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Dolton Public Library
14037 Lincoln Avenue
Dolton, IL 60419
708-849-2385
http://www.doltonpubliclibrary.org/

Calumet City Public Library
660 Manistee Avenue
Calumet City, Illinois 60409
708-862-6220
http://www.calumetcitypl.org/

Chicago Public Library
400 South State Street
Chicago, Illinois 60605
312-747-4300
http://www.chipublib.org

Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20540-1400
202-707-5000
http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
http://www.bartleby.com/62/
A thesaurus helps you avoid repetition in your writing and helps you find a word for an idea you have in mind. You can use it to increase your vocabulary as the typical thesaurus has synonyms for more than 100,000 words.

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
http://www.bartleby.com/61/
You can use the dictionary to hunt around for synonyms of words. Although it's not as handy as a thesaurus, you will find plenty of related words by doing multiple lookups using the words in definitions.

Columbia Encyclopedia
http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Containing nearly 51,000 entries (marshalling six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), and with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references, the current Sixth Edition is among the most complete and up-to-date encyclopedias ever produced.

The Columbia World of Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/66/
The 65,000 essential quotations that constitute this authoritative collection represent the research of 154 experts. Entries from more than 5,000 authors and speakers are multiply classified into 6,500 subjects.

The American Heritage Book of English Usage
http://www.bartleby.com/64/a
With a detailed look at grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms, this valuable reference work is ideal for students, writers, academicians and anybody concerned about proper writing style.

The World Factbook, 2008
http://www.bartleby.com/151/
The U.S. government's complete geographical handbook, featuring full-color maps and flags of all nations and geographical entities. Each country profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data.

The Oxford Shakespeare
http://www.bartleby.com/70/
The 1914 Oxford edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare ranks among the most authoritative published this century. The 37 plays, 154 sonnets and miscellaneous verse constitute the literary cornerstone of Western civilization.

Reference Works at Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/reference/
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Thesauri, Quotations, English Usage, Religion & Mythology, Literature History & Literature, Anatomy, Cooking, Etiquette and Parliamentary Procedure & Government.

Important Verse Works at Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/verse/
Anthologies and Volumes

Important Fiction Works at Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/fiction/
Anthologies and Volumes

Important Nonfiction Works at Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/nonfiction/
Anthologies and Volumes