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December 2025

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Thursday December 25

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Use the library catalog to search for both local holdings as well as holdings from other library branches.

To request items, renew materials, and more, visit your John A. Logan Library account. Please note that items requested from other branches will take a few days to ship.

Can’t find a title in the catalog? Try our eBook collections.

Still cant find it? Contact us and we’ll attempt to order it from outside of the Illinois Heartland Library System.

Academic Collections

Additional Resources

  • Cloud Library
    provides access to many popular fiction and non-fiction eBooks and audiobooks. Access is provided by the Illinois Heartland Library System. 
  • Project Gutenberg
    is a collection of free, public domain eBooks.
  • Librivox
    is a collection of free, public domain audiobooks.
  • Open Library
    provides access to 1.7 million scanned versions of books, and link to external sources like WorldCat and Amazon when available.

Full-Text access to academic journals, books, research papers, and other resources in various fields. If prompted, log in with your JALC email and password.

Frequently Used Databases

  • Academic Search Complete
    Full-text access to a wide range of academic journals, magazines, and other resources covering a variety of disciplines.
  • America’s News
    U.S. news content from local, regional, and national sources.
  • Opposing Viewpoints
    A wide range of articles, viewpoints, and information on controversial issues.

Notable Additions

  • History Reference Center
    Full-text journals, magazines, reference books, and primary source documents focusing on the past.
  • LearningExpress Library
    Learning tools, practice tests, and skill-building materials to help individuals improve their academic, professional, and life skills. It’s often used by people to prepare for various exams or certifications.
  • Legal Source
    Research materials on various subjects, including law, legal studies, and related fields.
  • Litbase
    Supports research of the most studied authors, poetry, fiction, plays, and creative nonfiction worldwide.
  • Points of View Reference Source
    An excellent resource that presents multiple sides of various issues.
  • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
    Research information focusing on psychology, behavioral sciences, and related disciplines.
  • Science Reference Source
    Specifically designed for accessing comprehensive scientific information.

Other Databases

  • AAS Historical Periodical Collection
    American historical periodicals made available through the American Antiquarian Society.
  • Alt HealthWatch
    A comprehensive database that focuses on alternative, complementary, and integrative medicine.
  • Auto Repair Source
    Repair information and schedules, diagrams, parts and labor estimates, service alerts, and recalls.
  • Biography Reference Source
    Thousands of unique and reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography and Biography Today.
  • Black Life in America
    The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, from 1704 to today.
  • Black Thought and Culture
    A landmark electronic collection of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders, and other figures.
  • Business Source Elite
    Full-text coverage of top business, management, and economics journals and periodicals.
  • CARLI Digital Collection
    Access to the digitized collections of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries of Illinois.
  • CINAHL Plus
    This contains many of the most used nursing & allied health journals.
  • Consumer Health Complete
    The leading database for consumer-oriented health content.
  • ERIC
    Journal articles, books, theses, curriculum guides, conference papers, standards, and guidelines on a wide range of education topics.
  • Ethnic Diversity Source
    A dedicated resource covering culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America.
  • Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
    Focused on nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.
  • Hispanic Life in America
    Coverage of the Hispanic American experience from the early 18th century to the present.
  • Hobbies and Crafts Source
    A DIY database of leading full-text hobby and craft magazines, hobby profiles, recipes and videos.
  • Home Improvement Source
    Step-by-step instructions for thousands of projects in the areas of plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical, and decorating.
  • Legal Information Source
    Thousands of legal forms by topic as well as most of the full text legal reference books provided through NOLO.
  • LGBTQ Plus Source
    The definitive database for LGBTQ+ studies.
  • Literary Reference Source Plus
    Thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems.
  • MasterFILE Complete
    Broad collection of popular full-text magazines and reference books.
  • Medline Plus
    A health information resource that is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world’s largest medical library.
    Military & Government Collection
    Full-text journals and periodicals pertaining to all branches of the military and government.
  • New York Times Archives
    Digital reproductions providing access to every issue since its founding in 1851.
  • Newspaper Source Plus
    Includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires, and news magazines.
  • NoveList
    Contains information on over 260,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles.
  • Regional Business News
    Business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces.
  • Religion & Philosophy Collection
    An essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.
  • Saskia Art Images Collection
    An archive that contains over 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture, and architecture.
  • Small Business Source
    Focuses on all aspects of starting and operating a business.
  • Small Engine Repair Source
    Repair guides for small engines including lawn mowers, motorcycles, tractors, and snowmobiles.
  • Time Magazine Archive
    Coverage dates include articles from 1923-2000.
  • Women and Social Movements 1600-2000
    Covers the history of women’s involvement in social, political, and cultural movements.

Online Video Resources:

  • American History in Video
    contains documentaries, commercial and governmental news reels, and archival footage, patrons can investigate the representation of historical events over time by viewing more than 5,000 titles.
  • Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video
    contains documentaries, training videos, and interviews illustrate the strategies, techniques, and experiences of professionals serving on the front lines of justice and public safety.
  • Current Affairs in Video
    is a streaming video resource for viewing issue-based documentaries ranging from immigration to globalization.
  • Dental Education in Video
    is a video encyclopedia of dentistry and dental technique, which provides hundreds of hours of demonstrations from American Dental Association-approved content partners, together with interviews and lectures, for students and faculty in dental surgery, medicine, oral hygiene, assisting, and nursing.
  • Filmakers Library Online
    is a collection of award-winning documentaries, points of view and historical and current experiences from diverse cultures and traditions world-wide are presented.
  • The March of Time
    is a restored online collection of Time, Inc. controversial newsreel series from 1935-1967.
  • Nursing Assessment in Video
    provides demonstrations and step-by-step instructions for performing physical assessments of patients.
  • Nursing Education in Video
    has been created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers. The videos presented in this collection have been created with the guidance of the Medcom-Trainex advisory board, and are regularly reviewed for accuracy, currency, and compliance with US Federal regulations from agencies such as OSHA and CMS.
  • TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
    video talks are used for promoting the TED organization’s one goal: to spread good ideas and to spark productive conversation in order to understand the world around us. Their collection of TED talks features experts from every discipline and culture to discuss their ideas within 18 minutes or less in order to build a free knowledge base and a curious community.

