Online Resources at EML
Eldorado Memorial Public Library District residents can access any of the following online services FREE with, or in some cases without, a library card!
SHARE Catalog
Eldorado Memorial Library is a part of the Illinois Heartland Library System (IHLS) and SHARE. That membership allows EML cardholders to borrow resources that exist in hundreds of other member libraries. View your account, place holds, search for books, manage renewals, and more! You can even download our mobile app from the Illinois Library SHARE System page!
3M CloudLibrary
Log on to the 3M CloudLibrary using your library card number and PIN, and can check out digital books and audiobooks for free! The app is available for iOS and Android.
hoopla Digital
Instantly read, listen, and watch tons of exciting content for free, with your Eldorado Memorial Library card. With hoopla Digital, you can borrow eBooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, music, movies, and television shows at no charge! Sign up and find out more at hoopla Digital!
Mango Languages
Simple, interactive instruction to learn more than 70 languages, plus English as a Second Language (ESL) training for speakers of Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and more!
Educate Station
Educate Station is a great resource for pre-K through grade 5 curriculum, created by a team of experienced and passionate educators from across the United States. EML cardholders can access all of its resources at no cost.
ABC Mouse (Available Only Inside Eldorado Memorial Library)
With 9,000+ interactive books, educational games, puzzles, and other learning activities, ABCMouse.com's award-winning online curriculum is an invaluable for young learners (ages 2 - 8+). Please note: ABCMouse.com is available only inside Eldorado Memorial Library.
Heritage Quest
Search thousands of family and local history books and the complete U.S. Federal Census from 1790 to 1940. Census records can be searched by name, place of birth, age, ethnicity, and more.
EBSCO Auto Repair Source
Powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, Auto Repair Source provides library users with the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date “do-it-yourself” service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported cars, SUVs, vans and light trucks.
EBSCO LearningExpress
LearningExpress Library is an easy-to-use online test prep resource that helps people improve their core academic skills, earn a high school equivalency, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more.
EBSCO NoveList
Novelist is an electronic readers' advisory resource that assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles. It includes 90,000 full text reviews, over 36,000 subject headings and a complete spectrum of searching options, including searching by title, by author or simply by describing pertinent plot details.
EBSCO Explora
Explora has an easy-to-use graphical search page and offers research tools including Business Source complete, Columbia Encyclopedia; Consumer Health Complete; Health Source – Consumer Edition, MasterFILE Elite, and Newspaper Source. The simple search is user-friendly; the advanced search lets you explore the individual databases more precisely.
DMV Practice Tests
Eldorado Memorial Library partners with driving-tests.org to provide FREE practice DMV tests for Illinois driving exams, along with resources like practice manuals and FAQs!
Social Security Express
Your portal to SocialSecurity.gov! Many services of the Social Security Office are now available online through Social Security Express. Request a replacement Social Security Card, estimate your retirement benefits, apply for Medicare Benefits and much more!
Accelerated Reader Bookfinder
Use Accelerated Reader Bookfinder from Renaissance to search for books with a corresponding Renaissance Accelerated Reader 360 quiz. Then borrow those books from Eldorado Memorial Library or its SHARE lending partners using your library card!
Illinois Talking Book and Braille Service
Brought to you by the Library of Congress, the Talking Book and Braille Service provides a tax-supported audio and braille library via postage free U.S. mail and/or digital download to any U.S. resident who is unable to read standard print material due to a visual or physical disability.