These are online resources that can be accessed from the comfort of your home!
Ancestry Library Edition is a genealogical collection with coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom.
Premier Reference and Marketing Database including 30 million business profiles and 220 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more.
AtoZ the USA is the most comprehensive database for U.S. information on the market today. With the option to explore the country as a whole, or research a specific state or one of five US territories, AtoZ the USA will give your patrons in-depth access to a broad range of topics.
AtoZ World Culture is the most comprehensive country cultural database on the market today. Featuring in-depth information on 175 countries, AtoZ World Culture will give your patrons a level of insight into each country that cannot be found anywhere else.
AtoZ World Food is a food culture and traditional recipes database for 174 countries. AtoZ World Food dramatically increases the scope of what libraries can offer their patrons, while reducing costs at the same time.
AtoZ Food America is a database unlike any other on the market today. From regional cookbooks to an exploration of ethnic culinary influences, from fun collections of historic cookbooks and television commercials to “how to” food preparation videos, AtoZ Food America has something sure to educate and entertain everyone.
Thematically paired fiction and nonfiction titles designed to bridge learning-to-read and reading-to-learn. Animated classic storybooks introduce early learners to the delights of reading while sparking curiosity, creating a natural springboard into the paired nonfiction text for deeper discovery.
>> Scholastic Learn At Home
This free resource provides your children with 20* days of exciting articles and stories, videos, and fun learning challenges. Children can complete them anytime, in any order. They can work on their own or together with you and your family.
Creativebug offers online video arts and crafts workshops and techniques. Learn how to paint, knit, crochet, sew, screen print, and more
Never stop learning. Whether you're looking for college-level, professional development, or personal enrichment courses, the Round Lake Area Public Library now offers hundreds of online courses that are accessible anywhere online, 24/7.
Gale courses offer well-crafted lessons, expert online instruction, and interaction with fellow students.
Courses begin on the third Wednesday of each month.
*Gale Courses requires a Round Lake Area Public Library card.
Library card holders can access Kanopy and sign up to start streaming films instantly. Films can be streamed from any computer, television, mobile device or platform by downloading the Kanopy app for iOS, Android, AppleTV, Chromecast or Roku. Kanopy’s dedication to thoughtful entertainment includes educational and engaging videos for all ages.
Mango’s language-learning program provides another way to learn new languages. Mango provides over 70 different languages with in-depth explanations.
For more info, watch the clip below.
Library Card Required
Explore and stay informed on local and state topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning Illinois including the Chicago Sun-Times, Lake County Journal, Lake County News-Sun and more.
Available Remotely 24/7 on any device.
Explore Chicago history through local news, events and people with the Chicago Sun-Times Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles, and content only published online.
Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Explore Lake County history through local news, events and people with the Lake County News-Sun Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of the Lake County Journal.
Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Can't decide what to read next? This database helps match readers with books.
A database to help school-age children match readers with books.
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they’ll love. Text is highlighted while being narrated so students can folow along, often in different languages. Games and activities are also part of the e-reading fun.
K-6 children's e-book database
K-6 Math e-book database
Grades 7-12 e-book database
All Ages audiobook database
A huge collection of steamy Romance novels for the older crowd
Public Records Electronic Database provides access to public information for Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties. Here you will find records for new homes, new businesses, foreclosures, and bankruptcies.
On-demand tutoring online 3pm-10pm daily.
Also available:
-Drop-off essay assistance
-Drop-off resume assistance
-SAT Practice Tests
-ACT Practice Tests
-GED Practice
-And Much More!
All you need to start is your library card!
Oceano Databases en Espanol
Océano Saber, específicamente desarrollado para bibliotecas, pone a su alcance más de 200,000 artículos a texto completo en español para proporcionarle respuesta inmediata a todas sus consultas. Este centro de recursos da acceso instantáneo, a través de Internet, a grandes cantidades de información de una forma simple y eficiente. Su amplia base de datos incorpora contenidos sobre todas las áreas del conocimiento. Dispone de un avanzado sistema de búsqueda, desarrollado íntegramente por Océano, que permite navegar ágilmente por la base de datos; desde la búsqueda más amplia hasta la más restringida, y devuelve siempre resultados relevantes.
Spanish: Océanos’s Reference Database
Océano Aula de Padres es un gran producto que le da acceso instantáneo, a través de Internet, a grandes cantidades de información de una forma simple y eficiente. Su amplia base de datos incorpora contenidos sobre el cuidado y la salud de los hijos. Dispone de un avanzado sistema de búsqueda, desarrollado íntegramente por Océano, que permite navegar ágilmente por la base de datos; desde la búsqueda más amplia hasta la más restringida, y devuelve siempre resultados relevantes. Océano Aula de Padres está construido alrededor de una amplia base de datos que incluye varios tipos de fuentes de información.
Spanish: Océano’s Classroom for Parents: the care and health of your children Database
Océano Medicina y Salud es un producto específicamente desarrollado para estudiantes de medicina, enfermería y carreras paramédicas, así como para médicos y enfermeras, que proporciona acceso vía Internet a contenidos específicos de medicina, enfermería y salud. Océano Medicina y Salud dispone de una amplia base de datos con más de 25,000 artículos y 53,000 gráficos e ilustraciones de medicina, enfermería y salud en español. Por la amplitud de sus contenidos, es útil a personas interesadas en temas de salud aunque no sean necesariamente profesionales del sector. Es una herramienta de apoyo al aprendizaje para estudiantes, así como una fuente de información para profesionales en su trabajo diario.
Spanish: Océano’s Medicine & Health Database
