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Foundation Center database
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    As a Foundation Directory Cooperating Collection resource, the Foundation Directory:
  • Offers funding resources for organizations
  • Only available at the Main Library
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Foundation Center database
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    As a Foundation Directory Cooperating Collection resource, Grants to Individuals:
  • Offers funding resources exclusively for individuals
  • Only available at the Main Library
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LibraryFoundation Center database
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    As a Foundation Directory Cooperating Collection resource, Philanthropy In/Sight:
  • Offers interactive maps to view philanthropical world impact
  • Only available at the Main Library
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imageChilton Library.com database link (will not work in IE on Macintosh OSX)



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imageFacts on File: Ferguson Career Guidance Center database
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    (This database will no longer be available after 2/29/12)
    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


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imageSt. Joseph County Census Profiles Database
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    Review the latest developments in the workforce:
  • Career reports
  • Username: 440w, Password: future
  • Search Tips


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imageFacts on File: Issues & Controversies database link



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    Research issues in the scientific world:
  • Overview articles and links to detailed news coverage
  • Glossaries
  • Science-related biographies
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imageFacts on File: World News Digest database link
    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
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imageInspire database link



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imageGale Contemporary authors database link



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in the library imageGale Informe database link
    Busqué:
  • Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos
  • Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad, y otras materias
  • Search Tips


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the library imageGale LitFinder database link


in the library imageGale LitFinder database link



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imageLearningExpress Library database link


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imageLearningExpress Library database link


in the library imageLearningExpress Library database link
    Find guidance for:
  • How to start, finance, or manage your small business
  • Gives sample business plans, how-to guides, articles, and websites
  • Search Tips




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imageSubject Guides database linkFind links and articles on topics such as:
  • Local government
  • Genealogy and other hobbies
  • Local community organizations
  • Homeschooling and homework

Use the menu to jump to the Subject Guide you need. *If you don't see a page that you'd like, tell us and we may add it!









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card imageThomson Gale Legal Forms database link (may not display properly in Safari)
Access standard forms:
  • Real estate contracts & Landlord-tenant agreements
  • Wills
  • Bankruptcy forms
  • Divorce forms
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Biography Resources


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imageBiography Resource Center Database Link


Business Resources


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library imageLearningExpress Library database link
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    Find guidance for:
  • How to start, finance, or manage your small business
  • Gives sample business plans, how-to guides, articles, and websites
  • Search Tips



library card imageTribune Business Weekly Database link
A searchable database of the weekly business publication of the South Bend Tribune back to 1992.
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Click here to read the current edition.



Community Information


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imageCommunity Connection Database link


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imageSt. Joseph County Census Profiles Database
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Clickable tract maps of St. Joseph County allow you to get statistics from the 1980, 1990 and 2000 census.





Literature


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imageTumble Book Library Database link An online database of animated, talking picture books which you can read, or have read to you.

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in the library imageGale Contemporary authors database link




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imageGale LitFinder database link



Local & Family History


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image1875 St. Joseph County Atlas Database link A searchable, browsable digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings.




available anywhere image1910 South Bend and Mishawaka Elks Convention Book Database link 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.



available anywhere imageca. 1910 South Bend YMCA Book Database link 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.



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image1936 St. Joseph County Platbook Database
link 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.




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imageNew England Ancestors database link
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.


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imageAncestry Library Edition Database link How to use (pdf)
This site presents comprehensive genealogy resources including federal and state census images, military records, immigration and passenger list records, indexes of vital statistics, and more.



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imageHeritage Quest Database link How to use (pdf)
This site features unique resources such as Revolutionary War pension files; Freedmen's Bank records; searchable genealogy and history books; and PERSI, The Periodical Source Index. It also includes many federal censuses.


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imageIndiana Genealogical Society database link More than 40 searchable databases related to Indiana history, including indexes to county, church, military, and school records.

Ask your SJCPL librarian to put in a user name and password to give you access to this site.


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imageObituary Index database link 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.




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imageService Notes Index database link An index to Service Notes printed in the South Bend Tribune during the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War eras.





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imageDigital Sanborn Maps 1867 - 1970 Database
link How to use (pdf)
View, navigate, print, and download historic birds'-eye view maps of Indiana.




Subject Guides
database link Genealogy resources selected by SJCPL librarians.








Magazines


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imageMagazines through INSPIRE database link 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.

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Newspapers


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imageThe Chicago Tribune (historical) database
link A searchable database of articles and pages from the Chicago Tribune, going back as far as the 1850s and continuing through 1985.

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library card imageThe Chicago Tribune (current) database
link 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.

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imageThe New York Times (current) database link A searchable database of New York Times articles from 1981- present. (Only articles 1987 - present can be viewed at no cost.)

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imageThe Chicago Tribune (historical) database
link A searchable database of New York Times articles from 1851-1980. (Only articles 1851-1922 can be viewed at no cost.)

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imageNewspaper Archive database link A searchable database and actual images of millions of American newspaper pages from many areas and time periods.

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imageSouth Bend Tribune Online Archive database link 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.
  • Search Tips



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Available on any computer anywhere Available on any computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card
Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library