Alphabetical Listing of Online Research Databases
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 - available within the library only)
- Chicago Tribune (ProQuest - Chicago Tribune from 1849 to current day's paper)
- Ebsco Databases (Download Audio & eBooks, Consumer Health, Literary Resource Center, MasterFile Elite, Automobile Repair Center)
- FirstSearch (WorldCat and multiple reference databases)
- Flickr (Historical Woodstock, Library and Staff Photographs )
- Gale Student Resource Center (Reference books, magazine, journal and newspaper articles)
- HeritageQuest (Genealogy)
- LearningExpress (Practice tests and eBooks)
- MyMediaMall (streaming video, eBooks, audiobooks)
- NetLibrary (eBooks, Audiobooks). NetLibrary is now owned by EBSCO - login using your Woodstock library card number, and select the Ebsco database that lists "download eBooks & audiobooks". First-time (and former NetLibrary users) will need to create a new Ebsco sign in to download books.
- NewsBank (Chicago Sun Times (from 1986+), regional Illinois newspapers, New York Times (2000+), Northwest Herald 2005+) If you get the a User Name & Password prompt then please copy and paste this URL into your address bar and click enter http://infoweb.newsbank.com/signin/WoodstockPublic
- Novelist and NovelistK8 (Series information, Lexile Codes, book and author recommendations)
- ReferenceUSA (company research). This link currently does not work using Firefox, please access using Internet Explorer. We are working on the problem.
- TumbleBooks (animated online books for children, in English, Spanish and French)
- World Book Reference Center (World Book Encyclopedia and more)