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job and careersNeed a Job? Set up an account using your library card number for your username and a password of your choice. We can help with our new service to help you write a resume, save it and apply for a job. This database also is linked to our learning express library to help you aquire the skills you need for your new job. Try it today, click here or on the logo to enter.

AtoZPremier Reference and Marketing Database including 30 million business profiles & 220 million residents.  Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists , market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more! Click to enter.

Ancestry Library...Search your family tree. This database is now only available inside the library.
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.

house iconAsk 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!

house icon Biography Reference Bank
This Wilson biography database Biography Reference Bank Select Edition is an in-depth 100% full-text biographical resource, providing comprehensive coverage of people in the news and a full range of history-makers. It covers over 236,000 individuals, plus more than 36,000 images.

house iconChilton Automotive Repair
Get Crankin' --- put your computer in your toolbox! Fix your car any time of the day or night. Complete automotive repair information from the most trusted name in auto repair.

house iconCulturegrams
Concise, reliable, and up-to-date reports on more than 200 countries, each U.S. state, and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories

house iconConsumers Reports
ConsumerReports.org is one of the most trusted sources for information and advice on consumer products and services. ConsumerReports.org accepts no outside advertising, no free test samples, and has no agenda other than the interests of consumers.
You will need to enter your Cary Library card number.

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

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

house iconHeritageQuest Online... Find out your family history! 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.

house iconIllinois Digital Archives provides access to local and state historical items that have been digitized.

house icon Issues & Controversies / Issues & Controversies American History
Explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. / Builds a deeper understanding of how historical events have shaped our nation by exploring the key players and the battles they fought.

house iconLearning 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.

house iconLearn 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.

house iconNovelist
NoveList, a readers' advisory service
You will need to enter your Cary Library card number.

house iconOCLC 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..

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