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African-American History
A fresh way to explore the full spectrum of African-American history and culture, covering five centuries.
American Indian History
Fast access to more than 15,000 years of culture and history, covering more than 600 Native American groups.
American Sign Language
Become conversationally fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) through videos, simulated role-play, and instant expressive skills feedback. Offered through ASL Inside and accessible through Mango Languages.
AtoZ World Culture
Information about world history, cultures, languages, foods, religions, and more.
CultureGrams
Cultural information on the countries of the world, includes a States Edition with U.S. state facts.
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos (access from inside any Oak Park library building or anywhere outside the library)
Herramienta de referencia en español para niños. Contiene miles de artículos fáciles de leer y repletos de ilustraciones, videos, mapas interactivos y una amplia variedad de juegos y actividades, diseñado para desarrollar las habilidades claves del lenguaje y de investigación.
World Book Encyclopedia for Spanish speakers—with thousands of easy-to-read articles packed with illustrations, videos, interactive maps, and a wide variety of games and activities—designed to develop key language and research skills.
Ethnic Diversity Source
Full-text database dedicated to resources covering the culture, traditions, social treatment, and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America.
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, find Little Pim under the Explore tab of each available language. On the Mango app, Little Pim is located in each available language 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.)
Read It!
Research tool for English language learners—middle and high school students and adults—with nonfiction articles and reference texts about a variety of topics, vocabulary practice, reading comprehension quizzes, research guides, articles read aloud, and more.
World Book (access from inside any Oak Park library building or anywhere outside the library)
Explore World Book’s engaging content for learners of all ages, all in one place:
- Discover (grades 5+): Easy-to-read articles with a text-to-speech feature.
- Early Learning (grades preK+): Narrated stories, games, videos, and reading practice.
- Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos (grades 5+): Online version of World Book in Spanish, including encyclopedia articles, resource guides, citation builder, interactive maps, and study quizzes.
- eBooks (all ages): Collection of exclusive, illustrated ebooks for kids, sorted by grade level with Lexile Level and Accelerated Reader information.
- Kids (grades K+): Easy-to-read articles with engaging images, illustrations, interactive games, and activities.
- Student (grades 5+): Online version of World Book, including encyclopedia articles, resource guides, citation builder, interactive maps, and study quizzes.
- Timelines (grades 5+): Use one of the pre-generated timelines or create a timeline from scratch, adding events, descriptions, and media.