Need a resource for Black History Month? This is an easy-to-use resource with biographies, major events coverage, primary sources, & maps.
Research Tools
Homework Hub
Reserve this special study room with your Oak Park Public Library card at the Children’s Services desk. Homework Hub is equipped with raised line paper; pencils with grips; tri-write pencils; a binder to be used as a slant writing board; workbooks for Kindergarten through fifth grade; workbooks for preschoolers; whiteboards and markers; calculators and protractors; rulers, glue, and scissors.
The Homework Hub computer is loaded with Boardmaker; Earobics; Lexia; Typing Instructor for Kids; Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome; and a switch adapter.
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Looking for information about an American Indian tribe or working on a Native American Heritage Month project? This is an easy-to-use resource with biographies, major events coverage, primary sources, & maps.
Start here to find out about people in other countries! Listen to the national anthem, look at pictures, and try recipes. Learn about each country’s history, customs, and government, and see what everyday life is like.
For elementary, middle and high school students. Covers the origins and rise of each civilization; the role of women; methods of warfare; daily life and customs; diet; housing; legal system; religion, and holidays.
For preschool and elementary school students. Offers narrated stories, provides leveled reading practice, and is a child’s first online encyclopedia!
What fun--you can listen to entries being read with an American, a British or an Australian accent! And you can listen to the entry being read quickly or slowly!
For elementary, middle and high school students. Find out about objects and ideas that have changed how we live today from the steam engine to the toothbrush. Corresponds to science and social studies curriculums.
Want to ace that test? Use these test preparation materials and interactive practice exams to get an A!
For middle and high school students. Allows students to explore environmental issues and current efforts to reduce human impact on the environment.
Offers 36 language courses (Pirate makes 37!) plus 15 English as a Second Language courses for ESL students. Good for tourists or beginners, provides easy interactive tools to reach conversational proficiency. They also offer a free app for iOS.
Download ebooks, audiobooks, music, and video for loan on your mobile device, or transfer to your supported ereader or music player.
For middle school students, contains full text for more than 150 popular magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Also contains biographies, photos, maps and flags.
A language program for children, Muzzy offers fun games, learning activities, and an unforgettable cast of characters.
Fiction and nonfiction book lists for children, award-winning titles, books by grade-level or Lexile score.
For elementary school kids looking for science information--or science fair help and ideas!
For kids, contains more than 80 popular elementary school magazines. Articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Also contains the American Heritage Children's Dictionary and thousands of photos, maps and flags.
For middle school and high school students, easy to read articles with a text-to-speech feature.
For both pre-school and elementary school students. Easy-to-read articles along with engaging images, illustrations, interactive games and activities.
For elementary and middle school students: articles, learning resources, and research tools.