Magazines & Databases
Your library provides you with online access to complete articles from thousands of magazines and journals, and that's just the beginning. Also available are biographies, reports, pamphlets and additional reference materials.
General Collection:
After clicking on desired database you will be asked to enter your last name and library barcode number.
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INFOTRAC is a wide collection of full text magazines, newspapers, and reference books to detailed pamphlets.
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Provided by the Illinois State Library, FirstSearch offers many databases covering business, health, education, and government documents in either full text article or magazine citation format. |
| Novelist - is an electronic reader's advisory resource which assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles. |
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| HeritageQuest provides access to U.S. Federal Census records, local histories, PERSI, Freedman's Bank, Revolutionary War Era Pension & Bounty Land Warrant Application files, and the U.S. serial set. |
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America's Newspapers allows users to explore diverse viewpoints on current issues and events by comparing local, regional, national and international perspectives. Search various newspapers such as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, and The Washington Post. |
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| St. Louis Post Click here to search the St. Louis Post-Dispatch read today's news or search the archives to find stories, obituaries, sports scores, editorials, local information, and more. Search by keyword or browse specific dates or sections. | |
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Granite City Press Record read today's news or search the archives to find stories, obituaries, sport scores, editorials, local information, and more. Search by keyword or browse specific dates or sections. |
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Belleville News Democrat Click here to search the Belleville News-Democrat read today's news or search the archives to find stories, obituaries, sport scores, editorials, local information, and more. Search by keyword or browse specific dates or sections. |
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Illinois News Click here to search the archives from over 100 Illinois Newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, The chicago Sun Times, and more.
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| Prices 4 Antiques reference database includes thousands of individual records, updated daily, with pictures and reference notes. It is a completely independent reference service used by America's leading appraisers, auctioneers, dealers and collectors throughout the United States. |
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Learning Express Library is a test preparation website that offers comprehensive courses in math, reading, and writing; essay writing practice; resume writing and workplace skills enrichment; and more than 300 online practice tests for students and adults of all ages.
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| Chilton Automotive Repair manuals offer repair and maintenance information for everyone from students and DIY to professional mechanics. | |
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Issues and Controversies Issues and Controversies helps researchers understand the crucial issues we face today, exploring more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year back-file, Issues and Controversies offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. This database is great for research papers and debate prep. |
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Ferguson's Career Guidance Center Facts On File is one of America’s leading publishers of print and online reference materials for the school and library market.
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Chronicle Career Library of Occupational Briefs Chronicle Occupational Briefs present information on more than 2,000 occupational titles, including 650 comprehensive occupational descriptions, ranging from those that require a high school diploma or less, through professional careers; that's more than 95% of the jobs in the workforce. |
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Salem History is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets, free.
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AtoZMapsOnline.com is the world’s largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month. You will need your library card number to log in. |








