GOVERNMENT/PUBLIC INFO. DATABASES
AT LAKE FOREST LIBRARY
CQ Weekly No Remote Access
Weekly reports on the congress including the previous week's news,
issues on the horizon, the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes
maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates, and all roll-call
votes. Search by topic, page number, committee, phrases and words,
or bill number. Coverage back to 1983.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online Reference Center No Remote Access
World Data and Compare Countries research tools are available
from Encyclopedia Britannica’s main page. Find government,
demographic, and economic information by country. Can also find
rankings of countries by different categories.
Gale Virtual Reference Library Available Remotely
Complete encyclopedias and specialized reference sources on many
topics including countries, states, and cities. Search individual titles
or the entire collection at once. From the Gale databases page, select
Gale Virtual Reference Library. Then view publications under
“Nation and World.”
Record Information Service No Remote Access
Record Information Service Available Remotely
This database of public information gathered from Lake and other
Chicago-area counties includes the following records (dates apply
to Lake County records): New Homeowners (from 7/15/1998);
New Businesses (from 12/31/1998); Foreclosures & Auctions
(from 9/11/1997); and Bankruptcies (from 1/02/2002).
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