Digital Resources for: "primary source"

Ancestry

Census, birth, marriage, and death records.

Access on a library computer or on the library’s Wi-Fi.

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Credo Reference

Encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles. 200,000+ images and audio files, and nearly 100 videos. Includes health reference books.

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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 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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