IPDPL offers a wide variety of electronic resources to our patrons. A comprehensive list is below, or you can narrow your options by selecting from the eBooks & Online Resources dropdown menu in the menu bar.
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A to Z Food America is a database of American food, culture, and recipes. This digital library covers regional, state, and ethnic cuisines for the entire country, with over 6,000 recipes. Search articles on American food culture, food production from harvest to table, or individual ingredients. Research the history of American food through vintage cookbooks, historical TV ads, and more!
A to Z World Food is a comprehensive database of food and food culture for over 170 countries. This database includes food culture articles, thousands of traditional recipes, ingredient articles, historical timelines, glossaries, and 2,000+ food quotes. Content is available in over 100 languages.
A to Z World Travel is a comprehensive travel resource, offering travelers real-world, up-to-date information to promote a rewarding and safe travel experience. A to Z World Travel‘s 200+ World City Travel Guides contain beautifully illustrated information about points of interest, security, transportation, travel essentials, excursions, nightlife, shopping, cultures, cuisines, health, languages, maps, and lots more.
Access World News is a comprehensive resource that includes more than 8,000 news publications from nearly 200 countries worldwide, including major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles. Sources are updated daily to keep students informed of current issues and events, including deep archives providing background information on topics or tracing an issue or event over a period of time using primary sources. Powered by NewsBank.
The Alliance Digital Media Library has bestsellers, the latest titles, and more available to borrow as eBooks or digital audiobooks. Read or listen on the Overdrive platform or the Libby mobile app. You may need to wait for popular titles. Library card required. Need help?
America’s News helps readers explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people, and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues, and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S. Available remotely 24/7 on any device. Powered by NewsBank.
Ancestry Library Edition provides users the ability to research genealogy and family history online. Search record collections, view original documents, and save copies of records via email. For in-library use only. (No library card required!)
Biblioboard has eBooks of literary classics, local Illinois authors, and self-published titles, as well as articles, and public domain videos and images. No waiting to borrow! Free for all Illinois residents. Need help?
CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) provides statewide access to more than 15 million bibliographic records and 38 million item records, including images, printed and manuscript materials, sound recordings, and more. (No library card required!)
The Chicago Sun-Times Collection informs readers about Chicago and its history through local news, events, and people. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles, and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device. Powered by NewsBank.
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!)
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.
Consumer Reports is a nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy. Search product news, find buying guides, reviews, and ratings, and shop CR exclusive deals online.
DMV Free Practice Tests include practice questions for the Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles driving test. Includes motorcycle and CDL tests. (No library card required!)
eRead Illinois is a cooperative program that expands access to eBooks for Illinois residents. Borrow bestsellers, the latest titles, and more as eBooks or digital audiobooks using the Boundless platform or mobile app. You may need to wait for popular titles. Library card required. Need help?
Explora provides easy-to-use features and reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books, grouped into easy-to-browse categories. Explora provides research collections on thousands of topics to help you find the information you need quickly and easily. You can search hundreds of professional journals, popular magazines, reference books, images, primary sources, and more by keyword or by topic.
HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive database with more than 4.4 billion records, delivering an essential collection of genealogical and historical resources dating back to the 1700s. Records include unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more for in-library or at-home use.
The Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center contains thousands of articles from top hobby and craft magazines and books, as well as recipes, “how-to” videos, and hobby profiles for many of the most popular hobbies, crafts, and recreation activities today. This database offers detailed instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast.
hoopla Digital offers movies, TV shows, music, audiobooks, eBooks, and comics. Stream online or download content using the hooplaDigital mobile app on Android, Apple, or Kindle Fire. No holds and no waiting for any title. Library card required. Need help?
Illinois Digital Archives is a repository for the digital collections of the Illinois State Library as well as other libraries and cultural institutions in the State of Illinois. The Archives include photos, documents, and more about Illinois history. (No library card required!)
Providing online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, the Legal Information Reference Center contains full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. This database offers the everyday user the necessary tools and detailed “how-to” instructions to independently address a wide range of legal issues including business law, financial planning, family law, property & real estate, and rights & disputes.
The Literary Reference Center is a full-text database that combines information from thousands of major respected reference works, books, and literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Content includes thousands of plot summaries, essays of literary criticism, author biographies, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories, and author interviews.
Mango Languages offers over 70 world language courses expertly designed to adapt to a diverse range of learning needs, styles, and backgrounds. Learn a new language on your computer or mobile device with this self-paced, intuitive, and accessible platform.
MasterFILE Premier is a multidisciplinary database with full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags.
The Metamora Herald Newspaper Image Collection contains images from The Metamora Herald newspaper (published from 1889 to 2011). The paper covered the Illinois towns of Benson, Cazenovia, Germantown Hills, Low Point, Roanoke, Spring Bay, and Washburn, as well as the Village of Metamora. (No library card required!)
NewsBank has been a premier provider of reliable information for over 50 years. NewsBank consolidates current and archived information from thousands of print and web newspapers, newswires, blogs, videos, broadcast transcripts, business journals, periodicals, government documents, and other publications. Students and researchers can easily explore tens of millions of current and archived news articles and obituaries to pinpoint information from primary sources at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels.
NoveList Plus is a book recommendation database. Users can search for book recommendations by reader age, genre, and more. NoveList Plus also has series information and read-alike lists.
NoveList K-8 Plus contains information on books for all K-8 grade levels. It includes picture books, children’s chapter books, and young adult titles, as well as non-fiction titles. The NoveList K-8 Plus database offers book recommendations, read-alike lists, and series information.
The Pantagraph is a daily newspaper that serves Bloomington – Normal, Illinois, along with 60 communities and eight counties in the Central Illinois area. Read full-text articles and search newspaper archives online. Powered by NewsBank.
The Peoria Journal Star is the major daily newspaper for Peoria, Illinois, and the surrounding area. Read full-text articles, view images, and search newspaper archives online. Powered by NewsBank.
The State Journal-Register is the local daily newspaper for Springfield, Illinois, and its surrounding area. Explore Springfield’s history through local news, events, and people with the State Journal-Register Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles, and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device. Powered by NewsBank.
Teen BookCloud features Young Adult novels, graphic novels, historical classics, short stories, and more to read online. No due dates and no waiting, so it’s perfect for school assignments. Library card required.
The TumbleBook Library features materials perfect for kids in grades K-8, including early reader chapter books, non-fiction, children’s historical classics, graphic novels, and more. Read eBooks, stream digital audiobooks, and play educational games online. No due dates or waiting to borrow! Library card required.
The Woodford Times (2010 – 2019) covered news and events in Metamora, Germantown Hills, Eureka, and the greater Woodford County area. Read full-text articles and search newspaper archives online. Powered by NewsBank.
World Book Online provides the same expert information found in The World Book Encyclopedia in an interactive, online environment. The information found on World Book Online is reliable, organized, and gives students easy access to credible and current information in thousands of articles, as well as hundreds of maps, videos, and other media for an immersive learning experience.