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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.
Consumer Health Complete
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.
Foundation Directory Online by Candid
Use at Home? No
Description: Helping nonprofits find funding faster: over 242,000+ grantmakers to build prospect lists fast, LinkedIn integration, and opportunities to collaborate with other nonprofits
Gale Business: DemographicsNow
Use at Home? Yes
Description: Geographic-based demographic information perfect for business and marketing plans, including Consumer Expenditure, Simmons and Mosaic reports.
This resource is being discontinued by the vendor on March 31, 2025.
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.
Guidestar by Candid
Use at Home? No
Description: Comprehensive source of nonprofit information to easily find local nonprofits to donate, work, or volunteer at, and connect those in need to resources they rely on, such as food banks or shelters
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
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- Start with our Human Services Resources brochure
- 211 – Essential Community Services
- 988 – Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
- AID – Association for Individual Development
- Get Covered Illinois
- Gretchen S. Vapnar Community Crisis Center
- Kane County Health Department
- Kane County Behavioral Health Council
- Mutual Ground
- Sharing Connections
- Tri City Health Partnership
General National Websites
Caregiving & Aging Resources
- Caregiver Action Network
- City of St. Charles Resources for Seniors
- Elderday Center
- Eldercare Locator
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- Resources for New Americans – from the Gail Borden Public Library
Public Transportation Resources
- 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