Research Databases
For assistance, please contact the Adult Reference/Information Desk
at 847-428-3661 ext. 308.
For assistance, please contact the Adult Reference/Information Desk
at 847-428-3661 ext. 308.
| Resource | Group | Description |
| Searching Numerous Databases At Once | Find information from multiple databases with one search! | |
| NEW Hoover's First Research | Business Users | Search by SIC or NAICS codes for industry profiles (ex. employment, unemployment, personal income, tax revenues, and exports) across state boundaries. NO HOME ACCESS AVAILABLE. |
| All Data Pro | Consumers | Resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information.
NO HOME ACCESS AVAILABLE. |
| America's Obituaries and Death Notices | Genealogists News Seekers | Search newspaper obituaries and death notices from around the United States. |
| Ancestry Plus | Genealogists | Genealogy Resource. Gain instant access to more than 1 billion names,
more than 3,000 databases,and a variety of genealogical research features.
NO HOME ACCESS AVAILABLE. |
| Courier News | News Seekers | Access news articles from 1997. |
| eLibrary | Researchers Students | Search a variety of sources such as newspapers, encyclopedias, etc. |
| ERIC Educational Database | Researchers Students | Journal articles and reports on education topics. |
| Facts.com | News Seekers Researchers Students | Brings together complete content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1940 and selected content from six other core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 60+ years. |
| FirstSearch | Researchers Students | Links to many indexes and full-text resources and scholarly articles including ArticleFirst, ClasePeriodica (Latin America), ECO (Journals), PapersFirst (Conferences), PerAbs (Periodical Abstracts), and WorldCatDissertations. |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | Business Users Researchers Students | Search and read online some of our most popular reference books including business, medical, and educational titles. Alphabetical list of titles. |
| GPO | Consumers Researchers | U.S. government publications. |
| Heritage Quest | Genealogists Students |
Genealogy Resource: Start your family history search here. Includes complete US Federal Census images. |
| Hoover's | Job Seekers Business Users | Covers public and private companies along with detailed company and industry information.
Includes information from Hoover's Industry Database and D&B Company Database.
NO HOME ACCESS AVAILABLE. |
| Illinois Clicks | Students | It is an information website with quality internet resources, reviewed and selected by Illinois librarians, well-organized for easy access by all Illinois citizens. |
| Infotrac General Reference Center Gold | Researchers Students | Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, etc. |
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Learning Express Library.com |
Job Seekers Students | (formerly Learnatest.com)-Interactive practice exams and test preparation. Follow directions about how to become a new user or access your tests. |
| Lit Finder | Students | Search for poems, stories, plays, speeches, and essays. |
| Medline Health Database | Consumers | All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. |
| Morningstar.Com | Business Users | Identify stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs that meet your needs. |
| Newspapers on Newsbank | News Seekers | Local, State and National Newspapers including Elgin Courier News, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Suntimes, Rockford Register and major metro newspapers from across the nation. Now includes access to America's Obituaries and Death Notices : search by name, date range, or text such as institutional name, social affiliation(s), geographic location(s), and philanthropic activities. |
| NoveList & NoveList K-8 | Fiction Readers Kids | Explore by fiction types, describe a plot, match a novel, or best fiction. You can choose level of adult, young adult, children, or easy. |
| Record Information Services | Consumers | Find local public information in Kane and surrounding counties on new homeowners and businesses, foreclosures and auctions, and bankruptcies. |
| Reference USA- | Business Users Job Seekers | Gain Business and Residential Database Information. |
| Thomas Register | Business Users | The most comprehensive resource for industrial information. Go straight to the source of product, company information, CAD drawings and more... |
| Value Line Research Center | Business Users Investors |
Includes on-line access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, and more.
NO HOME ACCESS AVAILABLE. |
| WebFeet | Kids Students |
Find the best resources on the net selected and reviewed by librarians, educators, subject specialists, and editors. |
| WilsonSelectPlus | Researchers Students | Indexes professional publications and academic journals with some links to full-text articles. |
| World Book Online | Kids Students |
Offers more than 25,000 encyclopedia articles, more than 14,000 Web sites, dictionaries, atlases, etc. that are carefully edited to suit the educational level of the users most likely to use them, from grades 4 through 12 and adults. |
| WorldCat | Business Users Researchers Students | Find Books in Library Catalogs all over the world. |