Resources

This comprehensive, multi-disciplinary resource offers peer-reviewed, full-text content covering a wide range of subjects, including adult education, higher education, public health, and more.

Learn more about Black Freedom through select primary source documents highlighting key people and events in African American history, curated by ProQuest.

For grades PreK - 3, this online literary resource helps early readers develop and practice essential reading skills, and introduces them to a world of knowledge and exploration.

Access a comprehensive collection of full-text magazines, reference books, videos, images, and more, covering nearly every subject area.

Access full-text articles, abstracts, and videos on thousands of subjects from scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and more, including 60,000 Associated Press videos.

Access full-text journals, magazines, reference books, and thousands of primary-source documents covering U.S. and world history from ancient civilizations to the 21st century.

Access EBSCO databases provided by the Illinois State Library and the Office of the Secretary of State.

This resource helps users build academic skills, pass a high school equivalency test, prepare for college, explore careers, join the military, study for occupational certification tests, become a U.S. citizen, and much more. 

This digital resource features over 8,000 picture books in more than 100 languages, each with English translations to support language learning and multilingual reading for kids. 

Access a wide range of popular full-text magazines and reference books covering topics such as business, health, education, science, leisure, and more. 

Designed for middle school students, this database provides magazines, reference books, thousands of biographies, and primary source documents on history, current events, science, sports, and more.

Explore one of five engaging modules with your child—Animals, Health, Science, Social Studies, and Biographies. Each module features narrated eBooks to help learners in grades PreK - 2 grasp new concepts.

Explore American Indian History, Biographies, Science, Social Studies, and U.S. States with your older child. Each article includes keywords linking to related topics and critical thinking questions to enhance comprehension.

Designed for elementary students, this database provides content from children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedia entries, and images, helping young learners explore topics such as animals, musicians, space exploration, and more. 

This online STEM resource for K - 5 students combines hands-on experiments with information on careers and current scientific topics.

For grades 3 - 5, this online literary resource helps early readers develop and practice essential reading skills, and introduces them to a world of knowledge and exploration.

Introduce your early readers to new subjects with World Book, featuring read-along articles, games, activities, and more. Designed for easy exploration of nonfiction topics, it's perfect for children in grades PreK - 2.

This is an excellent starting point for school projects, offering articles on Math, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts for students in grades 3 - 8.