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Below is a list of our subscription databases. To access these from home, click on the database and enter your Highland Park Library card number, without spaces, when prompted.
Problems? Call the Reference Desk at 847-681-7031, or email us at hppla@hplibrary.org. Please note: many of our databases allow remote access only from an authorized user's personal/individual computer from home and not from another location or institution.
Art
Nearly a million descriptions of archival collections owned by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives.
High-quality art images from leading museums around the world, all rights cleared for educational use. Sound, video, and notes are also included in many cases. Images include photographs, costumes, paintings, posters, sculpture, jewelry, prints, and more.
A catalog of digital resources from over 1000 organizations. Includes books, born-digital texts, audio files, images, movies, and datasets.
A comprehensive resource for identifying, researching and pricing art, antiques and collectibles.
Automotive
Automotive Repair Information for Do-It-Yourself (DIY) People. Includes photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step repair procedures, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance schedules and more.
Books and Literature
Hundreds of Bloom's essays, which examine the lives and works of great writers throughout history and the world. This database also contains an archive of more than 38,000 characters, as well as extensive entries on literary topics, themes, movements, and genres.
Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline... covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
Use this readers' advisory tool to find a good book by topic, authors similar to your favorites, and book discussion guides, for younger readers. See NoveList Plus for reading suggestions for adults.
Use this readers' advisory tool to find a good book by topic, authors similar to your favorites, and book discussion guides. See NoveList K-8 Plus for reading suggestions for younger readers.
Business and Investing
Company and Industry information, investment reports, financial information, Index and full-text business periodicals.
Company profiles, Investext brokerage reports, and magazine articles on companies, industries, and business topics. This database contains the same periodicals as the Business and Company Resource Center with an older interface.
Over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources including the New York Times, Chicago Sun Times, law reviews, legal cases and hundreds more. Use the Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. Legal information is available in-library only.
Find a stock or fund, research current or prospective holdings, x-ray your portfolio.
Search real estate transactions, foreclosures & auctions, new businesses and bankruptcies in Illinois.
Look up addresses, phone, numbers, and information about U.S. companies. Also good for creating mailing lists.
Including Standard & Poor's Stock Reports, Industry Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Daily News, CreditWeek, and more.
Electronic editions of 12 business reference sources including Business Plans Handbooks, Company Profiles for Students, Encyclopedia of American Industries, Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, Encyclopedia of Management, Encyclopedia of Small Business, Gale E-Commerce Sourcebook
Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, and International Directory of Business Biographies.
Full text of national and international financial and hard news. Coverage: 1982-current. Note: Stock quotes and charts are not included.
Company Research
Company and Industry information, investment reports, financial information, Index and full-text business periodicals.
Look up addresses, phone, numbers, and information about U.S. companies. Also good for creating mailing lists.
Consumer Resources
Reviews and ratings of local service providers and products including automobiles, health care, home care, pets, stores, and much more.In-Library use only.
The last 4 years of reports from Consumer Reports including autos. Includes reports not found in the printed magazine.
A comprehensive resource for identifying, researching and pricing art, antiques and collectibles.
e-audiobooks
OneClickdigital is an e-audiobook database from Recorded Books. Download special software and then checkout and download audiobooks!
• All content is iPod®-compatible
• Exclusive Recorded Books content
• No waiting. All of the books in OneClickdigital are available for immediate download
• Renewable once after a 3 week loan
e-learning
Over 500 continuing education classes sponsored by Highland Park Public LIbrary.
The classes meet online, at your convenience, with a real instructor.
Classes are available in a diverse range of subjects including computers, business, home & garden, health and medicine, hobbies, and more. View a listing of class topics.
Click "go to this resource" to find out how to sign up!
ebooks
Download e-books, audiobooks and video. Play them on your computer or transfer to portable devices such as iPods, MP3 players, Sony readers, and more.
Electronic editions of over 200 encyclopedias and other reference books for children and adults. May be searched individually or together. Topics include: Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, General Reference, History, Information and Publishing, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, Social Science.
Education
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
A World Book encyclopedia in Spanish for elementary and middle school students. La Enciclopedia estudiantil hallazgos en lnea es una enciclopedia de conocimientos generales. Continene informacin sobre gente, lugares, objectos, acontecimientos e ideas
45,000 articles covering all academic fields and curriculum topics. In-Library use only.
Multimedia encyclopedia featuring animations, videos, and more. In-Library use only.
Quantitative facts of American history including statistics from over 1000 sources including over 37,000 data series.
Encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events that is geared to student readers. In-Library use only.
Reproducible maps plus statistics and data on more than 200 nations, territories, regions, and continents. Click on "geography" after the Facts on File logo appears.
31,000 encyclopedia articles, 6,000 web links, 25,000 periodical articles, 800 videos, animations, and sounds, 400 interactive maps, 100 3-D bubble views, and much more.
Foreign Languages
Genealogy
Genealogy research. Census records, social security death index, military records, slave narratives.... In-Library use only.
Full page and article images with searchable full text. Coverage: 1849-1984.
Search U.S. federal census, banking and military records, genealogies, local histories, primary source materials, and genealogical and local history serials.
The New York Times in its entirety from 1857 through 1999. Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Advertisements and photos included.
Health
New interface to Health Reference Center. Magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories and information on topics of health and wellness. online tour
Articles from health magazines, journals, health encyclopedias, and pamphlets. This database contains the same periodicals as the Health and Wellness Resource Center, but with an older interface.
History and Biography
Includes primary source documents, images, timelines, biographies and thousands of entries on African American history.
