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EBSCO resources for non-cardholders
Use at Home? Yes
Description: If you don’t have a St. Charles Library card, but still want to access research databases from home, click below for a suite of resources made available through the Illinois State Library to anyone residing in the State of Illinois. Included topics are literature, science, medicine, agriculture, history, engine repair, and more.

EBSCO eBooks Cricket Media Collection
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Build strong literacy skills in students from pre-K to 8th grade by offering digital access to award-winning, short-form fiction and nonfiction titles.

EBSCO eBooks High School Collection
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Give students, educators, and administrators on-the-go access to popular e-books. This robust collection includes a selection of classic literary works, important historical documents, and general reference materials.

EBSCO eBooks K-8 Collection
This e-book collection supports a quality learning experience for K-8 students across all subject areas taught in elementary and middle schools.

EBSCO eBooks Public Library Collection
Use at Home? Yes
Description: High-quality e-books covering a wide range of topics such as self-help, fitness, games, hobbies, and cooking. This general reference e-book collection features titles for both adults and kids.

Educate Station
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Easy-to-use, comprehensive learning plans with a robust range of extension activities across a wide range of subject areas and grades.

Education Source
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Education Source is a valuable full-text database covering all levels of education research and specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.

Electronic Books
Use at Home? Yes
Description: OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide.

Electronic Collections Online
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Abstracts and selected full text of scholarly journals from 1995 to present, covering subjects such as business, education, geography and law.

ERIC
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Education Resources Information Center – Index of journal articles, books, theses, curriculum guides, conference papers, standards, and guidelines on a wide range of education topics. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education.

Ethnic Diversity Source
Use at Home? Yes
Description: This full-text database is a dedicated resource covering the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America.