The library's online catalog of materials owned.

The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded.

Britannica Online Public Library Edition contains comprehensive content for all patrons—from elementary students to college students, from business professionals to curious seniors. Whether it’s frogs or physics, gardening or geography, Britannica Online Public Library Edition covers it all. Extensive and thorough yet intuitive and fast, this powerful collection delivers trustworthy information that your patrons need.

From Chilton's, the leader in automotive repair information, step-by- step repair procedures, diagnostics, original equipment manufacturer maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins for automobiles and light trucks.

E-Books are available through this link from the Sycamore Public Library or for patrons who have come to the library to set up a personal account. There are currently over 4,000 E-Books available. All books can be viewed or checked out for 72 hours. For more information about the E-Book offerings and to set up a personal account visit the Adult Services Department at the Sycamore Public Library.

A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. There are more that 4,500 periodicals included and over 3,500 include the full-text af the articles.

The most extensive forms site available with thousands of legal forms available. Official, state specific, federal, business, personal, real estate and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues.

America's most comprehensive dictionary is fully searchable online and includes more than 263,000 main entries.

Novelist is a helpful reader's advisory source that provides annotated lists of books by favorites authors as well as suggestions for read- alike authors. You will need to type in your Sycamore library card number without spaces to access this site.

Novelist is a helpful reader's advisory source that provides annotated lists of books by favorites authors as well as suggestions for read- alike authors. You will need to type in your Sycamore library card number without spaces to access this site.

Pricing information on almost any kind of collectible, from art to action figures.

Rosetta Stone, the world's leading language software, allows library patrons to learn a language at their convenience from anywhere with an internet connection. Simply register once using your library card number, and have access to English, Spanish, French, Japanese and Chinese courses.

Search colleges, vocational schools, information technology programs, executive education programs, and private secondary schools. Prepare for the GED, civil service and military entrance exams, licensing tests for law enforcement, real estate, the postal service, and many other field, plus college and graduate school admissions exams.

There are many search enginges to choose from, but you can only use them if you know they exist. Here's a list of 100 search enginges with links.

Art lesson plans, ideas, and job openings for art teachers

What does the public really think about the issues that come up in the press and the legislature? Check out this website to get some really helpful information.

The "What's Next" site has fiction series listed in order of the series. It is great for a person who wants to read a series of books in order and can't remember which book comes next.

A great site to learn more about humpback whales, whale watching in Hawaii, and lots of other marine information.

Create your own conversion tables. You can convert Celsius to Farenheit, Pounds to Kilograms, Gallons to Liters, the reverse to each and many other types of conversions.

If you are planning to travel outside of the United States, you can find out what your US dollar is worth in the country you are about to visit.

To find out the time and date anywhere in the world at any time. You can set you your own personal world clock to help you keep track of the time and date in places that are important to you.

Built by barbed wire millionaire Isaac L. Ellwood in 1879, the mansion remains with its original furnishings just as when the Ellwood family lived there decades ago. Experience a by-gone era as you tour the great English living room with its vast stone fireplace, the mahogany- panelled dining room, and the magnificent rotunda with a three-story spiral staircase. The many restored bedrooms, servants rooms, and service areas provide a glimpse of a complete household at the turn of the twentieth century.

PAY-IT-FORWARD HOUSE is a charitable and benevolent not-for-profit corporation organized to provide low-cost temporary housing in a comfortable, home-like environment for family members and friends of patients at Kindred Hospital in Sycamore, Illinois.