The Assisted Living Research Institute is an industry-leading research organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of older adults by compiling comprehensive research, the latest studies and real-world insight from experts, caregivers and seniors into easy-to-understand, actionable guides and resources. You will ll start in a dedicated section that provides extremely well detailed and thorough information for families and senior citizens in the State of Illinois.

Our library system, RAILS, has partnered with BiblioLabs to bring Normal Public Library patrons a library of e-books on the BiblioBoard platform. There is no limit on simultaneous use; items can be read by 1 or 100 patrons at the same time. This means no hold queues and no waiting for titles. 

Scholastic BookFlix is an online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. The engaging way to link fact and fiction, BookFlix reinforces early reading skills and introduces children to a world of knowledge and exploration.

Brainfuse HelpNow is America’s premier online homework help and tutoring provider offering a unique tutoring and study suite backed by an industry-leading academic team. This service is available to assist students of any age achieve success and includes live online help from 2 pm to 11 pm every day in English and Spanish.

Consumer Reports offers consumer news, reports on different products, recalls, safety information and much more.

Creativebug.com has more than 1,000 award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.

Whichever type of motor vehicle you wish to operate or knowledge tests you need to pass, Driving Tests offers handbooks and practice tests to help you out. The questions on the practice tests resemble those on the official knowledge tests, so you will learn what to expect.

EBSCOhost databases are the most-used, premium online information resources for tens of thousands of institutions worldwide, representing millions of end users.

The online guide to series fiction. Find lists of popular series, indexed by character, location, subject and more. 

FirstSearch is an online service that gives library and education professionals access to a rich collection of reference databases. FirstSearch also offers electronic access to more than 10 million full-text and full-image articles.

Normal Public Library patrons can download free MP3s to keep forever! Freegal offers thousands of songs and each patron can select 5 per week to download and keep. You will need your NPL PIN in order to log in to Freegal. Find out more about your PIN here.

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.

Bringing you thousands of movies, full music albums, audiobooks and more. Hoopla is a revolutionary digital service made possible by your local library. Borrow up to five items a month on your Normal Public Library card. Search for Bonus Borrows to find extra items that will be available until the end of April. These bonus borrows won't count toward your monthly borrows and are free for NPL to lend to you!

Includes archives collected by the Illinois State Library, Illinois Statewide Vital Records Databases and the Illinois Regional Archives Depositories.

Khan Academy is a free website that offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom, along with free tools for parents and teachers.

An online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more.

The Stevenson-Ives Library is one of the finest local history and genealogy research libraries in downstate Illinois. The Library contains more than 15,000 books and periodicals with a focus on McLean County and Central Illinois history and genealogy. The Library contains the collections of the McLean County Museum of History, the McLean County Genealogical Society and the Letitia Green Stevenson Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution.

We've pulled together some great online resources that you can access without a library card or login. 

While these were put together with kids, teens and families in mind, there should be something for everyone here. 

The New York Times offers news articles and more from one of America's leading newspapers.  Receive breaking news, in-depth investigations, and important information on a variety of topics.

If you are inside the library:
Click here to gain unlimited access to NYTimes.com while inside the library.

If you are outside the library:
Click here to redeem access to NYTimes.com for 72 hours.

Provides enhanced subject access to over 70,000 fiction titles and contains over 1,000 subject oriented booklists and complete lists for over 150 book awards.

Check out and download audiobooks and ebooks to your computer, tablet, e-reader or smartphone.

Read today’s news or search the Pantagraph’s archives from 1990 to today. Includes news, obituaries, sports, headlines and more.

RBdigital offers a wide array of audiobooks for the savvy reader and listener. RBdigital also offers resources including digital magazines, continuing education courses, test preparation, health and wellness, streaming movies and television. RBdigital is available 24 hours a day. 

Standard & Poor’s is the world’s foremost provider of independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research, data and valuations. Access industry surveys, stock reports, mutual fund reports, bond reports, corporation records and more through NetAdvantage.

Access information and advice on the stock market, the economy and approximately 1,700 stocks in 98 industries.

Use the great information available from World Book, but tailored to kids. This database uses simple navigation, colorful illustrations, activities for young students and more. Access World Book Online for Kids through World Book Online for Kids here and then click on Kids to get started.