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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.

Experiment Central: Understanding Scientific Principles Through Projects

For grades 5 – 8.

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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Illinois Career Information System

Develops local, state and national labor market information for businesses, educators, government agencies, researchers, and students. We are also home to the Illinois Career Resource Network which provides career development tools for everyone from elementary school students to adult job seekers and second career seniors.

Illinois Court Help

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.

Illinois State Archives

Statewide Death Index Pre-1916 – 1950, Marriage Index 1763 – 1900, and Illinois Veterans Index.

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences

Highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features new articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.