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Databases

Looking to start a business? Get a better grade? Repair a vehicle? These databases include organized, searchable information for use in a variety of research purposes, including personal care, home products and investments. They also provide access to tutoring, training courses and reading materials.

Unless otherwise noted, these databases are free to use in the Library and can be accessed anywhere with your Warrenville Library card and PIN (default is the last 4 digits of your phone number).

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  • A to Zdatabases

    Search businesses, people, mailing lists and sales leads, jobs and more. 

  • Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)

    Find full-text journals and articles.

  • Ancestry Library Edition

    Access census, military and other vital records as you conduct genealogy research. This resource can only be accessed at the Library. 

  • AtoZ Food America

    Browse 7,000 recipes, 650 ingredient articles, vintage food labels and ads, historical "what did they eat?" articles and food videos all paired with graphics and illustrations.

  • AtoZ Maps Online

    Download and print from a collection of 60,000 royalty-free maps.

  • AtoZ the USA

    Research in a large-scale encyclopedia of U.S. state and country information. State information is arranged into 103 editorial and image datasets for each state.

  • Auto Repair Source

    View factory drawings, step-by-step maintenance instructions, technical service bulletins and recalls. 

  • Beacon News Collection

    Explore Warrenville history through local news, events and people with Beacon News Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online

  • Biography Reference Source

    Biography Reference Source provides thousands of unique and reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography and Biography Today. 

  • Black Life in America

    The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media. 

  • Book Page Online

    BookPage highlights the best new books across all genres, as chosen by our editors. Every book we cover is one that we are excited to recommend to readers. A star indicates a book of exceptional quality in its genre or category.

  • Booklist Reader

    Booklist is a book-review magazine that has been published by the American Library Association that offers the most reliable reviews so you can decide what to read, view or listen to.

  • Business Source Elite

    Find full text articles and searchable cited references for top business journals.

  • Check Illinois from Record Information Services

    Search Illinois public records and perform basic background checks. See Record Information Services for more Illinois public records.

  • Chicago Community Collection (Newsbank)

    Explore and stay informed on local topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more.  Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the Chicago area including the Beacon News, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald and Naperville Sun. 

  • Chicago Sun-Times Collection (Newsbank)

    Explore Chicago history through local news, events and people with the Chicago Sun-Times Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.

  • Consumer Reports

    Review ratings and recommendations on thousands of products and services in categories including appliances, cars, electronics and computers, home and garden, health and fitness, babies and kids, food, personal finance and travel. 

  • Daily Herald Collection (Newsbank)

    Explore suburban history through local news, events and people with the Daily Herald Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.

  • Educate Station

    Educate Station currently has a full curriculum for grades Pre-K through Fifth Grade, presented in a recommended learning sequence of printable packets. 

  • Explora - Public Libraries

    An engaging and easy-to-use research experience from EBSCO. Designed with novice researchers in mind, Explora offers reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books. It contains information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects, including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports. Includes 30 databases including: Legal Source, Science Reference Source and many others. 

  • Explora Elementary School

    Did you know that our school library offers a fun, easy-to-use tool that can help you complete your research and classroom assignments? Using Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports. Databases include Primary Search, Newspaper Source and many others. 

  • Explora High School

    Explora offers reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books. It contains information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects, including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports. Databases include Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Religion and Philosophy Collection and many more. 

  • Explora Middle School

    You’ll be pleased to know that our school library provides free access to Explora, an engaging and easy-to-use research experience from EBSCO. Designed with students and educators in mind, Explora provides a safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects and homework. Databases include Biography Reference Center, Middle Search and many others. 

  • Gale Business: Entrepreneurship

    A comprehensive database that covers all aspects of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax and more.

  • Gale Business: Plan Builder

    A step-by-step online planning tool for starting, managing and optimizing a business or nonprofit. 

  • Gale Legal Forms

    Gale Legal Forms offers a wide selection of essential state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms that may be customized for the most common legal procedures. 

  • Heritage Quest Online

    Conduct genealogy research by searching for census data, family records and local histories as well as conduct genealogy research.  

  • HeritageHub by NewsBank

    Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1824–today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. HeritageHub includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s and original obituary images.

  • Hobbies and Crafts Source

    Find how-to instructions and creative ideas in the full-text content from leading hobby and craft magazines.

