Morrison and Mary Wiley Library
206 West Main Street
P. O. Box 467
Elmwood, IL 61529
elmwoodlib@gmail.com
309 742-2431 Phone
309 742-8298 Fax
Staff
Michelle Armbruster -Director
Pat Keefer, Eulail Huffcutt & Tracy Burnett
Volunteer: Franke Keefer & Dolores Goodwin
Hours
Monday, Tuesday and Friday: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday: 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Please like us on Facebook @elmwoodlibrary.
Please be sure to check out the links at the bottom of the page to connect with some great online resources! You may use these sites from the library or from home (unless noted below in description). You may need your library card number. Please stop by to get your number or apply for a card if you live in Elmwood Township & don't have one yet! The link to connect to the online catalog is also at the bottom of the page.
The library will be closed for Thanksgiving on November 22nd, 23rd & 24th. We appreciate your understanding & hope you have a wonderful holiday with your family & friends!
Morrison & Mary Wiley Library Food 4 Fines October 22nd-November 17th, 2018
If you owe less than $5.00, you may bring in cans/boxes of non-perishable (not expired) food. For each food item you bring in, you will have $1 of your current fine forgiven. This applies to fines only (not lost items). We will donate the food to local pantries.
Please call or stop by to ask a librarian if you have fines & the amount you owe.
We hope you take advantage of this opportunity to help those in your community & help us clean up the fines on the catalog system!
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Thank You!
The next meeting of the Elmwood Township District Library Board will be held on November 12th at 4:00 PM in the conference room.
2019 LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE – NATIONAL READING AND WRITING CONTEST
There is information about this contest on the services page. Please go to the page at the top of this page under more.
Changes to Tax Forms
Changes to Forms 1040 and 1040 A, U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns and Form 1040 EZ, Income Tax Return for Single and Joint Filers with No Dependents
Following the most expansive tax law changes in 30 years, the IRS created a shorter, simpler Form 1040 for the 2019 tax season. The new Form 1040 will replace the current Form 1040 as well as the Form 1040A and the Form 1040EZ.
The new Form 1040 uses a building block approach, in which the tax return is reduced to a simple form. That form can be supplemented with additional schedules if needed. Taxpayers with straightforward tax situations would only need to file this new 1040 with no additional schedules. The library will receive tax forms in the next few months.
Grant
On May 23rd the Peoria Journal Star incorrectly identified our library as receiving a grant for the State Library in the paper. The grant was Awarded to the Elmwood Park Library, not the Morrison & Mary Wiley Library.
The Great American Read
Congratulations to To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee which was declared the most loved book in American on the Great American Read! The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon was # 2 & the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling was # 3. The Elmwood Great American Read winner was Charlotte's Web by E. B. White followed by the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling as # 2 & The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon was # 3. Thank you to everyone who read & voted with us! Congratulations to the winners of the gift certificates that were drawn for those who shared their favorite book with us. Jack Collins, Jenni Davis, Victoria Gensler, Rhiannon Hagy, Virginia Harper, Mary Beth Hitchcock, Mary Howard, Lori Johnson, Terry Knight, Michelle Lane, Lisa McCormick, Jean Ann Plym, Roseann Runyon & Susan Sarver.
We have audiobooks available in a variety of formats. We have books on CD in the library to checkout or you may borrow one through Inter Library Loan.
We also subscribe to two E-book services the Alliance Digital Media Library commonly known as ADML is from the vendor, OverDrive and eRead Illinois which is from the vendor, Baker & Taylor. We are part of a consortium that allows our library patrons to checkout out materials with your library card and PIN. You may download E-Audio books and E-books onto a variety of devices. Please click on the RSA Catalog link below and the information about the Audiobooks/E-books is on the right side of the page.
BiblioBoard: Thanksgiving Food Favorites
We’ve got fun food history for you on BiblioBoard, just in time for Thanksgiving!
