Research Materials: I

Use at Home? Yes

Description: St. Charles, Kane County and Illinois local history documents, maps and photos.

Use at Home? Yes

Description: Use WorldCat Discovery to search the holdings of libraries across the state of Illinois.

Use at Home? Yes

Description: Source for public records in the Chicago suburbs, including real estate transfers, foreclosures, business licenses and incorporations. Check Illinois is their free background check service or choose more specific records databases if you know exactly what you’re looking for.

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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 Secretary of State’s Office and the Illinois State Library to anyone residing in the State of Illinois. Included topics are literature, science, medicine, agriculture, history, engine repair, and more.

Use at Home? Yes

Formats Available: eBooks (plus some Audiobooks, Music, and Video)

Description: Always available collection of primarily eBooks, provided for free to everyone in Illinois thanks to the generosity of the Reaching Across Illinois Libraries Systems (RAILS). Also includes local collections from other Illinois libraries and PressBooks tool to convert your manuscript into eBook format.

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