Genealogy database which includes census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, maps, the Social Security Death Index, WWI Draft Card images, and more.

Look up magazine and journal articles from 1990 to the present with selected full text, in this database from OCLC.

Contains nearly a million biographical entries spanning almost every course of study. This resource also includes the full text of Contemporary Authors and Authors and Artists for Young Adults.

Live online tutors available from 2-11pm daily for students in grades Kindergarten and up. Additionally, practice exercises, quizzes, flashcard creator, and more available 24 hours a day.

JobNow provides live assistance for job seekers with expert resume assistance, live interview preparation and career coaching.  This service is available every day between 3pm-10pm, except holidays. The 24/7 Center is always available.

Test preparation including ACT, SAT, GRE, GED, ASVAB, NCLEX, TOEFL, Civil Service, and many more.  Also includes tutorials to help improve computer skills.

Do a quick, free background check online in less than 60 seconds. Search by name, property address, property PIN, or business name. See foreclosures, mortgage records, real estate transactions, building code violations, DUIs, misdemeanors, felonies, tax liens, and more.

Check the customer ratings of local auto shops, lawn care services and much more.

Search for articles from the Chicago Tribune from 1985 to the present.

Complete page images of the Chicago Tribune dating back to the first issue in 1849.

Expert product reviews and product ratings including cars.

Business news and analysis.

Suburban Chicago Paper

Free Illinois DMV practice tests including: 11 car practice tests, 9 motorcycle practice tests, 10 CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) practice tests, 3 online driver’s manuals (car, motorcycle, CDL), and an FAQ section with detailed answers to 100+ DMV-related questions.

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) has journal articles and reports in education.

Includes historical journals, magazines, and newspapers from ethnic and independent presses published from 1959-1989. It includes unique and rare coverage of the following ethnic categories: African American/Caribbean/African; Arab/Middle Eastern; Asian/Pacific Islander; European/Eastern European; Hispanic; Jewish; Native People.

Look up magazine articles for children. Explora Primary Schools can be filtered by Lexile reading levels as well as subjects.

Ebsco's MasterFILE Premiere provides full-text articles from over 1,900 magazines, from 1975 through the present. Also includes reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection of photos, maps and flags. Look up magazine articles for children. Explora Public Libraries can be filtered by Lexile reading levels as well as subjects.

Explora Secondary Schools provides full-text articles from over 1,900 magazines, from 1975 through the present. Also includes reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection of photos, maps and flags. Look up magazine articles for children. Explora Secondary Schools can be filtered by Lexile reading levels as well as subjects.

This Financial Ratings Series combines Weiss Ratings and TheStreet Ratings in a single source for financial strength ratings and financial planning tools covering Insurance, Banks, Credit Unions, Mutual Funds and Stocks. A Medigap/Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan buyers guide recommends companies and gives prices customized to the age and place of residence of the person entering the data.

Instant access to the most popular magazines. With Flipster, it's simple to select your favorite digital magazines from the newsstand and start reading on your computer or mobile device.

Features US military records including original historical documents, newspapers, images, city directories, naturalization documents, personal histories, and more.

Gale Courses offers a wide range of free instructor-led courses. Classes run for six weeks on a variety of topics including technology, health-care training, business/accounting, personal development, law, test prep, and more. Some classes can lead to certification. Niles Library cardholders only.

The Gale Directory Library hosts the following directories:Encyclopedia of Associations,
National Organizations of the U.S.,
Regional, State and Local Organizations,
Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media,
Scholarships, Fellowships & Loans and
Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies. Search, sort and export information from both current directory and prior editions.

Find a wide selection of Illinois legal forms covering bankruptcy, divorce, landlord-tenant, wills, and more. Also includes a law dictionary.

Search over 400 reference titles in nearly 20 different subject categories. You may search all at once or search individual titles.

Local and Regional News

Coverage 1976-present of US government documents including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments.

Genealogy database from ProQuest which includes the US Census 1790-1940, page images of family and local history books, and the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files.

Instantly borrow free digital movies, music, and eaudiobooks, 24/7 with your Niles library card. No waiting. No late fees. No ads. 10 downloads a month.

Look up items in hundreds of libraries across Illinois with First Search from OCLC.

This Facts on File resource analyzes and explains hundreds of controversial topics, in a language and format that students can understand.

Kanopy is a on-demand video streaming service. Kanopy has a collection that includes thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films, indie films, and theatrical releases.

Read what the critics and reviewers said about thousands of books in this invaluable resource for students and readers.

Learn business, software, tech, and creative skills with these top-quality courses taught by industry experts with Lynda.com. To log-in you will need your to enter your Niles library card number and Library Card PIN. Your Library Card Pin is the password you use to log-in the Niles Public Library District catalog. If you have not set up an account in the catalog, your password is patron. 

Ebsco's MasterFILE Premiere provides full-text articles from over 1,900 magazines, from 1975 through the present. Also includes reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection of photos, maps and flags.

Mango teaches 60 languages step-by-step from the very widely spoken (Spanish, Chinese, Russian, French, Italian) to the more unusual (Irish, Swahili, and even Pirate) as well as Angielski Dla Polaków (ESL Polish), Inglés Para Hablantes De Español (ESL Spanish), and others.

