Biography Reference Center

Over 390,000 biographies, featuring complete texts from Biography Today and Biography Magazine, alongside thousands of narrative biographies.
Over 390,000 biographies, featuring complete texts from Biography Today and Biography Magazine, alongside thousands of narrative biographies.
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
The Digital Library of Illinois provides downloadable audiobooks and e-books that can be checked out like library books. Users can read online or download content to transfer to portable media devices.
Provide high school students, educators, and administrators with convenient access to a collection of popular e-books, featuring classic literature, historical documents, and reference materials.
Developed by experienced and passionate educators from across the United States, Educate Station provides quality educational content for local homeschooling families and teachers.
The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
This database covers U.S. and world history from early civilizations to the 21st century, featuring full-text journals, magazines, reference books, and thousands of primary-source documents.
Supports individuals aiming to enhance core academic skills, pass high school equivalency tests, prepare for college, explore careers, join the military, study for certification tests, and become U.S. citizens.
A comprehensive literary database featuring all genres and time periods, offering thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals, author biographies, and full-text classic novels, short stories, and poems.
Miss Humblebee's Academy is an engaging, award-winning online learning platform for children ages 3 to 6, offering hundreds of lessons in Math, Science, Social Studies, Language, Art, and Music.
Offers various perspectives on over 500 issues, aiding students in crafting persuasive arguments, understanding controversial topics, and enhancing analytical thinking skills.
Read It! is tailored for middle and high school students and adults with basic English skills, providing adapted reading materials across various subjects.
The database offers full text for numerous science magazines, journals, reference books, high-quality videos, science experiments, curriculum-aligned lesson plans, and a large collection of images.
With Transparent Language, learn over 110 languages online at the library, home, or on the go.