All of the content on BiblioBoard is available to anyone in Illinois free of charge through RAILS' partnership and you don't need a login or a library card. There are no holds, no waiting and content can be accessed by multiple users at the same time, including everyone at the dinner table. Happy Thanksgiving!
BiblioBoard for Book Clubs
Find your next book club read on BiblioBoard. The unique selection of independent and self-published titles, classics, and additional resources make BiblioBoard a fantastic resource for your next book club pick.
The best part is that everything on BiblioBoard can be read by multiple users at the same time, meaning no holds and no waiting for titles to become available. Readers don’t even need to belong to the same library. BiblioBoard is available free of charge through RAILS to everyone in Illinois. No login or library card required!
Suggested book club title: The Towers Still Stand by Daniel Rosenberg is a thought-provoking book that asks, what if the September 11 attacks had failed? This work of alternative history is a thriller guaranteed to spark discussion!
Hundreds of OERs Available through BiblioBoard
RAILS’ partnership with BiblioBoard provides access to hundreds of open educational resource materials (OERs) in one place. All are available for unlimited use and download, making the OER collection the perfect place to go for educational research or last-minute homework help. And you don’t need a login or library card.
For example, the Knowledge Unlatched anthology includes over 100 scholarly journals and books covering a variety of fields, including anthropology, gender studies, health and medicine, history, music and performing arts, political science, religious studies, and more.
Additional OER materials (including textbooks and videos), are available on a wide variety of topics, including: Accounting, Finance, and Economics, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, Business Management and Leadership, Computer Science and Information Systems, Education and Teaching, Engineering, History and Political Science, Language Arts and Literary Criticism, Legal Studies, Marketing and Communication, Mathematics, and Psychology and Social Sciences.
BiblioBoard: New Popup Picks Collection
Popup Picks is a mobile e-book service that features collections curated by librarians and book industry experts. Collections change quarterly and include award-winning sci-fi, travel, humor, self-help, graphic novels and other e-books.
We're sure you've heard that BiblioBoard can be used without logging in. That's just one of the ways it's so easy and convenient to use. However, a login CAN be created, even though it's not required to browse or read. Why might you want to do so? Signing into BiblioBoard allows users to save favorites, create bookmarks, download content and more. Plus, because BiblioBoard works on geolocation, logging in allows you to access to your materials when you leave the state.
The new Popup Picks features something for readers of all ages and interest levels. Collections include:
To create a login, go to BiblioBoard (library.biblioboard.com), click "menu" in the upper left corner. You'll see a blue "sign in" button and below it a clickable rectangle with "Don't have a profile? Create Yours Now!" Click that rectangle and fill out the information. You only need a username and password, email is optional. Voilà! You are ready to unlock the features of BiblioBoard.
BiblioBoard: Introduction to New Genres
If you want to be introduced to whole new genres? BiblioBoard can help! Indie Illinois has over a dozen genres to choose from, with titles written by local authors for readers of all ages.
SELF-e select is another great way to introduce new genres. Whether it's horror, mystery, or thrillers; fantasy or science fiction; historical or contemporary fiction; romance; or young adult fiction, SELF-e Select titles are hand selected by Library Journal. These collections include award-winning titles from both known and emerging authors. Your patrons are sure to find something to frighten, delight, and inspire!
The Morrison & Mary Wiley Library is not supported by tax money. A library card is free to Elmwood Township residents due to the generosity of the Morrison & Mary Wiley family. Rosefield Township pays for their residents to have a library card at our library. To register for a card, please bring a photo ID & one other form of ID with your home address (Ameren bill, water bill, etc.). The library issues family cards, so parents must register for the card. Please call 742-2431 with any questions.
The library has the following magazines for patrons to check out:
American Girl Martha Stewart Living
Better Home & Gardens Midwest Living
Birds & Bloom People
Country Prevention
Country Living Real Simple
Country Woman Redbook
Family Circle Reminisce
Fine Gardening Taste of Home
Good Housekeeping This Old House
Good Old Days US Weekly
HGTV Woman’s Day
The library offers a delivery service for patrons who are unable to get to the library due to a medical issue. If you are in need of this service, please call the library.
