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.
Mitchell Repair offers comprehensive auto repair information, estimating, and service information. This database is only available at the Main Library.
A catalog that allows users to search libraries throughout the entire state of Illinois. To obtain the authorization and password to use this database, please call Adult Services at 965-7606, option 2.
A worldwide catalog of all books, audiovisual, Internet resources, and other materials available. To obtain the authorization and password to use this database, please call Adult Services at 965-7606, option 2.
ABI Inform offers abstract and full text articles about business and management, both in the United States and Internationally. This database is only available at the library.
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.
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.
Over 1.1 million journal articles and reports in education. To obtain the authorization and password to use this database, please call Adult Services at 965-7606, option 2.
Helps users meet their educational goals by identifying scholarships, practicing tests on-line, and offering a database of thousands of colleges and graduate schools.
Includes encyclopedia entries, biographies, facts, and statistics from the Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. To obtain the authorization and password to use this database, please call Adult Services at 965-7606, option 2.
Clase and Periodica offers an index of Latin journals in the sciences and humanities. To obtain the authorization and password to use this database, please call Adult Services at 965-7606, option 2.
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.
A database that covers all areas of medicine, as well as veterinary medicine and health service administration. To obtain the authorization and password to use this database, please call Adult Services at 965-7606, option 2.
Includes encyclopedia entries, biographies, facts, and statistics from the Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. To obtain the authorization and password to use this database, please call Adult Services at 965-7606, option 2.
Index of articles from the contents pages of journals covering medicine, business, humanities, popular culture, science, technology, and social science. To obtain the authorization and password to use this database, please call Adult Services at 965-7606, option 2.
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.
An index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. To obtain the authorization and password to use this database, please call Adult Services at 965-7606, option 2.
Abstracts from general and academic journals on subjects including business, economics, literature, psychology, religion, and women’s studies. To obtain the authorization and password to use this database, please call Adult Services at 965-7606, option 2.
An index of worldwide conference proceedings. To obtain the authorization and password to use this database, please call Adult Services at 965-7606, option 2.
Full text articles in the humanities, science, education, and business. To obtain the authorization and password to use this database, please call Adult Services at 965-7606, option 2.
Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments. To obtain the authorization and password to use this database, please call Adult Services at 965-7606, option 2.
Newspaper Abstracts includes news, reviews, editorials, editorial cartoons, commentaries from over 50 U.S. newspapers. This database is only available at the library.
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.
PsycFirst
Information on psychology and how psychology is applied to various other fields. This database is only available at the library.
Contains information on worldwide scientific, social, economic, political issues.To obtain the authorization and password to use this database, please call Adult Services at 965-7606, option 2.
