Veterans Day Closure

All IPDPL branches will be closed on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, in honor of Veterans Day.  Branches will reopen on Wednesday according to their regular schedules.  We apologize for any inconvenience.

The IPDPL Digital Library is always open!  View your account, access digital resources, and download or stream e-books, audiobooks, movies, music, and more at any time!

Boundless App Update

Due to the unexpected closure of Baker & Taylor, the Boundless platform and app are being discontinued.  The eRead Illinois collection of e-books and e-audiobooks will transition to a new platform offering the same great titles plus new enhancements.  For complete details, please visit our Library News page.

Magazines & Newspapers

Featured Resources

The Peoria Journal Star

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The Peoria Journal Star is the major daily newspaper for Peoria, Illinois, and the surrounding area. Explore Peoria’s history through local news, events, and people with the Peoria Journal Star Collection. Search current and archived issues (1991 - Current) with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles, and content only published online.
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The Pantagraph

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The Pantagraph is a daily newspaper serving Bloomington–Normal, Illinois, along with 60 communities and eight counties in the Central Illinois area. Explore Bloomington area history through local news, events, and people. Search current and archived issues (1989 - Current) with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles, and content only published online.
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America's News

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America’s News helps readers explore a diverse range of popular topics including business, health, politics, careers, entrepreneurship, and much more. With current content and archives back to the 1980s from more than 4,050 U.S. news sources, it is the most comprehensive domestic news resource available.
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USA Today

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Explore Woodford County and Illinois history through local news, events, and people with the USA Today Collection. Search current and archived issues (1987 - present) with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles, and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.

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Libby

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The Alliance Digital Media Library has bestsellers, the latest titles, and more available to borrow as eBooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines. Read or listen on the Overdrive platform or the Libby mobile app. You may need to wait for popular titles. Library card required.
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Consumer Reports

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Consumer Reports is a nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.

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Other Magazine & Newspaper Sources

America's News

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America’s News helps readers explore a diverse range of popular topics including business, health, politics, careers, entrepreneurship, and much more. With current content and archives back to the 1980s from more than 4,050 U.S. news sources, it is the most comprehensive domestic news resource available.
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Biography Reference Source

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

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Business Source Elite

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This database 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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Community History Archive

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Community History Archive allows users to search the full text of Federal Census Bureau records (1830 – 1920), the Woodford Sentinel (1862 – 1890), the Metamora Herald (1889 – 1996), the Washburn Leader (1902 – 1993), the Herald (1970 – 2011), the Roanoke Review (1991 – 2001), and other local newspapers online. (No library card required!)

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Consumer Health Complete

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Consumer Health Complete can help you better understand key topics across the health and wellness spectrum — from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine.

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