Africa Projects

 

Students can find needed information on African countries to help them complete the Africa school project.

 

General Information
African Studies Center from the University of Pennsylvania has an excellent list of links for each country, which may include information about the language, weather, newspapers, government sites, and more.

CIA World Factbook has most of the general information you'll need, such as population, area, geography, literacy, etc.

Infonation from the United Nations Cyber school bus lets you compare statistics for up to seven countries at a time. Also try the Country at a Glance page for more general information.

Portals to the World from the Library of Congress

World Desk Reference

Flags
CIA World Factbook Flags of the World shows flags and descriptions for all countries and most territories.

Cooking & Recipes
The African Cookbook from the University of Pennsylvania has information for nine African countries, and includes several recipes, table manners, types of food, and more.

The African Studies African Cooking page from Columbia University lists sites with recipes.
 

Government & Politics
CIA World Factbook offers the most up to date information on the political leaders and government systems for all nations.

Maps
World Atlas & Maps of the World from About.com

 

 

Children's Programs

 

Our wonderful children's librarians, Ms. Betty and Ms. Daphne, have programs for all ages.  Please continue to check our monthly calendars for special events you won't want to miss!  Actual dates for all programs are listed in our online calendar.  If you have any questions, please call the Library at 815-932-6245, email Ms. Betty, or email Ms. Daphne.  Stop by the Library to register any time. We look forward to seeing you!

Scribbler's Programs (6 and under)

Young Scholar Programs (school age)

                            Family Programs 

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Countryreports.org

• Countryreports.org:  A collection of stastical information related to country's around the world. (Use from home or at the library; in house library use provides greater access to further articles and information.)

Homework Help

• Ask A Librarian
• Wolframalpha.com:  Enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and growing collection of data to compute the answer.   Based on a new kind of knowledge-based computing.
• CliffsNotes.com: Get homework help from Cliffsnotes literature notes and study guides, covering literature, Shakespeare, biology, chemistry, math, calculus, history, etc.

Sites to help you study for the United States and Illinois Constitution.

• Constitution Study Guide
• Constitution of the State of Illinois
• National Constitution Center: Interactive Constitution
• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

Helpful sites related to writing research papers:

• WikiHow:  This wikiHow page summarizes the single steps of how to write a research paper in a broad overview.
• A+ Research and Writing: This is a guide for high school and college students. It provides details, outside links, and a lot of background formation for each step of writing a thesis. In case you weren’t assigned a topic, you will find the chapter on Discovering and Choosing a Topic very helpful. The articles on Info Search, e.g. Learning to Research on the Web or Skills for Online Searching will aid you in finding information.
• Infoplease Homework Center: The article at Infoplease divides the process of writing a research paper into nine single steps. Each chapter contains further steps with straightforward instructions and clear examples. A wiki style menu makes it easy to jump back and forth between chapters.
• How to Write a Paper in Scientific Journal Style and Format: Bates College has published an incredibly thorough guide to writing scientific papers. The first chapter deals with scientific writing, followed by a chapter on how to go about writing the actual paper. Most useful, however, are the “How Do I Write the…” and “How Do I…” sections, that explain the different elements and conventions of a scientific paper.
• Guidelines on Style for Scientific Writing: Will G Hopkins wrote this article that goes into detail on scientific writing, addressing points such as punctuation, abbreviations and acronyms, use of words, and grammar.
• Scientific Writing Booklet: The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Arizona offers a free booklet as PDF download.

Helpful websites for computer self-help:

• HP Learning center - Free online tutorial classes 24/7.
• Computer tutorial for beginners - TLN Technology Committee
• Palm Beach County Library computer tutorial for beginners.
• EduMax: Learn Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and more.
• In Pictures Computer Intstruction: Learn With Pictures, Not Words. In Pictures online tutorials are based on pictures, not words.
• Learn That: Computers: Offers free online software tutorials in various topics, MCSE, certifications, popular computer software applications, finance, teaching, etc.

Homeschooling

• Homeschool Central: The place for homeschoolers and those interested in homeschooling to find all of the resources they need including homeschool curriculum choices.
• Homeschool.com

 

Printable Calendar

Click the link below to open up a printable calendar!

Readers Advisory & eBooks

• MyMediaMall downloadables - Use MyMediaMall to download eBooks, audio books, and videos to your home computer. You will need your library card number to download materials, and this service is open to Bradley Public Library cardholders only.
• Fantastic Fiction - Over 25000 bestselling author bibliographies with all the latest books, covers, and descriptions.  Need to know what the next book in a series is?  Find it here!
• Kent District Library "What's Next" -  "What's Next" books in series database helps you search series fiction.
• Best Children's Books.org - Guide to children's books by topic and reading level, created by teachers.
• Figment -A free online community for teens and young adults to create, discover, and share new reading and writing.  Users can read amateur and professional content, engage with their favorite authors, discuss literature with their peers, and create their own unfiltered writing to share across web and mobile platforms.

Rec Room

Games

• Qwerty Warriors 2: The words are attacking! Shoot them! (Requires Flash player.)
• Set Daily Puzzle: A puzzle game using shapes, colors and patterns.
• Sudoku: Your favorite sudoku puzzle game online.
• Miniclip
• Addicting Games
• XGen Studios
• Myspace Games: You must have a myspace login to play these games.
• Armor Games
• WiiCade
• JSPuzzles: If you like jigsaw puzzles, this is the site to visit.  The program slices up a picture into pieces, and lets you put it together.  You can even upload your own photos to be made into puzzles.
• TypeRacer: Test your typing speed and race against other people at the same time!
• Renaissance Kingdoms:  Basically an online Renaissance Faire, this game does its best to replicate life in early modern Europe.  Be a peasant, a lord, a politician, or an innkeeper, and everything in between.
• PBS Games: A collection of games appropriate for young children.
• Horseland: Breed and train your own horses and dogs and compete in events.
• Goal Line Blitz: Own and customize your own football teem, sign players, and compete against other teams from around the world in this browser-based simulation.
• Fantastic Contraption: Solve puzzles by making impromptu machines that use realistic physics.  A very thought-provoking game.
• 99 Bricks: What if Tetris used realistic physics? Would it be possible to stack them very high?  Find out for yourself with this game. 
• Orcpad:  Wanna play Super Mario & other Fun Cool Games? This and more @OrcPad.com.
   

Entertainment

• Cinemark 
• Classic Cinemas - Paramount Theater 
• Hidden Cove