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Find company information or research a stock.
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Reviews on products and service ratings.
Genealogy
Research your family history at the library and from home.
Supporting Students
Resources to help you with homework and eLearning.
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Bringing the diversity and history of the USA to life in a beautifully-illustrated resource. Covers all 50 states, five territories, and the District of Columbia. Information includes local cuisine, animals & plants, history, government & politics, and historical map collections.
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Offers a wealth of information to help you diagnose, repair, and maintain cars and vehicles. Includes service and repair procedures, diagrams, recall information, specifications, labor estimates, and parts pricing. IPPL cardholders can check out an OBDII automotive diagnostic tool to read and clear check engine lights.
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From World Book, a comprehensive Spanish-language encyclopedia that includes more than 140,000 articles and thousands of images, maps, videos, animations, sounds, and interactive media.
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Features reviews, recommendations, readalikes, author bios and interviews, resources for book clubs, and much more. Subscribe to their twice monthly newsletter.
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Connect with study guides and practice tests for kids, teens, and adults on school and career topics. Includes practice tests for most standardized tests such as GED, ACT, SAT, and GRE.
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Explore and stay informed on local topics, people, and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political & social issues & more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the Chicago area including the Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald & Daily Southtown & more. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
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Contains consumer ratings on businesses and services for the Chicago metro area. Search for plumbers, roofers, doctors, dentists, and more. Note: registration is required.
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A publication of the Chicago History Museum. Coverage is from 1970 to current. Each issue has three to four articles covering some aspect of the history of Chicago.
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Explore Chicago history through local news, events and people with the Chicago Sun-Times Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
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Full-text articles to support research in aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs and alcohol, fitness, and nutrition. Includes teen health topics for teens and parents.
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Explore Arlington Heights and suburban area history through local news, events and people with the Daily Herald Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
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Explore Chicago area history through local news, events and people with the Daily Southtown Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
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From World Book, uses dramatic readings of plays to help students gain reading fluency, understand core concepts, and internalize content. Activities, lesson plans, and mini-inquiry projects tie to curriculum correlations.
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Spanish-language articles, media, and websites for Spanish language learners from the World Book.
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Worldwide genealogical records. Access to images and documents are only available at the library.
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Fold3 provides quick and easy access to over 500 million indexed and digitized military records, including service records, documents, photos, and draft cards for those who served.
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A resource of over 6,000 publications from around the world, featuring the full-text of many major metropolitan newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Barron's, and over 6,000 other publications from around the world. Obituaries are included in full-text coverage.
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Illinois specific driving exams, including 11 car practice tests, 9 motorcycle practice tests, 12 CDL (commercial driver’s license) practice tests, 3 online driver’s manuals (car, motorcycle, CDL), and a FAQ section with detailed answers to over 100 DMV-related questions.
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Offers World Book's excellent editorial content and rich media in French.
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Resources to assist you in legal matters of all kinds, including business law, financial planning, family law, property and real estate, and rights and disputes. Includes full-text reference books from Nolo, the nation’s oldest and most respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.
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MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. It is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, and a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Offers information on health topics, human genetics, medical tests, medications, dietary supplements, and healthy recipes sourced from more than 1,600 selected organizations and provides 40,000 links to authoritative health information in English and 18,000 links to information in Spanish.
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Morningstar Investment Research CenterAccess comprehensive data and independent analysis on thousands of investments, spanning mutual funds, stocks, ETFs, and closed-end funds.
To access from home, click this link: https://ar.morningstar.com/mirc/membership/Authenticate.aspx?Name=Indian Prairie
To access from in the library, click this link: https://ar.morningstar.com/mirc/membership/default.aspx
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Newspapers.com Library Edition is an extensive online database of 3,000+ historical newspapers from the early 1700s into the early 2000s. It contains a diverse blend of well-known regional and local newspapers in the U.S. and other countries.
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A course specifically created to help you succeed on the United States Citizenship Test. If you already have a Pronunciator login, you can use it to login to ProCitizen.
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More than 4,000 language learning combinations at your finger tips! Courses are offered in your native tongue and you can learn whatever language you choose. Want to prepare to be a citizen? Try ProCitizen as well.
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Public RecordsSearch public records for new homeowners, new businesses, foreclosures, and bankruptcies for Illinois. Includes Check Illinois database for background check information. This database works best on a computer or tablet and may not be accessible on a phone.
To access from home, click this link: https://beta-liboff.public-record.com/remote
To access from in the library, click this link: https://beta-libon.public-record.com/account/library_auth/libon/Darien
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Directory of over 80 million U.S. and Canadian businesses (including historical data) and 147 million residential phone numbers. Search by industry or yellow page heading.
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World Book's differentiated instruction site features read-aloud and translation capabilities, more video, and clear, easy-to-read articles.
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Provides access to 2,500 titles, including 460 that are proprietary to World Book. Download the World Book eBook app to take titles on the go (requires you to first create an account at World Book online. Click any World Book link and in the upper right corner, click the person icon and click "create account."
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Contains over 10,000 biographies, science experiments, a section in Spanish, and one for kids, and information on how to do research.
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New interface! Search the catalog to request items from libraries across the country. You will need to first login using your Indian Prairie library card and PIN. Don't know your PIN? Call us or click the chat icon on the right side of the screen to start a conversation.
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