  • Learning Express

    The LearningExpress suite of highly-acclaimed eLearning solutions provides interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards and articles for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation, career development and more.

  • Library & Information Science Source (EBSCO)

    Library & Information Science Source stands as the premier full-text database for studies in library and information science.

  • Lingo Lite

    Lingo LITE uses images, text and native speaker video to help you learn vocabulary up to four times faster than any other method. Lingo LITE uses Associative Multimedia Learning to help your brain associate an image with the correct word in a language without first translating it from your native language, for a faster and easier learning experience.

  • LinkedIn Learning

    Learn software, design, coding and general business skills at your own pace. Prepare for certification exams and beef up your resume with new marketable skills. When using the LinkedIn Learning app, use warrenville as the library ID. Then you'll need to enter your library card number and PIN.

  • Literary Reference Source (EBSCO)

    Search thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, and author biographies, along with full-text classic literature.

  • Mango Languages

    Learn a new language with this dynamic lesson program focusing on everyday conversational skills and comprehension.

  • MasterFILE Complete (EBSCO)

    Search full-text articles from magazines like Bon Appetit, GQ, National Geographic and more.

  • Naperville Sun Collection

    Explore Warrenville history through local news, events and people with Naperville Sun Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.

  • Newsbank

    News Bank is the largest resource of its kind with unmatched U.S. news content from local, regional, and national sources. Its diverse source types include printed and online newspapers, blogs, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. 

  • Newspaper Source Plus

    Search millions of full-text articles and television and radio transcripts from major news sources around the world.

  • Niche Academy

    Easy to digest tutorials that cover our databases, eMedia and other software tips including Google, Facebook and more.

  • NoveList

    Find author read-alikes, book discussion guides, book talks and feature articles for more than 150,000 fiction and 50,000 nonfiction titles.

  • NoveList K-8

    Get book recommendations based on other books and authors you already love. Parents can check reading level and age-appropriateness.

  • Peterson's Test and Career Prep

    Test prep resources help users prepare for a variety of standardized exams, including college entry exams like the SAT and ACT, and vocational exams in industries like law enforcement, journeyman, cosmetology, as well as U.S. citizenship.

  • Points of View Reference Source

    Research multiple sides of controversial issues.

  • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

    Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection provides access to hundreds of full-text journals and offers particularly strong coverage in child and adolescent psychology and various areas of counseling.

  • Record Information Services

    Scroll through public records on new homeowners, new businesses, bankruptcies, foreclosures and sales for Cook, DuPage, DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. 

  • Regional Business News

    Regional Business News provides full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. 

  • Science Reference Source

    Search full text articles from hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias and reference books.

  • Small Business Source

    Small Business Source offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to understand and address a wide variety of small business topics. 

  • Small Engine Repair Source

    This reference database provides detailed, user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines, from motorcycles and ATVs to generators and outdoor power equipment.

  • ValueLine Research Center

    Access Value Line's leading investment publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities. 

  • Warrenville Press (Newsbank)

    Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from archived issues of the Warrenville Press (2007-2013). 

  • Weiss Financial Ratings

    Powered by Weiss Ratings and Grey House Publishing, this database gives you powerful new tools to protect your finances, invest wisely, grow your wealth and learn more about your finances.

    • Auto Repair Source

      View factory drawings, step-by-step maintenance instructions, technical service bulletins and recalls. 

    • Hobbies and Crafts Source

      Find how-to instructions and creative ideas in the full-text content from leading hobby and craft magazines.

    • Small Engine Repair Source

      This reference database provides detailed, user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines, from motorcycles and ATVs to generators and outdoor power equipment.

    • Ancestry Library Edition

      Access census, military and other vital records as you conduct genealogy research. This resource can only be accessed at the Library. 

    • Heritage Quest Online

      Conduct genealogy research by searching for census data, family records and local histories as well as conduct genealogy research.  

    • HeritageHub by NewsBank

      Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1824–today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. HeritageHub includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s and original obituary images.

    • Newspaper Source Plus

      Search millions of full-text articles and television and radio transcripts from major news sources around the world.

    • AtoZ Food America

      Browse 7,000 recipes, 650 ingredient articles, vintage food labels and ads, historical "what did they eat?" articles and food videos all paired with graphics and illustrations.

