Teens - Homework Help

Key: Home use requires a valid EPL card

Studying for the ACT or AP Exams?
ACT and AP Practice Tests are available on the LearningExpress Library database, choose "College Preparation",and on the SkillsCenter Resource Library of the Live Homework Help database, choose "College Entrance Exams" on the bottom of the page.

We also have ACT and AP exam study guides.
Click the links above to get a complete list in the online catalog.

All Subjects
LearningExpress Library In Library Use Use at home!
Practice tests for ACT, SAT, PSAT, AP exams & more.

Encyclopedia Americana In Library Use Use at home!
Updated quarterly.

Reference Books Online In Library Use Use at home!
History, social science, countries, science & more.

Student Resources in Context In Library Use Use at home!
Includes thousands of full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary documents, creative works, and multimedia, covering history, literature, science, social studies and more. Includes hours of video and audio clips and podcasts.

World Book Encyclopedia In Library Use Use at home!
Updated monthly. Includes videos & animation.

Biography and History
Biography in Context In Library Use Use at home!
People throughout history and around the world.

History in Context: U.S. In Library Use Use at home!
A diverse, electronic multidimensional collection of uniquely combined current full-text periodicals, multimedia reference articles and overviews and facsimiles of historic documents.

History in Context: World In Library Use Use at home!
Combines a comprehensive and unique global collection of resources with easy-to-use search functionality supporting undergraduate and high school research and curriculums.

Literature
Literature Resource Center In Library Use Use at home!
Literary criticism and biographies of writers.

Literature Criticism Online In Library Use Use at home!
Provides complete, full-text access to the following print titles: Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (vols. 1-271), Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism (vols. 1-210) and Children’s Literature Review.

Something About the Author In library use Use at home!
Complete access to the print series, Something About the Author, online which covers the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and teens.

Download Audio Books and Ebooks - Use at home!
Thousands of titles to choose from including fiction, non-fiction, teen books, and classics.

Science and Health

Green File In Library Use Use at home!
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.

Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
In Library Use Use at home!
Includes health and medical journals and pamphlets, articles from 2,200 general-interest publications, a broad collection of Gale reference titles, drug guides and more.

Science in Context In Library Use Use at home!
Includes biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, math, environmental science, life science, medicine, space science, computer science, technology, history of science, science and society, science as inquiry, science-related biographies and more.

Newspapers, Magazines & Journals
General OneFile In Library Use Use at home!
Puts more than 60 million newspaper and magazine articles at your fingertips covering business, industry, current events, the arts, science, entertainment, etc. Contains more than 11,000 titles and with coverage from 1980 through the present.

LexisNexis® Library Express In Library Use Use at home!
Access over 9,500 sources in news, business and the law. Includes the New York Times, many national and international news sources. Also includes the local Daily Herald. Company Dossier covers over 44 million U.S. and international companies. Legal information available in the library only, includes case law, statutes, regulations, legal news and law reviews.

ProQuest In Library Use Use at home!
Magazines, scholarly journals and newspapers in many subjects.

Newspapers
Chicago Sun-Times In Library Use Use at home!
Complete full-text of Chicago Sun-Times (1/1/1986-Current).

Chicago Tribune In Library Use Use at home!
Complete full-text of Chicago Tribune (1/1/1985-Current).

Social Science and Issues
Opposing Viewpoints in Context In Library Use Use at home!
Covers social issues, from Terrorism to Endangered Species, Stem Cell Research to Gun Control. Includes pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, multimedia, including images and podcasts, links to hand-selected web sites, etc.

War and Terrorism Collection In Library Use Use at home!
Contains more than 1.7 million articles about war and terrorism covering conflicts, their
causes, impact and perception on a global scale.

These are available in the library only.
SIRS Renaissance In Library Use only
Film, drama, performing arts, humanities, philosophy & religion.

SIRS Researcher In Library Use only
Social, scientific, historic, global and political issues.