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Use from home Library Card Required Popular  Borrow a vast collection of eBooks, audiobooks & popular magazines 24/7. Brought to you by OverDrive. Download the Libby App to use on your mobile device.

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Use from home Library Card Required Staff Favorite  A Online access to expert information found in The World Book Encyclopedia. This easy-to-navigate site has something for every age!

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Use from home Library Card Required  Explore genealogical records from 1704 – today, including hard-to-find obituary content from the mid 1900's, coverage from all 50 states, and original obituary images from historical newspapers.

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Use from home Library Card Required  Search Chicago Metro news sources. This extensive collection is available in the library and remotely with your library card on an easy-to-use mobile responsive interface. Includes easy citation tools, article sharing and email capability for your convenience.

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Use from home Library Card Required  Research Chicago history through the Chicago Sun-Times Historical and Current Collection with coverage from 1929 through current. Study trends, issues, events, advertisements, companies and more through historical and current full newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.

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Use from home Library Card Required  Access leading digital magazines on your tablet or mobile device. Features People Weekly!

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Use from home Library Card Required  Explore genealogical records from 1704 – today, including hard-to-find obituary content from the mid 1900's, coverage from all 50 states, and original obituary images from historical newspapers.

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Use from home Library Card Required  Read current and recent issues of popular and in-demand magazines with the Hoopla Magazines BingePass.

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Use from home Library Card Required Popular  The free Libby app is the easiest way to get started with digital books, audiobooks, and magazines. Brought to you by OverDrive. Find Libby Extras in the Libby App under the "Extras" tab OR log in to libbyapp.com

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Use from home  Enjoy 24 hours of complimentary access to the New York Times. Follow the link on any of your devices to redeem. To view past editions, click "Today's Paper" and select new date. Users will need to create a free account to use this service.

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Use from home Library Card Required  The leading media brand for learning with hundreds of courses spanning thousands of subjects. Each course is broken into multiple easy-to-watch video lessons so you can choose how much you want to learn at a time.

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Use from home Library Card Required Staff Favorite  Choose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts.

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Use from home  Self-guided learn-to-code software. Advance through a story and level up your avatar while you learn different coding languages and build programming and problem-solving skills. You will have to set up a free account.

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