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- eLibrary
This database will no longer be available as of October 2008.
Homework help is here! Search articles from various sources, such as:
- Magazines
- Newspapers
- Images
- Maps
- Radio transcripts
- Facts On File World News Digest
Search more than 200,000 full-text articles, including:
- News stories organized by timeline, topic, or country
- Links to international newspapers
- Photos, maps, charts, and graphs
- Ferguson Career Guidance Center
Interested in a new career? This database provides:
- Job & industry information
- Advice on applying for a job & acing an interview
- Sample resumes and cover letters
- Scholarships & internships
- GrantSelect
Find grant funding opportunities, for:
- Health research
- The arts
- Community services
- Children’s & youth programs
- Operating expenses for nonprofit groups
- Facts on File Issues & Controversies
Find information on current issues, by seeing:
- Pro and con essays
- Editorials
- Images
- Statistics
 INSPIRE - Indiana's Virtual Library
Indiana residents can use this collection of databases to access:
- Magazine and Journal articles
- Websites
- Images
- Informe! (Spanish language magazines and pamphlets)
- And more
- LearningExpress Library
Create a username & password to practice the following tutorials & tests:
- GED
- SAT
- Civil Service
- Cosmetology
- Citizenship
- And more
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Contains facts and opinions about current events topics, with:
- Articles
- Statistics
- Images
- Primary sources
- Websites
- Price It! Antiques & Collectibles
This database will no longer be available as of November 2008.
Browse antiques and collectibles, in order to:
- Identify them
- Find out more about them
- Price them
 SJCPL Subject Guides
Find links and articles on topics such as:
- Local government
- Genealogy and other hobbies
- Local community organizations
- Homeschooling and homework
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- The World Almanac
View current and historical world data:
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- "This Day in History"
- "Did You Know?"
- Country profiles
- Today's Science
Research issues in the scientific world:
- Overview articles and links to detailed news coverage
- Glossaries
- Science-related biographies
- Thomson Gale Legal Forms
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Access standard forms:
- Real estate contracts
- Wills
- Bankruptcy forms
- Divorce forms
- Landlord-tenant agreements
Biography Resources
Business Resources
Community Information
- Community Connection - How To Use (pdf)
View information on community clubs, service organizations, and support groups:
- Contact information
- Links to websites as available
- Summaries of services
- Created and maintained by the St. Joseph County Public Library
- St. Joseph County Census Profiles
Clickable tract maps of St. Joseph County allow you to get statistics from the 1980, 1990 and 2000 census.
Literature
- NoveList
An electronic reader’s advisory resource. Search by an author, title or plot and find similar books. Author interviews and book discussion guides are also featured.
- Pearl's Picks
Pearl's Picks delivers reading suggestions from the most-widely known librarian of our time-Nancy Pearl. You hear her regularly on National Public Radio, read about her in the papers, and now each month, you can see Nancy's suggestions for good reading @ SJCPL.
- TumbleBookLibrary
An online database of animated, talking picture books which you can read, or have read to you.
Local & Family History
- 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas
A searchable, browsable digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings.
- 1910 South Bend and Mishawaka Elks Convention Book
A searchable, browsable digital version of the 1910 Official Souvenir, 9th Annual Convention, Indiana State Association, B.P.O.E., South Bend, Indiana, featuring text and illustrations of people, businesses, and the community.
- ca. 1910 South Bend YMCA Book
A searchable, browsable digital version of the ca. 1910 A Manhood Factory in the Center of South Bend's Greatest Industries, featuring text
and illustrations of people, the YMCA, and the community.
- 1936 St. Joseph County Platbook
A searchable, browsable digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, showing all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time.
 Ancestry Library Edition - How To Use (pdf)
This site contains U.S. Federal Census images and indexes, indexes for military records, immigration and vital statistics.
- Digital Sanborn Maps 1867 - 1970 - How to use (pdf)
View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana.
- Genealogy Links
Genealogy resources selected by SJCPL librarians.
- HeritageQuest Online - How to use (pdf)
This site contains U.S. Federal Census images and indexes; searchable Genealogy & Local History publications and PERSI, The Periodical Source Index.
- New England Ancestors - How to use (pdf)
From the New England Historic Genealogical Society, more than 250 databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada.
- Obituary Index - How to use (pdf)
An index to obituaries that appeared in the South Bend Tribune, from 1913 through the present, for people with ties to St. Joseph County.
- Service Notes Index
A database from the South Bend Tribune that lists names of local people who served during World War II, Korean and Vietnam wars.
Magazines
- Magazines through INSPIRE
Indiana's INSPIRE provides full text for over 1,820 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. Full text back files go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract back files go as far back as January of 1984.
Newspapers
- The Chicago Tribune (current)
A searchable database of articles and pages from the Chicago Tribune, going back to 1985.
- The Chicago Tribune (historical)
A searchable database of articles and pages from the Chicago Tribune, going back as far as the 1850s and continuing through 1985.
- Indiana Newspapers - How to Use (pdf)
Includes the past decade of newspaper articles from the Evansville Courier & Press, Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette, the Gary Post-Tribune, the South Bend Tribune, and the South Bend Tribune Business Weekly.
- The New York Times
A searchable database of articles going back to 1980. The New York Times Book Review and Sunday Magazine are also provided in PDF format.
- NewspaperARCHIVE
A searchable database and actual images of millions of American newspaper pages from many areas and time periods.
- Newspaper Subscriptions
SJCPL's newspaper and microfilm holdings are listed here alphabetically.
- South Bend Tribune Online Archive
A searchable database of full-text articles from the South Bend Tribune, going back to March 1998.
- For better search results on the SBT archives, use 'and' between the search terms.
- The Wall Street Journal
Provides comprehensive coverage with a searchable database going back to 1984.
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