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Small Business
- Business Services/Publications and Forms @ Cyberdrive Illinois
- Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)
- Illinois Registration and Tax Information for Business
- Illinois Small Business Development Center at Harper College
- Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce
- SCORE Small Business Counseling is available at the library by appointment only. Register here.
- Small Business Administration
- Start a Business in Illinois
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- Cook County Sheriff’s Department includes the Child Sex Offender Registration Database.
- Cook County State’s Attorney
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Illinois
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- BallotReady.org
- Project Vote Smart
- IL State Board of Elections’ Find Your Officials
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- VoteForJudges.org
- Park Ridge Ward Map
- Government Information Online Virtual Reference
- Mount Prospect Public Library is the closest Federal Depository for Government Publications
Federal Sites
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- City of Park Ridge Garbage, Recycling, and Yard Waste Collection
- Go Green Park Ridge
- Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County, or SWANCC
- Recycling 101: Do’s and Don’ts Video
- Green Pages Reuse and Recycling Directory
- Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Rain Barrel Program
- Earth911
- Park Ridge Farmers’ Market
- Let’s Go Solar: Solar Resources
Doctors & Hospitals
- 100TopHospitals.com
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Local History Sites
- Art Institute of Chicago’s Chicago Architects Oral History Project
- Chicago Collections [Historical Images]
- Chicago History Museum
- Chicago Metro History Fair
- Chicago Tribune-Historical (In-Library Use or Park Ridge cardholders only)
- Encyclopedia of Chicago
- Federal Land Plats of Illinois (1804-1891)
- llinois Digital Archives
- Kalo Foundation of Park Ridge
- Newberry Library
- Park Ridge History
- Southwords: Maine South’s student newspaper
General History Sites
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- NYPL Digital Image Gallery
- Today in History
- World Digital Library
You might also find our Chicago History Resources page helpful for History Fair projects.
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- IL Legal Aid
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Supreme Court Cases
- Apartments.com
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- Illinois LegalForms (In-Library Use or Park Ridge cardholders only)
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- Zillow.com: Your Edge in Real Estate
Articles
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