| Library Systems - Chicago Area |
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North Suburban Library System (NSLS):
A consortium of over 650 academic, public, school, and special libraries in
north suburban Cook, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties. It is one of 9
Illinois library systems. |
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DuPage Library System (DLS): A
regional multitype system with 149 academic, public, school, and special
libraries in 335 facilities, in parts of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and
Will counties. |
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Metropolitan Library System (MLS):
Merger of the former Chicago Library System and the former Suburban Library System.
Service area includes 100 communities in portions of Cook, DuPage and Will
counties. Also provides services to libraries in the City of Chicago: they
include academic, school and special libraries. This does not include the
Chicago Public Library. |
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| Illinois Libraries |
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Every Library in ILLINET:
Every Library in ILLINET,
ELI, is a service provided by Secretary of State and State Librarian,
through the Find-It! Illinois portal of the Illinois State Library. This Web
interface supplies access to directory and statistical information
concerning Illinois libraries collected by the State Library. Includes
library addresses, websites, type of library, names of directors and major
department heads, circulation system vendor, OCLC code and more. |
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Find-It! Illinois: The Find-It!
Illinois Program is the Illinois State Library's initiative to establish and
administer a statewide digital library. Key components are the Statewide
Illinois Library Catalog (SILC), gateway to Illinois library holdings;
access to the databases purchased by the State Library for Illinois library
patrons; and the Illinois Government Information (IGI) search engine. SILC
searches hundreds of library collections providing bibliographic information
and even shelf status. Through IGI, you can search state government Web
sites. |
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Illinois Library Systems:
Illinois Library Systems are membership-based,
regional organizations consisting of academic, public, school, and special
libraries. Illinois is served by nine library systems, each providing
services to participating libraries in its region. Statewide, over 2,500
libraries of all types and sizes are members of library systems. |
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Illinois State Library:
The Illinois State Library was created more than 150 years ago to serve the
needs of state government. As the official library for state government, it
has come a long way since 1839 when the young Secretary of State, Stephen A.
Douglas, saw to it that space was reserved next to his new office for a
small, fledgling library.Today, the State Library has become a computer-age
doorway to worldwide information, providing patrons with an electronic
bridge to the collections of universities, public and corporate libraries,
and new information systems that will continue to develop into the 21st
century and beyond. |
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WorldCat.org - consumer interface to
WorldCat that allows you to search 1.3 billion items in
more than 10,000 libraries worldwide - including Illinois. Link directly to
catalogs of holding libraries. |
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| Local Area Public Libraries |
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Arlington Heights Memorial Library: |
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Barrington Area Library: |
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Chicago Public Library: |
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Des Plaines Public Library: |
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Elk Grove Village Public Library: |
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Gail Borden Public Library District :
Elgin |
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Indian Trails Public Library District :
Wheeling and Buffalo Grove |
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Mt. Prospect Public Library: |
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Palatine Public Library:
Palatine and Hoffman Estates |
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Poplar Creek Public Library
District : Streamwood and Hanover Park |
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Prospect Heights Public Library District: |
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Rolling Meadows Library: |
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Roselle Public Library District: |
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| Local Area Community College Libraries |
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College of DuPage Library: Glen
Ellyn |
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College of Lake County Library:
Grayslake |
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Elgin Community College Library:
Elgin |
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Harper College Library:
Palatine |
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McHenry County College Library:
Crystal Lake |
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Oakton Community College Library:
Des Plaines and Skokie |
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| Local Area College/University Libraries |
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Chicago-Kent College
of Law: Chicago |
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Concordia University
Chicago Library:
River Forest |
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DePaul University Libraries:
Chicago, Lincoln Park, Naperville, Oak Forest, O'Hare, and Rolling Meadows |
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DeVry University: Chicago, Chicago Loop,
Chicago O'Hare, Addison, Elgin, Gurnee, Lincolnshire, Naperville,
Oakbrook, Schaumburg and Tinley Park. |
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Dominican University Library:
River Forest |
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Lewis University Library:
Romeoville, Oak Brook, Hickory Hills, Shorewood and Tinley Park |
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Loyola University Chicago Libraries:
Chicago Lake Shore, Chicago Water Tower, Maywood |
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National-Louis University Library:
Chicago, Evanston, Elgin, Lisle, and Wheeling |
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Northern Illinois University Libraries:
DeKalb, Hoffman Estates, Naperville and Rockford |
