Homework Help

Databases, when accessed by using a computer outside of the library, may require your 14-digit Union Public Library barcode number.

Explora Primary Schools
Targeted to elementary school students and teachers, includes full-text of school magazines, encyclopedia entries, and more than a million images, maps, and flags.

Explora Secondary Schools
Targeted to students in grades 6-12, resources include magazines, newspapers, biographies, country reports, and more.

Middle Search Plus
Full-text of popular middle school magazines, biographies and historical essays, primary source documents, reference books, and images.

NoveList K-8
Readers from preschool through middle school can find reading materials through this reader’s advisory database. Search by author, title, series, theme or topic.

Primary Search
Database for elementary school research, including more than 70 popular magazines with reading dating back to 1990.

Tutor.com
Tutor.com is an online tutoring company that provides tutoring, homework help, test preparation, and career resources to students and adults in an online platform, through both live sessions (every day from 3pm to 10pm), drop-off reviews, and on-demand materials made accessible 24/7. Subjects include English, science, math, social studies, and grammar, in addition to career services such as resume review, job searching, and interview preparation. Tutor.com is also a powerful test preparation platform, offering help with a variety of exams ranging from the SAT to Citizenship.

World Almanac for Kids Online
Students develop online research skills using age-appropriate multidisciplinary homework support with basic references, timelines, videos, maps, journals, current and historical sources.