Homework Help

Contrary to what most students think, not everything is on the internet. The library has the resources to help students with their homework assignments and research papers.

Free Online Tutor Assistance - Homework Help

Homework Help from Tutor.com - For Kindergarten - Grade 12 - Connect to a live tutor for help in subjects like Math, English, Social Studies, and Science. The service is available 7 days a week from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m.

Copies of School Textbooks

The library has reference copies of most of the Wauconda School District textbooks as well as textbooks from Transfiguration. Children's Services has textbooks for students in kindergarten through grade 6. Adult Services has textbooks for students in grade 7 through grade 12. School textbooks are not available for checkout. Textbooks may be used in the library or photocopies can be made for $.10 per page.

Online Databases

• CultureGrams - For Grades 3-12
  Start here for those country and state projects.
  
  
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  Search hundreds of eReference Books, such as online encyclopedias, dictionaries,
  reference libraries and almanacs. Subcollections by subject make searching easier.
  
  
• Literature Online Reference Edition
  Literary criticisms and biographies of over 4,100 authors.
  
  
• SIRS Discoverer - For Grades 1-9
  Look for biographies, country facts, photos, current events, and encyclopedia information. Access more than 29,000 graphics, including photos, maps, and charts.
  
  
• SIRS Researcher - For Grades 6-12
  Persuasive research paper? Pro vs. con.? Current info on a controversial topic? Get it here!
  
  
• NoodleBib
  
  

Book Lists

Illinois author? Historical fiction? Award-winner? The library has book lists available for students to browse for ideas for those book reports or for fun reading.

Need a Book? Try our Reference Materials!

Teachers sometimes require students to have at least one book source. The library to the rescue! We have many reference sets on topics including current biographies, mythology, immigration, the Holocaust, frontier life in America, Native Americans, the Civil War, scientists and explorers.

Try searching our online eBook reference collection from home or school. These reference books have been scanned and made available on the internet.