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Your Oak Park Public Library card and PIN give you access to the online resources listed here. Have questions? Get answers to FAQs, watch how-to videos, read about your data privacy, and contact us.
Need to search multiple resources at once? Use the catalog's Article Search to find full-text results.
Illinois Driver’s Education Test Preparation
Online Illinois DMV permit sample test and Illinois Driver’s Handbook.
La Raza [Chicago]
Browse (digital scan of print issue): current (January 2008-present)
Search (full-text articles): current (2007-present)
LearningExpress Library
Online test prep resource that helps improve core academic skills, earn a high school equivalency, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, change careers, become a U.S. citizen, and more.
Get step-by-step instructions on how to create an account (first-time users must create an account):
Legal Information Source
Thousands of legal forms organized by topic—including bankruptcy, divorce, name changes, wills and estate planning, and more.
Legal Source
Full-text law journals for attorneys and law students to keep up to date with current legal issues, studies, thoughts, and trends.
LGBTQ+ Source
Scholarly and popular LGBTQ+ publications in full text, plus historically important primary sources—including monographs, magazines, newspapers, and videos.
Library & Information Science Source
Broad spectrum of related topics, such as librarianship, classification, information management, and the history of library studies.
LinkedIn Learning
Online learning platform with video tutorials to learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals.
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LitBase
Hundreds of full-text scholarly journals, literary magazines, author interviews, biographies, and more to support literature research.
Literary Reference Source
Full-text database containing plot summaries and synopses, literary criticism, author biographies, literary journal articles, poems, and short stories.
Little Pim
Language learning program designed to teach kids 0-6 a new language through videos, games, and songs. Choose from 12 languages—Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Little Pim is accessible through Mango Languages, either on the website or app.
To access Little Pim on the Mango website and on the Mango app, find Little Pim under the Explore tab of each available language. On the Mango app, the Explore tab is located at the bottom of the screen (scroll to the right in the bottom menu bar, if needed). Get step-by-step instructions on how to access.
Mango Languages
Reach conversational proficiency in more than 70 languages—including American Sign Language and learning English in more than 20 different native languages—good for beginners and tourists. (Also available: Little Pim, a language learning program for ages 0-6.)
MAS Complete
Hundreds of full-text popular magazines and ebooks covering news, politics, science, sports, culture, and more.
MasterFILE Complete
Popular full-text magazines (including Congressional Digest, The Nation, New Scientist, Scientific American, U.S. News & World Report), reference books, and other highly-regarded sources from the world’s leading publishers, covering virtually every general interest subject area, plus an extensive collection of photos, maps, and flags.
Middle Search Plus
Full-text articles, news, and current events, using grade levels or Lexile ranges, for middle and high school students.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Comprehensive financial information on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, and Nasdaq Stock Market, along with investment tools and educational features.
National Geographic Kids
Go on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. NatGeo Kids offers a complete run of the magazine from 2009 to the present, as well as books, videos, and images. High-quality informational texts are available for primary, upper elementary, and middle school students.
Available in browser on laptop/desktop.
Checkout periods & lending limits
- No holds, no waiting, no limits
- Borrow as many titles as you want
Special features
- Point-and-click access to pictures, books, and magazines
- Easy access to subject indexing and related terms
- Authoritative nonfiction digital content in support of Common Core State Standards
NewsBank Chicago
Search multiple Chicagoland newspapers at the same time, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Oak Leaves, and Wednesday Journal.
Newspaper Source Plus
Full-text collection of major news content, including newspapers, magazines, newswires, and news transcripts of television and radio.
NewspaperARCHIVE
Access to historical issues of hundreds of Illinois newspapers, including Oak Leaves (1902-1977), with searchable articles, advertisements, editorials, classified ads, and obituaries.
NoveList K-8 Plus
Fiction and nonfiction book lists for children, award-winning titles, and books by grade-level or Lexile score.
NoveList Plus
Book reviews, annotations, readalikes, discussion guides, and book lists for fiction and nonfiction readers.
Oxford English Dictionary
Online dictionary and historical thesaurus—a guide to the meaning, history, and usage of over 500,000 words and phrases across the English-speaking world.
