Search for articles and periodicals across multiple databases with a single search.

A multi-disciplinary database of thousands of magazines and journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles.

Provides information on complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to healthcare and wellness. Sources include journals (some peer-reviewed) and reports.

Special Library Edition of Ancestry.com.

Contains more than 2,000 state, regional and ethnic easy-to-follow food and beverage recipes.

With over 100,000 maps, this is one of the world’s largest online collections.

Over 6,500 recipes in this food culture database for 174 countries.

Auto Repair Source™ provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of vehicles.

Comprehensive online resource for fashion studies that offers access to a vast collection of fashion-related content, including scholarly articles, e-books, reference works, and images.

A comprehensive database offering thousands of reliable full-text biographies.

BookFlix is an exciting online literacy resource that pairs interactive, fictional video storybooks with related nonfiction eBooks.

HelpNow offers live tutor access for homework help, skills building and test preparation.

JobNow provides users with help in every step of the job search process including job searching, resume template, professional resume review, and live interview coaching.

Encyclopedia with articles, biographies, videos, images, and web sites.

Encyclopedia Britannica redesigned just for kids.

Encyclopedia Britannica redesigned and written for teenagers.

Contains market research reports, case studies, industry profiles, SWOT analyses and more.

The Census Business Builder (CBB) is a suite of services that provide selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau.

Do a quick, free background check online in less than 60 seconds.

Read Mount Prospect Journal, Daily Herald, Chicago Sun-Times, and other area papers.

Articles and ratings on local services.

Access to articles from 1986 to the current day, plus digital copies from 2018.

Offers full page and article images with searchable full-text from 1849 to 2014.

Database-style, HTML, full-text of the Chicago Tribune from 1985 to the current day.

Resource for key topics across the health and wellness spectrum — from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.

Unbiased ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice from expert testers.

ConsumerLab.com provides comprehensive information about vitamin, herbal and other supplements and nutritional and health products.

Consumer information drawn from print and online reviews of products and services.

More than 1,000 art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Includes sewing, quilting, knitting, paper crafts, food, jewelry, holiday crafts and more.

Cyndi’s List contains links to 290,000 genealogy sites in 180 categories.

Access the digital archives of the Daily Herald from 1901 to recent.

Explore Mount Prospect area history through local news, events and people.

Take free practice tests for your license to drive a car, motorcycle, or commercial vehicle.

A listing of all elected officials, including contact information.

Britannica’s Spanish encyclopedia for Elementary and Middle school students.

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

Provides full text access to magazines covering general topics in business, science, and more.

Provides full text access to magazines covering general topics for middle and junior high school students.

Elementary school students can access full articles from magazines like Highlights and Ranger Rick, as well as full text reference materials from publishers like Abdo and Cherry Lake.

Explore More Illinois provides instant online access to free and discounted tickets to museums, science centers, and more.

Information, contacts, instructions and forms for federal student financial aid.

Search family history through records compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Search for scholarships, get student financial aid, and find money to pay for college.

Find ratings for banks, credit unions, insurance companies, stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, and Medigap plans.

UK-based genealogy database with billions of historical records for family research.

US military records, stories, photos, and personal documents of those who served.

A comprehensive collection of directories for business, education, and market research. Contains Encyclopedia of Associations, Ward’s Business Directory, and Scholarships Fellowships & Loans.

Thousands of reference books available online. Includes VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever.

Download thousands of official legal forms in areas such as divorce, wills, leases, and real estate.

Explore an extensive compilation of literary commentary available. Includes analysis from book excerpts, periodicals, and more.

MPPL will discontinue this resource December 31, 2024. Please use our new resource, LearningExpress Library.

Gale Presents: Udemy offers 20,000 on-demand video tutorials covering technology (e.g., Office, Windows, and Mac OS, coding, etc.), business & management, job & career skills, and personal growth.

Free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.

Includes a collection of health and medicine related encyclopedias.

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.

Provides researchers, allied health professionals, nurses, and medical educators access to scholarly journals on many medical disciplines. Provides indexing, abstracts, and full text for hundreds of nursing and allied health journals, many of which are peer reviewed.

Access hundreds of years of obituaries and death notices from thousands of newspapers across the United States.

Search census records, Revolutionary War documents, Freedman’s Bank, and more.

This is a research database containing 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.

Full-text content from leading home improvement magazines and reference books, plus a collection of images not found anywhere else online.

Enjoy free movies, music, eBooks, and audiobooks from Hoopla on your mobile device or computer with your Mount Prospect Public Library card.

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Calculate auto insurance costs customized to your age, location, driving record, vehicle, etc.

Digital collections of Illinois libraries, museums, historical societies and more.

Estimate home insurance costs based on home replacement value and location.

Illinois Legal Aid Online (ILAO) is a non-profit organization to help people understand their legal options.

View professional and disciplinary background of licensed physicians and surgeons in Illinois.

Research U.S. manufacturers in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

Features content by Illinois authors, creators, and communities.

iVox is an interactive storybook app for children ages 4-8. Available for iOS and Android, iVox brings favorite stories to life with three dimensional characters and scenes that children can explore.

Links to resources compiled by MPPL staff.

JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

Stream free movies on your mobile device or computer with your Mount Prospect Public Library card.

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Stream free movies on your mobile device or computer with your Mount Prospect Public Library card.

