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Britannica Library Children
Encyclopedia Britannica redesigned just for kids.
Chicago Community Coverage (Newsbank)
Read Mount Prospect Journal, Daily Herald, Chicago Sun-Times, and other area papers.
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)
Database-style, HTML, full-text of the Chicago Tribune from 1985 to the current day.
Consumer Health Complete
Resource for key topics across the health and wellness spectrum — from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
Daily Herald – Historical (NewspaperArchive)
Access the digital archives of the Daily Herald from 1901 to recent.
Daily Herald (Newsbank)
Explore Mount Prospect area history through local news, events and people.
Explora Middle School Resources
Provides full text access to magazines covering general topics for middle and junior high school students.
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.
Gale Literature
Explore an extensive compilation of literary commentary available. Includes analysis from book excerpts, periodicals, and more.
GVRL Health and Medicine e-Book Collection
Includes a collection of health and medicine related encyclopedias.
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.
Home Improvement Source
Full-text content from leading home improvement magazines and reference books, plus a collection of images not found anywhere else online.
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
Archive of the Mount Prospect Journal.
This resource is only available inside the library.
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
Search local newspapers from Illinois, including the Daily Herald.
Newspapers.com Library Edition
Extensive online database of 4,000+ historical newspapers from the early 1700s into the 2000s.
PressReader
Offers access to enhanced digital replicas of more than 7,000 newspapers and magazines from more than 100 countries in 60+ languages.
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.
Salem Press
Access detailed articles on literature, history, science, and health.
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.
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 (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 (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
Search Worldcat, ArticleFirst, ERIC, Medline, and more (Provided by Illinois State Library)
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