Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections

The Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections are free to search, free to browse, and free to download.

Illinois Court Help

Illinois Court Help connects you to the information you need to go to court. It’s a free service from the Illinois Courts. Including information on court forms, e-filing, finding your court, and getting legal help.

Illinois Career Information System

Develops local, state and national labor market information for businesses, educators, government agencies, researchers, and students. We are also home to the Illinois Career Resource Network which provides career development tools for everyone from elementary school students to adult job seekers and second career seniors.

Illinois Legal Aid

Enter your zip code to get legal information specific to your location.

Illinois Job Link

Post and find jobs.

Illinois Department of Employment Security

Find information on employment services, labor market information, and unemployment insurance programs.

Illinois Hospital Report Card

Cost of services, safety measures, and patient satisfaction surveys.

Illinois State Archives

Statewide Death Index Pre-1916 – 1950, Marriage Index 1763 – 1900, and Illinois Veterans Index.

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences

Highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features new articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.

Illinois Attorney General

How to make consumer complaints in Illinois.

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Booklist Online

More than 130,000 book reviews for librarians, book groups, and book lovers—from the trusted experts at the American Library Association.

Complete Core Collections

A comprehensive guide that helps you build and maintain well-rounded collections of nonfiction and fiction books.

Library Reads

The top ten books published this month that librarians across the country love.

Lit Lovers

Discussion questions, reviews, and recommendations.

Literary Reference Plus

Literary criticism, plot summaries, book reviews, author biographies, literary journal articles, and full-text poems and short stories.
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LOTE4Kids

Read and listen to thousands of animated picture books in over 70+ languages.

Novelist K-8 Plus

Find good reads for kids by searching age, subject, plot summary, and more.

Reading Group Choices

How to start a book group, suggestions for discussion leaders, and most importantly, a searchable database of book discussion guides.

Tumble Book Library

Explore hundreds of animated, talking picture books that teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love.
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What's Next?

Discover the order of books in a series. Search by author, title, or series.

Worldcat

Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.