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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Ultimate provides both popular and scholarly journal coverage and video clips for nearly all academic areas of study.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference provides reference materials like encyclopedias, atlases, and dictionaries to help you start your research.
U.S. Newsstream
U.S. Newsstream provides access to the top national and regional newspapers from 1980 to present.

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Journal Locator
Search for journals by title
Ebooks Help
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Research Guides
Help researching your subject
Citing Sources
A helpful guide to creating citations using a variety of formats
Illinois State Library Databases
Free databases for Illinois libraries

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