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Homework Help Teens (Grades 9–12)
Select a database by a subject category listed below,
then enter your Glenview Library card number as prompted.
Most databases are available remotely. Databases available only in the Library
are noted in red. Research databases are arranged by subject or A-Z by title.
Biography in Context
Full text biographies from over 130 reference sources and access to biographical articles from more than 265 magazines.
Brainfuse • HelpNow
Online tutors are available to help Grades K-12, College Intro, and Adult Learners. Subjects include: Math, Science, Social Studies, English and JobNow, 3:00pm-10:00pm daily. Tambien en Español.
Chicago Tribune Archive
Useful for finding obituaries and news stories from 1849-1984.
CultureGrams States Edition
Explore the United States in colorful kid friendly reports.
CultureGrams World Edition
Experience the world through detailed cultural information on more than 200 countries.
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
Biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
EBSCOhost
Search Business, Health, Student, or General indexes to over 1,700 publications including Consumer Reports and Harvard Business Review.
E-Journal Index
A research tool for finding full-text electronic publications (magazines, journals, newspapers) available through Glenview Public Library’s databases. Search by title, keyword or browse by subject heading.
Facts.com
Facts On File World News Digest since 1940 and a live news feed from Reuters® to answer questions about events, people, issues, facts, and figures of the last 60+ years.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A cross searching platform of e-reference books on multiple topics.
Grolier Multimedia
Offers quick access to general reference articles and media resources for a visually rich research experience. For middle school students and up.
Grolier Online
Includes encyclopedia databases: Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, Amazing Animals of the World, and The New Book of Popular Science.
History Study Center
Digitized primary and secondary sources with documents and articles organized under widely-studied topics, with reference works, images, video clips and links to 2,000 web sites.
Issues and Controversies
Up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day.
Learning Express Library
Reading, math and writing skills improvement for students of all ages. Exam preparation tutorials for: education (GED, AP, ACT, PSAT, SAT, GMAT, and GRE); professional licensing for EMT, LSAT, civil service, military, law enforcement, nursing and allied health care. Skills courses for job search, workplace and popular software courses including Microsoft Office.
LitFinder
Stories, poems, plays, speeches and essays searchable by genre, subject, or author.
Mango
Self-paced web-based language learning for 38 languages and 15 ESL courses including Angielski dla polskich rozmówców (English for Polish Speakers), Inglés para hispanoparlantes (English for Spanish Speakers), and 
(English for Korean Speakers).
New Book of Popular Science
In depth science, health and technology research and news. Includes photos, maps and over 2200 biographies.
Newsbank: America's Newspapers
The electronic editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers from around the United States. Select newspapers by state or region.
Proquest
Search The Chicago Sun Times, The Daily Herald, The Wall Street Journal,USA Today, and several other Midwest regional newspapers, as well as nationally known magazines and journals.
Proquest Newsstand
Detailed indexing to the following selection newspaper titles: USA TODAY, Los Angeles Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Barron's, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel, the Advocate and more.
SIRS Knowledge Source
Excellent database for student assignments on social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political, and global issues with graphics, charts, maps, and diagrams.
Student Edition INFOTRAC
Provides access to age-appropriate content from magazines, newspapers and reference books. Authoritative content that is updated daily.
Student Research Center
Student Research Center makes it easy to search by keyword or topic for the most useful search results that can be easily sorted by source type—magazines, reference books, photos, flags, and more. Grades 6-12
Student Resources in Context
An integrated media resource of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text of over 450 magazines and newspapers, with 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and many hours of audio and video clips.
Today's Science
Search for the latest scientific discoveries and fundamental scientific concepts in health, the environment, technology, life science, physical science, earth and space science, and more.
World Book Online Info Finder
Expansive reference resource based on the World Book Encyclopedia. Offering over 40,000 articles, science projects and a multimedia library. Grades 4-12.
World Book Online Reference Center
Encyclopedic, multimedia, e-book and primary source database integrated in a single search. Individual accounts let users create and save their work. Grade 7-adult.