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Access e-books and e-audio books Here
OMNI Overdrive

Download best-selling and classic audiobooks, and eBooks, available 24/7 from the library’s website. You can browse the collection, check out with your library card, and download to PC, Mac®, and many mobile devices. To get started, you will need to install free software. For audiobooks, download OverDrive® Media Console™. To read eBooks, you’ll need Adobe® Digital Editions. Titles can be enjoyed immediately or transferred to a variety of devices, including iPod®, Sony® Reader™, and many others. Some audio titles can also be burned to CD to listen on-the- go. Titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period. This new service, powered by OverDrive, is free with your library card.

Zinio Downloadable Magazines

There are 99 Downloadable Magazine titles for you to download and read on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. All you need is a Sycamore Library Card and a few minutes to set up your Zinio Accounts. We recommend that you take a few moment to read the User Guide as you set up your account. (Click Here for the Guide) You must set up two accounts. the first one is to verify that you have a library card and it sets you up as a Sycamore Library Zinio patron. The second one is to join Zinio.com so the magazines will actually download on your devices. Once you have the two accounts set up, getting magazines is as easy as a click of the button.

TumbleBook Library

TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.

Library of Congress Digital Collection

Access to print, pictorial and audio-visual collections and other digital services from the Library of Congress.

Project Gutenburg

Download over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device.



Access Library Databases Here
America's Newspapers From Newsbank

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

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. Includes Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus.

Business & Company Resource Center

Provides access to a wide variety of global business information including competitive intelligence, career and investment opportunities, business rankings, company histories and much more.

First Search

A collection of databases including Worldcat, the OCLC catalog of books and other materials located in libraries worldwide. Provided by the Illinois State Library. To log onto FirstSearch, use the Authorization: 100110246 and Password: sycamore.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Search more than 300 online reference books and thousands of articles with just one click. From any computer, you can quickly search hundreds of online reference books, covering a wide range of subjects, including arts, biography, business, education, the environment, history, law, literature, medicine, religion, science and the social sciences.

Health & Wellness Resource Center

Offers 24/7 access to thousands of full-text medical journals, magazines, newspapers, reference works, multimedia and much more. More than 1,000 top medical journals and periodicals and articles from more than 2,200 general-interest publications and a collection of full-text reference works, streaming video with transcripts and links to trusted health- related Web sites.

HeritageQuest

Combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI® Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content. Researchers can use HeritageQuest Online to find their ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled.

Magazine Database General OneFile

Provides periodical and news information with content that includes more than 12,000 titles in all with nearly 30 years of coverage. General OneFile includes more than 7,800 full-text titles and 3,600 refereed journals, and hundreds of newspapers, more than 500 travel guides, the full collection of National Public Radio programs from 1990 to the present, including searchable transcripts and full-text of the New York Times from 1985 to the present, updated daily.



Book and Reading Suggestions
Read- Alikes 1

Suggestions for read-alikes from Anniston Library in Alabama

More Read Alike Suggestions
Book Browse

There is a fee for full personal membership to this site. There is also a library subscription rate. We are looking into a trial of the database to determine if we should make this available to our patrons. Check out the site and tell us what you think.

What's Next

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.



Catalog-- What We Own
PrairieCat

The library's online catalog of materials owned.



Cool and Helpful Sites
AllRecipes.com
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Creative Ideas and Problem Solving
Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life is a free, online collaborative encyclopedia intended to document all of the 1.8 million living species known to science. It is compiled from existing databases and from contributions by experts and non-experts throughout the world.

Free Language Translation
Heartland Blood Centers
Illinois Woman Artists
Incredible @rt Department

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

Internet Movie Database
Public Agenda Issue Guides

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.

Printable Grocery Coupons
United States Postal Service

Track shipments, get zip codes and zip code extensions, schedule a pick up, and anything else relating to the post office.

U. S. Presidents

Information about the presidents from the whitehouse website.



