Mango Languages is an online language learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. It’s the easiest way to learn to speak a foreign language. Mango is based on an easy-to-follow interface and simple, clear instructions Because it’s completely webbased, users can learn anywhere they have an internet connection— at the library, a coffee shop, or even home in bed. Our system offers a variety of formats and tools to help them learn in the way best suited to their needs. Choose from a variety of tools and formats, including Mango Complete or Mango Basic!

This free online genealogy database is sponsored by the Kankakee County Clerk Bruce Clark. Currently the online database indexes: birth certificates from 1914 - 1936 (75 years ago), marriage licenses: 1889 – 1961 (50 years ago) and death certificates: 1870 – 1991 (10 years ago).

ProQuest® African American Heritage is a groundbreaking digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research. It provides users a dedicated resource that not only brings together records critical to African American family research; but also connects them to a community of research experts, whose mentoring and assistance can frequently be the difference between research success and futility.

Grolier Online represents the best of a legacy of critically acclaimed, age-appropriate print sets, over 110 years old, available today through one powerful educational portal for students, teachers, librarians, and patrons – anyone with an information need.  Built around five encyclopedia databases, Grolier Online puts the world at researchers’ fingertips with 117,760 encyclopedia articles, plus a wealth of additional resources available only in the online format. 

• Encyclopedia Americana
• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
• The New Book of Knowledge
• La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre
• Lands and People
  

The Kankakee County Legal Self Help Center provides Kankakee County Residents with: Easy to access information about their legal rights and repsonsibilities, quick referrels to free and low cost legal aid offices, pro se forms for self-representation if necessary, self-help instruction for common legal problems, and much more.

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book clubs and every day you'll be sent a 5-minute sample from a book. By the end of the week, you'll have read 2-3 chapters. If it's a book you've just gotta finish, and we hope it is, visit your local library or your favorite bookstore and pick up a copy. Have fun.

HeritageQuest is the largest
genealogy data company in the world. Our indexes are recognized as the best genealogy databases available anywhere. Heritage Finder automatically searches these databases, making it easy to find the CDs you need. HeritageQuest indexes are extracted by trained professionals using a process pioneered by HeritageQuest over 10 years ago that is unmatched by any of our competitors. No other company uses our exacting measures to help ensure your successful search. The free Heritage Finder search readily points you to those indexes where you'll find your family's name. It's a great first step in beginning your search for ancestors!

FirstSearch is an online service that gives library professionals and end users access to a rich collection of reference databases. With FirstSearch, materials in your library’s collection are highlighted in results from searches in dozens of leading databases. Choose a database below:

ArticleFirst
ClasePeriodica
ECO
ERIC
PerAbs
MEDLINE
WorldCat (books)
WilsonSelect Plus
WorldAlmanac