cary area public library district

online reference & databases @ the library

Indicates availability for remote, in-home use

Library On-Line Catalog
I-Bistro allows you to search for particular titles or authors, browse by subjects, place holds on items, and manage your account.

Chilton Automotive Repair
Get Crankin" --- put your computer in your toolbox! Fix your car any time of the day or night. Visit our website for complet automotive reapir information from the most trusted name in auto repair.

Learning Express Library
Become computer savvy @ home or in the library. The computer skills tutorials on LearningExpress Library provide more than 50 easy to use courses to help you improve your computer skills.

Ancestry Library...Search your family tree.
The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930.

Heritage Quest Online
Genealogy includes all of the images, and extensive indexing, from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than 20,000 book titles, including nearly 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories.

Illinois Clicks
an information website with quality internet resources, reviewed and selected by Illinois librarians, well-organized for easy access by all Illinois citizens.

Ask Away Illinois
Have a question? Need an answer?
Librarians available whenever you need information
24 hours a day
7 days a week
365 days a year!

OCLC Worldcat Catalog
The Library of Congress catalog is available for patrons to search, however only Librarians are allowed to place holds so you must call or come in to place a hold for Firstsearch.

SILC
The Statewide Illinois Library Catalog, known as SILC, is Illinois' first all inclusive statewide union catalog that integrates WorldCat and the Illinois Library Systems' local consortial OPACs, to provide both shelf status and interlibrary loan capabilities in a single searchable interface. SILC resides on the familiar FirstSearch platform as an additional WorldCat database that allows users to scope to regional groups within Illinois, as well as by type of library. From a single WorldCat record, users will be able to link to a local shared catalog record to see if and where an item is available for loan

Grolier On-Line
The library has purchased remote and in library access for Cary patrons only. You must enter you library card number.

Ebsco Magazine
Search a master database for articles and news.
You will need to enter your Cary Library card number.

Novelist
Novelist is now owned by Ebsco, log into Ebsco using the above password for Ebsco and click on the Novelist icon.

Learn a Test
Database available in the library and remotely from home. Click on the link and when screen loads, click on new user and enter your own username and password. Take a practice test on-line for no cost. ACT, SAT, EMS, Firefighter, Civil Service, Law Enforcement, Real Estate, Military and many more. Check out this new service and practice to ace the test.

Reference U.S.A.
Searchable database of businesses.