Research Tools

A version of Encyclopedia Britannica that is designed to help students in grades 6-8 with homework assignments, school projects, and research reports.

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.

Explore Chicago history through local news, events and people with the Chicago Sun-Times Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.

Get unbiased ratings and reviews for thousands of products and services from Consumer Reports, plus in-depth reporting, trusted buying advice, and more. 

Formerly ReferenceUSA. Same great resource with a new name! Reference Solutions helps users of all kinds search for jobs, research U.S. businesses, create marketing and small business plans, locate specific people, and more.

Access 55 databases covering topics from car repair to legal resources, health information to peer reviewed articles for academic research, home improvement information to study materials for college entrance exams, and more!

The EBSCOhost eBook Collection provides full-text access to electronic books covering a wide range of subject areas including business, health, education, science, and literary criticism. 

This FREE site provides access to a growing collection of databases of digitized records for genealogical research. Users are required to create a free account. Lincoln Library is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library.

Access to US military records, including the stories, photos and documents of the men and women who served. Contains millions of records from world-class archives.