Online Resources

Journal articles and reports on education topics.

This full-text database is a dedicated resource covering the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America.

Access to 13 million songs, including Sony Music's catalog of legendary artists. Create your own playlists, stream songs and albums, and download songs (five a week) to keep forever.

Subjects include fitness, nutrition, diabetes, aging, women's health, children's health, and more. Information comes from magazines, books, Clinical Reference System reports, and pamphlets.

Explore your family history with a collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today.

Start your family history search here. Includes complete U.S. Federal Census images.

Covering topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century, this database contains full-text journals, magazines, reference books and thousands of primary source documents.

Detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of hobby enthusiasts, with full text from leading hobby and craft magazines.

Provides detailed, user-friendly “how-to” information covering a variety of do-it-yourself home improvement and repair projects.

Hoopla allows you to borrow movies, music, eAudiobooks, eBooks, eComics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone. Items available immediately. Three borrows per month, per library card.

Inkie.org is a platform with tools writers can use to create and publish eBooks. It is available for free at any time for anyone in the state of Illinois.

The Kane County Chronicle features local news, sports, events, business news, local government news and more for Kane County, Illinois.

Interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards and articles for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation, career development and more.

Designed to assist the general public in legal matters of all kinds. Includes exclusive full text for many top consumer legal reference books, as well as thousands of legal forms. 

Libby provides access to thousands of eBooks, eAudiobooks, and magazines, including Kindle format. Items check out for two weeks and are automatically returned. 

LinkedIn Learning offers over 23,000 expert-led courses across 24 languages, covering a wide range of topics including business, technology, and creative skills.

Includes plot summaries, critical essays, reviews and author biographies/interviews, as well as thousands of full-text poems and short stories.

Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world's largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand.