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Academic Search Elite

EBSCO Academic Search Elite is a multidisciplinary database that provides access to scholarly literature, including full-text articles, images, and videos.

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General Research
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Adults, Teens
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Advantage Archives Newspapers

Access and search digitized local newspapers: Illinois State Democrat (1858-1860), The Public Patron (1897-1898), Pleasant Plains Advocate (1892), The Tri City Register (1918), The Weekly Enterprise (1899), The Rochester Weekly Item (1884).

America's Newspapers

Search full-text local, regional, and national news in The State Journal-Register, Chicago Sun-Times, Peoria Journal Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, USA TODAY, and more.

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Newspapers
Audience(s):
Adults
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Auto Repair Source

Contains step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recall notices for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles, with some model years going back to the 1970s.

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Consumer Information
Audience(s):
Adults
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Britannica Library Reference Center

Discover encyclopedia articles, full-text journal and magazine articles, primary sources, multimedia, and other unique resources and tools that make research easier and more productive.

Business Source Elite

Provides full-text coverage of top business, management and economics journals and periodicals. These valuable publications cover topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales and more.

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Business & Investing
Audience(s):
Adults
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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.

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Newspapers
Audience(s):
Adults
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