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 Ambient Findability by Peter Morville Farnham : O'Reilly, 2005 Photo licensed through Syndetic Solutions LLC REFERENCE LINKSAtoZ Maps OnlineAccess more than 146,000 maps, including physical, political, climate change, historic, hurricane, earthquake, animal and plant species distribution, current events, topographic, and weather. This database is also a teaching tool, with full color flag images, as well as geography crosswords, lesson plans, games, and quizzes. AtoZ World Culture This continually updated database features cultural information on 175 nations and territories, with content compiled by an international team of researchers, cartographers, and writers. Topics include religion, business culture, history, government, stereotypes, folklore, holidays & festivals, and women in culture and business.  Novelist PlusA Comprehensive reader's advisory tool. Search hundreds of thousands of popular fiction and nonfiction titles. Retrieve author read-alikes, book lists and book discussion guides. Reference USA A source of information on businesses and people for researchers, students, job seekers and government agencies. Your Library Card number will be your User Name and the final four digits of your card will be your password. Please call 815-725-1715 if you have any questions or need assistance. Thanks to our partnership with the Shorewood Area Chamber of Commerce. Learning Express Library Your Library Card number will be your User Name and the final six digits of your card will be your password. Please call 815-725-1715 if you have any questions or need assistance.  Grolier Onlineor access from home This invaluable source accesses multiple databases to help you locate books, periodicals and a host of other useful items. FirstSearch The FirstSearch collection of resources provides access to many online book catalogs(including WorldCat) a large collection of databases which feature scholarly and professional journal articles (many in full text) and access to MedLine (the professional version of MedLinePlus.) 
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