Finding Books
Searching for books in the Library's Catalog
Search over 100,000 books in the Library's Catalog and books from 127 Illinois college and university libraries in the I-Share Catalog.
Finding Facts in Oakton's Online Reference Collection
Oakton Community College's Library maintains a large electronic and print collection of reference materials providing factual information or directing students to further sources. Such materials include, but are not limited to: encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, atlases, handbooks, directories, style manuals, and bibliographies. Below are databases for locating facts.
Use your myOakton user name and password to open these resources.
Credo Reference
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Credo Reference - All Subjects SearchContains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles.
Facts on File - Infobase databases
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Facts on File All ResourcesLinks to the Facts on File databases available at Oakton.
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Facts on File American History OnlineSpans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
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Facts on File Ancient and Medieval History OnlineExplores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
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Facts on File Modern World History OnlineCovers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history-from mid-15th century to the present.
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Facts on File Science OnlinePresents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.
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