Please check out our two Little Free Libraries. One is located in Central Park near the bench on the NW corner of the park. The other is near the front door of the elementary school (books are not kept in this library during the summer). Please stop by to take a book, leave a book!!
Little Free Libraries a “take a book, return a book” gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories. In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share. You can, too! The library will soon have two Little Free Libraries around town. The first Free Little Library was in Hudson WI in 2010. By 2014 there were around 15,000 around the world! Elmwood has become part of this great movement to promote literacy and encourage community. We are so proud to bring this great idea to Elmwood!
Here is a description of the online resources:
RSA Catalog is the catalog the library uses to check out, renew or request items from other libraries for ILL. You are able to connect from home to renew or request items. You need your library card number & password. Please stop by if you need either of these numbers.
ABC Mouse is an award-winning curriculum designed to help young children (ages 2–7+) build a strong foundation for academic success. It is 100% educational, with more than 4,000 learning activities across all major subject areas-reading, math, science, social studies, art and music. (This resource is only available at the library.)
Driver's Education Program is a program that will help you prepare online for the theory part of the DMV test. It includes: 10 car practice tests, 5 motorcycle practice tests, 3 CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) practice tests, 3 online driver’s manuals (car, motorcycle, CDL) and an FAQ section with detailed answers to 100+ DMV-related questions.
Heritage Quest® is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more. Discover the amazing history of you with Heritage Quest Online. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past.
Jobs For Teens is a resource for teenagers looking for jobs. As a teenager, finding a job may seem like a difficult task. Usually the most frustrating thing about the process is that employers want you to have work experience in order to consider you for a job, but if you've never worked before then you don't have any experience. But that's okay, this page is here to help you find a job regardless of your age or previous job experience.
NewsBank America's News is an online site to stay connected with National & Local news. Search the archives for full editions of thousands of newspapers from across the country, including the Peoria Journal Star and over 100 others from Illinois. They may be searched as a collection or individually to find articles, obituaries, editorials and more. Available for use from home as well. We have a link below that will take you to the Peoria Journal Star.
NoveList has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for all ages. NoveList's expertise in books and reading means that you'll always get the best help for finding just the right books. To log in from home you must use this link http://search.ebscohost.com & these credentials:
Username: s9066307
Password: password
Rocket Languages is a totally web-based language learning platform. It includes 14 languages and each language has more than 100 hours of lessons. Lessons include: written exercises, spoken exercises, grammar games and more. The lessons can be downloaded to a mobile device or streamed. We have free mobile apps for Apple and Android devices and the service is unlimited and simultaneous use. Languages include: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Korean, English, ESL programs for both Japanese and Spanish speakers and American Sign Language.
Tuition Funding Sources is a free internet resource. It represents 24 years of scholarship research that has produced the largest source of scholarships in the world. Hard economic times are forcing students to either find a scholarship or get a loan if they want to go to college. Most students have no idea where to find scholarships and choose student loans only to learn after they graduate that it is much easier to borrow money than pay it back.
Tumble Books is a collection of Tumble Books (animated, talking picture books) with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), Tumble TV which consists of pre-set playlists of a sequence of books and Tumble Puzzles & Games. Tumble Books are created from existing picture books which we have licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the Tumble Book format.
World Book Online is a creative, educational product that meets the highest standards of editorial excellence and ignites and inspires a lifelong love of learning. Learning isn’t ‘one size fits all. World Book Online offers a diverse suite of products for every age, ability and interest to suit the needs of all patrons. World Book Kids has fun, easy-to-read articles, illustrations and activities for the youngest library patrons. World Book Info Finder is an optimal research site for elementary and middle school-age patrons. World Book Reference Center is a powerful tool for all research needs.
