Open Library provides a large scale catalog of books.

Manybooks provides 29,000 free ebooks.

The State Board of Elections is an independent state agency that was provided for by the 1970 Illinois Constitution to supervise the registration of voters and the administration of elections throughout the state.

Vote.org uses technology to simplify political engagement, increase voter turnout, and strengthen American democracy.

Inkie.org is a suite of self-publishing tools and resources. Through RAILS’ partnership with BiblioBoard, inkie.org is available to everyone in Illinois free, without the need of a library card.

Inkie.org has three main audiences – authors, readers, and libraries.

The Digital Collections page provides free access to historical collections.

NewsGuard uses journalism to fight false news, misinformation, and disinformation. Our trained analysts, who are experienced journalists, research online news brands to help readers and viewers know which ones are trying to do legitimate journalism—and which are not.

Open Yale Courses gives access to a selection of introductory courses taught at Yale. All recordings are available in video, audio, and text transcript formats.

OpenLearning offers free courses but also uses a social media workflow, built-in galleries, wikis, and blog pages to encourage collaborative learning.