Contains tribe Index, culture area index, biographies, events, primary sources, images and learning centers.
This database covers six civilizations: Africa, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mesopotamia, and Mesoamerica from the early Hominids 3 to 5 million years ago to flourishing cultures in 600 CE.
A social history resource; how others lived and live their lives, and how their lives shaped ours
An authoritative, digital library of information on American and world popular culture from the 1900s to the present. Browse by decade or search by item or event.
Homework Helpers
Includes primary source documents, images, timelines, biographies and thousands of entries on African American history.
Contains tribe Index, culture area index, biographies, events, primary sources, images and learning centers.
This database covers six civilizations: Africa, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mesopotamia, and Mesoamerica from the early Hominids 3 to 5 million years ago to flourishing cultures in 600 CE.
Browse the full content of the Chicago Tribune, from 2008 onward. Not searchable.
Full page and article images with searchable full text. Coverage: 1849-1984.
Includes World Edition (182 country reports), Kids Edition (66 country reports), and States Edition (50 states and District of Columbia)--plus photos, recipes, biographies, data tables, maps, and more.
A social history resource; how others lived and live their lives, and how their lives shaped ours
Features a colorful, graphical search interface for elementary school students to find the answers they need from more than 130 magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts, maps, images, and educator-approved websites.
Full-text newspapers, magazines, international newswires, maps, photographs, and television and radio transcripts.
Magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information, book reviews, and research.
Multimedia encyclopedia featuring animations, videos, and more. In-Library use only.
Search multiple sources simultaneously. The General Reference Center Gold, General Business File, Health Reference Center Academic, Opposing Viewpoints Reference Center, and the Virtual Reference Library are all included in this multiple search tool. Search them all together, or one at a time, and retrieve journal and magazine articles, reference book articles, and multimedia material.
Explore the articles and photographs that made National Geographic famous! Search by topic, photograph, or issue.
A science encyclopedia geared to students. In-Library use only.
Search the New York Times from the Lexis Nexis interface The database contains articles from 06/01/1980 to present .
The New York Times in its entirety from 1857 through 1999. Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Advertisements and photos included.
Primary source information about important social issues. Explore issues from all perspectives with newspaper and magazine articles, essays, biographies, court case overviews, podcasts, and more.
An authoritative, digital library of information on American and world popular culture from the 1900s to the present. Browse by decade or search by item or event.
Electronic editions of over 200 encyclopedias and other reference books for children and adults. May be searched individually or together. Topics include: Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, General Reference, History, Information and Publishing, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, Social Science.
Legal
Over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources including the New York Times, Chicago Sun Times, law reviews, legal cases and hundreds more. Use the Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. Legal information is available in-library only.
Library Catalogs
Local
Search real estate transactions, foreclosures & auctions, new businesses and bankruptcies in Illinois.
Music
The history of American music in an online music listening service. The collection contains the African American Song collection.
Classical music recordings for listening and learning. You can browse by Composer, Artist, Conductor, Ensemble, Instrument, Genre, Period, or Label.
Music from all regions from every continent such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and more.
Music Online is an interface to the following databases American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, and Smithsonian Global Sound.
This collection features American Folk, Blues, Bluegrass, Old Time Country, American Indian, World, Jazz, Classical & Broadway, Spoken Word & Sounds, & Children's music.
Newspapers and Magazines
Browse the full content of the Chicago Tribune, from 2008 onward. Not searchable.
Full page and article images with searchable full text. Coverage: 1849-1984.
Full-text newspapers, magazines, international newswires, maps, photographs, and television and radio transcripts.
Company profiles, Investext brokerage reports, and magazine articles on companies, industries, and business topics. This database contains the same periodicals as the Business and Company Resource Center with an older interface.
Magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information, book reviews, and research.
Search multiple sources simultaneously. The General Reference Center Gold, General Business File, Health Reference Center Academic, Opposing Viewpoints Reference Center, and the Virtual Reference Library are all included in this multiple search tool. Search them all together, or one at a time, and retrieve journal and magazine articles, reference book articles, and multimedia material.
Over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources including the New York Times, Chicago Sun Times, law reviews, legal cases and hundreds more. Use the Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. Legal information is available in-library only.
Explore the articles and photographs that made National Geographic famous! Search by topic, photograph, or issue.
Search the New York Times from the Lexis Nexis interface The database contains articles from 06/01/1980 to present .
The New York Times in its entirety from 1857 through 1999. Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Advertisements and photos included.
Full text of national and international financial and hard news. Coverage: 1982-current. Note: Stock quotes and charts are not included.
Access to 72 of your favorite magazines in digital format. Browse or download your digital copy of Architectural Record, Billboard, Chicago, Popular Mechanics, Seventeen, Rolling Stone, Consumer Reports, Town and Country, Vanidades, and many more.
Science
A science encyclopedia geared to students. In-Library use only.
An in-depth, curriculum-oriented database that provides a one-stop resource for all science-related research needs. Includes full-text articles, reference books, and more.
Teen Health
New interface to Health Reference Center. Magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories and information on topics of health and wellness. online tour
Articles from health magazines, journals, health encyclopedias, and pamphlets. This database contains the same periodicals as the Health and Wellness Resource Center, but with an older interface.
Telephone-E-mail Directories
Look up addresses, phone, numbers, and information about U.S. companies. Also good for creating mailing lists.
Travel
Includes World Edition (182 country reports), Kids Edition (66 country reports), and States Edition (50 states and District of Columbia)--plus photos, recipes, biographies, data tables, maps, and more.
Explore the articles and photographs that made National Geographic famous! Search by topic, photograph, or issue.