LendEDU
Below is the link to a guide about how refinancing for college works, the most reputable lenders, the eligibility requirements, who should consider it, how it saves borrowers money, the risks and benefits, how parent or guardian cosigners are affected and much more.
https://lendedu.com/blog/refinance-student-loans/
Here is a guide for students looking for help to pay for college who don’t have cosigners.
https://lendedu.com/blog/student-loans-without-a-cosigner/
MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.
https://medlineplus.gov/
MedlinePlus for Children
If you are looking for information about children, this page is for you!
https://medlineplus.gov/childrenshealth.html
MedlinePlus for Seniors
If you are a senior, this page is for you!
https://medlineplus.gov/seniorshealth.html
MedlinePlus for Teens If you are a teenager, this page is for you!It includes materials specifically for you - not for your parents - about health and safety for teens. There are quizzes, games and lots of cool web sites for you to explore. Have fun!
https://medlineplus.gov/teenspage.html
National Institute on Aging
Health information related to aging and older adults from the National Institute on Aging at NIH.
https://www.nia.nih.gov/
VIN Decoder for Cars
If you are looking for a used car this is a free site that may come in handy when you do your automotive research. This site uses the official (raw) data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration API, adds the image of the actual vehicle and auto-calculates a few parameters such as the age of the car. Then displays it all in an easy-to-read, mobile-friendly format that tells the vehicle's "story": its manufacturer, brand, make and model, body style, engine size, assembly plant and model year. The page also describes how to locate the VIN on a vehicle and how to read it.
https://driving-tests.org/vin-decoder/
New exciting changes to the Newsbank online resource have happened. Please take a look. The new format is easier to use on mobile devices.
P. O. Box 467
Elmwood, IL 61529
elmwoodlib@gmail.com
309 742-2431 Phone
309 742-8298 Fax
Staff
Michelle Armbruster -Director
Pat Keefer, Eulail Huffcutt & Tracy Burnett
Volunteer: Franke Keefer & Dolores Goodwin
Hours
Monday, Tuesday and Friday: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday: 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Please like us on Facebook @elmwoodlibrary.
Please be sure to check out the links at the bottom of the page to connect with some great online resources! You may use these sites from the library or from home (unless noted below in description). You may need your library card number. Please stop by to get your number or apply for a card if you live in Elmwood Township & don't have one yet! The link to connect to the online catalog is also at the bottom of the page.
The library will be closed for Thanksgiving on November 22nd, 23rd & 24th. We appreciate your understanding & hope you have a wonderful holiday with your family & friends!
Morrison & Mary Wiley Library Food 4 Fines October 22nd-November 17th, 2018
If you owe less than $5.00, you may bring in cans/boxes of non-perishable (not expired) food. For each food item you bring in, you will have $1 of your current fine forgiven. This applies to fines only (not lost items). We will donate the food to local pantries.
Please call or stop by to ask a librarian if you have fines & the amount you owe.
We hope you take advantage of this opportunity to help those in your community & help us clean up the fines on the catalog system!
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Thank You!
The next meeting of the Elmwood Township District Library Board will be held on November 12th at 4:00 PM in the conference room.
2019 LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE – NATIONAL READING AND WRITING CONTEST
There is information about this contest on the services page. Please go to the page at the top of this page under more.
Changes to Tax Forms
Changes to Forms 1040 and 1040 A, U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns and Form 1040 EZ, Income Tax Return for Single and Joint Filers with No Dependents
Following the most expansive tax law changes in 30 years, the IRS created a shorter, simpler Form 1040 for the 2019 tax season. The new Form 1040 will replace the current Form 1040 as well as the Form 1040A and the Form 1040EZ.
The new Form 1040 uses a building block approach, in which the tax return is reduced to a simple form. That form can be supplemented with additional schedules if needed. Taxpayers with straightforward tax situations would only need to file this new 1040 with no additional schedules. The library will receive tax forms in the next few months.
