Homework Help for Teens
Looking for reliable databases and websites? Check out our list, organized by subject. Also included is information on how to write a bibliography.

Homework Help for Junior High School Students or Younger

Reading Suggestions
Help your teen find a good book to read, either fiction or nonfiction. Take a look at these lists.
• Great Reads
• Nonfiction Good Reads
Suggestions from our staff, organized by topics such as Nonfiction for Fiction Lovers, Murder and Mayhem, and Score!! Great Moments in Sports History
• Downers Grove North High School Books and Reading
• Downers Grove South Reader’s Advisory

Help your child (junior high and younger) find a good book to read
• Check out the Great Reads section from Kids’ Stuff.

Parenting can be a tough job. Check out these lists of books to help you out.
• Parenting Teens
• Adoption
• Parent Stuff

Magazines
Did you know the library owns parenting magazines? We have three years of American Baby, Baby Talk, Children’s Technology Review, Exceptional Parent, Family Fun, Mothering, Parenting, and Parents.

Getting a Library Card
Downers Grove Public Library Cards are available free to residents of incorporated Downers Grove. The library provides several types of library cards for children. In addition to the No Restrictions and the Juvenile Materials Only cards, the library offers No Video/DVD Recordings from the Adult Collection and No Video/DVD and Audio Recordings from the Adult Collection cards. A parent or guardian must be present to sign for children under the age of 18. For more information on obtaining a library card, as well as an online application, click here.

Computer and Internet Use at the Library
The library has computers throughout the library that offer access to the Internet, the library’s catalog and subscription databases, and Microsoft Office products. All computers are available to anyone on a walk-up basis as long as the computer is not reserved. For more information on computer and Internet use at the library, click here.

The library’s Internet usage policy gives Internet access to everyone age 14 or older. Parents or legal guardians of children age 13 years and younger must come to the library to complete and sign the Internet registration form before their children are allowed to use the Internet for the first time. The library also provides parents with the option to block library Internet access for their minor children aged 14–17. To block Internet access for a child aged 14–17, parents must complete and sign an authorization form, which is available online or at the Circulation Desk.