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Databases for Readers
We have 60+ databases to give our patrons access to information that is not easily found on the Internet.
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Biography in Context
This resource combines Gale biographies with related full-text articles from magazines and newspapers, thousands of images, and links to websites.
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Chicago Tribune (1985 - present)
Full-text of the newspaper from 1985 - present.
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Historical Chicago Tribune (1849 - 1998)
Full-text of the newspaper from 1849-1998. The collection provides access to every page from every available issue.
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Chicago Community News Coverage
Daily Herald (1995-present), Park Ridge Journal (2010-present) and Park Ridge Herald Advocate (1995-present) full-text articles.
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eRead Illinois Digital Catalog
A service that offers additional eBooks for checkout. Limit 5 checkouts at a time. Visit the eRead Illinois Digital Catalog to browse the collection and check out eBooks.
eRead Illinois is supported by the Illinois Secretary of State through the Illinois State Library.
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Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Thousands of full-text reference sources including arts, biography, business, history, literature, medicine, and more.
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Historical New York Times (1851-2019)
Digitized cover to cover from 1851-2019. The collection includes access to every page from every available issue.
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Novelist Plus
Database that can help you search through over 100,000 fiction titles to find books that you would like to read.
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Novelist K-8
Database that can help you search through over 100,000 fiction titles to find books that you would like to read.
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Overdrive/Libby
Thousands of digital books, audiobooks and digital videos to download and enjoy anytime, anywhere.
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here
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WorldBook Online
The online multimedia version of the popular print encyclopedia for adults and children.
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WorldCat
Catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide with millions of bibliographic records representing 400 languages. Part of OCLC FirstSearch.
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