Our United States

A Guide to Information at the Elmhurst Public Library

Books

Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States [J Ref 973.03 Jun]
State Trees [J 582.16 Bra]
State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide  (J 929.9 She)
States and Capitals (J 973 Gre)

Books on states, available for checkout, can be found between the call numbers [J 974] and [J 979]. Each individual state has its own call number, for example:

• New York [J 974.7]
• Illinois [J 977.3]
• Oregon [J 979.5]

These series have one book for each state, and are located in the J 970s:

• MyReportLinks.com Books: States
• From Sea to Shining Sea
• America the Beautiful
• It’s My State!
• A Guide to American States
• Fun and Simple State Crafts

To find books on your state, do a subject search on the Library’s catalog, and limit your search to “Elmhurst Juvenile.” Or ask a librarian to help you.

Databases

• Scholastic GO!
• World Book Encyclopedia
• Student Research Center Includes magazine, journal and newspaper articles, primary source documents, encyclopedias, maps and images.  Tutorial
• CultureGrams Find information on 190 countries or investigate the 50 states of the USA. You can find information from politics, religion and language to cultural recipes and photographs.

Web Sites

• The Internet Public Library – Stately Knowledge
• 50states.com