Use your Batavia Public Library card to do research 24 hours a day!
If you are logging in from outside of the library, after you click on the name of the database you would like to search:
• In the "Library Card Number" box, type the barcode number located on the back of your Batavia Public Library card,
without the spaces.
• In the "PIN" box, type your PIN. (Unless you have changed your PIN, it is the word changeme).
• Click the Submit button.
General
General Reference Center - Index of magazine and journal articles in a variety of subject areas. Some full-text.
Student Resources in Context - Index of reference book, magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles in a variety of subject areas. Also includes images and primary sources. Some full-text.
Live Homework Help® - Powered by Tutor.com Students in grades K–12 can connect with online tutors for live, one-to-one help in math, science, English, and social studies. Tutors are available from 2 p.m. – 9 p.m., seven days a week. Available to Batavia Public Library cardholders and students of Batavia Public Schools. To access this service, type either your Batavia Public Library card number or the special Tutor.com password. Eligible users may call the Batavia Public Library reference desk at (630) 879-4777 to request the password. Live Homework Help powered by Tutor.com is co-sponsored by the Batavia Public Library and Batavia Public School District 101.
Mobile app available.
Tutores en linea gratis, disponibles en español en matemáticas, ciencias, y estudios sociales, de 2 p.m. a 9 p.m., siete días a la semana.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Gale Virtual Reference Library – Full text of over 300 reference books in a variety of subject areas, including history, literature, science, business, and social science. Search the full text of all of these sources at once.
Galenet/Infotrac - Lists several indexes of magazine and journal articles in a variety of subject areas.
FirstSearch - Lists several indexes of magazine and journal articles in a variety of subject areas, and links to the OCLC WorldCat library catalog.
ArticleFirst - Index of articles from the contents pages of journals. Some full-text.
America's News Magazines - Index of magazine articles about news, business, entertainment, science and technology, lifestyle, and sports. Full-text.
ClasePeriódica - Index of Spanish-language Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. Some full-text.
ECO - Index of academic journal articles.
World Almanac - Full-text articles from The World Almanac and Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia.
Antiques
Price It! Antiques & Collectibles – Search or browse to identify, research, and see price information about antiques and collectibles.
Auto Repair
ChiltonLibrary - Repair manual for most popular domestic and import cars, SUVs, and light trucks from 1940 through last year’s model year. Continuously updated features include diagnostics, repair, “trouble codes,” wiring diagrams, recalls / bulletins, and maintenance schedules.
Business
Business and Company ASAP - Company profiles and an index to business magazines. Some full-text.
ReferenceUSA - Look up companies by name, industry, or location.
Business Index ASAP - Index to business magazines. Some full-text.
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Education
ERIC - Index of articles and reports in education. Some full-text.
Live Homework Help® - Powered by Tutor.com Students in grades 4–12 can connect with online tutors for live, one-to-one help in math, science, English, and social studies. Tutors are available from 2 p.m. – 9 p.m., seven days a week. Available to Batavia Public Library cardholders and students of Batavia Public Schools. To access this service, type either your Batavia Public Library card number or the special Tutor.com password. Eligible users may call the Batavia Public Library reference desk at (630) 879-4777 to request the password. Live Homework Help powered by Tutor.com is co-sponsored by the Batavia Public Library and Batavia Public School District 101.
Mobile app available.
Tutores en linea gratis, disponibles en español en Matemáticas y Ciencia, domingo a jueves de 2 p.m. a 9 p.m.
Testing & Education Reference Center – Provides over 300 practice tests (including the ACT, SAT, GED, GRE, AP placement exams, and various career-related exams). Also provides information about scholarships and colleges.
Español
ClasePeriódica - Índice de revistas latinoamericanas de ciencias y humanidades.
Genealogy
America's Obituaries & Death Notices - Search for recent obituaries and death notices in over 400 U.S. newspapers, listed by state when you click on a map. Search by name of deceased, date or date range, locality, and text terms such as occupation or school or church. Some newspapers are indexed only for the most recent two to five years; others since the 1980s; and the Chicago Tribune since 1860. New entries added daily.
