Databases

Databases

Lemont Public Library subscribes to the following databases. To access remotely, you will be prompted to enter your 14 digit Lemont Library card number. Due to licensing restrictions, some database services are limited to in-library use only (as indicated below). Business & Finance Starting a business? Looking to invest? The Lemont Public Library provides several tools to help your business grow.

• Business Source Premier - Full text articles for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles.
• Investor's Business Daily - The digital version of the weekly newspaper. Discover stock lists, ETFs, and much more. (In library use only, see reference librarian for access).
• Public Records - Compiles public information from Will, Cook and surrounding counties and includes new homeowners and mortgages, new business licenses and incorporations, tax liens, tax sales for property, and foreclosures and bankruptcies.  Use this link at home
• Regional Business News  - Coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States

Databases

Lemont Public Library subscribes to the following databases. To access remotely, you will be prompted to enter your 14 digit Lemont Library card number. Consumer Information

• Chicago Consumer's Checkbook - Online edition of the popular magazine. In library use only, ask a Reference Librarian for login information. 
• Consumer Health Complete  - Resource for consumer-oriented health content, including medical reference works, drug information, and instructional videos.
• Consumer Reports  - In addition to product ratings and reviews, users will find in-depth advice, tips and trends written by Consumer Reports experts.

Overdrive and Libby

Overdrive has eBooks, eAudiobooks and digital magazines. Libby is the app to read/listen to Overdrive materials on your smart device.

You can sign in by selecting Lemont Public Library as your library, and entering your library card barcode and PIN.

Overdrive items can be checked out for 7, 14 or 21 days. They will automatically return themselves at the end of whichever loan period you select, you don't need to do anything. There are no renewals, if the item is available you can simply check it out again.

Some Overdrive items are compatible with Kindle. These items will says "Kindle Books" under Formats on the item page.

If you want to use Overdrive on a smartphone or tablet, use the Libby by Overdrive app in the App Store (iPhone/iPad) or Google Play Store (Android phones/tablets). Otherwise you can still use the Overdrive app on Kindle Fires.

Hoopla

Hoopla has eBooks, eAudiobooks, music, movies, television shows and comics.

You must register with Hoopla with an email address and password, as well as authenticating your library barcode and PIN.

You have a limited number of credits on Hoopla per month. These credits do not roll over from month to month.

Hoopla items will return themselves at the end of their loan period. You do not need to do anything to return them.

If you want to use Hoopla on a smartphone or tablet, go to the App Store or the Play Store and get the Libby App.

• Pinnacle Online Catalog - Access to the print and AV collections of the Pinnacle Library Cooperative - Lemont, White Oak, Joliet, Plainfield, Shorewood and Fountaindale libraries. Search here for books, audiobooks, music CDs, DVDs, magazines and more.
• Novelist Plus - Novelist Plus is a database of books centered around finding new reads. It breaks books down into appeal terms which allow you to search for other books that incorporate similar elements and has built-in read-a-like recommendations for many titles and authors. It also has regularly made recommendation lists.
• Novelist K-8 - Novelist K-8 is Novelist Plus, but geared toward kids and teens.
• WorldCat - Find what you want in a library near you with WorldCat, a global catalog of library collections.
• Book Recommendations - Sign up for Book Recommendations based on your interests

Databases

Lemont Public Library subscribes to the following databases. To access remotely, you will be prompted to enter your 14 digit Lemont Library card number. Due to licensing restrictions, some database services are limited to in-library use only (as indicated below). Family History and Genealogy

• Ancestry Library Edition  - In Library Use Only
• Heritage Quest

Databases

Lemont Public Library subscribes to the following databases. To access remotely, you will be prompted to enter your 14 digit Lemont Library card number. 

• Explora - Full text for nearly 1,700 magazines and journals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975.
• Ebscohost - Aggregate search that returns results from more than 40 databases
• Regional Business News  - Coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States

• Explora for grades K-5 - Full text for nearly 1,700 magazines and journals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975.
• Explora for grades 6-12 - Full text for nearly 1,700 magazines and journals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975.
• Primary Search - Primary Search is a full-text database of carefully curated content for elementary school libraries. It includes full text for the most popular children's magazines, e-books, and easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids.

Lemont Public Library subscribes to the following databases. To access remotely, you will be prompted to enter your 14 digit Lemont Library card number. 

• Chicago Community Coverage - Explore Chicago history through local news, events and people with Chicago Community Coverage. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
• Chicago Sun Times - Explore Chicago history through local news, events and people with the Chicago Sun-Times Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
• Daily Southtown Collection - Explore south suburban history through local news, events and people with the Daily Southtown Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
• Lemont Suburban Life - Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of Lemont Suburban Life. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.

Online, In-House Use Only (see Reference Librarian for access):

• Wall Street Journal
• Barron's
• New York Times
• Chicago Tribune

Lemont Public Library subscribes to the following databases. To access remotely, you will be prompted to enter your 14 digit Lemont Library card number. 

• Mango Languages - Mango Languages provides courses on over 70 languages, including Arabic, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and English. Its courses include sections on both listening and reading.