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Research and Databases
To access our online databases from home, you must be a Winfield Library cardholder. Please call (630) 653-7599 for password information or pick up our "Research @ Home" brochure at the library's main desk.
The library has new cards with 14-digit barcodes. If your card number begins with the letter P, please come in to the library with your card and an ID to get a new card.
- Business Source Premier
- Log in using your 14-digit library card number.
- Company and industry profiles, market research reports and more.
- Chilton Library
- Log in using your 14-digit library card number.
- Chilton, the trusted name in automotive research, offers repair, maintenance, and service information on cars, vans, trucks, and SUVs.
- Country-Background Notes
- Contains "facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations" of countries. Information on this site is from the U.S. Department of State.
- Daily Herald Archives (1995-present)
- Log in using your 14-digit library card number.
- Access the archives, including obituaries, for free with your Winfield Library card. No pictures or ads are included.
- EBSCOhost Web
- Log in using your 14-digit library card number.
- MasterFILE Premier features full text articles from more than 1,700 magazines and journals.
- Includes access to several databases, including Business Source, Health Source, and Academic Search Premier.
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online Library Edition
- Encyclopedia of Chicago
- First Search Databases
- Databases include a variety of topics including science, humanities, education, and business.
- Please call (630) 653-7599 for our password for home access.
- History Reference Center
- Log in using your 14-digit library card number.
- Job & Career Accelerator
- Resume builder, tools to get hired, job postings, and more.
- Kids Search
- Log in using your 14-digit library card number.
- Designed for students in grades K-8.
- LegalForms
- Log in using your 14-digit library card number.
- Access dozens of state-specific, customizable legal forms.
- Mango Languages
- Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
- NoveList Plus
- Log in with your 14-digit library card number.
- Search by title, author, or series, and view a brief summary of the book, professional reviews, and title and author readalikes. Now including fiction and nonfiction!
- NoveList Plus K-8
- Log in with your 14-digit library card number.
- Search by children's book title, author, or series, and view a brief summary of the book, professional reviews, and title and author readalikes. Now including fiction and nonfiction!
- Price It! Antiques and Collectibles
- Log in using your 14-digit library card number.
- ReferenceUSA
- Log in using your 14-digit library card number.
- Find residential, business, and health care information for the U.S.A. and Canada.
- Science.gov
- Searchasaurus
- Log in using your 14-digit library card number.
- Designed for the youngest researchers.
- SIRS Discoverer - Juvenile (Full Text)
- SIRS Knowledge Source - High School and Adult (Full Text)
- Student Research Center
- Log in using your 14-digit library card number.
- Perfect for middle and high school research.
- Testing and Education Reference Center
- Log in using your 14-digit library card number.
- Take sample tests like the SAT and Civil Service Exam, and view in-depth information about college, graduate, and professional programs
- Universal Class
- Log in using your 14-digit library card number to create an account.
- Offers more than 500 non-credit online courses, free with your Winfield Library card.
- Webopedia
- An "online computer dictionary for computer and internet terms and definitions."
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