web-enabled phones. Rand McNally: Database with maps and driving directions, road explorers, atlases, maps on your phone. Plan a road trip and even check the weather before setting out. |