Research
A number of online databases are accessible on the library computers or from home with your Hillside Public Library card.
Reference Databases
| Title | Description | Categories | hf:tax:layout_category |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABCmouse.com | The award-winning ABCmouse.com curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2–7+) build a strong foundation for academic success. ABCmouse.com is 100% educational, with more than 4,000 learning activities across all major subject areas-reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music. Best of all, kids love it. And it’s free to use in this library! From Age of Learning, Inc. ABCmouse.com Website (In-Library Access Only) | Online Learning, Youth | online-learning youth |
| Academic Search Premier | A scholarly resource that contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals, with full text for more than 46,000, PDF backfiles to 1975 for over 100 of the journals. The of the subjects the database covers are biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, religion, theology and more. | Articles | articles |
| Ancestry Library Edition | 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. Ancestry Library Edition Website (In-Library Access Only) | Genealogy | genealogy |
| AtoZ Food America | Visit AtoZ Food America to learn about foods from around the country. | Consumer Information | consumer-information |
| AtoZ World Travel | AtoZ World Travel is a comprehensive travel resource with information about points of interest, security, transportation, food and recipes, culture, language, and more. | Consumer Information, Social Science, Youth | consumer-information social-science youth |
| AtoZdatabases | AtoZdatabases is the premier job search, reference & mailing list database including 30 million business & executive profiles and 220 million residents. Ideal for sales leads mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more! | Consumer Information | consumer-information |
| Auto Repair Reference Center | The Auto Repair Reference Center contains repair and maintenance information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. New repair procedures, TSBs and updates are added to the product on a regular basis. | Consumer Information | consumer-information |
| Black Life In America | The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media from 1783 to today. | Social Science | social-science |
| Business Searching Interface | EBSCO Publishing has created a business-specific interface for use with appropriate Business Source® databases. The Business Searching Interface (BSI) provides business researchers with the highly refined tools they need, in order to conduct sophisticated searches for the business content that they require. Through the use of the BSI, the full text business content of Business Source® Premier and Business Source® Complete can be located and retrieved more quickly and with greater precision than ever before. | Articles, Business & Investing | articles business-investing |
| Business Source Premier | A full text business database with topics that include marketing, management, accounting, finance, economics and more. | Articles, Business & Investing | articles business-investing |
| Chicago Community Collection | This database includes archived material from the following local newspapers: Hillside Suburban Life (2007-2013), Maywood Herald (1995-2006), Melrose Park Herald (1995-2006), Proviso Herald (2006-2011), and West Proviso Herald (1995-2006). | Local History, Newspapers | local-history newspapers |
| Chicago Consumers’ Checkbook | Provides consumer ratings on local service firms and stores, such as auto repair shops, plumbers, dentists, banks and insurance companies, covering the entire Chicagoland area. | Consumer Information | consumer-information |
| Chicago Defender Historical Archive | Search full-text articles from the National Edition from 1909-1975 and the Daily Edition from 1973- present. | Local History | local-history |
| Chicago Sun Times | 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. | Newspapers | newspapers |
| Chicago Tribune | Search full-text articles from 1985-present. | Newspapers | newspapers |
| Chicago Tribune Historical Archive | Search full-text articles from 1849-1993. | Local History, Newspapers | local-history newspapers |
| Comics Plus | Comics Plus gives you unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and manga from a variety of publishers – no holds or wait lists required. | Books and Reading, Youth | books-and-reading youth |
| Consumer Health Complete | This full-text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children’s health, men & women’s health, etc. | Health & Medicine | health-and-medicine |
| Consumer Reports | ConsumerReports.org provides ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice for thousands of products and services. In addition to product ratings and reviews, users will find in-depth advice, tips and trends written by Consumer Reports experts. | Consumer Information | consumer-information |
| Creativebug | Creativebug is a crafting resource for all ages with video tutorials on everything from knitting and crocheting to art and design for crafters of all experience levels. Downloadable patterns, templates, and recipes are available at your fingertips. | Crafts, Online Learning | crafts online-learning |
| EBSCO Discovery Service | EBSCO Discovery Service brings together the most comprehensive collection of content—including superior indexing from top subject indexes, high-end full text and the entire library collection—all within an unparalleled full-featured, customizable discovery layer experience. | Online Learning | online-learning |
| Educate Station | Access printable materials and curriculum for homeschool students and supplementary materials for teachers or parents seeking practice materials for their children. | Education | education |
| Education Research Complete | Education Research Complete is the definitive online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,200 journals, and includes full text for nearly 500 books and monographs. | Education | education |
| ERIC | ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. | Education | education |
| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia | This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. | Education | education |
| Gale Virtual Reference | Keyword searchable encyclopedias and reference books related to the arts, biographies, business, education, general reference, multicultural studies, religion, social sciences and more. These titles are online versions of the same Gale print reference sources. | Education | education |
| HeritageHub | Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704-today. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images. | Genealogy | genealogy |
| Hillside Suburban Life | Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from archived issues of the Hillside Suburban Life from 2007-2013. Available remotely 24/7 on any device. | Local History | local-history |
| Hispanic Life in America | The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media from 1704 to today. | Social Science | social-science |
| History Reference Center | A full-text history reference database designed for secondary school students and above. The database has full text of reference books, encyclopedias and history journals. | Education, History | education history |
| Hiveclass | Hiveclass is the Digital Encyclopedia for youth sports training, a platform that makes it easy for families to access high quality, educational videos in various sports and activities. | Health & Medicine, Online Learning | health-and-medicine online-learning |
| Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center | This database offers detailed “how-to” instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Full text is provided from leading hobby and craft magazines, including Bead & Button, Creative Knitting, FineScale Modeler, Quilter’s World and many more. | Online Learning | online-learning |
| Home Improvement Reference Center | Home Improvement Reference Center features full-text content from leading home improvement magazines images not found anywhere else online, and videos of popular home repair projects. All of the content is organized in a powerful, easy-to-use manner so that users can quickly gain the information they need. | Consumer Information, Online Learning | consumer-information online-learning |
| Kanopy | Kanopy provides patrons with access to films of unique social and cultural value; films that are often difficult or impossible to access elsewhere, and programming that features diversity, with a wide array of foreign language films and films on race, and current affairs. | Education | education |
| 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. Legal matters covered include: business, corporations, patents, copyrights, trademarks, family affairs, divorce, property, real estate, immigration, financial planning, wills, estates and more. | Consumer Information, Online Learning | consumer-information online-learning |
| LinkedIn Learning | LinkedIn Learning is an online library of instructional videos that can help anyone learn software, technology, creative, and business skills to achieve personal and professional goals. Choose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts. | Online Learning, Technology | online-learning technology |
| Literary Reference Center | This is a full-text database that combines information from reference works, books and literary journals, as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Included are plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, articles/essays of literary criticism, author biographies, book reviews, poems and short stories, and author interviews. | Books and Reading, Literature | books-and-reading literature |
| Little Pim | Language learning for kids, pre-K to Grade 2. Languages covered: Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, English, German, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese and Korean. Access Little Pim through Mango Languages. | Languages, Online Learning, Youth | languages online-learning youth |
| Mango Languages | Mango is an online language-learning system to help you learn a foreign language. Some of the languages you can learn are: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and more. Mango also has a module for learning English as a second language. | Languages, Online Learning | languages online-learning |
| MasterFILE Complete | Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1922. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Complete also contains full text for more than 1,000 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost. | Articles | articles |
| MEDLINE | MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals. | Health & Medicine | health-and-medicine |
| Middle Search Plus | Middle Search Plus contains full text for more than 150 popular middle school magazines and reference books. In addition there are thousands of biographies, historical essays, photos, maps and flags. | Articles, Youth | articles youth |
| Morningstar Investment Research Center | Up-to-date and in-depth recommendations on mutual funds, stocks, exchange traded funds, companies and investment portfolio tools. | Business & Investing | business-investing |
| New York Times Historical Archive | Search full-text articles from 1851-2019. | History | history |
| NoveList K-8 Plus | This fiction and nonfiction database is aimed at helping readers find the books they want to read. Full text reviews and read-alikes are available for many titles. NoveList k-8 allows users to search by author, title, series, theme or topic. | Books and Reading, Youth | books-and-reading youth |
| NoveList Plus | An extensive database of fiction and nonfiction for adults, teens and children, offering subject access and full text reviews. Author read-alikes, awards, theme-oriented book lists, book discussion guides, book talks and feature articles for a wide range of reading interests. | Books and Reading | books-and-reading |
| Points of View Reference Center | Gain a balanced perspective on current issues. This full-text database contains essays and articles that present multiple sides of an issue. There are hundreds of topics, each with an overview, point, counterpoint, and Critical Thinking Guide. | Articles | articles |
| Primary Search | A database that contains full text for more than 80 popular elementary school magazines, in addition to reference books. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator. | Articles, Youth | articles youth |
| Public Records Electronic Database | Search for real estate transactions, new businesses, foreclosures, auctions, and bankruptcies in Cook County and a growing number of Chicago-land counties. | Consumer Information | consumer-information |
| Publication Finder Interface | Publication Finder Interface allows users to search the various resource publications featured in the library’s collection. | Newspapers | newspapers |
| Regional Business News | Articles from 80 regional business publications, including Crain’s Chicago Business, can be searched and viewed on this database. | Articles, Business & Investing | articles business-investing |
| Scholastic BookFlix | The online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks with related nonfiction eBooks. An engaging way to link fact and fiction. BookFlix reinforces early reading skills and provides an introduction to a world of knowledge and exploration. | Online Learning | online-learning |
| Scholastic TrueFlix | Scholastic TrueFlix is an online Whiteboard resource focusing on engaging science and social studies content for students spanning grades 3-5. | Online Learning, Youth | online-learning youth |
| Science Reference Center | A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. It also contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources. Some of the topics covered include biology, chemistry, health and medicine, history of science, scientists, technology, wildlife and much more. | Articles, Science | articles science |
| Value Line Investment Research | Whether you’re a beginning investor or a veteran looking for high-impact ideas, Value Line can position you for financial success quickly and easily. The uncontested authority in reliable, unbiased information, Value Line puts you in the driver’s seat with accurate and insightful investment research on companies, industries, markets and economies. From the latest data, sophisticated tools and proven ranks to expert analysis and guidance, Value Line gives you the power to evaluate investments with confidence. Make smarter, more profitable decisions with Value Line. | Business & Investing | business-investing |
| Wall Street Journal Historical Archive | Search full-text articles from 1889-2011 | History | history |
| Washington Post Historical Archive | Search full-text articles from 1877-2007. | History | history |
| Weiss Financial Ratings | Weiss Financial Ratings gives you powerful new tools to protect your finances, invest wisely, grow your wealth, and learn about your finances. Get independent, unbiased financial strength ratings of banks, credit unions & insurance companies, conservative buy-hold-sell ratings of thousands of stocks, mutual funds & exchange traded funds, Medicare supplement insurance information and much more. To access Weiss Financial Ratings use the user email: welcome.hillside and the password weisswelcome2024
| Business & Investing, Consumer Information | business-investing consumer-information |