Explore topics on Animals, the Environment, History, People and Cultures, Places, and Science and Technology.  For children ages 6-11.

Research and explore topics, news articles, magazines, and pictures for students in elementary school. An introductory database for young learners.

Hands-on lesson plans and worksheets for children in Grades K-5th.  Perfect for homeschoolers or for students looking for supplemental materials in English Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Emotional Learning, and Social Studies

Tens of millions of military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of individuals who served.

A comprehensive guide that helps you build and maintain well-rounded collections of nonfiction and fiction books.

The Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections are free to search, free to browse, and free to download.

From Microsoft Office and email, to reading, math, and more—GCFGlobal.org offers more than 200 topics, including more than 2,300 lessons, more than 2,000 videos, and more than 50 interactives and games, completely free.

Read and listen to thousands of animated picture books in over 70+ languages.

Resources to support middle school students, including biographies, magazines, primary source documents, photos, maps, and flags. Includes Sports Illustrated Kids, Scholastic News, National Geographic and dozens more. Articles include reading level indicators (Lexile).

Resources to support elementary school students, including encyclopedias specifically for kids, articles from children’s magazines including Highlights and Junior Scholastic, and a large image collection.

Find credible and updated information about prescription drugs including dosage, drug interactions, adverse reactions, and more.

MIT OpenCourseWare is a free and open collection of material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum.

Illinois Court Help connects you to the information you need to go to court. It’s a free service from the Illinois Courts. Including information on court forms, e-filing, finding your court, and getting legal help.

Renowned software training tool. Learn to retouch photos, design websites, record songs, create spreadsheets, animate 3D graphics, and more. Users must be ages 16+. Users must have a DGPL library card for in-library and remote access.