Middle Search Plus

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).

Primary Search

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.

Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations

History, politics, and geography of 193 countries. Includes maps, flags, and photos for grades 4 – 8.

TrueFlix

Offers info about science and social science content with videos, audio clips, images, and related websites.

Science Flix

Covers more than 30 subjects in all areas of science using video, articles, and interactive content including experiments.

PowerKnowledge Life Science

Interactive source with reliable information for grades 3-6. A DGPL library card is required when accessing this database in the library or offsite.

PowerKnowledge Earth and Space

Interactive source with reliable information for grades 3-6. A DGPL library card is required when accessing this database in the library or offsite.

PowerKnowledge Physical Science

Interactive source with reliable information for grades 3-6. A DGPL library card is required when accessing this database in the library or offsite.

Explora for Primary Schools

Research tool for grades K – 5.

Novelist K-8

Find good reads for kids by searching age, subject, plot summary, and more.

Explora Educator’s Edition

Resources for educators.

Brainfuse HelpNow

Live homework help from tutors 7 days a week, from 2:00–11:00 p.m.

World Book Online

Global information and current events.

World Book in Spanish

Easy-to-read articles from the latest edition of Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos. Good for grades 3 – adults.

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College of DuPage

Resources for Adult Basic Education, General Educational Development, and English as a Second Language.

Creativebug

Creativebug is an all ages crafting resource with video tutorials on everything from knitting and crocheting to art and design for crafters of all experience levels. There are also downloadable patterns, templates, and recipes at your fingertips.
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GCFGlobal

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.

LinkedIn Learning

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.
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Literacy DuPage

Provides customized, learner-centered English instruction and conversation groups for adults.

MIT OpenCourseWare

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

Online tutorials covering a wide range of topics. New titles added monthly.

People's Resource Center

Classes and tutoring for adults learning English, studying for GED or citizenship exams, and conversation groups for ESL students at various locations in DuPage County.

TEACH

ESL and basic skills tutoring.