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General database of academic journals in the sciences and humanities. Includes full text scholarly / peer-reviewed articles. This database is a great starting point for general research. 

Academic Video Online (AVON) is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary streaming video database that includes over 70,000 titles in a wide range of disciplines. AVON includes documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, and demonstrations.

The African American Experience is the widest ranging and easiest-to-use online database collection on African American history and culture.

Citations from the from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library including journal articles and book chapters to support agricultural research. Disciplines covered include food and human nutrition, agricultural engineering and technology, earth and environmental sciences and more.

A full-text alternative health research database focused on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

Historic moments in American history captured on video. Also features documentary reenactments and analysis.

The American Indian Experience is a digital resource that illuminates the histories and contemporary cultures of the Native peoples of North America.

A wide-ranging database collection covering the Japanese experience in America, including extensive sections on the WW2 incarceration camps.

Auto Repair Source offers a user-friendly search experience and access to a wealth of information to help users diagnose, repair and maintain today's complex vehicles. All content comes from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) manuals, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls.

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Biography Reference Source provides thousands of unique and reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography and Biography Today. In addition to keyword search, users can locate biographies by subject occupation, activity, nationality, gender, birthplace and more.

This companion to Biography Reference Source encompasses a rich selection of biographic titles, covering popular and important figures in business, film, history, music, politics, sports and more.

Contains hundreds of hours of documentaries, interviews, and archival footage detailing the Black experience.

Provides approximately 100,000 pages of monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders within the Black community from the earliest times to the present.

eBook database providing abstracts and searchable full text for thousands of popular nonfiction books.

Comprehensive database featuring information on the nation's various transportation systems.

Business Source Premier is a business research database that provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998.

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Digital content repository for members of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois. Member libraries can post their own local digitized collections or purchase content for display.
Historical collection of Chicago's premier African-American newspaper.

Historical collection from Chicago Tribune covering the years 1849-1998.

Full text coverage from today's news and historical coverage back to 1985.

Child Development & Adolescent Studies features full text articles and abstracts from hundreds of journals and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses, and dissertations covering biomedical and social sciences worldwide. 

Features news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators

Features full text articles on nursing and allied health topics.

Full-text consumer-oriented health content, designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Provides content in all areas of health and wellness.

CQ Researcher provides award winning in-depth coverage of the most important issues of the day. The reports are written by experienced journalists, footnoted and professionally fact-checked.

Chicago business news stories.
 

This collection features hundreds of hours of documentaries and interviews for criminal justice and public safety students and professionals.

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News from the northern, northwestern, and western suburbs of Chicago.

Alternate Name(s):DSM-5

The DSM-5 Library includes the latest edition of the DSM-5, DSM-5 Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, DSM-5 Clincal Cases, Spanish Edition of the Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-5, and DSM-5 Handbook on the Cultural Formulation Interview.

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Titles from university presses around the world covering a broad range of topics, including technology, science, literature, and humanities.

This collection offers titles to help conduct basic business research and also to aid understanding of general business concepts.

Features a broad range of titles across a variety of disciplines.
Over 52,000 titles for the needs of community colleges.

Collection of eBooks appropriately selected based on reading level (Lexile) and is correlated to Curriculum Standards. It offers full text for a variety of nonfiction books that are part of the popular Accelerated Reader® program.

The titles in this collection are targeted toward students and professionals in clinical settings.

Covering topics such as self-help, fitness, games, hobbies and cooking, this general reference e-book collection features titles for both adults and juveniles.

Collection of eBooks appropriately selected based on reading level (Lexile) and is correlated to Curriculum Standards. It offers full text for a variety of nonfiction books that are part of the popular Accelerated Reader® program.

This eBook collection uses short-form fiction and nonfiction titles across a wide range of subjects to help young readers explore and expand their worlds.

Collection of eBooks covering diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Collection of eBooks appropriately selected based on reading level (Lexile) and is correlated to Curriculum Standards. It offers full text for a variety of nonfiction books that are part of the popular Accelerated Reader® program.

