Biography Reference Source
Articles from Biography Today and Biography Magazine, as well as thousands of narrative biographies.
Resources
CIA World Factbook
The CIA World Factbook is a website from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that provides basic knowledge about countries and other areas around the world.
Community History Archive
125 million+ digitized images of newspapers, photos, and more from central Illinois and across the U.S.
Digital Public Library of America
Contains texts, images, videos, and audio materials from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions across the country.
Ethnic Diversity Source
Wealth of articles covering the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America.
History Reference Center
Covering topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century, this database contains journals, magazines, reference books and primary source documents.
Illinois Digital Archives
IDA shares the digital collections of the Illinois State Library as well as other libraries and cultural institutions in the State of Illinois.
Illinois State Archives
Search the archives collected by the Illinois State Library, Illinois Statewide Vital Records Databases and the Illinois Regional Archives Depositories.
Inkie.org library
LGBTQ+ Source
A database for LGBTQ+ studies. It provides scholarly and LGBTQ+ publications in full text, historically important primary sources, including monographs, magazines, newspapers, and videos.
Library of Congress
Access the Library of Congress’ digital resources, including historical documents, photographs, and much more.
National Archives
Federal database includes census records, U.S. military records, naturalization records, land records, and more.
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Includes articles that cover many religious and philosophical topics, such as world religions, religious history, political philosophy, and philosophy of language.
World Book Advanced
This online encyclopedia offers articles, illustrations, videos, maps, and more.