Online Resources Available at the Lenhardt Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden: Useful Links

The Chicago Botanic Garden is a 385-acre living plant museum situated on nine islands in the Cook County Forest Preserves. It features 27 display gardens in four natural habitats: McDonald Woods, Dixon Prairie, Skokie River Corridor, and Lakes and Shores. The garden is open every day of the year.

One of the great treasures of the Chicago Botanic Garden is the Lenhardt Library.

Newly published books added in the last 90 days.

The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries, Inc. is a professional organization in the field of botanical and horticultural information services. Its purpose is to initiate and improve communication and coordinate activities and programs of mutual interest and benefit to its membership.

Horticulture Library Consortium e-books are available for check out to Chicago Botanic Garden Members only.

Search more than 200 leading titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

Global Plants is the world's largest database of digitized plant specimens and a locus for international scientific research and collaboration.

JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

A-Z List of Online Journal Subscriptions and Databases.

The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world.

The Language of Flowers genre is at the intersection of botany, horticulture, natural history, art, poetry, and women’s studies. This popular literary trend in the 19th century presented the world of botany through dictionaries of flowers and associated meanings, floral poetry, and prose, offering a sentimental view of natural history. A properly arranged bouquet was said to convey a “secret message” for the recipient. The “social media” of its day, this Victorian fad led to many editions of works published, with multiple titles by successful authors.

A collection of selected works created by women who made direct contributions to the study of Botany and Zoology either by way of authoring or editing works on the subject or by providing critical illustrations to support the works authored by someone else. This collection is by no means comprehensive.

Provides open access for the public to libraries, museums, & archival collections that preserve & share Chicagoland history, art, & culture.

A repository for the digital collections of the Illinois State Library as well as other libraries and cultural institutions in the State of Illinois.

Digital primary source materials contributed by archives, historical societies, libraries, and museums from the state of Illinois.

Linnaeus Link is a comprehensive international online union catalogue of Linnaean publications.

Find plant information and location within the Chicago Botanic Garden.

A Virtual Herbarium of the Chicago Region.

Inkie.org is a suite of resources - available to everyone in Illinois at no charge - that supports local authors with online creation and publishing tools and allows readers to access locally-produced content.

The Internet Archive offers over 15,000,000 freely downloadable books and texts. There is also a collection of 550,000 modern eBooks that may be borrowed by anyone with a free archive.org account.