Open Educational Resources

Teaching, learning, and research materials that are freely available under an open license, that can be used, adapted, and redistributed at no cost. This would include open textbooks as well as other educational materials.

Frequently Used Collections

  • OER Commons
    OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.
  • Open Illinois
    Open Illinois facilitates the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) and supports training, advocacy, and coordination of cooperative effort for the benefit of members of Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) and other Illinois stakeholders.

Additional Resources

  • BC Open Course Collection
    The Open Course Collection is a curated selection of course materials developed by educators in British Columbia, that can be accessed for use in the classroom, in an institutional learning management system, or in other teaching and learning platforms.
  • InTech
    Read, share and download more than 6,000 peer-reviewed Open Access Science, Technology and Medicine books.
  • Merlot
    The  California State University Merlot collection provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
  • Milne Open Textbooks
    Milne Library Publishing at SUNY Geneseo manages and maintains Milne Open Textbooks, a catalog of open textbooks authored and peer-reviewed by SUNY faculty and staff.
  • Open Michigan
    A free collection of open educational resources from the University of Michigan. 
  • OpenStax
    Free and flexible textbooks and resources from Rice University.
  • Open Textbook Library
    University of Minnesota offers a catalog of open, peer-reviewed textbooks that can be downloaded for free.
  •  The World Digital Library
    This collection contains cultural heritage materials gathered during the World Digital Library (WDL) project, including thousands of items contributed by partner organizations worldwide as well as content from Library of Congress collections.

Resources by Subject

The Arts Books and Literature Children’s Literature Criminal Justice and Legal Information Government Health and Medical History and Genealogy Local Media Science Writing and Citation Assistance Other Links

The Arts

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Books and Literature

  • AR Bookfind
    A tool to search for children’s/ accelerated reader books.
  • Fantastic Fiction
    Bibliographies for over 50,000 authors with information on over 600,000 books.
  • Greek Mythology
    The #1 Greek Mythology website, online since 1997.
  • Luminarium
    Anthology of English Literature covering the Middle Ages to the 18th Century.
  • New York Times Books
    Find book reviews, essays, best-seller lists and news.
  • Open Library
    provides access to 1.7 million scanned versions of books
  • Page By Page Books
    Hundreds of classic books you can read right now, all absolutely free!
  • Poem Hunter
    Thousands of poems, quotes and poet information.
  • The Poet’s Corner
    An online collection that covers roughly 7,000 works by about 800 poets.
  • Project Gutenberg
    offers over 50,000 free ebooks.
  • Spark Notes
    Plot summaries, discussion, themes, motifs and symbols for famous works.

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Children’s Literature

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Criminal Justice and Legal Information

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Government

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Health and Medical

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History and Genealogy

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Local Media

  • Carbondale Times
    Published each Wednesday and Saturday.
  • Daily Egyptian
    The DE is the student-run newspaper for the SIUC community.
  • Daily Egyptian Collections at Morris Library
    PDFs of past issues of the Daily Egyptian are accessible and searchable through OpenSIUC.
  • Daily Republican
    Breaking news, sports, entertainment and obituaries from Marion.
  • Nightlife
    Local entertainment guide for Carbondale and surrounding region.
  • The Southern Illinoisan
    The local newspaper of record in southern Illinois.
  • The Southern Illinoisan Text Archives
    Text archives of past issues of the Southern Illinoisan are accessible and searchable through the Southern’s website.
  • KFVS TV
    CBS Network affiliate which serves more than 50 counties in four states.
  • WPSD TV
    NBC Network affiliate located in Paducah, Kentucky.
  • WSIL TV
    ABC Network affiliate serving southern Illinois, western Kentucky, and SE Missouri.
  • WSIU TV
    Public broadcasting that serves more than three million people across five states.
  • WDBX Radio
    91.1 FM Community radio station for southern Illinois.
  • WJPF Radio
    AM 1040/ AM 1340 news covering the region.
  • WSIU Radio
    91.9 FM National Public Radio affiliate.

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Science

  • Bio One
    Contains academic resources for biological, environmental and ecological sciences.
  • High Wire Press
    Largest archive of free full-text science journal articles.
  • NASA
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  • NOAA
    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  • Science Direct
    A full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters.
  • Science.gov
    Over 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information.
  • USGS
    U.S. Geological Survey site providing information about natural hazards.

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Writing and Citation Assistance

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Other Links

  • Digital Public Library of America
    Free access to America’s libraries, archives, and museums.
  • DOAJ
    Indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
  • FamousPeople.com
    Presents the lives of famous people throughout history.
  • Google Scholar
    Provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.
  • HowStuffWorks
    Unbiased, easy-to-understand answers and explanations of how things work.
  • Local Weather
    National Weather Service Office in Paducah, Kentucky.
  • Snopes
    The definitive source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

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