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A free world-class education for anyone anywhere. Over 3,600 video tutorials! Emphasis on the STEM subjects. Life-long learning tool for all.

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Organized into targeted learning centers, LearningExpress Library supports those looking to improve core academic skills, pass the GED, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, find a job, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more.

Includes top consumer legal reference books from NOLO, as well as thousands of legal forms.

LGBTQ+ Source is the definitive database for LGBTQ+ studies. It provides scholarly and popular LGBTQ+ publications in full text, plus historically important primary sources, including monographs, magazines, newspapers, and videos. It also includes a specialized LGBTQ+ thesaurus containing thousands of terms.

Journals and periodicals that help librarians and researchers keep pace with the latest trends in the field.

Includes material from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions.

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Includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems.

Language learning for kids, pre-K to Grade 2; covers Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, English, German, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, and Korean.

The Loeb Classical Library is a fully searchable, virtual library of Greek and Latin literature with English translations.

Children’s picture books in World Languages.

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Learn over 70 languages, including ESL.

Build your own customized Medicare Supplement Insurance Planner.

An excellent source of health information from the National Library of Medicine.

Includes Mergent’s full collection of digitized manuals (formerly Moody’s) as well as historical annual reports for public companies.

MPPL will discontinue this resource December 31, 2024.

Provides access to information on stocks and mutual funds for potential investors and researchers.

A list of clubs and organizations located primarily in Mount Prospect.

Archive of the Mount Prospect Journal.

Locate newspaper citations with this Library-made database.

Use the smartest card – your library card – to receive admission or a special discount at participating Chicago area cultural destinations!

Genealogy database containing millions of records.

Full-text issues of National Geographic (1888- ) and National Geographic Traveler (2010- )

Pictures, books and magazine articles about animals, science, history, cultures, the environment and more.

All of Shakespeare’s works with annotations. This resource is a gift from the Friedrichs Memorial Fund.

Access NYTimes.com from anywhere! Use our link to create your account, and you can start using the site immediately. Your access will be available for the next 24 hours. After 24 hours, simply come back and click the above link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.

Search local newspapers from Illinois, including the Daily Herald.

Includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires, and news magazines. Offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources. Newspapers include The Washington Post, USA Today, and more.

Extensive online database of 4,000+ historical newspapers from the early 1700s into the 2000s.

View tutorials on how to use our many databases.

Novel Effect provides voice-driven soundscapes to complement children’s picture books as you read them aloud.

Find new books based on books you’ve read or topics in which you are interested.

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Find new books based on books you’ve read.

Technology and business-related e-books, videos, tutorials, personalized learning tools, and certifications for career advancement.

Guide to career information about hundreds of occupations.

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A historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day.

Username is mppl, and password is library. Explores animals, science, social studies, and biographies in English and Spanish.

This a full text database designed to provide students and schools with a series of controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.

A listing of local resources compiled by MPPL staff.

Compilation of manufacturers’ prescribing information on prescription drugs.

Offers access to enhanced digital replicas of more than 7,000 newspapers and magazines from more than 100 countries in 60+ languages.

Mobile App

This online course will help you prepare for the Civics, Reading, and Writing portions of the Naturalization test with drills and practice exercises.

Use esta base de datos para prepararse para las partes de educación cívica, lectura, y escritura del Examen de Naturalización de los Estados Unidos. En español.

Specialized information for librarians, teachers, and education researchers.

Lessons in over 80 languages, focusing on pronunciation.

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¡Aprenda cualquiera de los 80 idiomas gratis! Usted puede aprender Inglés (ESL) con las instrucciones en español o en 50 diferente idiomas.

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The Prospect Day Newspaper Archive

Covers a broad range of subjects in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences, and related disciplines. For psychologists, counselors, researchers, and students.

Illinois public records for real estate transactions, mortgages, foreclosures, and more.

Read It! is for anyone who has a good foundation in English grammar and reading skills to find easy reading material about many subjects.

Data Axle Reference Solutions provides comprehensive business and individual data for marketing, research, and job seeking.

Hundreds of full-text journals and magazines covering many religious and philosophical topics, including world religions, religious history, political philosophy, and philosophy of language.

A free genealogy community that uses online forums and mailing lists.

Access detailed articles on literature, history, science, and health.

Worksheets, mini-books, printable packs and lessons to use in class or at home.

Full text of science and math encyclopedias, reference books, and periodicals.

State-wide Illinois Catalog, search for books and other materials in Illinois libraries and place Interlibrary Loan requests.

This reference database provides detailed yet user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines from motorcycles to mowers to snowmobiles and more.

Database-style, HTML, full-text of the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times.

Access U.S. export and import data.
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Home page of the U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal for all government transactions, services, and information.

Online investment research service including stocks and mutual funds.

Access The Wall Street Journal from anywhere! Use our link to create your account, and you can start using wsj.com immediately. Your access will be available for the next 3 days. After 3 days, simply come back and click the above link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.

Access Washington Post from anywhere! Use our link to create your account, and you can start using www.washingtonpost.com immediately. Your access will be available for the next 7 days. After 7 days, simply come back and click the above link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.

A leading source for trustworthy and timely health and medical news and information.

Only available inside the library.

Search Worldcat, ArticleFirst, ERIC, Medline, and more. (Provided by Illinois State Library)