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Bookflix Scholastic BookFlix
Online literacy resource that pairs video storybooks with related nonfiction eBooks for grades preK-3.

Middle Search Plus Middle Search Plus
Contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. (This database can be found in EBSCOhost Web.)

NoveList K-8 NoveList K-8 Plus
Reading recommendations for children in elementary and middle school.

Primary Search Primary Search
Contains full text for more than 80 popular, elementary school magazines. Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, and the American Heritage Children's Dictionary (This database can be found in EBSCOhost Web.)

Something About the Author Online Something About the Author Online
Examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults. Includes both the main series and Something About the Author Autobiography Series, totaling more than 217 volumes, 12,000 entries, and nearly 17,000 images.

World Book Online World Book Online
In addition to including the complete World Book Encyclopedia, users can also find a dictionary, an atlas, interactive activities for students and a Spanish-language encyclopedia.

 

Kids' Corner

Homework Help

Let the Orland Park Public Library help you anytime of the day with your homework needs! We offer 24 hour access to the resources that will help you with your homework and projects.

Books and More

Our Youth Services Department offers books, reference materials, periodicals and more on countless subjects in your interest.

Databases

Access the library's databases in the library or from home through this web page:
http://www.orlandparklibrary.org/cgi-bin/ors.pl
Our numerous databases will assist you in accessing the most current, knowledgeable sources to answer all of your homework questions and more.

Websites

We have cool websites for you to look at that might just answer some homework questions or are just fun to browse through. Check out more sites in the Cool Sites section of Kids' Corner.

Textbooks

The Youth Services Department has many of the textbooks for children attending Orland Park School District 135, St. Michael Catholic School and Tinley Park School District 146.