Provides full-text e-book coverage to support and complement other elementary and middle school e-book and database resources.

Professional development resources for educators and administrators.

Energy & Power Source is a comprehensive full-text database designed to support the informational needs of the energy and power industries at all levels. This collection provides unmatched full-text coverage of information relevant to many areas integral to the energy and power industries, encompassing all component industries within, including those focused on petroleum, natural gas, electric power, coal, nuclear power, renewable energy, and others.

ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources.

A full-text database covering the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America. It provides full text from a growing list of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, e-books, biographies and primary source documents.

This database presents multi-ethnic and multi-cultural points of view from newspapers, magazines, and journals.

Researchers, teachers, and students can search collections at multiple libraries and archives.

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Family & Society Studies Worldwide™ is a core resource providing the most comprehensive coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare.

Family Studies Abstracts include bibliographic records covering essential areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 53,500 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center provides tools for career advice, career exploration, and planning.
This resource offers both scholarly and popular perspectives on film and television studies.
A general encyclopedia with more than 250,000 full text short articles.

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Alternate Name(s):Gale Virtual Reference Library

Formerly called Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Multidisciplinary database of full text encyclopedias and reference sources for research and ready reference. Enables one search that covers all sources. Subjects include arts, sciences, medicine, and the humanities.

Alternate Name(s):Gale eBooks

Now called Gale eBooks.
Multidisciplinary database of full text encyclopedias and reference sources for research and ready reference. Enables one search that covers all sources. Subjects include arts, sciences, medicine, and the humanities.

The database covers gender inequality, masculinity, postfeminism, gender identity, and other topics related to gender studies.

A broad collection of newspapers covering local and regional news. (Formerly Gannett Newsstand.)

Scholarly, government, and general-interest resources covering the relationship between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health, and technology.

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Historical archives of Harper's Weekly covering the years 1857-1912.
Documentaries that focus on health issues and their impact on society.
This database provides full-text access to nearly 80 consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Harvard Health Letter, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, and Vegetarian Times. Also included in this database is searchable full text for current health-related pamphlets and more than 100 full-text health reference books.
This database provides over 500 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. In addition 829 journals are indexed.
Trusted source for quantitative facts pertaining to American history.
Offers interdisciplinary research in multiple subject areas of science, technology, and medicine.

Full-text U.S. and world history content covering the earliest civilizations through the 21st century.

This collection of history e-book ranges from introductory texts for undergraduate coursework to more complex and detailed works for advanced scholars.

Hobbies & Crafts Source is a DIY database of full-text hobby and craft magazines, hobby profiles, recipes and videos to inspire creativity and nurture extra-curricular interests.

Home Improvement Source is a DIY database of full-text content from home improvement magazines and reference books, plus a collection of images not found anywhere else online.

Humanities Source Ultimate provides a collection of 1,787 active full-text humanities journals, featuring peer-reviewed content.

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These practice tests cover Illinois rules of the road, traffic signs, and safe driving practices.

These Illinois maps for the time period of 1867 - 1970 were originally created to help insurance companies determine the risks associated with insuring properties.

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Provides full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.

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Kanopy is a video streaming database that provides access to many award winning films and documentaries, including titles from BBC, the Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, and more. Some films in Kanopy need to be requested prior to access. We will purchase films needed for classes whenever possible. Once a film is ordered, it is usually available in a few days.

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This database is dedicated to the rich heritage and current culture of Latinos in the United States.

LearningExpress Library is an easy-to-use online test prep resource that helps people improve their core academic skills, earn a high school equivalency, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more.

The Left Index features more than 2.3 million citations, abstracts, and indexing which span from 1900 to the present, covering such topics as international relations, actions & defenses, public demonstrations, government policy, elections, democracy, labor union, capitalism, and social history.

Legal Source includes 960 active full-text law journals and is a resource for researching current legal issues, studies, thoughts, and trends.

