A to Z World Food
Explore recipes and food culture from 174 countries. Additional features include food glossaries, food history timelines, and ingredient searches.
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ABCMouse.com
For young learners (ages 2-7+), this comprehensive online educational resource has more than 4,000 interactive books, educational games, puzzles, and other learning activities. (In library use only)
BookFlix
Scholastic BookFlix pairs video storybooks with real-world information to help new readers build a love of reading and learning. Also includes interactive games to help build vocabulary and improve literacy.
Britannica Escolar
Britannica Escolar le ofrece recursos de referencia en español en dos interfaces exclusivas — cada una con una enciclopedia adaptada a las necesidades del lector: Britannica Escolar para estudiantes de primaria y secundaria.
[This site offers resources in Spanish for all ages in two unique interfaces, each with its own comprehensive encyclopedia for elementary and middle school students.]Britannica Library
An up-to-date reference center for all ages–kids, teens, and adults–where you can conduct research, complete homework assignments, and work on special projects. Store your research in your own personal “My Britannica” account. If you need images for your assignments, check out Britannica’s Image Quest.
You can also search the Britannica Spanish language resources created just for students, Britannica Escolar and Britannica Moderna.
Digital Library of Illinois
Download ebooks and audiobooks to your computer or mobile device using the Libby app.
View a tutorial on YouTube: English | Spanish More tutorials: Reading/Listening in a Web Browser
EBSCO Primary Search
Primary Search is a full-text database of carefully curated content for elementary school libraries. It includes full text for the most popular children’s magazines, e-books, and easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids.
hoopla
Choose from hundreds of thousands of movies, full music albums, ebooks, audiobooks and more. EPL cardholders can checkout 4 items per month from hoopla. New to hoopla? Read our complete, step-by-step guide to getting started with hoopla. View a tutorial on YouTube: English | Spanish More tutorials: Finding Children’s Materials | Finding ebooks in different languages | Reading/Listening in a Web Browser
Junior Online Reference Library
Reference ebooks for middle schoolers.
Libby
Libby is the app used to access ebook and eaudiobook content from the Digital Library of Illinois. A service of Overdrive.