Learning Resources

Search local, state, and national news sources for full-text articles. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S.

The world’s largest online collection of family history resources, millions of family trees and much more. Please note that this database is only available inside the Library.

A curated selection of primary sources for teaching and learning about the struggles and triumphs of Black Americans.

Access genealogies, histories, maps and atlases, military records, wills, cemetery records, US Federal Census Records from 1790 to 1930 and more.

A repository for the digital collections of the Illinois State Library as well as other libraries and cultural institutions in the State of Illinois.

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

Access the Library of Congress’ considerable digital resources. You will find collections of documents, photographs, and much more.

One of the finest local history and genealogy research libraries in downstate Illinois is located in Downtown Bloomington.

News articles and more from one of America's leading newspapers available as a 24-hour pass for residents of Normal.

Read today’s news or search the Pantagraph’s archives from 1990 to today. Full image editions available beginning May 2022. Includes news, obituaries, sports, headlines and more.