MIT OpenCourseWare

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

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.

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.

Niche Academy

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

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.

Brainfuse Adult Learning Center

Career resources, including the ability to submit a resume for review.

Universal Class

Online courses on professional development, crafts, parenting, pet care, career training, finance, homeschooling, and more! Courses are self-paced. Completing a course with 70% or higher will earn a CEU Certificate.

Downtown Downers Grove Management Corporation

Creates a diverse retail, service, and residential environment in Downtown DG.  Focuses include tenant recruitment and the production and marketing of events.

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.

Worldcat

Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

Martindale

Search for lawyers by region or practice specialty.

Legal Information Reference Center

Legal forms and full text of Nolo books on popular legal topics.

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MasterFILE Complete

Full-text articles from 1,700 periodicals, 500 reference books, and 100,000 primary source documents. Includes reference, business, health, education, science, and multicultural issues and an image collection of photos, maps, and flags.

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).

Newspapers - Major US Daily News

Search Chicago Tribune 1849-current, The Wall Street Journal 1984-current, The Washington Post 1987-current, The New York Times 1980-current, and Los Angeles Times 1985-current full text at once. Or click Publications in the top menu to browse individual newspaper content.

Novelist K-8 Plus

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

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 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 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.

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.

Scholastic Go!

Animals, science, US states, and more. Grade articles and reference material, images, videos, and websites. For students in grade 2 to 8 with a search engine interface.

Science Flix

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

Articles on biology, chemistry, earth and space, environment, health and medicine, life science, physics, technology, and wildlife. Tutorial

TrueFlix

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

Tumble Book Library

Explore hundreds of animated, talking picture books that teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love.
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World Book in Spanish

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