Search across all or any combination of the eight ABC-CLIO
databases below by clicking the ABC-CLIO above.
To select an individual ABC-CLIO or Greenwood database click on the title of the database.
Contains over 4 billion names, more than 4,000 databases, primary-source documents, and a variety of features for family history research. Includes U.S. and U.K. census images and indexes, immigration records and passenger lists, and birth/marriage/death records.
The vendor only allows use within the library. Remote users please try Heritage Quest.
Consumer Reports offer full product ratings containing buying advice, key features information and reliability from the experts at Consumer Reports Magazine and Consumers Union. Please contact a librarian at your branch for information regarding Consumer Reports. Consumer information is also available for searching at home using LexisNexis Library Express and your Peoria Public Library card.
The World's Information at Your Fingertips
OCLC's FirstSearch provides a tremendous number of databases to you using one type of searching. A selected subset of these databases are available to you free of charge courtesy of the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State.
To use any of the databases below you must have the Authorization Code and Password. Please stop by the reference desk or phone us at 497-2000 to obtain the authorization and password.
The following are the databases you may access:
General Databases
WorldCat - Books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Article1st - Index of articles from nearly 12,500 journals.
Specialized Databases
Clase Periodica - Index of Latin American journals in science and humanities.
Ebooks - Catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide.
ECO - A collection of scholarly journals.
ERIC - Journal articles and reports in education.
GPO - U.S. Government publications.
MEDLINE - Abstracted articles from medical journals.
OAIster - A union catalog of more than 19 million digital resources.
PapersFirst - An index of papers presented at conferences.
Proceedings - An index of conference publications.
WilsonSelectPlus Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business
HeritageQuest provides online including census records, for genealogy and family history research.
This essential collection of unique material is for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Use HeritageQuest to find your ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled.
HeritageQuest Online combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content.
For patrons using Heritage Quest at the library click here.
For our patrons using Heritage Quest at home click here
Gale INFOTRAC
Peoria Public Library card holders may now use INFOTRAC from home. Use your Peoria Public Library card number as your password. Please use a capital D when you enter your library card number.
This is the online segment of the Legal Self Help Center. This help center is a joint project between the court system and the various Circuit Clerk's of the counties of the 10th Circuit. The goal of the Legal Self Help Center is to provide equal access to justice for all by assisting and educating the public on how to use available legal resources. Click here to access this FREE service.
Now available at all PPL locations.
Premium news, business and legal content: News - Over 1,000 national, regional, and international news publications Business - LexisNexis Company Dossier provides coverage of over 44 million U.S. and international companies, with data drawn from over 60 sources Legal Research - Primary source material includes case law, statutes, and regulations; secondary source materials contain legal news and law reviews Biographical Information - From both consumer press as well as Biographical Directories
Remote access now available by entering your PPL library card number and clicking on this link.
Please note that the remote version of LexisNexis Library Express does not provide any legal materials such as case law. The remote version contains the same news and business content as in the library. The available legal materials on LexisNexis Library Express are only available at library locations.
An Internet-based suite of information resources that enables in-depth business and financial research. If you are using Mergent Online in the library click here. If you are accessing from home click here and enter your Peoria Public Library card number.
Mergent WebReports is an online database that allows you to access a vast archive of corporate and industry related documents. WebReports contains more than 180,000 documents covering over 100 countries and industries from Mergent/Moody's Corporate Manuals raning back to 1909. Remote access to WebReports is now available for at home users.
Access to the Peoria Journal Star from 1991 to present.
Now also try America's Newspapers The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded.
An online reader's advisory tool that helps readers find fiction titles and authors they like.
We have upgraded to Novelist Plus in 2010. NoveList Plus for adults and NoveList K-8 Plus for youth and children. Now you can also find non-fiction books.
Use NoveList from home using your PPL library card!
From finding old friends and planning vacations to conducting market research and choosing a health care provider, this extensive database offers the information you need - in a fast, convenient format. Included are 20 million businesses, 100 million U.S. residents, 675,000 physicians and 180,000 dentists.
Peoria Public Library card holders may use ReferenceUSA from home using their Peoria Public Library card number.
Repair manual schematics for TVs, VCRs, Radios, etc. Check the index from any location, home or office. This database of schematics is only available at the Main St. downtown library location.
SIRS Researcher
A general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues. If you are using this in the library,click here . If you are using this at home, click here Either way enter IL1454H for the customer number and 61602 for the password.
The definitive online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snowblowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines.
Use your Peoria Public Library card number for at home use.
Something About The Author (SATA) ONLINE. SATA
Gale’s long-standing (1973) and RUSA award-winning biographical series devoted to children and young adult authors and illustrators.
An easy-to-use source for librarians, students and other researchers, each volume in this series provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 children's authors and artists. This critically acclaimed series covers more than 12,000 individuals, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries typically cover: personal life, career, writings, works in progress, adaptations, additional sources. A cumulative author index is included in each odd-numbered volume.
24/7 access to content from home
Easier to use than print
Maintains print experience
Click here for access to the SATA database (the opening screen will say Infotrac,) then use your Peoria Public Library card number as the ID number.
Value Line's flagship Investment Survey will be immediately familiar to anyone who has ever used the print edition of Value Line. The service includes full-page reports and analyst commentaries as well as Timeliness™ and Safety™ ranks on the approximately 1,700 stocks covered by The Value Line Investment Survey Standard Edition.
To try Value Line Investment Survey Online use the above link. Please enter the number 61602 followed by the 9 digits of your Peoria Public Library card. You do not need to enter the letter D.
Marquis Who's Who on the Web - Includes 1.4 million notable men and women from all fields of endeavor and from around the world. Also includes American History biographies. Who's Who in American Politics - Over 36,000 biographies of today's political leaders, including important figures from the last decade, local and national. Who's Who in American Art - Includes 14,000 of today's most notable artists, including notable artists from the 20th century. Who's Who in American History - Includes 130,000 of the most noteworthy and fascinating people from American history, since 1607.
Marquis Who's Who available at home now. Enter 61602 and the 9 digits of your Peoria Public Library Card number.
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