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Art, Music & Movies
Auto, Home & Hobby
Biography
Books & Literature
- BookFlix – in the library
- BookFlix – outside the library
- Comics Plus
- hoopla
- Infobase Learning
- Literary Reference Center
- Media On Demand (eBooks)
- Middle Search Plus
- Novelist K-8 Plus
- Novelist Plus
- OCLC World Cat
- Points of View
- Popup Picks
- Primary Search
- Sam’s Technical Publishing
Business
- AtoZdatabases: Detail Profile on Any US Business or Person
- Business Source Premier
- Illinois Public Records (Inside the library)
- Illinois Public Records (Outside the library)
Encyclopedias & General Reference
- EBSCOhost Newswires
- EBSCO Main Menu
- EBSCO MasterFile Premier– (available through EBSCOhost)
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online
Health, Medicine & Science
History & Genealogy
- African-American Heritage – A digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research.
- African-American History Online
- Ancestry Library – (only available from in the library)
- Black Freedom Proquest
- Chicago Tribune Historical Newspapers
- Fold3
- Heritage Quest – Census images from 1790 to 1930, an index of 6,500 local history and genealogy periodicals, a database of Revolutionary War pension and bounty-land warrants, the full text of 25,000 local histories and family histories, and more.
- Historical Newspapers – Search the Chicago Daily Tribune and Chicago Tribune, Chicago Daily Defender, Atlanta Daily World and more.
- History Reference Center
- Illinois Public Records – in the library
- Illinois Public Records – outside the library
- Infobase Learning
Jobs & Careers
Law & Government
- Gale LegalForms
- Heritage Quest
- Illinois Public Records (from inside the library)
- Illinois Public Records (from outside the library)
- OCLC FirstSearch – GPO
- State of Illinois Compiled Statutes
- United States Code
- Village of Matteson Code of Ordinances
- Village of Matteson Budget
Magazines, Newspapers, & Journals
- Chicago Tribune Historical Newspapers
- Consumer Reports
- Newspaper Archive (ProQuest)
- Masterfile Premier
Homework Help
Test Preparation & Learning
A to Z List
- Academic Search Complete
- African-American Heritage
- African-American History Online
- Ancestry Library
- AtoZdatabases: Search Jobs, Businesses or Mailing Lists
- Auto Repair Source
- Biography Reference Bank
- BookFlix – in the library
- BookFlix – outside the library
- Brainfuse HelpNow
- Business Source Premier
- Chicago Tribune Historical Newspapers
- Comics Plus
- Consumer Health Complete
- Consumer Reports
- DMV Permit Practice Tests
- EBSCOhost Magazines, Newspapers
- EBSCO Main Menu
- Fold3
- Gale LegalForms
- Gale: Petersons Test and Career Prep
- Heritage Quest
- History Reference Center
- hoopla
- Illinois Public Records – in the library
- Illinois Public Records – outside the library
- Infobase Learning
- kanopy
- Literary Reference Center
- MasterFile Complete
- Media On Demand/ Overdrive (eBooks)
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online
- Middle Search Plus
- Newspaper Archive (Inside The Library)
- Newspaper Archive (Outside The Library)
- Niche Academy
- Novelist K-8 Plus
- Novelist Plus
- OCLC FirstSearch – call Adult Services for authorization and password
- OCLC World Cat
- Points of View
- Popup Picks
- Primary Search
- Public Library eBook Collection
- Sam’s Technical Publishing
- Science Reference Center