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Databases

Click on the links below to visit any database from within the library. To access a database from home, click on the blue home icon to the right of that database and be sure to have your library card number handy.

America's GenealogyBank
Easily search and browse millions of genealogies, obituaries, marriage and birth announcements and more from 1652 to the present. Includes historical newspapers, books and documents, along with modern obituaries and the Social Security Death Index.



Associated Press Images
Associated Press Images Database is a research database of every news event covered by the Associated Press for the last 150 years. Over 150 years of history as witnessed by the Associated Press AP Images contains over 3 million news photographs from the 1840's through today, with more than 3,000 photos being added on a daily basis. Additionally, users can search through over 100,000 graphics, including maps, timelines, logos and graphs.

EBSCO
Visit this site for a trial version of Home Improvement Reference Center, Small Engine Repair Reference Center, or Auto Repair Reference Center. This is a trial version. Please enter "wpl" for the User ID and "repair" as the password for access.

FirstSearch
A database that contains abstracts plus many full text articles on a variety of subjects. You will also find a catalog of books, periodicals and other media found in libraries around the U.S. and some foreign countries. Have your library card number ready when accessing from home.

Grolier Online
This is the latest addition to our online resources. This resource includes Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and America the Beautiful. Grolier Multimedia includes 40,000 articles, timelines, games and news for middle and high schools. America the Beautiful includes articles, timelines, profiles, games, and maps about the states. It also includes state-by-state history and current events for elementary and middle schools. Have your library card number ready when accessing from home.

HeritageQuest
Your resource for census data, family records and local histories. This collection assembles every extant U.S. federal census, banking and military records, genealogies, local histories, primary source materials, and genealogical and local history serials. An ongoing project (new content is added weekly), HeritageQuest Online will grow to encompass obituaries, Freedman's Bank Records, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Index and additional materials.

Learning Express Library
Practice taking all kinds of tests from the GED to Civil Service to College Entrance Exams. Create your own login and password.

Newsbank
America's Newspapers: A selection of the electronic version of several major national and state papers, including the Joliet, Kankakee and Morris papers and the Chicago Sun-Times. The papers are searchable and most include archives for several years. Paid ads are not included. Have your library card number ready when accessing from home.

Novelist
Novelist is a database that helps readers find authors and titles and also includes articles, reading lists and reviews. Have your library card number ready when accessing from home.

TumbleBookLibrary
An online collection of animated, talking picture books, reading comprehension quizzes, educational games and teacher resources.

Links

Authors, Books, Bookstores and Publishers

BookLetters
Check out various readers advisory pages such as bestseller and award lists. Or visit Newsletter Signup to subscribe to a variety of newsletters, all about books.

Community

Wilmington CUSD
School district #209-U website

City of Wilmington
An informative page about the city of Wilmington

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Information about Midewin

Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
Official website of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, includes a listing of Wilmington businesses.

Will County, Illinois
The official website of Will County

Emergency Preparedness

Will County Health
This is the official web site of the Will County Health Department and Will County Community Health Center. We provide comprehensive public health programs and primary health care and dental services for medically underserved residents of one of America's fastest growing counties. Services are provided regardless of age, race, color, national origin or disability.

Will County EMA
Will County EMA accomplishes its mission through a wide array of programmatic efforts, including development of emergency plans; conduct of disaster exercises; development of emergency communications and warning systems; operations of specialized emergency response units; public awareness and education; and, guidance to local units of government.

Illinois Department of Public Health
The Illinois Department of Public Health is responaible for protecting the states' 12.4 million residents and all its visitors through the prevenion and control of disease and injury.

Illinos Homeland Security
The Illinos Homeland Security provides vital information to help citizens of Illinois to met the challanges of being prepared for Emergency Response.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention functions to prevent and control infecions, chronic diseases, infections, workplace hazzards, disabilities and environmental health threats.

Department of Homeland Security
This is a division of the Department of Homeland Security. This site has tips on preparedness, other related stories about disasters. Also some links to how to volunteer to help durning disasters, before and after.

Ready.gov
Ready.gov is a common sense framework designed to launch a process of learning about citizen preparedness. One of the primary mandates of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is to educate the public, on a continuing basis, about how to be prepared in case of a national emergency, including a possible terrorist attack.

FEMA
Are You Ready? provides a step-by-step approach to disaster preparedness by walking the reader through how to get informed about local emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their local area, and how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies kit. Other topics covered include evacuation, emergency public shelters, animals in disaster, and information specific to people with disabilities.

Department of Health and Human Services
This is the Department of Health and Human Services. It provides information about Medicare, Medicade and Family and Childrens Services.

Red Cross
This is the Red Cross home page. It gives information on how to volunteer, how to reach Service Members in times of emergency, giving blood and tissue donations. Also how to contact the Red Cross nearest you.