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America's News

Wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S.

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Reading & Streaming

Hoopla - Download audiobooks and eBooks

Offers eBooks, audiobooks, comics/graphic novels, movies, TV show episodes, and music albums. No hold lists!

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Language Learning

Mango Languages

Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages

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Just for Kids

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World Book Kids

Features easy-to-read articles, thousands of images and videos as well as a wealth of engaging games, science projects, and activities.

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America's News

Wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S.

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Local History & Genealogy

Magazine & Newspaper Articles

American Ancestors

Over 480 international databases from pre-1700 to present [in-library use only]

Local History & Genealogy

Ancestry Library Edition

Popular online genealogy resource [in-library use only]

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Local History & Genealogy

Car repair, maintenance and service information. This continuously updated resource provides step-by-step repair procedures, troubleshooting guides, diagnostic trouble codes, photos, illustrations, diagrams, and multimedia (videos and animations) to simplify even the most complicated tasks.

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Consumer Information

How-to & DIY

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Consumer Reports

Ratings, reviews, buying advice

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Consumer Information

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CU Catalog

The shared catalog of The Urbana Free Library and Champaign Public Library

Library Catalogs

The Urbana Free Library written underneath a simplified drawing of the Library building

Daily Illini

University of Illinois campus newspaper

Local Interest

Magazine & Newspaper Articles

Data Axle Reference Solutions

Data Axle Reference Solutions (previously known as Reference USA) offers instant access to comprehensive business and consumer listings.

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Driving-tests.org

Free, state-specific DMV practice tests that are just like the real thing

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EBSCO Green File

Full-text articles on the environment

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Magazine & Newspaper Articles

EBSCO Library, Infoscience & Technology Abstracts

Full-text articles on information or librarianship

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Magazine & Newspaper Articles

EBSCO MasterFILE Premier

Full-text for nearly 1,700 periodicals, 1975-present

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Magazine & Newspaper Articles

EBSCO Teacher Reference Center

Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

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Magazine & Newspaper Articles

Explora

Provides easy-to-use features and reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books.

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Magazine & Newspaper Articles

Explora Educator's Edition

Provides easy-to-use features and reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books, including teacher and student tools

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Magazine & Newspaper Articles

FamilySearch

Convenient online access to FamilySearch’s image collections [expanded access is available in-library use only]

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Local History & Genealogy

Find My Past

A UK-based genealogy database that offers British and Irish records

Local History & Genealogy

Fold3

Military records

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Local History & Genealogy

Heritage Quest

Genealogical and historical resources from over 60 countries

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Local History & Genealogy

Hoopla - Download audiobooks and eBooks

Offers eBooks, audiobooks, comics/graphic novels, movies, TV show episodes, and music albums. No hold lists!

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Reading & Streaming

Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections

Over 100 newspaper titles and trade journals, including the Daily Illini (1874-1975), The Champaign County News (1903-1916), The Champaign Daily News (1895-1919), Urbana Daily Courier (1903-1935)

Local Interest

Magazine & Newspaper Articles

Illinois JobLink

Illinois Dept of Employment Security, matches employers and job seekers

Job Hunting & Careers

Illinois JobLink dot com with a simplified graphic of a person holding a suitcase to the right of the words

Indeed.com

Free service to job seekers where you can upload a resume, create job alert emails, search for jobs, save them and apply to them directly

Job Hunting & Careers

Kanopy

Streaming video service

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Reading & Streaming

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Libby

Download eBooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines

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Reading & Streaming

LinkedIn Learning

Over 6,000 online courses in business, technology, and creative skills. Available on computer, tablet, or smartphone

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Classic Reference

How-to & DIY

Local History Online Catalog

Champaign County Historical Archives catalog

Library Catalogs

Local History & Genealogy

Local Interest

Mango Languages

Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages

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Language Learning

MyHeritage Library Edition

World-wide historical and public records

Local History & Genealogy

News-Gazette (Newsbank)

Full-text articles of local news, June 1997 to Present.

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Classic Reference

Local History & Genealogy

Local Interest

Magazine & Newspaper Articles

Newspapers.com - World Edition (by Ancestry)

The largest online newspaper archive

Local History & Genealogy

Magazine & Newspaper Articles

NoveList K-8 Plus

Fiction and nonfiction booklists, read-alikes, what to read next (grades K-8)

Just for Kids

Reading & Streaming

Novelist Plus

Fiction and nonfiction booklists, what to read next

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Reading & Streaming

Oxford English Dictionary

The online version of the Oxford English Dictionary contains all work to date of the third edition, reflecting daily updates and revisions. Also includes the full-text of the second edition, and a historical thesaurus.

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Science Reference Center

Full-text for nearly 640 science reference works

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Magazine & Newspaper Articles

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State of Illinois Employment Opportunities

Job postings, application procedures, examination schedules, and more

Job Hunting & Careers

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The New York Times

Free access to The New York Times, one of the country's leading newspapers

Magazine & Newspaper Articles

Tumblebooks

Animated, read-along, and audio books (picture, early reader and advance reader) in English, Spanish and French.

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Just for Kids

Reading & Streaming

World Book Early Learning

Geared for emergent and beginning readers, with a wide variety of videos and easily navigable games that reinforce reading comprehension.

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Just for Kids

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World Book Kids

Features easy-to-read articles, thousands of images and videos as well as a wealth of engaging games, science projects, and activities.

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Just for Kids

World Book Student

Tailored for students in middle school, World Book Student includes all the articles from the print versions of the World Book Encyclopedia plus 10,000 biographies, learning resources, and research tools.

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Just for Kids