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

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

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

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

Encyclopedia Britannica redesigned just for kids.

Encyclopedia Britannica redesigned and written for teenagers.

Read Mount Prospect Journal and other Chicago area papers.

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.

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

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

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

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

Includes a collection of health and medicine related encyclopedias.

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.

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

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

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

Archive of the Mount Prospect Journal.

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

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. (Does not include NYTimes Games or Cooking.)

Search local newspapers from Illinois, including the Daily Herald.

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

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.

Offers access to enhanced digital replicas of more than 6,000 newspapers and magazines from more than 100 countries in 60+ languages. Includes Chicago Tribune & Chicago Sun Times.

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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.

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

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

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

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.

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