Grant
On May 23rd the Peoria Journal Star incorrectly identified our library as receiving a grant for the State Library in the paper. The grant was Awarded to the Elmwood Park Library, not the Morrison & Mary Wiley Library.
The Great American Read
Congratulations to To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee which was declared the most loved book in American on the Great American Read! The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon was # 2 & the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling was # 3. The Elmwood Great American Read winner was Charlotte's Web by E. B. White followed by the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling as # 2 & The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon was # 3. Thank you to everyone who read & voted with us! Congratulations to the winners of the gift certificates that were drawn for those who shared their favorite book with us. Jack Collins, Jenni Davis, Victoria Gensler, Rhiannon Hagy, Virginia Harper, Mary Beth Hitchcock, Mary Howard, Lori Johnson, Terry Knight, Michelle Lane, Lisa McCormick, Jean Ann Plym, Roseann Runyon & Susan Sarver.
We have audiobooks available in a variety of formats. We have books on CD in the library to checkout or you may borrow one through Inter Library Loan.
We also subscribe to two E-book services the Alliance Digital Media Library commonly known as ADML is from the vendor, OverDrive and eRead Illinois which is from the vendor, Baker & Taylor. We are part of a consortium that allows our library patrons to checkout out materials with your library card and PIN. You may download E-Audio books and E-books onto a variety of devices. Please click on the RSA Catalog link below and the information about the Audiobooks/E-books is on the right side of the page.
BiblioBoard: Thanksgiving Food Favorites
We’ve got fun food history for you on BiblioBoard, just in time for Thanksgiving!
- Take a look at some vintage cookbooks, maybe find a new recipe to try.
- Admire this drawing of a wild turkey.
- Learn about the history of mechanical refrigeration, and how it changed the way we eat.
- Take a gander at this 30-pound pie!
All of the content on BiblioBoard is available to anyone in Illinois free of charge through RAILS' partnership and you don't need a login or a library card. There are no holds, no waiting and content can be accessed by multiple users at the same time, including everyone at the dinner table. Happy Thanksgiving!
BiblioBoard for Book Clubs
Find your next book club read on BiblioBoard. The unique selection of independent and self-published titles, classics, and additional resources make BiblioBoard a fantastic resource for your next book club pick.
The best part is that everything on BiblioBoard can be read by multiple users at the same time, meaning no holds and no waiting for titles to become available. Readers don’t even need to belong to the same library. BiblioBoard is available free of charge through RAILS to everyone in Illinois. No login or library card required!
Suggested book club title: The Towers Still Stand by Daniel Rosenberg is a thought-provoking book that asks, what if the September 11 attacks had failed? This work of alternative history is a thriller guaranteed to spark discussion!
Hundreds of OERs Available through BiblioBoard
RAILS’ partnership with BiblioBoard provides access to hundreds of open educational resource materials (OERs) in one place. All are available for unlimited use and download, making the OER collection the perfect place to go for educational research or last-minute homework help. And you don’t need a login or library card.
For example, the Knowledge Unlatched anthology includes over 100 scholarly journals and books covering a variety of fields, including anthropology, gender studies, health and medicine, history, music and performing arts, political science, religious studies, and more.
Additional OER materials (including textbooks and videos), are available on a wide variety of topics, including: Accounting, Finance, and Economics, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, Business Management and Leadership, Computer Science and Information Systems, Education and Teaching, Engineering, History and Political Science, Language Arts and Literary Criticism, Legal Studies, Marketing and Communication, Mathematics, and Psychology and Social Sciences.
BiblioBoard: New Popup Picks Collection
Popup Picks is a mobile e-book service that features collections curated by librarians and book industry experts. Collections change quarterly and include award-winning sci-fi, travel, humor, self-help, graphic novels and other e-books.
We're sure you've heard that BiblioBoard can be used without logging in. That's just one of the ways it's so easy and convenient to use. However, a login CAN be created, even though it's not required to browse or read. Why might you want to do so? Signing into BiblioBoard allows users to save favorites, create bookmarks, download content and more. Plus, because BiblioBoard works on geolocation, logging in allows you to access to your materials when you leave the state.
