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Here are useful resources to help you find information for your research needs. You can also contact the Reference Department via e-mail at chsref@ChicagoHeightsLibrary.org.

Librarians' Internet Index LII

"Websites you can trust." Search and browse for the best of the Web. LII has tens of thousands of entries organized into 14 main topics and nearly 300 related topics.

Internet Public Library IPL

The IPL is a full-fledged public library for the Internet Community, operated and maintained by the University of Michigan School of Information. The IPL has a full range of research aids and links arranged by topic, which include:
Frequently Asked Research Questions | Ready Reference Resources

infoplease.com To Infoplease

Information Please has been providing authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions since 1938, first as a popular radio quiz show, then starting in 1947 as an annual almanac, and since 1998 on the Internet. Information Please is part of Pearson Education, the largest educational publisher in the world and owner of Prentice Hall, Scott Foresman, Addison Wesley Longman, and other distinguished imprints. Pearson also owns the Financial Times and Penguin Putnam publishers.

ibiblio.org

"The public's library and digital archive." Home to one of the largest "collections of collections" on the Internet, ibiblio.org is a conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies. ibiblio.org is a collaboration of the Center for the Public Domain and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Ask Numbers

Ask Numbers gives you conversions for everything! Weight, Time, Distance etc.

High School Ace

High School Ace is a free resource center for teens. It features subject guides, reference tools, news, puzzles, quizzes, and college information.

Illinois CLICKS

Illinois CLICKS! is an information website with quality internet resources, reviewed and selected by Illinois librarians, well=organized for easy access by all Illinois citizens. "CLICKS" stands for Citizen's Library of Illinois!.

On-line Books

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