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America the Beautiful
- contains the history of the states including timelines,
famous americans, information about presidents, native
americans, cities, explorers and more. Available
only in the library.
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Ancestry Library Edition provides you with instant access to a wide range of unique resources for genealogical and historical research. With more than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases! Available only in the library.
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Auto Repair Reference Center - Provides automotive repair information on approximately 25,000 vehicles both domestic and imported from 1945 to the present.
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FirstSearch - Offers
a group of databases consisting of books and articles.
The main product is WorldCat, the world’s
largest electronic catalog of library materials.
Using WorldCat, Indian Trails cardholders may submit interlibrary loan requests online and registered users may view the status of their requests.
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Gale Virtual Reference -
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources covering a variety of subjects. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.
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Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia - is an encyclopedia of text and images that contains
daily news sources, events and birthdays on a given
day and general reference for grades 5 and up. Available
only in the library.
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Heritage Quest - Trace your roots, examine the events and people that shaped your city and state, study the development of settlements and early businesses in your area. Provides access to U.S. Federal census data from 1790-1930, family genealogies, birth, marriage and death records, local histories and more!
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 Infotrac -
Indian Trails Public Library District subscribes to four InfoTrac databases: General Reference Center Gold, Health and Wellness Resource Center, Gale Virtual Reference Library and Business and Company Resource Center.
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LearnATest - LearnATest provides practice tests, customized analyses
to determine testing strengths and weaknesses, and personalized
recommendations. Included are ACT, SAT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT,
MCAT, GED, ASVAB, AP, ESL, EMS Nursing Assistant, Paramedic
Postal Worker, Civil Service, Firefighter, Law Enforcement,
US Citizenship, Business Writing, Career Search and
more.
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Lexis Nexis - offers access to over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources. The news coverage includes historical and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and foreign-language sources.
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Morningstar.com Library Edition Database is a stock and mutual fund research resource. Use it to find stocks and mutual funds, to read Morningstar's in-depth, independent stock and fund reports, and to test how investing ideas would work together in a portfolio.
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New Book of Knowledge
- is a general encyclopedia that includes text and images,
world history timeline, bibliographies, projects and
experiments, a dictionary and a thesaurus.Available
only in the library.
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NewsBank - NewsBank includes searchable, full-text archives of the Chicago Tribune, 1985-Present; Daily Herald, 1995-Present; Chicago Sun-Times, 1986-Present; Buffalo Grove Countryside and Wheeling Countryside, 2002-Present; New York Times, 2000-Present; Washington Post, 1977-Present; USA Today, July 1987-Present; and many other major American newspapers.
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Novelist - is designed to help fiction readers
discover new books and authors. It also provides book
discussions guides. Choose regular NoveList or NoveList
K-8.
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Nueva Spanish Language Encyclopedia
- is a general encyclopedia in Spanish. Available
only in the library.
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ProQuest Digital - Access the library's array of newspapers on digital microfilm using the convenience of a library computer. Available
only in the library.
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ReferenceUSA - Consists of a directory of American corporate
information. It provides listings of companies by geographic
location, type of business, size of business, and serves
as a reliable source for basic corporate information
such as phone numbers, numbers of employees, sales,
subsidiaries/parents, and officers.
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Record Information Services - Gives you the ability to search key public
records including data about new homeowners, foreclosures,
new businesses and bankruptcies. (Cook, DuPage, DeKalb,
Lake, Kendall, Kane, McHenry and Will counties).
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SIRS - The
Social Issues Resource Series, offers articles on social
topics that are often in the news, and also the subject
of school projects/reports. Because these topics are
the focus, SIRS is a useful place to start research.
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Tumble Readables - is an online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Sentences are highlited as they are being read and the pages turn automatically.
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