The
majority of our databases can be used from your home computer, if you
have a Rockford Public Library card. To use the databases,
type in your library card number when prompted. The titles in
gray are only available for use at the library. The titles in
dark blue can be accessed from home, but need authorization and a
password. This is available by calling the Adult Services
Department at 965-7606, option 4.
A catalog
that allows users to search libraries throughout the entire state of
Illinois. *Login
using your library card number, then select this catalog from the
drop-down list.
A worldwide
catalog of all books, audiovisual, Internet resources, and other
materials available.*Login using your library card number, then
select this catalog from the drop-down list.
Contains
information on over 400,000 international and U.S. national, regional,
state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all
fields.
Bus
Dateline
Business
Dateline offers regional information to businesses about trends,
activities, and executives. This
database is only available at the library.
Bus
Industry
Business and
Industry offers facts, figures, and other information about
international public companies, private companies, and market
information. This
database is only available at the library.
Bus
Management
Business and
Management Practices including information on technology, business
plans, benchmarking, and corporate culture. This database is only available at the
library.
BusinessOrgs
Information
on business organizations and trade associations. This database is only
available at the library.
Consumer
Index
Information
on many different types of consumer products, including appliances,
automobiles, travel destinations, and others. This database is only
available at the library.
Disclosure
Disclosure
Corporate Snapshots offers information on companies publicly traded on
U.S. exchanges. This
database is only available at the library.
EconLit
Over 780,000
articles from 1969 to the present on economics. This database is only
available at the library.
Foundation
Directory
A database
which lists 80,000 grant makers and over 500,000 grants. This database is only
available at the library.
Illinois
Funding Source
Delivers
timely and accurate details on foundations and corporate
givers. This database is
only available at the library.
Searches index of newspapers and scholarly
articles. Finds articles on
particular subjects, by a particular person or in certain published
papers. Provides searches by date or range of dates.
Provides
information on over 13 million U.S. businesses and 120 million U.S.
households.
Value
Line
An
independent, objective investment database that offers information on
stocks, mutual funds, special situations, options, and
convertibles. This database is only
available at the library.
WorldScope
Offers
financial information on public companies worldwide. This database is only
available at the library.
Combining three rich databases to provide a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary resource that supports history, social studies, English, and language students, Daily Life Online moves seamlessly from past to present, providing context for contemporary life and culture.
Pop Culture
Universe: Icons | Idols | Ideas (PCU) is an authoritative, yet
irresistible, digital library of information on American and world
popular culture, past and present—in a package as dynamic as
the topic it covers.
Psyc
First
Information
on psychology and how psychology is applied to various other
fields. This database is only
available at the library.
Helps users
meet their educational goals by identifying scholarships, practicing
tests on-line, and offering a database of thousands of colleges and
graduate schools.
Pop Culture
Universe: Icons | Idols | Ideas (PCU) is an authoritative, yet
irresistible, digital library of information on American and world
popular culture, past and present—in a package as dynamic as
the topic it covers.
Includes
encyclopedia entries, biographies, facts, and statistics from the Funk
and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. *Login using your library card number, then
select this catalog from the drop-down list.
Clase and
Periodica offers an index of Latin journals in the sciences and
humanities. *Login using your library card number, then
select this catalog from the drop-down list.
The largest and most comprehensive
collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices.
Ancestry Plus
Search U.S.
Immigration records, birth records, marriage records, death records,
and U.S. Census records to find ancestors. This database is only
available at the library.
This database
covers a full range of health-related topics, such as aging, cancer,
diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, children's health, men
& women's health, etc.
Index of
articles from the contents pages of journals covering medicine,
business, humanities, popular culture, science, technology, and social
science.
*Login using your library card number, then
select this catalog from the drop-down list.
ECO
Electronic
Collections Online is a collection of scholarly journals, including
topics such as agriculture, history, literature, and
psychology. This
database is only available at the library.
Covers all types of U.S.
government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings,
debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by
executive departments.
*Login
using your library card number, then select this catalog from the
drop-down list.
Newspaper
Abstracts includes news, reviews, editorials, editorial cartoons,
commentaries from over 50 U.S. newspapers. This database is only available at the
library.
Newsbank
Click on icons
below to access news source
Offers electronic editions of local, regional and national newspapers, as well as articles from familiar magazines.
Search full-text articles from 1986-Current including local, state, national and international news, editorials, issues, events, sports, industries, cultural events, and other sections.
Search full-text articles from 1985-Current including local, state, national and international news, editorials, issues, events, sports, industries, cultural events, and other sections.
Search full-text articles from 1999-Current including local, state, national and international news, editorials, issues, events, sports, industries, cultural events, and other sections.
Search full-text articles from 2000-Current including local, state, national and international news, editorials, issues, events, sports, industries, cultural events, and other sections. Includes New York Times Book Review and New York Times Magazines
Arts and
Humanities Search allows users to locate articles on the arts and
humanities, as well as related social and science information. This
database is only available at the library.
Alt Press Index
Alternative
Press Index indexes journals which cover social, political, social, and
economic change. This
database is only available at the library.
Alt Press Index Archive
The Alternative
Press Index Archive allows users to find articles published from
1969-1990 on cultural, social, political, and economic
change. This database is
only available at the library.
CWI
Contemporary
Women’s Issues offers information about women’s
health and human rights issues from around the globe.This
database is only available at the library.
LISTA indexes,
coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging,
bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and
more.
Pop Culture
Universe: Icons | Idols | Ideas (PCU) is an authoritative, yet
irresistible, digital library of information on American and world
popular culture, past and present—in a package as dynamic as
the topic it covers.
PsycFirst
Information on
psychology and how psychology is applied to various other
fields. This database is only available at the
library.