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Northwestern University Library:
Evanston and Chicago |
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Olivet Nazarene University Library:
Benner Library in Bourbonnais |
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Roosevelt University Library:
Chicago and Schaumburg |
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University of Chicago
Library: Chicago |
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University of Illinois At Chicago Library:
Chicago |
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| Other Local Area School Libraries |
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Illinois Institute of Art Library:
Chicago. School also has a
Schaumburg Campus. |
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Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Library:
Chicago and Wheaton |
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Keller Graduate School of Management:
at DeVry University. Chicago, Chicago Loop, Chicago O'Hare, Addison, Elgin,
Gurnee, Lincolnshire, Naperville, Oakbrook, Schaumburg and Tinley
Park. |
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| Special Libraries - Chicago Area |
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Art Institute of Chicago Library:
One of the largest art museum libraries in the world, holding extensive
collections of monographs on art and architecture, exhibition catalogs, art
and architecture journals, auction sales catalogs, microfilm and microfiche,
pamphlet files, and archival materials. Both cataloged and on-order
materials can be searched via the Libraries' catalog. The Libraries also
provide access to a wide range of research databases. |
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Field Museum Library:
The formation of The Field Museum Library’s
collections began in 1894 with initial transfers of books from the libraries
of departments housing the biological and anthropological collections
assembled for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. These objects in the
four departments of Anthropology, Botany, Geology, and Zoology form the core
of the Museum's collections which have grown through world-wide expeditions,
exchange, purchase, and gifts to more than twenty million specimens. The
Field Museum has been an international leader in evolutionary biology and
paleontology, and archaeology and ethnography. Currently, the Library serves
the Museum’s staff, visiting scholars and the general public. |
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John Crerar Library (University of Chicago):
specializes in collections in science, medicine and technology. |
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Newberry Library: An independent
research library concentrating in the humanities with an active educational
and cultural presence in Chicago. Free and open to the public, it houses an
extensive non-circulating collection of rare books, maps, and manuscripts. |
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| Government Libraries - Illinois |
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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library:
The Library is a public, non-circulating research
facility that contains material on all aspects of Illinois' history.
Particularly noteworthy are the Library's holdings in published resources,
manuscripts, newspapers, audiovisual, and Lincolniana. |
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| Government Libraries - U.S. |
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Library of Congress: The Library of
Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as
the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world,
with more than 130 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves.
The collections include more than 29 million books and other printed
materials, 2.7 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.8 million maps,
and 58 million manuscripts. |
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Locate a Federal Depository
Library:
Find government document depository libraries throughout the United States.
Includes addresses, phone numbers, and websites. |
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World Wide Web Sites of Federal Libraries:
Lists websites for U.S. Government libraries. |
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| U.S. & International Libraries |
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LibDex - The Library Index: Index to
over 18,000 libraries' websites. Search by country or by OPAC (online
catalog system) vendor. |
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LIBWEB - Library Servers via WWW:
Websites of libraries in over 125 countries. Includes academic, public,
national libraries and organizations, state libraries, regional consortia,
special and school libraries. |
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UNESCO Libraries Portal
- An
international gateway to information for librarians and library users. Lists
libraries worldwide. Addresses issues vital to libraries. |
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Web Accessible National and Major Libraries (IFLANET):
National libraries of the world address list. Includes website, if it
exists. |
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| Consortia |
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Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Catalog:
Union catalog for a large list of universities and colleges. Includes many
types of research materials. Particular emphasis on dissertations. |
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Center for
Research Libraries (CRL) Members List: Includes a large list of
universities and colleges throughout the U.S., the Association of Research
Libraries, and OCLC. Includes links to member websites. |
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Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Catalog:
Union catalog (VEL) for Big Ten university libraries. |
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Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Member Directory:
University of Chicago,
University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of
Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, Northwestern
University, Ohio State University,
Penn State University, Purdue University, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Includes links to the schools. |
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| Library Resources |
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Internet Public Library: Links on a wide
variety of subjects from the School of Information, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor. |
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