LGBTQ+ Source includes full text for many LGBTQ+ publications, as well as a collection of 200 first-person narrative videos.

Access audiobooks, eBooks, and magazines via the Libby app.
Read about the Libby app and download it to your device.

You can also read and listen online

Library & Information Science Source is a collection of 322 active full-text journals. This database encompasses a broad spectrum of related topics, such as librarianship, classification, information management, and the history of library studies.

This database provides indexing and abstracting for key library and information science journals.

Literary Reference Source is a full-text literary database covering all genres and periods. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals, and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories, and poems. 

Contains a broad range of literary-related subjects with selections including literary criticism, study guides, and classic novels.

This database includes full text articles, critical essays, biographies, reviews and other works from scholarly journals and literary magazines concerning authors, their works, and literary movements.

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MAS Complete is a research database designed for high school libraries containing full text for hundreds of popular magazines and e-books covering news, politics, science, sports, culture, and more.

Designed specifically for high school libraries, MAS Reference eBook Collection is a full-text database of popular magazines, reference books and primary sources covering many subjects, including history, science and health.

MasterFILE Complete is a comprehensive multidisciplinary database offering a vast collection of full-text magazines, reference books, primary source documents, and visual resources. 

Full text for general reference magazines and publications covering such subject areas as business, health, education, general science, and multicultural issue.

MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection covers a broad range of general reference subjects. Topics include biography, careers, cooking, literature, genealogy, parenting, personal finance, current events, and more.

Alternate Name(s):MathSciNet via EBSCOhost, which has a different interface to access the database.

This database features more than a million reviews and abstracts of math publications.

Alternate Name(s):MathSciNet, which has a different interface to access the database.

This database features more than a million reviews and abstracts of math publications.

MEDLINE Ultimate is a full-text companion to the MEDLINE index, providing medical professionals and researchers unparalleled access to more than 2,440 active full-text journals, including numerous top biomedical publications.

Index to journal and newspaper articles, books, research on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa.

Middle Search Plus is a full-text database offering a rich collection of popular middle school magazines, reference e-books, and thousands of primary source documents and videos.

Covers topics such as history, current events, technology, and sports, this database provides access to hundreds of full-text reference and non-fiction eBooks for middle school students. Lexile reading measures are provided.

Full text and indexing/abstracting for hundreds of journals that cover all branches of the military and government.

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Alternate Name(s):nytimes.com

Access includes 1851 to current day and all updates, International; Spanish and Chinese editions; NYT produced videos, blogs, newsletters, subscriber events; teaching and learning tools with 16 discipline channels; curated articles; discussion questions; co-curricular activities

Not included: NYT Games, NYT Cooking, e-reader replica edition

Available through EBSCOHost, this database with cover-to-cover full text for more than 1100 national (U.S.) and international newspapers.

NoveList is a comprehensive reader's advisory database designed to provide personalized book recommendations for librarians and patrons. It features in-depth information on fiction titles, along with valuable content such as author read-alikes, recommended reading lists, book discussion guides, and more.

Children’s fiction recommendation resource with read-alikes, discussion guides, reading lists, and more. Offers the ability to search for books by a variety of criteria including Lexile scores, subject, author and popularity.
 

NoveList+ helps readers find books that match their reading preferences and moods. 

Videos targeting to the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers.

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Find information about a wide variety of careers, including median pay, education level required, job outlook, etc.

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Covers hottest social issues, such as offshore drilling, climate change, health care, and immigration. Has full text, editor selected articles. Helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of information for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.
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Until June 30, 2025, CCC via its Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) membership will have access to titles in six subject areas: Biology, History, Law, Music, Political Science, and Religion with online publication dates of 2020–March 2025.

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Alternate Name(s):Testing & Education Reference Center

Previously called Testing & Education Reference Center
Resources for entrance exams, licensing exams, and scholarships. Includes prep books and practice tests. You will have to register to be able to read books and save test results.

Resources for pop culture research covering the early 1900s-2000s.

