Articles & News
FirstSearch
Contains a variety of databases indexing books, periodicals and non-book materials. Includes Worldcat, Medline and ERIC.
eLibrary
Offers more than 1,500 full-text sources. Includes newspapers (including the Daily Herald), magazines, books, television/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, and audio/video clips.
Newspaper Source
Selected full text for 25 national and international newspapers. Also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional newspapers.
Magazine Article Summaries Ultra
Full text for more than 550 popular general interest and current events publications and 252 full text reference books.
MasterFile Premier
Full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications.
TopicSearch
Current events database that explores social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics.
Primary Search
Full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research.
Middle Search Plus
Full text for more than 150 popular magazines for middle and junior high school research.
Academic Search Premier
Full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications.
Health & Medicine
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Health Source – Consumer Edition
Information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
More than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
Magill’s Medical Encyclopedia
Search for medical and health related information.
Business & Investing
Business and Company Resource Center
Business Source Premier
Full text for nearly 3,800 scholarly business journals.
eLibrary
Offers more than 1,500 full-text sources. Includes newspapers (including the Daily Herald), magazines, books, television/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, and audio/video clips.
Public Records
Current and past public records for real estate sales, foreclosures, and bankruptcies.
Regional Business News
Comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.
Reference USA
A directory of over 12 million businesses across the United States.
General Info
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
eLibrary
Offers more than 1,500 full-text sources. Includes newspapers (including the Daily Herald), magazines, books, television/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, and audio/video clips.
Books
Novelist Plus
Fiction and Nonfiction books for children, teens, and adults.
Novelist K-8
An electronic readers’ advisory resource for children’s books.
TumbleBooks
Read along with this collection of online talking picture e-books.
TumbleReaders
Fiction and nonfiction titles are available for a variety of age groups.
Reference
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full text of 300 electronic reference books in subject areas such as business, history, biography, health, science, religion, education, environment, law, government, and social science.
Misc.
Consumer CHECKBOOK (in library use only)
Consumer ratings and information guide for the Chicago area.
HeritageQuest – Genealogy
Find information from U.S. Census Records from 1790 – 1930 and from over 25,000 family and local histories.
Public Records
Current and past public records for real estate sales, foreclosures, and bankruptcies.