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*Article Finder (Ebsco Discovery Service)

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

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Academic Search Complete

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

Consumer Health Complete

Alt Health Watch

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

AtoZ World Food

AtoZ World Food

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

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Berg Fashion Library

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.

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Biography Reference Source

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

Britannica Library

Britannica Library

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

Britannica Library

Britannica Library Children

Encyclopedia Britannica redesigned just for kids.

Britannica Library

Britannica Library Young Adults

Encyclopedia Britannica redesigned and written for teenagers.

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Chicago Community Coverage (Newsbank)

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

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Chicago Sun Times (Newsbank)

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

Chicago Tribune (ProQuest U.S. Major Dailies)

Chicago Tribune (ProQuest U.S. Major Dailies)

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

Consumer Health Complete

Consumer Health Complete

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

Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports

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

Daily Herald – Historical (NewspaperArchive)

Daily Herald – Historical (NewspaperArchive)

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

Daily Herald

Daily Herald (Newsbank)

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

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Ethnic Diversity Source

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

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Explora

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

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Explora Middle School Resources

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

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Explora Primary Schools

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.

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Gale e-Books

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

Gale Literature

Gale Literature

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

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GVRL Health and Medicine e-Book Collection

Includes a collection of health and medicine related encyclopedias.

Consumer Health Complete

Health Source: Consumer Edition

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.

Consumer Health Complete

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

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.

History Reference Center

History Reference Source

This is a research database containing full-text journals, magazines, reference books and thousands of primary source documents.

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Hobbies & Crafts Source

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

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Home Improvement Source

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

JSTOR

JSTOR

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

This resource is only available inside the library.

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LGBTQ+ Source

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.

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Library & Information Science Source

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

Literary Reference Center

Literary Reference Source

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

Mount Prospect Journal

Mount Prospect Journal

Archive of the Mount Prospect Journal.

This resource is only available inside the library.

National Geographic Virtual Library

National Geographic

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

The New York Times

New York Times (access to NYTimes.com)

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.

Newspaper Archive

Newspaper Archive

Search local newspapers from Illinois, including the Daily Herald.

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Newspaper Source Plus

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.

Newspapers.com Library Edition

Newspapers.com Library Edition

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

Points of View Reference Center

Points of View Reference Source

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.

PressReader

PressReader

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

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Professional Development Collection

Specialized information for librarians, teachers, and education researchers.

This resource is only available inside the library.

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Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

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

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Read It!

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

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Religion & Philosophy Collection

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

Salem Press

Salem Press

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

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Small Engine Repair Source

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

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U.S. Major Dailies (ProQuest)

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

Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal (access to wsj.com)

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.

Washington Post

Washington Post (access to WashingtonPost.com)

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.

Worldcat Discovery

Worldcat Discovery

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



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