The library will close at 5pm on Wednesday, July 3, and remain closed all day on Thursday, July 4. Regular hours will resume on Friday, July 5, at 9am.
Brainfuse
Brainfuse provides one-on-one tutoring for students grades K-12, ACT/SAT practice tests, as well as ESL resources and citizenship study aids for adults.
Britannica Library Children
Britannica Library Children is Encyclopedia Britannica's general research product for elementary and middle school students.
CLCD: Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
Creativebug
Creativebug offers art and craft video tutorials taught by recognized design experts and artists.
CultureGrams
CultureGrams is a student reference for concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on the countries of the world.
Digital Library of Illinois
Use DLIL, or the Libby app, to download Overdrive ebooks, eaudiobooks, and magazines to your personal devices. Kindle books are also available.
Facts on File
Facts On File is an award-winning publisher of print and online reference materials for the school and library market.
Gale eBooks
Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Gale General OneFile
Hoopla Digital
Hoopla digital media service allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics, and TV shows to enjoy on your personal devices.
Issues and Controversies
Issues & Controversies explores contrasting perspectives on hot-button topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.
Kanopy
Kanopy offers streaming films for all ages, including acclaimed independent films, educational content from The Great Courses and PBS, and classic films from The Criterion Collection.
Mango Languages
Mango Languages offers dozens of language courses, plus English lessons in many languages and specialty courses that teach cultural differences.
Novelist K-8 Plus
Novelist K-8 offers suggested reading lists, book reviews, discussion guides, and other tools for primary and middle grade readers.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language.
PebbleGo
PebbleGo is an encyclopedia designed for grades 1 to 3, with built-in literacy supports. Subjects include Animals, Biographies, Social Studies, and Science.
PebbleGo Next
PebbleGo Next is an encyclopedia designed for grades 3 to 5, with built-in literacy supports. Subjects include American Indian History, Science, and U.S. States.
Read It!
Read It! is designed to support learners who are developing English language proficiency and need adapted reading material for many subjects.
Scholastic Teachables
Scholastic Teachables is an online database of tens of thousands of searchable and printable educational materials.
Today's Science
Today’s Science bridges the gap between the science taught in class and real-world discoveries—giving in-depth explanations of important advances in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology.
Tumblebooks
TumbleBook Library offers over 1100 titles for grades K-6, including animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, National Geographic videos, nonfiction books, and books in Spanish and French.
World Almanac for Kids
The World Almanac for Kids offers illustrated articles, videos, interactive content, and homework aids, helping children explore age-appropriate subjects while developing online research skills.
World Book Kids
World Book Kids offers image-based navigation, easy‐to‐read articles, and thousands of illustrations, plus engaging games, science projects, and activities. For grades K+.
World Book Student
World Book Student provides access to encyclopedia articles, multimedia files, interactive maps, biographies, research tools, and more. For grades 5+.
World Book Timelines
World Book Timelines offers hundreds of timelines across eight broad topics, which cover various time periods in history or span the life of historical public figures.
World News Digest
A standard resource for information on U.S. and world events, World News Digest includes a complete searchable full-text archive, breaking news, and more.