I am an Illinois librarian/library user and would like to access Try-It! Illinois. Please send me the login and password.
Welcome to Try-It! Illinois 2008, the ninth annual
statewide database trial, sponsored by Secretary of State and State Librarian
Jesse White and the Illinois State Library. Try-It! Illinois offers the staffs
and library users of the more than 5,000 ILLINET*
member libraries the opportunity to survey and evaluate a wide variety of
electronic resources. Thanks to the partnerships between the Illinois State
Library and the participating electronic resource vendors, there is no charge
for accessing these databases during Try-It! Illinois.
Libraries are encouraged to share the Try-It! Illinois login and password with
their library users, providing them the opportunity to use and recommend
electronic resources for possible purchase at the local level. Try-It! Illinois
users are also invited to suggest electronic resources for consideration in
E-RICH, the Illinois State Library's
electronic resource service.
Note: Do not post the Try-It! Illinois login and password on the Internet, on
Web sites or in publicly archived e-newsletters.
Illinois State Library electronic resource services include:
- Try-It! Illinois, the Illinois State Library's annual statewide database trial, October 1 through November 30. Try-It! Illinois is open to all Illinois library staffs and Illinois library users.
- E-R-XPO, the Illinois State Library's Electronic Resource XPO (vendor fair), will be held Thursday, December 4, 2008 at Schaumburg Township District Library, Schaumburg, Illinois.
- E-RICH, the Illinois State Library's Electronic Resource Service, features fully and partially subsidized offerings for FY2009. Point your web browser here for more information regarding E-RICH offerings, or contact Gwen Harrison (gharrison at ilsos.net) at 217.785.7334.
For more information about the Illinois State Library's electronic resource services, please contact us.
The Office of the Secretary of State/Illinois State Library makes no representations, guarantees, or warranties as to the accuracy, completeness, currency or suitability of the Try-It! Illinois electronic resource offerings. The Office of the Secretary of State/Illinois State Library specifically disclaims any and all liability for any claims or damages that may result from the use of electronic resources included in the Try-It! Illinois offering. The responsibility for content rests with the organizations that are providing the information. The inclusion of links from this site does not imply endorsement by the Office of the Secretary of State/Illinois State Library.
* Illinois Library and Information Network is the cooperative network of multi-type (academic, public, school, and special) libraries in Illinois. The Illinois State Library coordinates ILLINET. Membership is open to those libraries, which are members of one of the 10 regional library systems as defined by the Illinois Library System Act [75 ILCS 10]. ILLINET includes, but is not limited to, ILDS and ILLINET/OCLC Services. ** The request for individual Illinois ZIP codes conforms to the privacy policy for Find-It! Illinois, a service provided through the Office of the Secretary of State and State Librarian, Jesse White. Zip codes will be used for demographic information and are not connected to information about any individual participating in Try-It! Illinois.