E-Books, Audio Books, Music, TV, and Movies
cloudLibrary
cloudLibrary is a downloadable audio and digital book service available to all CPL cardholders. Read or listen on your mobile phone, tablet or e-reader using the cloudLibrary app. Check out up to 5 titles at one time for up to 21 days. When logging in, use Illinois Heartland Library System as your home library.
hoopla
With hoopla and a valid library card, patrons can borrow, stream, and download movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics, and TV on hoopla’s mobile app or website.
Check out up to 8 items per month. Patrons must register for an account first.
Kanopy
Kanopy is a video streaming service that provides instant access to thousands of critically acclaimed movies, documentaries and kids favorites. Download the Kanopy app and stream it on your device, computer, or SmartTV. Go to the CPL Kanopy site and enter your library card to register.
Newspapers and Magazines
The Southern Illinoisan Archives
Search the Southern Illinoisan archives from 1993-today. Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of the SI. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate and other sections.
Available from inside the library or elsewhere.
PressReader
With PressReader, you can access a large selection of newspapers and magazines from over 120 countries in over 60 languages.
Available from inside the library or elsewhere.
Click here for instructions on accessing PressReader from anywhere with your library card number.
If you are not in the library you will first need to authenticate your card number and then sign up or sign in to your free account.
America’s News
America’s News Find US news content from local, regional, and national sources. Access print and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos on topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities and people.
Available from from the library or elsewhere.
America’s News Magazines
Find full-text articles from popular magazines such as The Atlantic, Popular Science, Smithsonian, etc.
Available from inside the library or elsewhere.
Newspapers.com
Search the Illinois Collection Archive for news, birth, death and marriage notices, sports, comics and much more. Access archived newspapers from all over the state. Date ranges differ from newspaper to newspaper.
Available from inside the library or elsewhere.
U.S. Major Dailies
Access the 5 most respected US newspapers: Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & Washington Post. Coverage from 1985-today.
Available from inside the library or elsewhere.
General Research
EBSCO Databases **NEW STATEWIDE RESOURCE**
Includes a broad suite of statewide e-resources provided by the Illinois State Library and Illinois Secretary of State. Topics range from car repair to legal resources, from health information to peer reviewed articles for academic research, from home improvement information to study materials for college entrance exams, and much more.
General OneFile
Access newspapers, general reference materials and academic journals as well as images, audio files and videos to research a project or homework.
OCLC
This database can be accessed at the library only due to licensing restrictions.
Ask a librarian for the login and password.
- ABI/INFORM: Collection includes international coverage and provides researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world. Features business and economics full-text journals and periodicals, dissertations, conference, and working papers.
- ArticleFirst: An index of articles, some full-text, from magazines and scholarly journals.
- ERIC: A collection of journal articles and reports in education.
- Illinois Catalog: A catalog of books, manuscripts, websites and internet resources, maps, computer programs, musical scores, films and slides, newspapers, journals and magazines, sound recordings, articles, chapters, papers, and videotapes held by Illinois libraries.
- PerAbs: A database of periodical abstracts from general and academic journals, including many full-text articles. Also contains records for transcripts of significant segments of more than 80 news and lifestyle TV and radio programs.
- WilsonSelectPlus: Contains full-text articles in the sciences, humanities, education, business. Includes U.S. and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines.
- WorldCat: The world’s largest library catalog.
Education (K-5)
Educate Station
Weekly/Monthly Learning Plans and Worksheets • Pre-K through 5th Grade
English • Language Arts • Math • Science • Social Studies • Social and Emotional Learning
Available from inside the library or elsewhere.
Genealogy and History
African American Heritage
Search census records, vital records, freedman and slave records, church records and much more.
Available at the library only.
Ancestry Library
Unlock the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps and more.
Available at the library only.
HeritageQuest
Search census records, vital records, freedman and slave records, church records and much more.
Available from inside the library or elsewhere.
Grants
Candid’s Foundation Directory Online
Find funding for organizations and individuals with Candid’s Foundation Directory Online. This information can be used to help you locate sources of funding for your projects and find information on how companies and philanthropic organizations distribute funds.
Only available in the library.
GrantStation
GrantStation is available from in the library on your laptop or a library computer.