Locations:
Main Library - Channahon
25207 W Channon Drive
PO Box 300
Channahon, IL 60410
Phone: 815-467-6200
Fax: 815-467-4012
Minooka Branch
109 N Wabena Avenue
PO Box 370
Minooka, IL 60447
Phone: 815-467-1600
Fax: 815-467-1632
Online Resources - By Subject
Art
Automotive
An online version of Chilton's vehicle repair manuals, comprising all the data of the Chilton Total Car Care line in a Do-It-Yourself format. You can find information to service or repair virtually any system on your vehicles. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, along with coverage for specialty vehicles.
Biography
Formally known as Biography Resource Center, this database is a source for biographical information on over 415,000 biographies, covering contemporary and historical people of note worldwide (includes authors covered by Contemporary Authors).
Books and Literature
Find your next great read with BookBrowse.com. Reviews, recommendations, read-alikes, author bios and interviews, resources for book clubs, and much more. For a tutorial on how to use the site, go here.
The source for literary criticism, book reviews, literary biographies and much more related to the literary world.
What's Next: Books in Series Database from Kent District Library allows you to search for series fiction.
Business
A wide variety of public record information of interest to new homeowners and new business owners. Also includes public records on bankruptcies and foreclosures. Use this link outside of the library: Remote Access to Public Record
Career
Improve your exam skills with a wide variety of sample exams as well as improve in general skills and get career advice.
Get homework help from live tutors every day from 2pm to 11pm, both in English and Spanish. There are tutors for English, social studies, math and science. Tutor.com also offers career help, such as resume review and interview preparation.
A complete, self-paced application that walks job-seekers through the entire process from assessing strengths and interests, to exploring new opportunities, to ultimately improving the chances of landing a job.
Consumer
Find access to 1,000+ ratings of products, reviews, expert buying advice, product comparisons, consumer user reviews, product video clips and more.
eBooks and Digital Media
Through the Online Media of Northern Illinois (OMNI), download audiobook and eBook titles to your computer and transfer to your mobile devices, 24/7. Choose from thousands of popular and educational titles in virtually every subject.
You will need to download software to get started, and some eReaders are not compatible with OverDrive consule. To see if your device is library compatible, visit OverDrive's list of Compatible eBook Devices. For more information, visit the Digital Downloads Help Page and FAQs.
Education
Universal Class is a continuing education database, offering over 540 courses, with real instructors guiding the learning. Additionally, there are engaging video-based lessons, a collaborative learning environment, graded lesson tests, certificates of achievement and Continuing Education Units available for selected courses. Some of the courses include cooking, home and garden, computers, homeschooling, photography and exercise, covering a wide variety of topics.
Genealogy
Search vital and public records including census records, marriage records, property records and more.
Kid Resources
Get homework help from live tutors every day from 2pm to 11pm, both in English and Spanish. There are tutors for English, social studies, math and science. Tutor.com also offers career help, such as resume review and interview preparation.
Allows students to read Scholastic science and social studies books online, including content on the human body, space and ancient civilizations. All of the titles are supported with related content featuring videos, audio, images, text, lesson plans and activity centers.
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
Novelist K-8 helps parents, teachers, and librarians improve literacy, connect reading across curricular areas and teach reading and writing concepts. You can search for kids books designed especially for elementary and middle schools, based on your input, as well as finding authors' other works, readalikes, award winning books and more!
Multilingual Resources
Want to learn a new language? Want to practice a language you already know? Choose from 22 languages as well as 14 English as a second language lessons.
Music
Download 3 free MP3s a week from the Sony Music Entertainment Catalog. Compatible with all devices, you keep the music you download, without needing to install any software to your computer. For use outside the library.
Newspapers and Magazines
Full newspaper content of the Chicago Tribune from 1849-1985.
Full newspaper content:
- Chicago Sun Times from 1986-current
- Joliet Herald News from 1997-current
- Many additional Illinois and U.S. newspapers
- Access World News: Full text newspapers, web only content, business information, Spanish language content, videos and more globally. LC.
*No longer includes Chicago Tribune, 1985-current
Reference
Find information specific to each of the U.S. states, or find general information on the USA as a whole. Within each state, you can find information on demographics, education, parks and energy, use and print pictures for projects, view maps (with a zoom feature) and more.
An entire reference library on your computer! Hundreds of print reference works now available in e-book format (may be cited as reference works).
A variety of databases including:
- WorldCat (World wide catalog)
- ArticleFirst (Full text article database)
- ERIC (Full text educational articles)
- Medline (Full text medical articles)
- ECO (Scholarly journal database)
EBSCO Host includes a wide variety of topics and solid, full-text, authoritative resources for researchers from elementary school through professional level. Find magazine and newspaper databases, medical, business, academic, and other reference collections here. Many articles are available in full text with images, and all can be printed, downloaded, or e-mailed. Research databases found here include:
- Middle Search Plus (Resources for middle school students)
- Searchasaurus (Elementary School)
- MAS Ultra (High School)
- Advanced Placement (For students in AP programs)
- General Science
- Newspaper Source (full cover to cover text for 35 national and international newspapers and selective text for 375 more)
- Topic Search (full text articles from newspapers and more)
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Professional Development Collection and ERIC (for educators)
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Health Source(Consumer Health Education)
- Business Source Premier
- Consumer Health Complete
The World Book Web is a suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, educator tools (including games and a World of Animals feature), student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites.
As the largest and most comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices, this database contains a collection of over 22 million recent records from hundreds of U.S. newspapers. It also incorporates over 75 million records from the Social Security Death Index (1937-present), organized by state. The obituaries go back to 1977, but it also contains the Tribune obituaries from the Archives back to 1849. This database has an easy-to-use interface that allows searching by name, date range, or text, and is updated daily.
Travel
Continually updated and currently featuring over 180 city guides, AtoZ World Travel provides the low-down on city neighborhoods and districts, in-town excursions and day trips, major attractions, hotels, restaurants, nightlife, shopping, and insiders' tips on navigating the city and culture.
The site also arms travelers with all the information necessary to make travel as safe and stress-free as possible. Each city guide features detailed accounts of any health advisories, travel essentials like passport and visa information, and even lists of local embassies and consulates.