The new Popup Picks features something for readers of all ages and interest levels. Collections include:
- Publishers Weekly's selection of diverse e-books
- Adult nonfiction from Library Partner Press, a digital imprint of Wake Forest University specializing in niche nonfiction
- Offerings from TidalWave Productions, a comic book and graphic novel publisher, featuring diverse, fresh voices and innovative storytellers
- A young voices collection from the teen authors of Shout Mouse Press, a publishing house that empowers writers from varied backgrounds to tell their own stories in their own voices
- A selection of beautifully illustrated early learning e-books
- Comics & graphic novels featuring trailblazers and idols
To create a login, go to BiblioBoard (library.biblioboard.com), click "menu" in the upper left corner. You'll see a blue "sign in" button and below it a clickable rectangle with "Don't have a profile? Create Yours Now!" Click that rectangle and fill out the information. You only need a username and password, email is optional. Voilà! You are ready to unlock the features of BiblioBoard.
BiblioBoard: Introduction to New Genres
If you want to be introduced to whole new genres? BiblioBoard can help! Indie Illinois has over a dozen genres to choose from, with titles written by local authors for readers of all ages.
SELF-e select is another great way to introduce new genres. Whether it's horror, mystery, or thrillers; fantasy or science fiction; historical or contemporary fiction; romance; or young adult fiction, SELF-e Select titles are hand selected by Library Journal. These collections include award-winning titles from both known and emerging authors. Your patrons are sure to find something to frighten, delight, and inspire!
The Morrison & Mary Wiley Library is not supported by tax money. A library card is free to Elmwood Township residents due to the generosity of the Morrison & Mary Wiley family. Rosefield Township pays for their residents to have a library card at our library. To register for a card, please bring a photo ID & one other form of ID with your home address (Ameren bill, water bill, etc.). The library issues family cards, so parents must register for the card. Please call 742-2431 with any questions.
The library has the following magazines for patrons to check out:
American Girl Martha Stewart Living
Better Home & Gardens Midwest Living
Birds & Bloom People
Country Prevention
Country Living Real Simple
Country Woman Redbook
Family Circle Reminisce
Fine Gardening Taste of Home
Good Housekeeping This Old House
Good Old Days US Weekly
HGTV Woman’s Day
The library offers a delivery service for patrons who are unable to get to the library due to a medical issue. If you are in need of this service, please call the library.
Please check out our two Little Free Libraries. One is located in Central Park near the bench on the NW corner of the park. The other is near the front door of the elementary school (books are not kept in this library during the summer). Please stop by to take a book, leave a book!!
Little Free Libraries a “take a book, return a book” gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories. In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share. You can, too! The library will soon have two Little Free Libraries around town. The first Free Little Library was in Hudson WI in 2010. By 2014 there were around 15,000 around the world! Elmwood has become part of this great movement to promote literacy and encourage community. We are so proud to bring this great idea to Elmwood!
Here is a description of the online resources:
RSA Catalog is the catalog the library uses to check out, renew or request items from other libraries for ILL. You are able to connect from home to renew or request items. You need your library card number & password. Please stop by if you need either of these numbers.
ABC Mouse is an award-winning curriculum designed to help young children (ages 2–7+) build a strong foundation for academic success. It is 100% educational, with more than 4,000 learning activities across all major subject areas-reading, math, science, social studies, art and music. (This resource is only available at the library.)
Driver's Education Program is a program that will help you prepare online for the theory part of the DMV test. It includes: 10 car practice tests, 5 motorcycle practice tests, 3 CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) practice tests, 3 online driver’s manuals (car, motorcycle, CDL) and an FAQ section with detailed answers to 100+ DMV-related questions.
Heritage Quest® is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more. Discover the amazing history of you with Heritage Quest Online. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past.
