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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Category

Academic Search Premiere
Find full-text journals and articles.
America's Obituary and Death Notices
Search newspaper obituaries and death notices.
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 Databases
Search businesses, individuals, executives and job listings, or create mailing lists and sales leads.
Auto Repair Source
View factory drawings, step-by-step maintenance instructions, technical service bulletins and recalls.
Business Source Premiere
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 Tribune Historical Archives
Full-text of historical issues and events from the 1920s to 1984, and obituaries from 1860 to 1984.
Consumer Health Complete
Find information and resources on mainstream, complementary, and holistic medicine.
ConsumerReports.org
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.
Heritage Quest Online
Conduct genealogy research by searching for census data, family records and local histories as well as conduct genealogy research.
History Reference Center
Search the full text of historical reference books, magazines, journals, and primary source documents.
Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center
Find how-to instructions and creative ideas in the full-text content from leading hobby and craft magazines.
LearningExpress
Take practice tests to help improve basic skills or prepare for the ACT, SAT, GRE and some professional licensing exams.
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. This resource is only available to Warrenville Public Library District cardholders.
Literary Reference Center
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 Premiere
Search full-text articles from magazines like Bon Appetit, GQ, National Geographic, and more.
Middle Search Plus
Search a full-text database of middle school magazines and reference books.
Newspaper Source Plus
Search millions of full-text articles and television and radio transcripts from major news sources around the world.
NextReads
Sign up for NextReads to receive free email newsletters of "great reads" for adults, youth and teens.
Novelist K-8 Plus
Get book recommendations based on other books and authors you already love. Parents can check reading level and age-appropriateness.
Novelist Plus
Find author read-alikes, book discussion guides, book talks and feature articles for more than 150,000 fiction and 50,000 nonfiction titles.
Points of View Reference Center
Research multiple sides of controversial issues.
Primary Search Main Edition
Search the full text of popular children's magazines and encyclopedia entries and explore a vast image collection. Designed for elementary school students.
Primary Search Reference eBook Collection
Search the full text of popular children's magazines and encyclopedia entries and explore a vast image collection. Designed for elementary school students.
Read It!
Find adapted reading material for middle and high school students and adults who have a basic foundation in English grammar and reading.
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.
ReferenceUSA Business, Healthcare and Residential
Access directory information on USA businesses of all sizes. Find information on over 850,000 physicians, surgeons and dentists. Search directory information on over 200 million residences by phone number, name or address.
Science Reference Center
Search full text articles from hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias and reference books.
Tutor.com
Connect to a tutor for an on-demand, online tutoring session for K-12 students and introductory college. The Adult Learner section supports those earning their GED, seeking grammar help with their resume and proofreading services. Spanish-speaking tutors are available.
Universal Class Library Edition
Enroll in an online course for work, fun or personal growth. Course topics include exercise and fitness, entrepreneurship, arts and music, home and garden care, cooking, computers and technology, health and medicine, homeschooling, job assistance, law and legal, parenting and family, pet and animal care plus other categories.
ValueLine Research Center
Access Value Line's leading investment publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities.
Vocational & Career Collection
Search full-text articles from trade and industry-related periodicals.

DIY / Genealogy / Health / Money / News / Online Learning / Reading / Research / Youth

