Americana

Glen Hill

Pheasant Ridge

Black Hawk

Hall

Reskin

Winnebago

Saint Matthew's

Please ask a librarian for what textbooks we carry. Contact Izora Lewis if there is a textbook for a grade and subject that we don't currently have, and we will make our best effort to get it from the school.

Homework Computers

We have two computers that are reserved for kids who are doing homework. If you have research or writing to do for school, request to use Newton or Einstein.

Encyclopedias

An encyclopedia has information about all sorts of things from all time periods, but only a couple of pages or so. Encyclopedias are good if you only need a little bit of information, or to get you started before you find more in-depth books on a topic.

Here are some of the encyclopedias you can find in the library.

Here are some electronic encyclopedias you can use, too.

• Groliers
• Smithsonian - From Art to Zoology, draws on Smithsonian's own resources.

Magazines and Newspapers

Magazines and newspapers have information that is current--so if you want to read about something that happened only a couple of years ago, or yesterday, magazines and newspapers are a good place to start.

• Kids InfoBits
• Chicago Sun Times and Daily Herald 

Dictionaries & Thesauri

A dictionary will help you find the meaning of a word. A thesaurus will help you find  synonymns and antonyms for words. 

Here are some of the dictionaries we have in the library.

Here are some online dictionaries you can use, too.

• Merriam-Webster's Word Central
• Roget's Thesaurus
• Dictionary.com

Writing Research Papers

When you write a paper and you use other people's work--or, research--you need to tell your reader where you found that information. That's what citation is for.

The library has lots of books on how to write papers for schoool.

These websites can also help you with writing papers.

• IMSA Citation Wizard
• Son of citation machine

   

   

   

  Websites

  You should always be careful when you use websites to do homework assigments. Sometimes websites have wrong information. If you don't know if a website is right or not, it is a good idea to check the facts using an encyclopedia or other book, or ask a librarian for help. 
  These websites have been checked by a librarian, so they should  be very helpful. You should still double-check all of your facts, even when using these websites.

• Kids.gov
  A website for kids all about the U.S. government.

• Sitios en el Internet en Español Para Niños
  Websites in Spanish for kids from Monroe Public Library in Indiana.

• Smithsonian Galaxy of Images
  If you need a picture to use in a report or project, try the Smithsonian's Galaxy of Images.