Digital Collections

• ArchiveGrid (FirstSearch)

  ArchiveGrid provides access to historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world. Subject strengths include History, Humanities, Art & Architecture, Social Sciences, and Genealogy.
  Lincolnwood Library cards holders who wish to access this resource from outside the library, please call the library's adult service desk for authorization.

• CAMIO -- Catalog of Art Museum Images Online (FirstSearch)

  CAMIO contains about 95,000 works of fine and decorative art from leading museums around the world. The content includes high-resolution images of photographs, paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings and watercolors, jewelry and costumes, textiles and architecture — plus audio, video and mixed media from. Difficult-to-find contemporary art is one of its strengths. Scope ranges from 3000 BC to the present. Content is rights-cleared for educational use.
  Lincolnwood Library cards holders who wish to access this resource from outside the library, please call the library's adult service desk for authorization.

• Digital Collections and Services (Library of Congress)
• Europeana

  Search millions of digital items provided by Europe's museums and galleries, archives, libraries and audio-visual organizations. Text can be read in a variety of European language. The site is funded by the European Union.

• Illinois Digital Archives
• Lincolnwood Library Local Historical Collection

  The library holds a small archival collection related to Lincolnwood's history. Please contact Adult Services to schedule an appointment for viewing the collection. Additionally, we are scanning portions of our archive as time permits.

• View Library's historical collection as a slide show.

   

• MyMediaMall

  MyMediaMall is a digital collection of ebooks, audiobooks, and videos that can be accessed from the comfort of your home 24/7. There are hundreds of titles to choose including fiction, non-fiction, youth and classics. These titles can be downloaded to your PC, PDA, MP3 and even burned to a CD. No need to worry over late fees, the titles are automatically returned when the loan period is over.

• National Potrait Galllery (Smithsonian Institution)
• OAlster (FirstSearch)

  Catalog of digital resources including digitized books and articles, audio files, images and movies. Select advanced search to limit search by resource type (text, image, audio, video, dataset).
  Once you have entered the FirstSearch site, click on Databases and select OAlster.