Electronic Resources for Students and Educators at the Clarendon Hills Library
The Clarendon Hills Public Library offers a wide-range of electronic information to students and teachers seeking up-to-date resources in support of all areas of the curriculum. Our subscription databases are available to Clarendon Hills Library card-holders through our website at www.clarendonhillslibrary.org. Below is a list of the research tools that would most benefit your students and faculty. As always, feel free to contact the library directly at 630-323-8188 or by email at if there are questions about accessing our resources!
AtoZ MAPS Online
Hundreds of political, physical, thematic and outline maps of the United States and the world. Online demos, GIS information, antique maps, glossaries, NASA links, and lesson plans make this a must-stop for geography and science students and teachers.
AtoZ the USA
Comprehensive information about our 50 states and 5 territories, including histories, demographics, photographs, politics, economics, and much more. Contains state-themed crossword puzzles, a gazetteer, and even recipes unique to each state.
AtoZ World Culture
In-depth descriptions and explanations of 175 of the world’s nations. Included are cultural overviews, histories, and maps and flags. Practical topics like business customs, greetings, gender roles, and currency make this a good choice for the student researcher and traveler alike.
Gale General OneFile
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
Grolier Online Passport
An encyclopedia, atlas, and almanac combined with Grolier Lands and Peoples gathering information for students and teachers in a user-friendly interface. Feature stories found in newspapers around the world, lesson plans, and a “this day in history” section are highlights of a database tailor-made for current events or geography assignments.
History Resource Center: The World
Biographies, events, periods and cultural trends, wars, religions, human rights, and the countries and cultures that make the study of world history both fascinating and challenging. An extensive image gallery, primary sources, and ease of topic-searching recommend this site to both educators and students.
LitFinder
Literary criticism, biographies, work and topic overviews, reviews, and full text of many literary works—all searchable at the same time and returned in lists organized according to the type of research needs they serve. Poems, plays, speeches, novels, folktales and more, of interest to English classes, drama students, and readers.
Opposing ViewPoints in Context
The premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.
ProQuest
Abstracts and full-text articles from general interest magazines, scholarly journals, reference sources and newspapers.
Science in Context
A curriculum-oriented science database featuring authoritative information for assignments and projects. Detailed coverage of the life sciences, earth science, space and technology, and science history and biography. High-school- level experiments are included as well.
Student Resources in Context
Information on history, science, social studies and other topics aimed at middle school and high school students.
Testing and Education Reference Center
Online practice tests for the ACT, SAT, GRE, GMAT, ASVAB and the TOEFL. Also offers help with resume writing, college searches and career guidance. Guidance counselors take note!
Today’s Science
Timely student-oriented site explaining important developments in biology, chemistry, technology, physics, space and the environment. Includes a variety of tools for educators.
U.S. History in Context
Providing a complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information, it combines primary source documents, tens of thousands of full-text periodical articles, a gallery of more than 73,000 images, seals, and flags, with video from NPR and NBC. Suggest this first to students inclined to Google haphazardly through their U.S. history assignments!
World Book Online Reference Center
Encyclopedia articles, e-books in many languages, timelines, interactive features, video and sound libraries, and teacher development links with lesson plans, in the librarians’ favorite one-stop online source for general information.