Databases & Research Help
Research Help
Talk with a Librarian now! Receive personalized 1:1 help from GBPL professionals- you can even schedule an appointment.
Phone: 847-429-4680
Text: 847-754-4599
Email: Email gbplweb@gailborden.info to get a response within 24 hours
In person: The Information Desk is located on the second floor of the Main Library
Everyone deserves to have access to trusted resources and information. When you visit us, you enter a judgement free zone where you will be greeted with a smile and receive a trusted answer.
For Students
Have a tough homework assignment and need some help getting started? In-person assistance is available in the Youth Center and in Studio 270 at the Main Library on Grove Avenue. Or, you can use your GBPL library card to access a variety of resources. Here are some to get you started:
Go to Tutor.com to get live help online in math, science, English, etc. from a professional tutor.
Tutors are available from 4-11PM daily.
Access a suite of World Book Online resources for all ages - including two Spanish language databases.
Search for articles from magazines and journals.
Search the contents of thousands of reference books.

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Databases
- ABCMouse.com Early Learning Academy
- Ancestry Library Edition - [Tutorial Available] Only available at the library
- ArkivDigital Only available at the library
- Auto Finance Resource
- Banco de Contenidos aulaPlaneta
- Business Insights: Global
- Chicago Tribune (1849-current)
- Chilton's Vehicle Repair Manuals - [Tutorial Available]
- Consumer Reports
- Courier News (1997-current)
- Culinary Arts
- Daily Herald (12/10/1992-current)
- Demographics Now
- Driving-Tests.org
- Elgin Newspaper & Vital Records Index
- Enciclopedia Esudiantil Hallazgos
- Entrepreneurship by Gale
- Gale: ALL RESOURCES
- Gale Courses
- Gardening & Horticulture
- General OneFile
- The Great Courses
- HeritageQuest Online - [Tutorial Available]
- Home Improvement
- Hospitality & Tourism
- Illinois Public Records
- In Context: High School
- In Context: Science
- In Context: U.S. History
- Legal Forms - [Tutorial Available]
- Mango Languages - [Tutorial Available]
- Niche Academy
- NoveList - [Tutorial Available]
- PebbleGo
- Peterson's Test Prep - [Tutorial Available]
- Reference eBooks - [Tutorial Available]
- Record Information Services
- Reference Solutions (Formerly Reference USA) - [Tutorial Available]
- Scholastic Teachables
- Scribner Writer Series
- Tutor.com - [Tutorial Available]
- Twayne's Author Series
- Value Line
- World Book Encyclopedia
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