A-Z Resources

Young learners, ages 2 and up, can play and learn with 3,500+ interactive books, educational games, puzzles and other learning activities.

Biographies of more than half a million people from all periods of history and from every geographical region. Search for a specific person by name or use the Person Search to create lists of people based on nationality, ethnicity, occupation, gender or date of birth or death. Recommended for grades six and up.

Provides thousands of unique and reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography and Biography Today. In addition to keyword search, users can locate biographies by subject occupation, activity, nationality, gender, birthplace and more.

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Available in English and Spanish for early elementary through advanced college prep students. Practice tests (including ACT/SAT), a writing lab, video content and other resources are available 24/7. Recommended for grades two and up.

Information on countries and territories including customs, lifestyles and social conditions. Elementary school students, try the Kids Edition (which covers 78 countries), States Edition (which covers the 50 states) and Provinces Edition (which covers Canada’s 13 provinces and territories). Find recipes from all countries as well as biographies of famous citizens. Photographs are available for some countries.

Encyclopedia articles in Spanish for students in grades two through five.

Topic-based browsing of 6 EBSCO databases for elementary school-aged students.

Topic-based browsing of 5 EBSCO databases for middle school-aged students.

Find encyclopedia articles and book chapters on a variety of topics in art, health, history, music, religion, science and the social sciences.

Access five resources on specific aspects of history:

• African-American History Online
• American History Online
• American Indian History Online
• Ancient and Medieval History Online
• Modern World History Online

Search all five at once or browse them individually. Each includes articles from reference works, primary sources, biographies, timelines, images, and maps, charts and tables. Recommended for grades six and up.

Overviews of current public policy issues and other controversial topics. This resource is great for students working on persuasive essays or debates, or anyone wanting authoritative background information on the issues making today’s headlines.

Videos and practice exercises to help with math, science, history and more.

Articles from magazines for elementary school students.

Learn a new language. For ages 3 through 6.

Lessons in 70+ languages, including English.

Look up a fiction or nonfiction book you like and find others similar to it..

Emmy-Award winning Project Rainbow seeks to impact the lives of every family and child in Cook County through learning initiatives, relevant resources and immersive experiences — "we pave the path for curious minds to dream bigger and strive for a future without limits." By curating and creating free early childhood and family oriented educational programming Cook County’s first-ever mobile app provides a gateway to Chicago’s world-class institutions.

Encyclopedia articles, definitions, charts and illustrations, experiments, biographies and timelines. Recommended for grades six and up.

Contains full-text, science-oriented content geared for students' research needs. Recommended for grades six and up.

Short, easy-to-read introductions to thousands of topics as well as maps, pictures, games, word definitions and more. Recommended for grades two through five.

More than 40,000 encyclopedia articles, as well as an online atlas, online dictionary, research tools and more. Recommended for grades three and up.