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How Can I Find Information On...?
Local
Issues
Note
This
pathfinder is a starting point for your research. It will give you a jump-start
to academic resources in both online and print formats. Ask a reference
librarian for additional suggestions.
Web sites
American
FactFinder
enter a street address to find census data;good
source for population, housing, economic and geographic information
Chicago
Fact Book
statistics
and facts in a variety of categories
City of Chicago
official web site, including Mayor Daley's key speeches
Friends
of the Chicago River
devoted to fostering the vitality of the Chicago
River for the human, plant and animal communities within its watershed
Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
information regarding air, land and water issues in state of Illinois
Learn
Chicago
variety of information from the Chicago Public Library including
Chicago's mayors, symbols and a Chicago timeline
Northeastern
Illinois Planning Commission
officical comprehensive planning agency for the six county Chicago metropolitan
area
NorthStarNet
information network of the greater Chicago area communities managed by
the North Suburban Library System, the Suburban Library System, and 64
local libraries representing 124 communities
O'Hare Airport
good source for statistics and other outstanding
features; see World
Gateway Program
for information regarding expansion
Pioneer
Press
publisher
of 48 local community newspapers
State of Illinois
official web site including Illinois facts and state
symbols
University
of Illinois Mascot
information, archived records and press releases
on mascot Chief Illiniwek of the University of Illinois
Selected
Books In The Oakton
Library
Chicago's O'Hare Airport: World's Busiest, World's Best
Call
Number:
TL726.4
C45H68 (DP Oversize)
The Chicago River: A Natural and Unnatural History
Call
Number:
F547.C45H5
(RHC)
The Chicago River: An Illustrated History & Guide To The River &
Its Waterways
Call
Number:
F547.C45S65 (DP)
Comparative
Guide to American Suburbs
Call
Number:
REF
HA214.C65 (DP)
Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait
Call
Number:
F548.9A1.E85 (DP & RHC)
Shaping Contemporary Suburbia: Perspectives on Development Control
in Metropolitan Chicago
Call
Number:
HT168.C48S38 (RHC)
This is Evanston: A Guide to History, Government, Education, and Community
Resources
Call
Number:
REF F549.E8L4 (RHC)
Periodicals
Look at the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago
Tribune, Crain's
Chicago Business and the Des
Plaines Times in the Periodicals Department.
Tip
Access the full text of the Chicago
Tribune
at the Library's web site. Full text articles can be sent to your e-mail
account.
Note
This
pathfinder is a starting point for your research. It will give you a jump-start
to academic resources in both online and print formats. Ask a reference
librarian for additional suggestions.
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