Free-ebooks.net includes access to downloadable ebooks, from published and nonpublished authors. You will need to register for this site.

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.

DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. DOAJ is independent. All funding is via donations, 40% of which comes from sponsors and 60% from members and publisher members. All DOAJ services are free of charge including being indexed in DOAJ. All data is freely available.

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.

Udacity is geared towards those seeking out nanodegrees, however, they have numerous free courses which the link is directed to. The courses are generally in the engineering and technology arenas. 

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.