History, Social Science, and Primary Documents
Explore unique cultural heritage resources from across Illinois. Examine digital primary sources, which include photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and videos.
Access over 12 million journal articles, books, images and primary sources, plus public domain and open access content across 75 disciplines.
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Access over 100 full-text journals and magazines, primary sources, books, newspapers and videos on LGBTQ+ studies, including an LGBTQ+ thesaurus of over 9,000 terms. (Select titles may either be viewed via internet browser or as downloadable PDFs)
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The National Geographic Society, one of the world’s largest nonprofit educational and scientific organizations, has published the iconic National Geographic Magazine since its founding in 1888.
Coverage includes:
> 1888-1994 (Courtesy of Gale Virtual Library)
> August 2021-current (Courtesy of Libby)
Using Libby at the Northbrook Public Library
Northbrook Voices is an oral history project co-sponsored by the Northbrook Historical Society and the Northbrook Public Library. Our mission is to record and preserve the stories of life in Northbrook for the education and enrichment of future generations.
Access over 1,000 full-text education journals and reports, including abstracted and indexed journals, highly specialized for educators, education researchers and professional librarians.
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Access hundreds of full-text psychology journals and magazines, including many indexed in APA PsycInfo, highly specialized for psychologists, counselors, researchers and students.
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Access hundreds of full-text theology and philosophy journals and magazines, covering topics such as world religions, religious history, political philosophy, the philosophy of language and more.
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Teachers and researchers may access hundreds of indexed and abstracted journals, for FREE, covering multidisciplinary topics across education.
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Find information about the history, people, government, economy, geography, environment, and more for over 250 nations and world entities.
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