Index of medical research articles from 1965 through the present. Includes extensive abstracts and selected full text. Inquire at the Adult Services desk about locating articles identified by this database.

Mergent Intellect features a collection of worldwide business information that enables companies to generate business intelligence. Provides access to private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, and the ability to access industry profiles.

Search by individual mutual fund or stock or create your own real or imaginary portfolio and find out how the individual securities work together as a portfolio. Identify individual stocks or mutual funds that meet particular investment criteria by using the Morningstar screeners.

This encyclopedia from Funk & Wagnalls contains over 25,000 entries is a good general resource covering an array of topics.

Each issue of every newspaper back to 1980 is indexed thoroughly, providing not only top news stories but also detailed information on the arts, sports, business, and popular culture. Even such items as editorials, editorial cartoons, obituaries, and letters to the editor from well-known people are indexed. For each article cited in the database, an abstract of up to 75 words helps the researcher know if the complete text will meet his or her needs.

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. The Historical New York Times with Index (1851-1993) provides search capability using subject terms and topics for focused and targeted results in combination with searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the Historical New York Times (1851-2007)

Niche Academy provides tutorials for common services like Facebook, Gmail, and Snapchat. Tutorials include instructional videos that may be viewed from your computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone as well as printable, step-by-step guides.

Coverage: 1957-2007.

Coverage: 2008-2012.

The Niles-Maine District Library Catalog is where you can check to see if we own something and if it is currently available. If it's not, you can place a hold on it and pick it up at the Library when it's ready. It is also the catalog for our computer consortium, including 23 other suburban libraries.

Do you love a book or author and want to find more like it? Novelist Plus will help you do just that, as well as provide you with complete series information, book discussion guides, and more.

NoveList K-8 Plus allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in your classroom. NoveList K-8 Plus contains materials for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture books, children's "chapter" books and young adult titles. The NoveList Learning Center provides a complete introduction to the product and shows you how to use NoveList to meet the reading needs of your students.

Digital newspapers and magazines from around the world.PressReader has all-you-can-read news with full access to more than 5,000 newspapers and magazines. PressReader partners with thousands of publishers in over 100 countries to help them distribute their content globally. All of the publications we offer can be read online or downloaded via the PressReader app.

National and international newspapers including: Wall Street Journal, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain’s Chicago Business, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, The Times, and many more.

Provides public record data for new home sales, new businesses, foreclosures, and bankruptcies for select counties in Illinois, including Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will counties.

This is an online index to thousands of articles from journals and magazines from 1890-1982. Contact the Niles Public Library if you wish to locate the full text of any particular article.

This powerful resource helps you locate detailed information on potential business competitors or clients.

Enjoy unlimited access to thousands of Romance eBooks.

The Salem Health Library includes Magill’s Medical Guide (a general medical resource), Cancer (covers more than 800 topics on the subject of cancer) and Genetics & Inherited Conditions (essays written for non-specialists on diseases, biology, techniques, methodologies, genetic engineering, biotechnology, ethics and social issues.

Search these history resources at once: The Decades (American history), Great Events from History (worldwide events), Great Lives from History (worldwide biographical resource), Milestone Documents (primary sources).

Need to know the plot and characters of a book? This resource includes Masterplots, along with literary criticism for writing papers.

This great source for science fair research includes science encyclopedias, reference books, magazines, and other resources.

Comprehensive business information on U.S. companies including data and analysis of industries, companies, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and current business news.

This Facts on File resource bridges the gap between the science that students learn in the classroom and the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today. Updated weekly and containing thousands of links to a 15-year back-file, Today's Science explains important developments in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology.

Learn web design, coding and much more with Treehouse from the library! To obtain or renew an account, please register first by filling out the form by clicking on the link above the logo. If you already have a Treehouse account, log in on the official Treehouse website.

TumbleBookCloud Junior (Grades 3-8) Contains early readers, chapter books, graphic novels, audiobooks, classics and National Geographic videos. Great for English Language Learners because you can listen and read along.

Online picture books that move and talk!  The Tumblebooks collection also includes read-alongs for early readers, puzzles, games, book quizzes, audiobooks for older readers, and a collection of foreign language books. TumbleBooks has a new app available for both Apple iOS and Android devices. You can access this material on your personal devices with your Niles Public Library District card.

The Wall Street Journal is the premiere financial newspaper in the world. This well-indexed database includes complete articles from the present to 1984.

Search for articles published by the Wall Street Journal between 1884-1994.

Excelente contenido de World Book editorial, multimedia y funciones interactivas en español. World Book’s excellent editorial content, rich media, and interactive features in Spanish.

Reliable information on a wide variety of subjects, written at a level that young students can read and understand.

Reliable information for school-aged students to help with their homework.

A great general encyclopedia for researchers and information-seekers.

This Facts on File is an archival record of domestic and international news  that is updated weekly and contains more than 1 million internal hyperlinks and convenient new features such as tabbed search results. It covers all major political, social, and economic events since November 1940.