Digital Resources for: "primary source"
Ancestry
Census, birth, marriage, and death records.
Access on a library computer or on the library’s Wi-Fi.
COVID-19 NOTE: Temporarily available outside of the library.
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Glen Ellyn Newspaper Archive
Digital images of microfilm of the following newspapers and dates. Access on a library computer or on the library’s Wi-Fi.
Glen Ellyn Echo
April 16, 1900 – November 23, 1900
Glen Ellyn Enterprise
April 26, 1906 – July 26, 1906
The Beacon
Dec. 4, 1925 – June 4, 1926
The Glen Ellyian/The Glen Ellyan
1912-1922
The Glen Ellyn News
1922-2013
Glen Ellyn Suburban Life
2014-
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HeritageQuest Online
Genealogical and historical sources, including U.S. Federal Censuses, books, bank records, unique primary sources, and local and family histories.
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MasterFile Complete
MasterFILE Complete offers the largest collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books and other highly-regarded sources from the world’s leading publishers. Covering virtually every general interest subject area, it also includes an extensive collection of photos, maps and flags.
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Middle Search Plus
Resources to support middle school students, including biographies, magazines, primary source documents, photos, maps, and flags. Includes Sports Illustrated Kids, Scholastic News, National Geographic and dozens more. Articles include reading level indicators (Lexile).
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ProQuest Global Newsstream
Search the most recent global newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites, as well as archives through the 1980s. Content includes articles from over 3100 state, regional, national, and international newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Daily Herald, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and more.
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Reference Books on EbscoHost
Full text for 2,000 general reference publications, 1,000 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an image collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags. Updated daily.
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