    • Business Source Elite

      Find full text articles and searchable cited references for top business journals.

    • Consumer Reports

      Review ratings and recommendations on thousands of products and services in categories including appliances, cars, electronics and computers, home and garden, health and fitness, babies and kids, food, personal finance and travel. 

    • Gale Business: Entrepreneurship

      A comprehensive database that covers all aspects of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax and more.

    • Gale Business: Plan Builder

      A step-by-step online planning tool for starting, managing and optimizing a business or nonprofit. 

    • Small Business Source

      Small Business Source offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to understand and address a wide variety of small business topics. 

    • ValueLine Research Center

      Access Value Line's leading investment publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities. 

    • Weiss Financial Ratings

      Powered by Weiss Ratings and Grey House Publishing, this database gives you powerful new tools to protect your finances, invest wisely, grow your wealth and learn more about your finances.

    • Black Life in America

      The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media. 

    • Chicago Community Collection (Newsbank)

      Explore and stay informed on local topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more.  Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the Chicago area including the Beacon News, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald and Naperville Sun. 

    • Chicago Sun-Times Collection (Newsbank)

      Explore Chicago history through local news, events and people with the Chicago Sun-Times Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.

    • Daily Herald Collection (Newsbank)

      Explore suburban history through local news, events and people with the Daily Herald Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.

    • Newsbank

      News Bank is the largest resource of its kind with unmatched U.S. news content from local, regional, and national sources. Its diverse source types include printed and online newspapers, blogs, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. 

    • Newspaper Source Plus

      Search millions of full-text articles and television and radio transcripts from major news sources around the world.

    • Regional Business News

      Regional Business News provides full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. 

    • Warrenville Press (Newsbank)

      Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from archived issues of the Warrenville Press (2007-2013). 

    • Educate Station

      Educate Station currently has a full curriculum for grades Pre-K through Fifth Grade, presented in a recommended learning sequence of printable packets. 

    • Learning Express

      The LearningExpress suite of highly-acclaimed eLearning solutions provides interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards and articles for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation, career development and more.

    • Lingo Lite

      Lingo LITE uses images, text and native speaker video to help you learn vocabulary up to four times faster than any other method. Lingo LITE uses Associative Multimedia Learning to help your brain associate an image with the correct word in a language without first translating it from your native language, for a faster and easier learning experience.

    • LinkedIn Learning

      Learn software, design, coding and general business skills at your own pace. Prepare for certification exams and beef up your resume with new marketable skills. When using the LinkedIn Learning app, use warrenville as the library ID. Then you'll need to enter your library card number and PIN.

    • Mango Languages

      Learn a new language with this dynamic lesson program focusing on everyday conversational skills and comprehension.

    • Niche Academy

      Easy to digest tutorials that cover our databases, eMedia and other software tips including Google, Facebook and more.

    • Peterson's Test and Career Prep

      Test prep resources help users prepare for a variety of standardized exams, including college entry exams like the SAT and ACT, and vocational exams in industries like law enforcement, journeyman, cosmetology, as well as U.S. citizenship.

    • Book Page Online

      BookPage highlights the best new books across all genres, as chosen by our editors. Every book we cover is one that we are excited to recommend to readers. A star indicates a book of exceptional quality in its genre or category.

    • Booklist Reader

      Booklist is a book-review magazine that has been published by the American Library Association that offers the most reliable reviews so you can decide what to read, view or listen to.

    • Literary Reference Source (EBSCO)

      Search thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, and author biographies, along with full-text classic literature.

    • NoveList

      Find author read-alikes, book discussion guides, book talks and feature articles for more than 150,000 fiction and 50,000 nonfiction titles.

    • NoveList K-8

      Get book recommendations based on other books and authors you already love. Parents can check reading level and age-appropriateness.

    • A to Zdatabases

      Search businesses, people, mailing lists and sales leads, jobs and more. 

    • Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)

      Find full-text journals and articles.

    • AtoZ Food America

      Browse 7,000 recipes, 650 ingredient articles, vintage food labels and ads, historical "what did they eat?" articles and food videos all paired with graphics and illustrations.

    • AtoZ Maps Online

      Download and print from a collection of 60,000 royalty-free maps.