Earth Friendly
Great Barrier Reef
Hybrid Center
Mother Earth News
Nature Conservancy
National Audubon Society
National Geographic
Seaturtle Survival League
Shedd Aquarium
World Wildlife Federation


en español
La mano Amiga
Muy interesante

una revista

Medline Plus en español
Vanidades

una revista

Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre


Government Websites
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Student Aid
How the U.S. Congress has Voted on Bills
Illinois Compiled Statutes
Illinois Sex Offenders Register
Illinois State Board of Education
Medicare Information
Medline Plus Health Information
National Sex Offenders Register
Prevailing Wage DeKalb County
State of Illinois
United States Census Information
U.S. Government Printing Office
The White House


International
Conversion Tables

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.

Currency Conversion

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.

Time and Date Around the World

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.



Job Sites
CareerBuilder
The Career Center - The University of Illinois
CareerOneStop
ChicagoJobTalk.org
Illinois Career Resource Network
Illinois Department of Employment Security
Illinois Skills Match
Illinois WorkNet Center
IllinoisCLICKS! Jobs and Career
Indeed Job Search - One seach. All jobs.
Green Careers Guide
Monster.com
Occupational Outlook Handbook
The Resume Builder
The Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources


Library Related Sites
American Library Association
Every Library in Illinet
Illinois Library Association
Illinois State Library
Northern Illinois University Libraries


Local Websites
B95 (WDKB)
City of Sycamore
The Daily Chronicle
DeKalb County Website
DeKalb County Community Foundation (DCCF)
DeKalb County Keys Initiative

Keep Encouraging Youth to Succeed

DeKalb County Legal Self Help Center

The DeKalb County Legal Self Help Center is the place to go to help you learn how to represent yourself in court in simpler legal matters when you cannot find an attorney to represent you, a place where you can get free legal information about Illinois law.

Discover Sycamore
The Ellwood House and Museum

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.

Grand Victorian
High School Reading List - Sycamore High School Library
Kishwaukee College
The Midweek News
Midwest Museum of Natural History
Northern Illinois University
Northern Public Radio
Oak Crest
Ollies Frozen Custard
Opportunity House Incorporated
Pay-It-Forward House

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.

The Sandwich Fair
Sycamore Chamber of Commerce
Sycamore Historical Society
Sycamore Park District
Sycamore Pumpkin Fest
Sycamore School District
T.A.I.L.S. Animal Shelter
WLBK Radio 1360


Looking for a Person or Business?
Map Quest
Yellow and White Pages


Online Orders of Protection
Circuit Clerk - Order of Protection

Online order of protection for DeKalb, DuPage and Will Counties.

Kane County Circuit Clerk - Order of Protection
Ogle County Circuit Clerk - Order of Protection

Click on "Forms," then click on "Order of Protection."



Student Aid
FAFSA on the Web

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a form that can be prepared annually by current and prospective college students (undergraduate and graduate) in the United States to determine their eligibility for student financial aid (including the Pell Grant, Federal student loans and Federal Work-Study).

FAFSA Publications
FAFSA Counselors and Mentors Handbook
StudentAid.gov

Straightforward and easy to understand information about planning and paying for college.

StudentAid.gov Videos
StudentAid.gov Infographics
Illinois Student Assistance Commission

Making college accessible and affordable for Illinois students.



Tax Forms
Federal Forms
Illinois Forms


Teen Links
TeensHealth from Nemours

Here you will find topics covering mind and body issues, school and college, dealing with bullies and violence, driving, sexual health, food and nutrition, and sports.

Sycamore Public Library on Facebook!

Teen Ink Magazine

Magazine, blogs, book series and website written entirely by teens. An excellent resource for teen writers and artists.



Voting and Election websites
DeKalb County Election and Voting Information

Includes absentee and early voting schedule, polling locations and ward and precinct maps.

Democratic National Committee
FactCheck.org
Illinois State Board of Elections
Project Vote Smart
League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters of Illinois
Libertarian Party
Republican National Committee
Rock the Vote


Weather and Road Conditions
Illinois Road Conditions
Indiana Road Conditions
Iowa Road Conditions
Weather Channel
Weather Underground
Wisconsin Road Conditions




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Voting and Election
Weather and Roads