Woodstock Public Library

Most of these databases require that you enter your 14 digit Woodstock library card number (21567...) before accessing, if you have any problems please contact a reference librarian using the Contact Us form or call 815-338-0542. Reference librarians are specially trained to search for all kinds of information.

CHICAGO TRIBUNE CHANGE-- Access for the Chicago Tribune is now provided by ProQuest, allowing complete searching of the newspaper from 1844-2011 in one search.

• AncestryLibrary (Genealogy resource - available within the library only)
• Chicago Tribune (ProQuest -  Chicago Tribune from 1849 to current day's paper)
• Ebsco Databases (eBooks,  Automobile Repair Reference Center, Consumer Health, Literary Resource Center, MasterFile Elite)
• FirstSearch (WorldCat and multiple reference databases)
• Flickr (Historical Woodstock, library and staff photographs )
• Gale Student Resources in Context (Reference books, magazine, journal and newspaper articles)
• HeritageQuest (Genealogy, Local History, complete federal census records)
• LearningExpress (Practice tests and eBooks)
• MyMediaMall (eBooks and audiobooks)
• NewsBank (Chicago Sun Times (1986-present), New York Times (2000-present), Northwest Herald (2005-present) Woodstock Independent (2011-present) and 1000s of regional and international newspaperse. 
• Novelist and NovelistK8 (Series information, Lexile Codes, book and author recommendations)
• OneClickDigital (Recorded Books audiobooks for download)
• ReferenceUSA (company research). This link currently does not work using Firefox, please access using Internet Explorer.
• TumbleBooks (animated online books for children, in English, Spanish and French)
• World Book Reference Center (World Book Encyclopedia and more)