Digital Resources

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Research Links

Links identified as “for use in the library only” are available through the library's wifi and on our public workstations.  

ALPLM Request System and Finding Aids

Aeon - Register as a Researcher

ALPL Online Catalog

ArchivesSpace

Boys in Blue

ALPLM Civil War Photograph Database PDF

Chronicling Illinois

Surname Index

White House Historical Association

3D Digital Collection

Newspapers / Serials

America's Historical Newspapers (For use in the library only)

America's News (Historical and Current) (For use in the library only)

Chicago Tribune (For use in the library only)

Community History Archive (Advantage)

Harper's Weekly Electronic Access (For use in the library only)

Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections (UIUC)

Lincoln Public Library Digital Newspaper Collections

Newspapers.com - Illinois Edition (For use in the library only)

Sangamo Journal/Illinois State Journal

The State Journal-Register (Historical and Current) (For use in the library only)

Research and Genealogy Databases

Ancestry Library Edition (For use in the library only)

Cambridge Core (For use in the library only)

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search

FirstSearch Login Screen (For use in the library only)

Fold3 by Ancestry (For use in the library only)

Heritage Hub (For use in the library only)

Heritage Quest Online (For use in the library only)

JSTOR (For use in the library only)

Illinois State Archives

Periodical Source Index (PERSI)

Sanborn Maps of Illinois (For use in the library only)

Lincoln

Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln

Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association

Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln Log

Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress

Papers of Abraham Lincoln Digital Library

Oral History

How to Interview Elderly Relatives for Genealogy Research

Social Links