Get a library card
Human Services
Human Services Research Materials
Alt HealthWatch
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Provides information on complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to healthcare and wellness. Sources include journals (some peer-reviewed) and reports.
AtoZdatabases
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Premier Reference and Marketing Database including 30 million business profiles & 220 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, or finding friends and relatives.
Candid Search (formerly Foundation Directory and Guidestar)
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Formerly known as the separate resources Foundation Directory and Guidestar, Candid Search combines these two sources to give you one powerful search of both non-profits and as the organizations that fund them.
Consumer Health Ultimate
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine.
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.
Gale Health and Wellness
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Articles on medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, alcohol and drug abuse and fitness.
Gale LegalForms
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Illinois Legal Forms includes thousands of business, personal, litigation and federal forms.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Subjects include fitness, nutrition, diabetes, aging, women’s health, children’s health, and more. Information comes from magazines, books, Clinical Reference System reports, and pamphlets.
LGBTQ+ Source
Use at Home? Yes
Description: LGBTQ+ Source is the definitive database for LGBTQ+ studies. It provides scholarly and popular LGBTQ+ publications in full text, plus historically important primary sources, including monographs, magazines, newspapers, and videos. It also includes a specialized LGBTQ+ thesaurus containing thousands of terms.
MedlinePlus
Use at Home? Yes
Description: A comprehensive, free, and authoritative consumer health site sponsored by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
ProCitizen
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Comprehensive citizenship prep course that contains 100 videos, plus interactive drills and quizzes.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Covers a broad range of subjects in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences, and related disciplines. For psychologists, counselors, researchers, and students.
Human Services Websites
General Local Websites
-
- Start with our Human Services Resources brochure
- 211 – Essential Community Services
- 988 – Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
- AID – Association for Individual Development
- Fox Valley Hands of Hope
- Get Covered Illinois
- Gretchen S. Vapnar Community Crisis Center
- Kane County Health Department
- Mutual Ground
- Resources to Meet SNAP Work Requirements
- Sharing Connections
- Tri City Health Partnership
General National Websites
Caregiving & Aging Resources
- Caregiver Action Network
- City of St. Charles Resources for Seniors
- Elderday Center
- Elderwerks
- Family Caregiver Alliance
- Illinois Department on Aging
- Illinois Supportive Living Program (SLP)
- Kane Senior Council
- Medicare
- National Alliance for Caregiving
- Northeastern Illinois Age Guide
- Senior Services Associates
- SHIP – Senior Health Insurance Program
- USAging
- U.S. Administration for Community Living (formerly Administration on Aging)
- Well Spouse Association
Disability Resources
- ADA.gov
- Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
- Disabled American Veterans
- DONKA
- Equip for Equality
- Illinois Talking Books Application (for the blind and disabled)
- ILRU Directory of Centers for Independent Living (CILs) and Associations
- Job Accomodation Network
- Social Security Administration Disability Benefits
- U.S. Currency Reader Program
Food Insecurity Resources
- Find Food IL
- Kane County Health Department – Food Resources & Nutrition
- Kane Senior Dine Program
- Northern Illinois Food Bank – Get Groceries & Resources
- Salvation Army of the Tri-Cities
- Two Rivers Head Start Agency
- also check out our Community Pantry (shelf-stable items) in our Snack Stop area on the main level of the library
New Americans Resources
- Centro de Información
- Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
- Know Your Rights
- Resources for New Americans – from the Gail Borden Public Library
Public Transportation Resources
- Kane County Transportation Options
- Metra Union Pacific West (UP-W) Route
- PACE On Demand Route 592 – call ahead or go online to schedule a pickup in St. Charles or Geneva
- PACE Route 801 – Elgin-Geneva
- Ride in Kane
- RTA Mobility Services – apply for reduced and free fare programs for eligible seniors, low-income riders, persons with disabilities, Medicare card holders, and military personnel