Databases -- A-Z Listing
You can access most of these resources outside the library by entering your Homewood Library bar code number and using your last name as the password. Please call us at 708-798-0121 x 216 for help choosing or using these databases.
This symbol after a resource means you'll need to call us at 708-798-0121 x 216 and we'll tell you how to log in.
Paper due tomorrow? No Library card? Get a temporary number to use eResources.
If you prefer, you can choose databases by subject.
Choose a database by name alphabetically:
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
America's Obituaries & Death Notices [part Newsbank]
Ancestry Library Edition [In-Library use only]
Biography Resource Center + Lives & Perspectives
Business and Company Resource Center
Chicagoland Newspapers [part of Newsbank]
Communications and Mass Media Collection
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online for Kids ![]()
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Reference Center
Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
ERIC [part of First Search -- Illinois residents only] ![]()
Fine Arts and Music Collection
FirstSearch -- OCLC [Illinois residents only] ![]()
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues Collection
Health and Wellness Resource Center
HeritageQuest Online [Login: Homewood card barcode]
History Resource Center: World
Hospitality, Tourism, and Leisure Collection
Information Science and Technology Collection
Insurance and Liability Collection
Learning Express Library [log in?]
MEDLINE [part of First Search -- Illinois residents only] ![]()
Military and Intelligence Collection
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Overdrive [Media on Demand]
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Small Business Resource Center
Student Resource Center – Gold
Vocations, Careers and Technical Education Collection
World Book Online Reference Center
World Book Spanish Language Encyclopedia
WorldCat [part of First Search -- Illinois residents only] ![]()
As a New User, register using your Homewood Library
card barcode number. Then create an account using your barcode number as your
username and select a password of your choice.
As a Returning User, use this account information to login to continue
where you left off.
Mon-Thurs 9 - 9 | Fri-Sat 9 - 5 | Sun 1 - 5
If you are doing research in the Chicagoland area, the South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society (