Full text of more than 70 resources for elementary school research.

Companion to Primary Search, containing reference books from top educational publishers and presses. This encompasses a broad range of general reference subject coverage for primary school students, with topics like social studies, history, language arts, geography, culture, math and science.

Full text for nearly 500 education journals.

A list of ProQuest databases subscribed to by CCC.

Electronic books covering a wide variety of academic and professional subject areas.
Historical Chicago Defender content covering 1909-2010.
Historical Chicago Tribune content covering 1849-1998.
ProQuest Newsstream offers recent U.S. news content going back to 1980.

The Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection provides access to more than 500 full-text journals from a wide range of subjects in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences, and similar disciplines.
 

Search CCC library electronic publications by title, subject or ISSN/ISBN and also browse publications by discipline.

Biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

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Offers short articles on a variety of topics to strengthen English grammar and reading skills. Each passage is followed by questions to test the reader's comprehension.

Full-text database covering regional business news for the United States and Canada.

Religion and Philosophy Collection is an essential full-text database for theology and philosophy research. It includes hundreds of full-text journals and magazines covering many religious and philosophical topics, including world religions, religious history, political philosophy and philosophy of language.

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Collection has more than 4000 books in the social science areas of: business, management, counseling, criminology, education, geography, health, media, communication, politics, international relations, psychology, and sociology. Bibliographic searches only.

Science Reference Source is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

Scientific American is the world's premier magazine of scientific discovery and technological innovation for the general public. Full access limited to most recent four years.

Small Business Source allows you to browse available works by category, find industry information, learn business basics, and find start-up kit and business plans. Find eBooks from the popular NOLO series of self-help business, law, and tax books, including How to Write a Business Plan, Home Business Tax Deductions, Quick LLC, Trademark, Employer’s Legal Handbook, and Nonprofit Meetings, Minutes, and Records.
 

Small Engine Repair Source contains repair guides covering routine maintenance and complex projects for all major makes and models. Browse by engine type, brand, model, and model number to find the information you need.

Collection of 2200 full text medical e-books published by Springer from 2005-2010. These may be read online or downloaded. Some titles are in the library catalog and may be searched just like a print title.
This resource contains some paywalled ($) content. Be sure to uncheck the "Include Preview-Only content" box in the upper right corner of the database to exclude from your results.

CCC’s Swank library offers movies not available in AVON or Kanopy. CCC has a package of slots licensed for each fiscal year (7/1-6/30) to be requested by instructors to support curriculum. We will do our best to honor all requests and will prioritize high demand films that are requested by multiple instructors or needed for more than one class.

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Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. Some items are full-text.

Alternate Name(s):Peterson’s Test and Career Prep

Now called Peterson’s Test and Career Prep
Resources for entrance exams, licensing exams, and scholarships. Includes prep books and practice tests. You will have to register to be able to read books and save test results.

Provides curated video and audio dramatic performances across a diverse range of theater offerings.

The Time Magazine Archive contains 4000 issues dating back to the first in March 1923 through December 2020.

TRB's TRID provides access to more than one million records of transportation research worldwide.

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Urban Studies Abstracts includes some full text articles and bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of relevance to the discipline.

Historical and current United States government publications.

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Violence & Abuse Abstracts includes full text articles and bibliographic records covering essential areas related to violence and abuse, including family violence, sexual assault, emotional abuse, among other areas.

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Full text coverage and indexing of the Wall Street Journal.

Full text coverage and indexing of the Washington Post.

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Until June 30, 2025, CCC via its Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) membership will have access to online books in all subject areas that have been added to the Wiley Online Library from 2020–June 2025.

Covers the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000.

Women’s Studies International, produced by NISC, covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies and includes recent scholarship in feminist research. Coverage includes more than 871,000 records and spans from 1972 and earlier to the present.

Comprehensive and global documentaries that explore human history from the earliest civilizations to the late twentieth century.
Writer’s Reference Center is a convenient one-stop resource with tools to improve writing and research skills.
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