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Journals & Periodicals

Online Resources

You will need your Rolling Meadows Library card to access many of our online resources if you are not using them in the Library. Need help? Stop by or call the Reference Desk at 847-259-6050 x130.

See every online resource the Library has to offer on the A–Z Online Resources page.

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Academic Journals

Find reliable information on almost any topic. Search databases containing books, journals, magazines, newspapers and more.

Academic Search Premier

Use from home Library Card Required  Extensive collection of scholarly resources providing full-text, academic journals covering the major areas of academic research.

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Business Source Premier

Use from home Library Card Required  Thousands of articles from leading business publications including peer reviewed journals. Includes company profiles, industry reports, videos from Associated Press, and more.

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Consumer Health Complete

Use from home Library Card Required  Better understand topics across the health and wellness spectrum — from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.

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Explora for Public Libraries

Use from home Library Card Required  High quality collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books, videos and other sources covering virtually every subject. Finding relevant content has never been easier with Explora from EBSCOhost.

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Explora for Students (Grades K-4)

Use from home Library Card Required  Includes full-text children's magazines, eBooks, biographies and encyclopedia entries as well as professional development resources for educators.

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Explora for Students (Grades 5-8)

Use from home Library Card Required  Includes full-text research materials, popular magazines, newspapers, primary source documents and eBooks covering a wide range of topics.

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History Reference Center

Use from home Library Card Required  Full-text journals, magazines, reference books and thousands of primary source documents that cover topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century.

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Legal Information Reference Center

Use from home Library Card Required  Navigate legal matters of all kinds with reliable “how-to” information and thousands of federal, multi-state and state-specific legal forms.

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Literary Reference Center

Use from home Library Card Required  Your go-to resource for reliable information on thousands of writers and their works. Learn about thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time periods.

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Points of View Reference Center

Use from home Library Card Required  Rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.

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Science Reference Center

Use from home Library Card Required  Full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, reference books and high-quality videos. Also contains science experiments, curriculum-aligned lesson plans, and a vast image collection.

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Small Business Reference Center

Use from home Library Card Required  Find the necessary tools and detailed “how-to” instructions for a wide range of small business topics. Includes videos, an advice section and details on how to create business plans.

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Newspapers

Find primary source research with current and historical newspapers including local news and the world's major news content.

America's News

Use from home Library Card Required  Current and archived full-text articles from news sources nationwide in a searchable online database. Search by publications by location or browse articles by topics such as health, careers, people, politics, sports and more..

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Chicago Tribune Historical

Use from home Library Card Required  Search this database for past articles from 1849-1997. Full-text obituaries and death notices from 1860-1984. Major stories of events and issues from 1920-1984. Read articles in searchable ASCII text or cover-to-cover full-images in PDF.

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Daily Herald Collection

Use from home Library Card Required  Explore Rolling Meadows area history through local news, events and people. Search current and archived issues from 1995 to current with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.

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Newspaper Source Plus

Use from home Library Card Required  Cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national, international and regional newspapers. Includes television and radio news transcripts from major networks with daily updates.

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Catalog Spotlight

If you need help finding academic journals, periodicals, or historical newspapers in the library, ask at the Adult Reference Desk.

How to Read a Book by Mortimer Jerome Adler
America Now: Short Readings from Recent Periodicals by Robert Atwan Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace by Elizabeth Shown Mills

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Citation Machine External Link
Online writing center citation guides for MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian. Citation builder free with ads.

Create a Graph External Link
Easily illustrate and expand reports or assignments with this printable bar graph, pie chart, line graph, and area chart maker.

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A collection of online accessible primary source sets, archives and exhibits of libraries around the country. Discover millions of images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States.

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Ask these questions to help decide whether a source is a good fit for your research project.

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Helpful hints for writing better notes from. EBSCOhost. Learn to take down only the most important information in a way you will understand later.

Purdue Online Writing Lab External Link
Online writing resources and instructional material developed by Purdue University.

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Access The Great Courses
Listen to audio courses and stream the video courses on your computer or take them with you using the Hoopla app on your mobile device.

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