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Academic Search Premier

Full-text articles to support research in science, engineering, physics, technology, religion, and philosophy. Includes access to video from the Associated Press (AP).

Ancestry Library Edition

Temporarily available from home! Access has been extended through March 31, 2021.
Enter your barcode when promoted. Provides access to over a billion names in hundreds of databases, including records from the complete U.S. Federal Census (1790-1930); military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more.

Auto Repair Source

Offers a wealth of information to help you diagnose, repair, and maintain cars and vehicles. Includes service and repair procedures, diagrams, recall information, specifications, labor estimates, and parts pricing.

Business Source Premier

Full-text articles to support research in accounting, finance, economics, marketing, management, and operations management. Includes access to video from the Associated Press (AP).

Chicago Tribune (1849-1992)

1849-1992. Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. This collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

Consumer Health Complete

Full-text articles to support research in aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs and alcohol, fitness, and nutrition. Includes teen health topics for teens and parents.

ConsumerReports.org

Now you can get all the ratings from Consumer Reports at home through the Woodridge Public Library's subscription to ConsumerReports.org. You can also browse issues from the current calendar year.

ERIC

Journal articles and reports in education. Some articles are full text. Many of the articles can be obtained for Woodridge Public Library cardholders through interlibrary loan.

FamilySearch

FamilySearch is a free, internationally accessible and collaborative family history database. Search for your ancestors, create and contribute to family trees, post family photos, and more, at the Library or from a remote location. A library card is not required.

As of March 2019, the Woodridge Public Library is a certified FamilySearch Affiliate Library. This certification allows us to offer in-library access to locked records that are otherwise only available at a Family History Center.

FirstSearch

A collection of academic and professional magazine and journal databases on specialized topics. Coverage dates for each title vary and some databases are full text. Also includes WorldCat, a national catalog of books, audiovisual items and other materials in libraries of all types.

Heritage Quest

Home users should enter the first five digits of their Woodridge Public Library card barcode number. 

Provides access to thousands of family and history books, the complete U.S. Federal Census, Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, Freedman's Bank Records, and more.

History Reference Center

Full-text articles to support research in history and genealogy and lesson plans to support student learning.

Legal Information Reference Center

Navigate legal matters of all kinds with reliable “how-to” information and thousands of federal, multi-state and state-specific legal forms.

Literary Reference Center

Novels, short stories, poems, plot summaries and synopses, and literary criticism. Research guides, lesson plans, and citation tools support student learning.

MasterFILE Complete

A good place to start for research and homework. Includes full-text articles, reference books, primary source documents, photos, maps, and flags.

Medline

The U.S. National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database containing references to articles in thousands of medical, dental and nursing journals. Corresponds to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature and International Nursing Index.

Middle Search Plus

Resources to support middle school students, including biographies, magazines, primary source documents, photos, maps, and flags. Includes Sports Illustrated Kids, Scholastic News, National Geographic and dozens more. Articles include reading level indicators (Lexile).

Morningstar Investment Research Center

Identify and research stocks and mutual funds, and create and analyze portfolios. Includes reports and exclusive Morningstar Ratings on stocks and mutual funds.

New York Times (1980-current)

1980-current. Full text coverage of the U.S. newspaper of record. Offers superb coverage of national and international news, plus coverage of important speeches and documents, Supreme Court decisions and presidential press conference transcripts.

Newspaper Source Plus

A full-text database that provides a wealth of news content to support teaching and learning in the areas of science, math, health, technology, social studies, and more.

NoveList K-8 Plus

NoveList K-8 Plus is especially for younger readers. It has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for kids in grades K-8. Use it to find just the right books for every reader.

NoveList Plus

Looking for your next book? Want to find more authors like your favorites? NoveList Plus has all your reading answers. Find books that match your interests, read-alikes for your favorite titles and authors, or ready-made book lists on your favorite genres. With NoveList Plus you'll fill up your to-read list in no time!

Points of View Reference Center

Resources for students to understand issues, develop criticial thinking skills, and develop persuasive arguments. Includes essays, overviews, articles, and transcripts on, citizens' rights, earth and environmental issues, global issues, health and medicine, and media and communications.

Primary Search

Resources to support elementary school students, including encyclopedias specifically for kids, articles from children's magazines including Highlights and Junior Scholastic, and a large image collection.

ProQuest Research Library

Research Library is a truly multidisciplinary resource featuring a diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and other timely sources across the top 150 subject areas.

Public Records

Information about recent local new home sales, new business licenses, incorporations, foreclosures and bankruptcies. Includes Lake, Cook, McHenry, DuPage, Kane, Will, Kendall and DeKalb counties.

ReferenceUSA

The database is compiled from hundreds of Yellow page directories, Business White Pages, Corporate Annual Reports, SEC 10K reports, Chamber of Commerce Directories, state directories, and other public information sources.

Science Reference Center

Full-text articles to support research in applied sciences, biology, chemistry, earth and space science, and energy. Includes the Science Image Collection, a database of high-quality science images from National Geographic, UPI, Getty, NASA, and Nature Picture Library.

Small Business Reference Center

Get exclusive full text for many of the top consumer small business reference books and full-text magazines in a wide range of small business topics.

SWAN

Search the holdings (e.g., books) of the Woodridge Public Library and surrounding area libraries that share our catalog. Items can be requested to be sent to the Library for pickup.

The Wall Street Journal (1984-current)

1984-current. The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news.

Value Line Research Center

The Value Line Research Center provides online access to Value Line’s leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options, and convertible securities, as well as special situation stocks. See reports and ranks on more than 3,500 stocks, 18,000 mutual funds, and 200,000 options, and more.

Woodridge Progress Newspaper

(In-Library Access Only) Keyword searchable, online images of each page from the May 22, 1969 - December 28, 1978 issues of this local Woodridge newspaper.

WorldCat

An international catalog that includes millions of books, recordings and audiovisual items in libraries of all types. Many of the items can be obtained for Woodridge Public Library cardholders through interlibrary loan.