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Illinois Times
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Search full-text (text only) local news in the Illinois Times, with coverage from 2003 to the present.
Illinois Times Image Edition
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Browse and search the digitized version of the Illinois Times, with coverage from 1975-2014. Available for in-library use only.
Morningstar Investing Center
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An interactive investment database with information on stocks, mutual funds and ETFs. This database provides independent analysis, charts, portfolio building tools and investment education. Allows for only one user at a time.
Newspapers.com World Collection
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Online access to 4,000+ historical newspapers from the early 1700s into the 2000s. Includes thousands of well-known, regional and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.
NoveList Plus
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Looking for your next great read? Find series information, reading lists, award winners, book discussion guides, read-alikes and more. Includes both fiction and non-fiction titles.
Peoria Journal Star
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Explore Peoria history through local news, events and people with the Peoria Journal Star Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
Prairie Flame
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Search and browse image editions of the Prairie Flame, a newspaper that reported "news of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered people of downstate Illinois and those who support them in their quest for equality."
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Defender
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Digital newspaper archive of various editions of the Chicago Defender and Chicago Daily Defender, with coverage from 1909 to 2010. Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Explore St. Louis history through local news, events and people with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.