DIY
- Auto Repair Source
  View factory drawings, step-by-step maintenance instructions, technical service bulletins and recalls.
- Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center
  Find how-to instructions and creative ideas in the full-text content from leading hobby and craft magazines.
- Universal Class Library Edition
  Enroll in an online course for work, fun or personal growth. Course topics include exercise and fitness, entrepreneurship, arts and music, home and garden care, cooking, computers and technology, health and medicine, homeschooling, job assistance, law and legal, parenting and family, pet and animal care plus other categories.
Genealogy
- America's Obituary and Death Notices
  Search newspaper obituaries and death notices.
- 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.
- History Reference Center
  Search the full text of historical reference books, magazines, journals, and primary source documents.
- Newspaper Source Plus
  Search millions of full-text articles and television and radio transcripts from major news sources around the world.
Health
- Consumer Health Complete
  Find information and resources on mainstream, complementary, and holistic medicine.
Money
- Business Source Premiere
  Find full text articles and searchable cited references for top business journals.
- ConsumerReports.org
  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.
- ValueLine Research Center
  Access Value Line's leading investment publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities.
News
- Newspaper Source Plus
  Search millions of full-text articles and television and radio transcripts from major news sources around the world.
Online Learning
- LearningExpress
  Take practice tests to help improve basic skills or prepare for the ACT, SAT, GRE and some professional licensing exams.
- 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. This resource is only available to Warrenville Public Library District cardholders.
- Mango Languages
  Learn a new language with this dynamic lesson program focusing on everyday conversational skills and comprehension.
- Tutor.com
  Connect to a tutor for an on-demand, online tutoring session for K-12 students and introductory college. The Adult Learner section supports those earning their GED, seeking grammar help with their resume and proofreading services. Spanish-speaking tutors are available.
- Universal Class Library Edition
  Enroll in an online course for work, fun or personal growth. Course topics include exercise and fitness, entrepreneurship, arts and music, home and garden care, cooking, computers and technology, health and medicine, homeschooling, job assistance, law and legal, parenting and family, pet and animal care plus other categories.
- Vocational & Career Collection
  Search full-text articles from trade and industry-related periodicals.
Reading
- Literary Reference Center
  Search thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, and author biographies, along with full-text classic literature.
- NextReads
  Sign up for NextReads to receive free email newsletters of "great reads" for adults, youth and teens.
- Novelist K-8 Plus
  Get book recommendations based on other books and authors you already love. Parents can check reading level and age-appropriateness.
- Novelist Plus
  Find author read-alikes, book discussion guides, book talks and feature articles for more than 150,000 fiction and 50,000 nonfiction titles.
- Read It!
  Find adapted reading material for middle and high school students and adults who have a basic foundation in English grammar and reading.
Research
- Academic Search Premiere
  Find full-text journals and articles.
- America's Obituary and Death Notices
  Search newspaper obituaries and death notices.
- AtoZ Databases
  Search businesses, individuals, executives and job listings, or create mailing lists and sales leads.
- Business Source Premiere
  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 Tribune Historical Archives
  Full-text of historical issues and events from the 1920s to 1984, and obituaries from 1860 to 1984.
- Consumer Health Complete
  Find information and resources on mainstream, complementary, and holistic medicine.
- History Reference Center
  Search the full text of historical reference books, magazines, journals, and primary source documents.
- Literary Reference Center
  Search thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, and author biographies, along with full-text classic literature.
- MasterFILE Premiere
  Search full-text articles from magazines like Bon Appetit, GQ, National Geographic, and more.
- Middle Search Plus
  Search a full-text database of middle school magazines and reference books.
- Newspaper Source Plus
  Search millions of full-text articles and television and radio transcripts from major news sources around the world.
- Points of View Reference Center
  Research multiple sides of controversial issues.
- Primary Search Main Edition
  Search the full text of popular children's magazines and encyclopedia entries and explore a vast image collection. Designed for elementary school students.
- Primary Search Reference eBook Collection
  Search the full text of popular children's magazines and encyclopedia entries and explore a vast image collection. Designed for elementary school students.
- 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.
- ReferenceUSA Business, Healthcare and Residential
  Access directory information on USA businesses of all sizes. Find information on over 850,000 physicians, surgeons and dentists. Search directory information on over 200 million residences by phone number, name or address.
- Science Reference Center
  Search full text articles from hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias and reference books.
- Vocational & Career Collection
  Search full-text articles from trade and industry-related periodicals.
Youth
- LearningExpress
  Take practice tests to help improve basic skills or prepare for the ACT, SAT, GRE and some professional licensing exams.
- Middle Search Plus
  Search a full-text database of middle school magazines and reference books.
- Novelist K-8 Plus
  Get book recommendations based on other books and authors you already love. Parents can check reading level and age-appropriateness.
- Points of View Reference Center
  Research multiple sides of controversial issues.
- Primary Search Main Edition
  Search the full text of popular children's magazines and encyclopedia entries and explore a vast image collection. Designed for elementary school students.
- Primary Search Reference eBook Collection
  Search the full text of popular children's magazines and encyclopedia entries and explore a vast image collection. Designed for elementary school students.
- Tutor.com
  Connect to a tutor for an on-demand, online tutoring session for K-12 students and introductory college. The Adult Learner section supports those earning their GED, seeking grammar help with their resume and proofreading services. Spanish-speaking tutors are available.

Featured Databases

Science Experiment, Anyone?

Along with a catalog of 8 million books, audiobooks and movies for every interest, WPLD members now have free access to several new databases through SWAN Library Services.

One new option is Science Reference Center, which has easily searchable magazine and journal articles for children as well as adults, available 24/7. From facts about dinosaur species to a science experiment that requires baking chocolate chip cookies to articles on nuclear physics, there is something for almost everyone in the new Science Reference Center database.

The next time you need science experiments to do at home or a source for a research paper about a scientist, animal or any STEM topic, the Science Reference Center database is a great place to explore!

WPLD library cardholders can access it with their library card account number and PIN at Science Reference Center.

If you have any questions about how to use any of our databases, contact Adult Services at 630/393-1171 x121; adultservices@warrenville.com or Youth Services at 630/393-1171 x124; youthservices@warrenville.com.

Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center

Introducing Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center, one of several new library databases accessible for free 24/7 to WPLD members from the convenience of home.

The Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center hosts thousands of creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Peruse a multitude of articles by hobby or interest. You have the option to print, save or email the article of your choosing. Whether you enjoy baking, knitting or are interested in homesteading, you will find a wealth of information including full-text articles from leading hobby and craft magazines along with tutorial videos and thousands of recipes. Featured content on the Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center database landing page rotates on a regular basis so you’ll always find something new.

If you have any questions about how to use the Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center database, contact Adult Services at 630/393-1171 x121; adultservices@warrenville.com or Youth Services at 630/393-1171 x124; youthservices@warrenville.com.

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