Jobs For Teens is a resource for teenagers looking for jobs. As a teenager, finding a job may seem like a difficult task. Usually the most frustrating thing about the process is that employers want you to have work experience in order to consider you for a job, but if you've never worked before then you don't have any experience. But that's okay, this page is here to help you find a job regardless of your age or previous job experience.
NewsBank America's News is an online site to stay connected with National & Local news. Search the archives for full editions of thousands of newspapers from across the country, including the Peoria Journal Star and over 100 others from Illinois. They may be searched as a collection or individually to find articles, obituaries, editorials and more. Available for use from home as well. We have a link below that will take you to the Peoria Journal Star.
NoveList has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for all ages. NoveList's expertise in books and reading means that you'll always get the best help for finding just the right books. To log in from home you must use this link http://search.ebscohost.com & these credentials:
Username: s9066307
Password: password
Rocket Languages is a totally web-based language learning platform. It includes 14 languages and each language has more than 100 hours of lessons. Lessons include: written exercises, spoken exercises, grammar games and more. The lessons can be downloaded to a mobile device or streamed. We have free mobile apps for Apple and Android devices and the service is unlimited and simultaneous use. Languages include: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Korean, English, ESL programs for both Japanese and Spanish speakers and American Sign Language.
Tuition Funding Sources is a free internet resource. It represents 24 years of scholarship research that has produced the largest source of scholarships in the world. Hard economic times are forcing students to either find a scholarship or get a loan if they want to go to college. Most students have no idea where to find scholarships and choose student loans only to learn after they graduate that it is much easier to borrow money than pay it back.
Tumble Books is a collection of Tumble Books (animated, talking picture books) with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), Tumble TV which consists of pre-set playlists of a sequence of books and Tumble Puzzles & Games. Tumble Books are created from existing picture books which we have licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the Tumble Book format.
World Book Online is a creative, educational product that meets the highest standards of editorial excellence and ignites and inspires a lifelong love of learning. Learning isn’t ‘one size fits all. World Book Online offers a diverse suite of products for every age, ability and interest to suit the needs of all patrons. World Book Kids has fun, easy-to-read articles, illustrations and activities for the youngest library patrons. World Book Info Finder is an optimal research site for elementary and middle school-age patrons. World Book Reference Center is a powerful tool for all research needs.
LendEDU
Below is the link to a guide about how refinancing for college works, the most reputable lenders, the eligibility requirements, who should consider it, how it saves borrowers money, the risks and benefits, how parent or guardian cosigners are affected and much more.
https://lendedu.com/blog/refinance-student-loans/
Here is a guide for students looking for help to pay for college who don’t have cosigners.
https://lendedu.com/blog/student-loans-without-a-cosigner/
MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.
https://medlineplus.gov/
MedlinePlus for Children
If you are looking for information about children, this page is for you!
https://medlineplus.gov/childrenshealth.html
MedlinePlus for Seniors
If you are a senior, this page is for you!
https://medlineplus.gov/seniorshealth.html
MedlinePlus for Teens If you are a teenager, this page is for you!It includes materials specifically for you - not for your parents - about health and safety for teens. There are quizzes, games and lots of cool web sites for you to explore. Have fun!
https://medlineplus.gov/teenspage.html
National Institute on Aging
Health information related to aging and older adults from the National Institute on Aging at NIH.
https://www.nia.nih.gov/
VIN Decoder for Cars
If you are looking for a used car this is a free site that may come in handy when you do your automotive research. This site uses the official (raw) data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration API, adds the image of the actual vehicle and auto-calculates a few parameters such as the age of the car. Then displays it all in an easy-to-read, mobile-friendly format that tells the vehicle's "story": its manufacturer, brand, make and model, body style, engine size, assembly plant and model year. The page also describes how to locate the VIN on a vehicle and how to read it.
https://driving-tests.org/vin-decoder/
New exciting changes to the Newsbank online resource have happened. Please take a look. The new format is easier to use on mobile devices.
