Reference Staff Links

Animals, Biomes & Endangered Species
All About Birds
Biomes - Habitats
ES-2000
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Life Sciences - Biomes, Ecosystems and Habitats
North American Mammals - Smithsonian Institute
Vanishing Plant & Animal Species of Illinois
Wild About Animals
Worldbiomes.com
The World's Biomes

History
AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
American Family Immigration History Center
Calendars Through the Ages
Chicago Historical Society
Chicago Public Library
Cook County Genealogy
Death Notices Index for the Nunda Herald/Crystal Lake Herald
Digital History
Digital Past
Encyclopedia of Chicago
Homicide in Chicago 1870 - 1930 (also includes Chicago street renaming/renumbering)
Illinois - Federal Township Maps (1804 - 1891)
Illinois Periodicals Online
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Olympic Games - since 1896
Yearbook of Immigration Statistics

Library Catalogs
NSLS Member Catalogs
NSLS Library Home Pages
Statewide Illinois Library Catalog - SILC
Woodstock Public Library

Music
A-Z Lyrics Universe
All Music Guide
Aria Database
Broadway.com
Charts All Over the World
Christian Music Links
ClassicalNet
Essentials of Music
Internet Broadway Database
Internet Movie Database
Lyrics
Lyrics.com
MHN Instrument Encyclopedia
Music On & Off the Web: A Suite of Handouts
Sheet Music Collections - Music Library Association
Sheet Music Plus
The Symphony: An Interactive Guide
Ultimate Band List
Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary

Recipes
123 World Cooking - International recipes 
All Recipes - real recipes from real people
Annabella's Kitchen - Wartime recipes 
Godecookery.com - Medieval recipes plus more 
RecipeSource (Soar)

Resources
AccessPlace (pop culture assignment) 
Answers.com - search engine that searches and cross-indexes online research tools
Babel Fish Translation
ConsumerSearch
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
HelpResource
Illinois County Statistical Abstract
Illinois Statistics
iTools
Modern Language Association Language Map
Official Academy Awards Database
PubList (database of 150,000+  international magazines, journals, newsletters)
Public Record Locator
Statistical Abstract of the United States

Specialty Search Engines
FirstGov - US Government portal
MSDS - Where to Find Material Data Safety Sheets on the Internet
Scirus - science focused

Time/Date
Calendars Through the Ages
Time and date
Timeline of Art History

Trees/Plants
BotanyWorld.com
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Illinois Natural History Survey Collections
Illinois Plant Information Network  (ILPIN)
Index of trees, botanical names - Iowa State
Natural Perspective - Plant Kingdom
Plant Database - USDA
Plant Facts (Ohio State University)
Trees of the Northwoods - taxonomy included 
Vanishing Plant & Animal Species of Illinois
vPlants - a virtual herbarium of the Chicago region
Wild About Plants