Ancestry Library Edition - Search census, vital, church, court, and immigration records for the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as records from Canada and other areas. This collection includes more than 4000 databases and 1.5 billion names. Available for in-library use only.
Chicago Tribune (Historical) - Page images of the Chicago Tribune from 1849 to 1986, as well as a timeline, popular topics, and “This Day in History” features. Full text. Available due to a grant from the Friends of the Batavia Public Library
HeritageQuest - Search all U.S. federal censuses from 1790 to 1930, local histories, and family genealogies.
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Health and Medicine
Health and Wellness Resource Center - Medical and health information from journals, and pamphlets.
Health Reference Center Academic - Medical and health information from journals, reference books, and pamphlets. Some full-text.
MEDLINE - Index of articles from medical journals.
Language
Mango Languages - An online language-learning system that teaches conversation skills for over 30 different languages, including English.
Library Catalogs
Batavia Public Library Catalog
WorldCat - OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide (with an emphasis on U.S. libraries).
IllinoisCatalog - OCLC catalog of books and other materials in Illinois libraries.
GPO (Government Printing Office) - Index of U.S. government publications.
Other Libraries - Links to other area library catalogs.
Literary Criticism
Student Resources in Context - Literary criticism from reference books, magazines, and journals. Some full-text.
Newspaper Articles
Chicago Tribune - Index of Chicago Tribune articles from 1985 to the present. Full-text.
Chicago Tribune (Historical) - Page images of the Chicago Tribune from 1849 to 1986, as well as a timeline, popular topics, and “This Day in History” features. Full text. Available due to a grant from the Friends of the Batavia Public Library
Daily Herald - Index of Daily Herald articles from 1995 to the present. Full-text.
General Reference Center - Index of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service. Some full-text.
Chicago Area News - Search several Chicago area newspapers simultaneously.
Reading Suggestions
NoveList Plus - Find fiction and nonfiction books similar to your favorites! NoveList Plus provides information about more than 150,000 fiction and 50,000 nonfiction books. It offers book discussion guides, author read-alikes, lists of award winners, series information, and various ways to search for books.
Novelist K-8 Plus - Has much of the same functionality as regular Novelist, with a kid-friendly interface.
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Reference Books
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Gale Virtual Reference Library – Full text of over 300 reference books in a variety of subject areas, including history, literature, science, business, and social science. Search the full text of all of these sources at once.
Telephone Directory
ReferenceUSA - Search yellow page and white page listings for companies and individuals throughout the United States.
Tutoring
Live Homework Help® - Powered by Tutor.com Students in grades K–12 can connect with online tutors for live, one-to-one help in math, science, English, and social studies. Tutors are available from 2 p.m. – 9 p.m., seven days a week. Available to Batavia Public Library cardholders and students of Batavia Public Schools. To access this service, type either your Batavia Public Library card number or the special Tutor.com password. Eligible users may call the Batavia Public Library reference desk at (630) 879-4777 to request the password. Live Homework Help powered by Tutor.com is co-sponsored by the Batavia Public Library and Batavia Public School District 101. Mobile app available.
Tutores en linea gratis, disponibles en español en matemáticas, ciencias, y estudios sociales, de 2 p.m. a 9 p.m., siete días a la semana.
Alphabetical List of Databases
America's News Magazines - Index of magazine articles about news, business, entertainment, science and technology, lifestyle, and sports. Full-text.
America's Obituaries & Death Notices - Search for recent obituaries and death notices in over 400 U.S. newspapers, listed by state when you click on a map. Search by name of deceased, date or date range, locality, and text terms such as occupation or school or church. Some newspapers are indexed only for the most recent two to five years; others since the 1980s; and the Chicago Tribune since 1860. New entries added daily.
Ancestry Library Edition - Search census, vital, church, court, and immigration records for the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as records from Canada and other areas. This collection includes more than 4000 databases and 1.5 billion names. Available for in-library use only.
ArticleFirst - Index of articles from the contents pages of journals. Some full-text.
Batavia Public Library Catalog
Business and Company ASAP - Company profiles and an index to business magazines. Some full-text.
