Digital Library

This groundbreaking collection includes over 6,000 high-quality e-books on the topic of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Give students, educators, and administrators on-the-go access to popular e-books. This robust collection includes a selection of classic literary works, important historical documents, and general reference materials.

Access to high-quality e-books covering a wide range of topics such as self-help, fitness, games, hobbies, and cooking. This general reference collection features titles for both adults and juveniles, as well as best-selling and recommended titles from leading publishers.

Index of journal articles, books, theses, curriculum guides, conference papers, standards, and guidelines on a wide range of education topics. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education.

This full-text database is a dedicated resource covering the culture, traditions, social treatment, and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America.  It provides full text from a growing list of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, e-books, biographies and primary source documents. 

Explora provides easy-to-use features and reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books, grouped into easy-to-browse categories.

Covers a wide variety of subjects, including information on specific diseases as well as overall health topics.  Subjects include fitness, nutrition, diabetes, aging, women's health, children's health, and more, 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.

The premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices from 1704 - today. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images. Access is available 24/7.

HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive database with more than 4.4 billion records, delivering an essential collection of genealogical and historical resources dating back to the 1700s. Records include unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more for in-library or at-home use.

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.

A companion to the History Reference Source database, this contains a rich selection of historical titles, covering global topics from the ancient world through today.

Includes maintenance, remodeling, electrical work, plumbing, wood projects, outdoor improvements, decorating, home & garden, etc. Includes more than 130 reference books.

Illinois Digital Archives is a repository for the digital collections of the Illinois State Library as well as other libraries and cultural institutions in the State of Illinois. The Archives include photos, documents, and more about Illinois history. (No library card required!)

The Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS), founded in 1968, is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to preserving and sharing Illinois' genealogical heritage.

The Illinois State Library has many resources of interest to genealogists, including county histories and historical county atlases. Included is a selected list of significant resources available at the State Library for genealogical research, along with links to other genealogical resources in and around Springfield, IL.

A scholarly resource of current issues, studies, and trends of the legal world. For attorneys, educators, businesspeople, law librarians, students, and paralegals.

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.