Online Resources

Read books online anywhere in Illinois, no library card needed. Special curated boards offer recommendations for STEM education, classics, scholarly resources, young writers — even independent Illinois writers and self-published novels.

Anyone physically in the state of Illinois can use this service. There is no limit on use; items can be read by 1 or 100 people at the same time. This means no hold queues and no waiting for titles!

More than 390,000 biographies. Includes complete full text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine as well as thousands of narrative biographies.

Watch video storybooks and then read e-books to learn more about the topic in the story. Grades Pre-K - 3.

Research into accounting, finance, economics, marketing, management, and operations management. Includes access to video from the Associated Press (AP).