Business Index ASAP - Index to business magazines. Some full-text.
Chicago Area News - Search several Chicago area newspapers simultaneously.
Chicago Tribune - Index of Chicago Tribune articles from 1985 to the present. Full-text.
Chicago Tribune (Historical) - Page images of the Chicago Tribune from 1849 to 1986, as well as a timeline, popular topics, and “This Day in History” features. Full text. Available due to a grant from the Friends of the Batavia Public Library
ChiltonLibrary - Repair manual for most popular domestic and import cars, SUVs, and light trucks from 1940 through last year’s model year. Continuously updated features include diagnostics, repair, “trouble codes,” wiring diagrams, recalls / bulletins, and maintenance schedules.
ClasePeriódica - Índice de revistas latinoamericanas de ciencias y humanidades. Index of Spanish-language Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. Some full-text.
Daily Herald - Index of Daily Herald articles from 1995 to the present. Full-text.
ECO - Index of academic journal articles.
ERIC - Index of articles and reports in education. Some full-text.
FirstSearch - Lists several indexes of magazine and journal articles in a variety of subject areas, and links to the OCLC WorldCat library catalog.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Gale Virtual Reference Library – Full text of over 300 reference books in a variety of subject areas, including history, literature, science, business, and social science. Search the full text of all of these sources at once.
Galenet/Infotrac - Lists several indexes of magazine and journal articles in a variety of subject areas.
General Reference Center - Index of magazine and journal articles in a variety of subject areas. Some full-text. Also: Index of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service. Some full-text.
GPO (Government Printing Office) - Index of U.S. government publications.
Top
Health and Wellness Resource Center - Medical and health information from journals, reference books, and pamphlets. Some full-text.
Health Reference Center Academic - Medical and health information from journals, reference books, and pamphlets. Some full-text.
HeritageQuest - Search all U.S. federal censuses from 1790 to 1930, local histories, and family genealogies.
IllinoisCatalog - OCLC catalog of books and other materials in Illinois libraries.
Live Homework Help® - Powered by Tutor.com Students in grades 4–12 can connect with online tutors for live, one-to-one help in math, science, English, and social studies. Tutors are available from 2 p.m. – 9 p.m., seven days a week. Available to Batavia Public Library cardholders and students of Batavia Public Schools. To access this service, type either your Batavia Public Library card number or the special Tutor.com password. Eligible users may call the Batavia Public Library reference desk at (630) 879-4777 to request the password. Live Homework Help powered by Tutor.com is co-sponsored by the Batavia Public Library and Batavia Public School District 101. Mobile app available.
Tutores en linea gratis, disponibles en español en Matemáticas y Ciencia, domingo a jueves de 2 p.m. a 9 p.m.
Mango Languages - An online language-learning system that teaches conversation skills for over 30 different languages, including English.
MEDLINE - Index of articles from medical journals.
NoveList Plus - Find fiction and nonfiction books similar to your favorites! NoveList Plus provides information about more than 150,000 fiction and 50,000 nonfiction books. It offers book discussion guides, author read-alikes, lists of award winners, series information, and various ways to search for books.
Novelist K-8 Plus - Has much of the same functionality as regular Novelist, with a kid-friendly interface.
Other Libraries - Links to other area library catalogs.
PapersFirst - Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.
Price It! Antiques & Collectibles – Search or browse to identify, research, and see price information about antiques and collectibles.
Proceedings - An index of worldwide conference proceedings.
ReferenceUSA - Search yellow page and white page listings for companies and individuals throughout the United States. Look up companies by name, industry, or location.
Student Resources in Context - Index of reference book, magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles in a variety of subject areas. Also includes images and primary sources. Some full-text.
Testing & Education Reference Center – Provides over 300 practice tests (including the ACT, SAT, GED, GRE, AP placement exams, and various career-related exams). Also provides information about scholarships and colleges.
World Almanac - Full-text articles from The World Almanac and Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia.
WorldCat - OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide (with an emphasis on U.S. libraries).
WorldCat Dissertations - A database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat.