Research & Learn

Offering in-demand skills training via more than 16,000 online courses (some available in multiple languages), LinkedIn Learning is a great resource taught by real-world professionals (formerly called Lynda.com). Online tutorial are available.

Immerse yourself in everyday conversations via 70+ different language courses. Mango Languages also offers ESL courses to native speakers of 21 different languages. Mango is designed to equip users with conversational abilities from the very start, and is available as a mobile app for iPhone and Android! Online tutorials are available.

Find extensive information about more than 650 diseases and conditions from the National Institutes for Health and other trusted sources with MedLine Plus. Also available: lists of hospitals and physicians; a medical encyclopedia and dictionary; health information; information about prescription and nonprescription drugs; and links to thousands of clinical trials. This resource offers information in both English and Spanish.

We provide free online access to the New York Times with your Bloomington Library Card. Patrons inside the library can access the online version of the New York Times at any time. The New York Times is also accessible remotely via a digital pass that you can check out with your library card. 5,000 passes are available each day. When accessing this database offsite, you will need to receive and redeem a 24-hour code. Once that 24-hour period expires, you will need to sign in again to receive another 24-hour code.

This resource provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires, television & radio transcripts, and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources. Featured newspapers include St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Washington Post, USA Today, and more. With your library card from Bloomington Library, you can access Newspaper Source Plus for FREE. To login from outside the library, patrons will need to enter their library card number and PIN/password.

Focusing on book recommendations for young readers, NoveList K-8 Plus is great for finding your next read. Browse genres and find award winning literature that will keep young readers engaged. 

Find your next favorite book or author with NoveList Plus. Browse genres; find the newest popular titles for any age; and keep up with the latest publication information. Online tutorials are available. 

Bloomington Library offers multiple databases that offer a variety of access to The Pantagraph, a newspaper local to Bloomington, IL. Find full-text articles about local news, issues, events, people, images and more. Click View from Anywhere below to look through the different databases.

This award winning PreK-3 database for reading and research makes learning fun. The PebbleGo database helps improve reading and research skills while building on children's interests. 

Find full-text articles about news, issues, events, people and more as you search Peoria Journal Star archives from 1991 - today. Articles from 2019 are available with text and images. The 2006-2020 blogs are also available. Updated daily, the archive includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate and more.

The Post Amerikan was Bloomington-Normal's underground alternative newspaper published from 1972 to 2004, making its 32 years the longest continuous publication run for any underground newspaper in America. This historic newspaper is now available online due to a collaboration between the McLean County Museum of History, owner of an archive of nearly all the Post Amerikan's 32-year-run of issues, and EIU's Booth Library.

This highly specialized database of full-text electronic information offers a lot of resources for educators, librarians, and researchers. With your library card from Bloomington Library, you can access Professional Development Collection for FREE. To login from outside the library, patrons will need to enter their library card number and PIN/password.

Emphasizing the latest STEM thinking and Next Generation Science Standards, ScienceFlix is transforming the way students access science topics, acquire scientific knowledge, and build an abiding interest in science, technology, and engineering. 

This collection covers all aspects of starting and operating a business. Offering tools to help business owners understand human resources, management, marketing, taxes, and more this collection will help patrons write business plans and understand a wide variety of small business topics. With your library card from Bloomington Library, you can access Small Business Source for FREE. To login from outside the library, patrons will need to enter their library card number and PIN/password.

Offering detailed, user-friendly repair guides, this database provides information for a range of small engines including lawn mowers, motorcycles, generators, tractors, snowmobiles, and more. With your library card from Bloomington Library, you can access Small Engine Repair Source for FREE. To login from outside the library, patrons will need to enter their library card number and PIN/password.

Bloomington Library offers a lot of databases, and it can become overwhelming trying to find the exact database you need. To generally search through a wider variety of databases visit Explora, a search engine that goes through all the EBSCO databases Bloomington Library offers. With your library card from Bloomington Library, you can access Explora for FREE. To login from outside the library, patrons will need to enter their library card number and PIN/password.

Explore Springfield area history through local news, events, and people using the State Journal-Register Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles, and content only published online. 

TumbleBooks has over 1100 titles for grades K-6, and includes our unique animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, non fiction books and videos, curated playlists, as well as books in Spanish and French. Plus, the collection features Graphic Novels – a student favorite! Online tutorials are available.