Resources for Students | Northbrook Public Library

Our student resources include eBooks, digital magazines, homework help, language learning, and educational entertainment. All of these resources are available with your library card. Review vendor privacy policies.

Need a library card?

If you are 18 or under and you live in Northbrook (including unincorporated Northbrook), you can get a library card for free.

After you get your library card, install the Northbrook Public Library app to access your digital library card, reserve a study room, and much more.

Student Print Credit

The library offers free printing credit for Northbrook students. Each student, age 5-18 years old, with a Northbrook Public Library card, will be given $20 in printing credit. This credit resets to the full amount annually in August. The leftover funds do not roll over and can not be used for Collaboratory supplies.

If a student registers for a new library card after August, there will be a delay in receiving the print credits. Please ask at the Reference desk or call 847-272-4873 if you have any questions.

Homework Help

Brainfuse HelpNow

Homework help for students in Grades K-12. Students can chat online with a live certified tutor from 3:00pm–11:55pm on any subject.

Brainfuse LearnNow

Practice tests for ACT, SAT, AP, Civil Service, NCLEX, TOEFL, and more.

Educate Station

Educate Station offers a full curriculum for grades Pre-K through Grade 5 presented in a recommended learning sequence, which is helpful for homeschooling. Created by a team of experienced educators, it provides learning plans and worksheets for English Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Social & Emotional Learning (SEL). To log on from outside the library, you can sign in using your Northbrook Library card.

JSTOR

JSTOR is a digital library that provides full-text searches of almost 2000 journals. Create an individual account to search and read academic articles online. Here are some handy guides to help you get started with JSTOR for research. (Grades 6 and up)

JSTOR Daily (daily.jstor.org) is an online magazine that provides context and background to news stories and current affairs. It publishes short and long posts from journalists and academics, and all pieces link to journal articles on JSTOR for deeper reading.

Other Online Resources

Access all of our homework help eResources.

Language Learning

LOTE4Kids

LOTE4Kids offers a collection of over 4,500 digital children's books in 70+ languages with English translations. Kids can enjoy the magic of books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English) or watch each book translated and narrated in English to help with their reading and literacy development. You can access LOTE4Kids on your computer or install the app on the App Store or Google Play. Recommended for ages 3-8.

Mango Languages

Mango provides basic and in-depth lessons for English speakers, with over seventy languages for you to choose from. It also includes ELL instruction for nineteen languages. Mango also provides placement testing to make sure you're placed in an appropriately challenging level within a language course. To track your progress, create a profile when you log in.

eBooks and Audiobooks

Boundless (formerly Axis 360)

eBooks and audiobooks for kids in grades K - 8. You can check out up to 10 titles at a time, and read or listen online or with the Boundless app.

Hoopla

eBooks and downloadable audiobooks, as well as streaming music and videos. Hoopla has content for all ages, so we suggest activating Kids Mode for kid-friendly browsing. Learn how to activate Kids Mode. (Grades K – 8)

iVox Books that Move

Digital pop-up books that help confident readers practice their skills while emerging readers will be helped along by the engaging narration.

Tumblebooks

Picture books and activities that go with those books. (Grades Pre-K – 5 )

Bookflix

Classic video storybooks paired with related nonfiction eBooks. (Grades Pre-K – 3)

Videos for Education and Entertainment

Kanopy Kids

Read-along stories, educational videos, and TV shows. (Grades K – 5)

Hoopla

Digital Magazines

Flipster Digital Magazines

Read over 30 popular magazines in your browser or app. Flipster lets you access many magazines for kids, including Ask, Babybug, Cicada, Click, Cricket, Ladybug, Muse, Ranger Rick, Spider, Sports Illustrated Kids, Twist, and Zoo Books, and more.

Libby

Besides eBooks, Libby also provides over 3,000 popular magazine titles. You can borrow titles through the Libby app and the Libby website.

PressReader

Keep up with what's going on around the world with access to thousands of magazines and newspapers using the PressReader app. PressReader has many publications specifically for kids and tweens, in English and in many other languages, including Chinese, Spanish, French, and Russian.

Hoopla

Music Streaming

Hoopla (All Genres)

Besides eBooks, eAudiobooks, and TV, you can also stream thousands of albums on Hoopla or the Hoopla Digital mobile app.

Naxos (Classical Music)

Naxos offers the most comprehensive classical music streaming platform available.