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).

Social Welfare: Fighting Poverty & Homelessness

Statistics and discussions of poverty in the US and its government policy.

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.

World of Astronomy

Encyclopedic information.

Physics World

Portal to all aspects of physics!

Geology Research

From the US Geological Survey.

Biology Corner

Biology information, textbooks, articles, lesson plans, and fun experiments.

Literary Movements for Students

Discusses such movements as Greek Drama, the Harlem Renaissance, Magic Realism and Transcendentalism.

EasyBib.com

Generates MLA, APA, or Chicago-formatted bibliographic reference and parenthetical citation.

History Reference Center

Full-text articles, biographies of historical figures, photos, and documents.

Gale Encyclopedia of World History: War

Discussion and analysis of each significant war and conflict worldwide.

USA.gov

User-friendly, comprehensive gateway to all federal government information.

Public Agenda Online

Up-to-date complex public policy issues in the news.

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.