Database Trials

From time to time the college library has the opportunity to provide the RVC community with trial access to scholarly information resources via the Internet. These trials are for a limited time, and for the purpose of allowing you to evaluate the database or service.

Try-It! Illinois 2021

Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White and the Illinois State Library are pleased to announce that Try-It! Illinois, the twenty-first annual statewide database trial, will be available October 1 through November 30.  Try-It! Illinois offers library staffs and patrons an excellent opportunity to survey and evaluate a wide variety of electronic resources.  Thanks to partnerships between the Illinois State Library and the participating electronic resource vendors, there is no charge for accessing these databases during Try-It! Illinois.

Please contact the RVC Library Reference Desk at (815)-921-4619 or by email RVC-libref@rockvalleycollege.edu or by chat to get the login and password.