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General

General Reference Center - Index of magazine and journal articles in a variety of subject areas.  Some full-text.

Student Resource Center Gold - Full-text articles from reference books, magazines, and journals. Covers a variety of subject areas.

Live Homework Help® – Powered by Tutor.com Students in grades 4–12 can connect with online tutors for live, one-to-one help in math, science, English, and social studies. Tutors are available from 2 p.m. – 9 p.m., seven days a week. Available to Batavia Public Library cardholders and students of Batavia Public Schools. To access this service, type either your Batavia Public Library card number or the special Tutor.com password. Eligible users may call the Batavia Public Library reference desk at (630) 879-4777 to request the password. Live Homework Help powered by Tutor.com is co-sponsored by the Batavia Public Library and Batavia Public School District 101.
Tutores en linea gratis, disponibles en español en Matemáticas y Ciencia, domingo a jueves de 2 p.m. a 9 p.m.

Galenet/Infotrac - Lists several indexes of magazine and journal articles in a variety of subject areas.

FirstSearch - Lists several indexes of magazine and journal articles in a variety of subject areas, and links to the OCLC WorldCat library catalog.

ArticleFirst - Index of articles from the contents pages of journals.  Some full-text.

America’s News Magazines – Index of magazine articles about news, business, entertainment, science and technology, lifestyle, and sports. Full-text.

ClasePeriódica - Index of Spanish-language Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. Some full-text.

ECO - Index of academic journal articles.  Some full-text.

World Almanac - Full-text articles from The World Almanac and Funk & Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia.

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Auto Repair

Auto Repair Reference Center - Contains the complete automotive repair manuals that were originally published in the Chilton Total Car Care Series. Database content includes approximately 26,000 vehicles covered from 1946 to present.

Biography

American National Biography - Full-text premier biographical resource for notable people in American life.

Business

Business and Company ASAP -  Company profiles and an index to business magazines.  Some full-text.

ReferenceUSA - Look up companies by name, industry, or location.

Business Index ASAP - Index to business magazines.  Some full-text.

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Education

ERIC - Index of articles and reports in education.  Some full-text.

Live Homework Help® – Powered by Tutor.com Students in grades 4–12 can connect with online tutors for live, one-to-one help in math, science, English, and social studies. Tutors are available from 2 p.m. – 9 p.m., seven days a week. Available to Batavia Public Library cardholders and students of Batavia Public Schools. To access this service, type either your Batavia Public Library card number or the special Tutor.com password. Eligible users may call the Batavia Public Library reference desk at (630) 879-4777 to request the password. Live Homework Help powered by Tutor.com is co-sponsored by the Batavia Public Library and Batavia Public School District 101.
Tutores en linea gratis, disponibles en español en Matemáticas y Ciencia, domingo a jueves de 2 p.m. a 9 p.m.

Español

ClasePeriódica - Índice de revistas latinoamericanas de ciencias y humanidades.

Genealogy

America’s Obituaries & Death Notices - Search for recent obituaries and death notices in over 400 U.S. newspapers, listed by state when you click on a map. Search by name of deceased, date or date range, locality, and text terms such as occupation or school or church. Some newspapers are indexed only for the most recent two to five years; others since the 1980s; and the Chicago Tribune since 1860. New entries added daily.

Ancestry Library Edition - Search census, vital, church, court, and immigration records for the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as records from Canada and other areas. This collection includes more than 4000 databases and 1.5 billion names. Available for in-library use only.

HeritageQuest - Search all U.S. federal censuses from 1790 to 1930, local histories, and family genealogies. For more information, see Using HeritageQuest and Other Resources for Genealogy Research, a PowerPoint tutorial.

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Health and Medicine

Health and Wellness Resource Center - Medical and health information from journals, reference books, and pamphlets. Some full-text.

Health Reference Center Academic -  Medical and health information from journals, reference books, and pamphlets. Some full-text.

MEDLINE - Index of articles from medical journals.

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Language

Mango Languages – Interactive language courses that teach Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, English for Spanish speakers, English for Polish speakers, and English for Brazilian Portuguese speakers.

Library Catalogs

Batavia Public Library Catalog

WorldCat - OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide (with an emphasis on U.S. libraries).

IllinoisCatalog - OCLC catalog of books and other materials in Illinois libraries.

GPO (Government Printing Office) - Index of U.S. government publications.

Other Libraries - Links to other area library catalogs.

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Literary Criticism

Student Resource Center Gold - Full-text literary criticism from reference books, magazines, and journals. Includes Novels for Students, Discovering Authors, Exploring Poetry, Exploring Short Stories, and Exploring Novels.