    • AtoZ the USA

      Research in a large-scale encyclopedia of U.S. state and country information. State information is arranged into 103 editorial and image datasets for each state.

    • Biography Reference Source

      Biography Reference Source provides thousands of unique and reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography and Biography Today. 

    • Black Life in America

      The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media. 

    • Business Source Elite

      Find full text articles and searchable cited references for top business journals.

    • Check Illinois from Record Information Services

      Search Illinois public records and perform basic background checks. See Record Information Services for more Illinois public records.

    • Chicago Community Collection (Newsbank)

      Explore and stay informed on local topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more.  Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the Chicago area including the Beacon News, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald and Naperville Sun. 

    • Explora - Public Libraries

      An engaging and easy-to-use research experience from EBSCO. Designed with novice researchers in mind, Explora offers reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books. It contains information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects, including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports. Includes 30 databases including: Legal Source, Science Reference Source and many others. 

    • Explora Elementary School

      Did you know that our school library offers a fun, easy-to-use tool that can help you complete your research and classroom assignments? Using Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports. Databases include Primary Search, Newspaper Source and many others. 

    • Explora High School

      Explora offers reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books. It contains information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects, including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports. Databases include Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Religion and Philosophy Collection and many more. 

    • Explora Middle School

      You’ll be pleased to know that our school library provides free access to Explora, an engaging and easy-to-use research experience from EBSCO. Designed with students and educators in mind, Explora provides a safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects and homework. Databases include Biography Reference Center, Middle Search and many others. 

    • Gale Legal Forms

      Gale Legal Forms offers a wide selection of essential state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms that may be customized for the most common legal procedures. 

    • HeritageHub by NewsBank

      Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1824–today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. HeritageHub includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s and original obituary images.

    • Library & Information Science Source (EBSCO)

      Library & Information Science Source stands as the premier full-text database for studies in library and information science.

    • Literary Reference Source (EBSCO)

      Search thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, and author biographies, along with full-text classic literature.

    • MasterFILE Complete (EBSCO)

      Search full-text articles from magazines like Bon Appetit, GQ, National Geographic and more.

    • Newspaper Source Plus

      Search millions of full-text articles and television and radio transcripts from major news sources around the world.

    • Peterson's Test and Career Prep

      Test prep resources help users prepare for a variety of standardized exams, including college entry exams like the SAT and ACT, and vocational exams in industries like law enforcement, journeyman, cosmetology, as well as U.S. citizenship.

    • Points of View Reference Source

      Research multiple sides of controversial issues.

    • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

      Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection provides access to hundreds of full-text journals and offers particularly strong coverage in child and adolescent psychology and various areas of counseling.

    • Record Information Services

      Scroll through public records on new homeowners, new businesses, bankruptcies, foreclosures and sales for Cook, DuPage, DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. 

    • Science Reference Source

      Search full text articles from hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias and reference books.

    • AtoZ Food America

      Browse 7,000 recipes, 650 ingredient articles, vintage food labels and ads, historical "what did they eat?" articles and food videos all paired with graphics and illustrations.

    • AtoZ Maps Online

      Download and print from a collection of 60,000 royalty-free maps.

    • AtoZ the USA

      Research in a large-scale encyclopedia of U.S. state and country information. State information is arranged into 103 editorial and image datasets for each state.

    • Educate Station

      Educate Station currently has a full curriculum for grades Pre-K through Fifth Grade, presented in a recommended learning sequence of printable packets. 

    • Explora Elementary School

      Did you know that our school library offers a fun, easy-to-use tool that can help you complete your research and classroom assignments? Using Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports. Databases include Primary Search, Newspaper Source and many others. 

    • Explora High School

      Explora offers reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books. It contains information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects, including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports. Databases include Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Religion and Philosophy Collection and many more. 

    • Explora Middle School

      You’ll be pleased to know that our school library provides free access to Explora, an engaging and easy-to-use research experience from EBSCO. Designed with students and educators in mind, Explora provides a safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects and homework. Databases include Biography Reference Center, Middle Search and many others. 

    • NoveList K-8

      Get book recommendations based on other books and authors you already love. Parents can check reading level and age-appropriateness.

    • Points of View Reference Source

      Research multiple sides of controversial issues.