Glenview Public Library - Online Databases

Genealogy
Most of these databases can be accessed from home using your Glenview Public Library card number as prompted.
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America's Obituaries & Death Notices

A comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices in an interface that allows searching by name, date range, or text such as institutional name, social affiliation(s), geographic location(s), philanthropic activities, etc.

Ancestry Library Edition

Genealogy and local history research: digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 forward, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

Biography and Genealogy Master Index indexes biographical dictionaries and who's whos, subject encyclopedias, and literary criticism. It also acts More

as an index to other indexes. BGMI indexes only reference works containing multiple biographies; it does not index periodical articles or books of biography about a single individual.Hide

Biography in Context

The Biography in Context combines biographies from over 130 sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, More

Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, Contemporary Black Biography, Religious Leaders of America, International Dictionary of Art and Artists, and Writers Directory, with full-text biographical articles from more than 265 magazines.Hide

Chicago Sun Times

The Chicago Sun-Times covers politics and government on the local, state and national level with coverage from 1986 to present.

Chicago Tribune

Detailed indexing for The Chicago Tribune with coverage back to 1985.

Chicago Tribune Archive

Useful for finding obituaries and historical news stories in The Chicago Tribune newspaper archive from 1849-1984.

Daily Herald

The Daily Herald is the third largest newspaper in Illinois covering the communities: North West Cook County, DuPage, Lake, McHenry and Kane Counties and Fox Valley.

E-Journal Portal

Find specific online publications by title or by subject.

Glenview Announcements

Pioneer Press local newspaper for Glenview, IL.

Glenview Obituary Index

An index of obituaries in the Glenview Announcements, the Glenview Journal, The Glenview View, and other local sources. It is a work in progress. More

If you do not find the name you are researching, please contact the Reference Desk. Hide

Heritage Quest

Research materials for tracing family history and American culture for beginning or professional genealogists.

New York Times

The New York Times famous for its slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print." and recipient of numerous Pulitzer Prizes, provides national and foreign coverage from 1985 to present.

Newsbank: America's Newspapers

The electronic editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers including: the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, More

the Daily Herald, the Glenview Announcements, the New York Times, major metro Newspapers, and local newspapers throughout Illinois.Hide

OCLC FirstSearch

Find genealogy books at other libraries around the country and the world.

Proquest Newsstand

Detailed indexing to the following selection newspaper titles: USA TODAY, Los Angeles Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Barron's, More

The Boston Globe, The Guardian, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel, the Advocate and more.Hide

ReferenceUSA

An online telephone directory database used for residential and business listings nationwide.