Resource Library

Academic
Community
Health and Safety
Information
Secondary Education - Local
Technology

The links on this page are provided for your convenience. District 203 does not control and cannot guarantee the relevance, timeliness or accuracy of the materials or information on sites outside of naperville203.org or ncusd203.org.

Academic

CultureGrams - online cultural encyclopedia
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Library of Congress
Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
Smithsonian Education - the central education website of the Smithsonian Institution
World Book Encyclopedia

A password provided at school may be necessary to access some of the resources below and/or listed on web pages of District 203 schools. Use of password-accessed sites is paid for by District 203.

EBSCO Host - research database
FirstSearch - Illinois library catalog
NCHS resource links 
NNHS Library links
Plagiarism Stoppers - Naperville Central High School's compilation of links dealing with plagiarism
Tutor List from AAUW - the Naperville Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) provides this Tutor Registry, which lists available tutors and their respective subject areas.

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Community

Bolingbrook

Fountaindale Library
Village of Bolingbrook

Lisle

Lisle Library District
Village of Lisle

Naperville

City of Naperville
DuPage Children's Museum - provides open-ended learning experiences for children in a hands-on and fun atmosphere
Naper Settlement - living history museum that tells the story of daily life in Naperville as it changed from a simple frontier outpost to a bustling turn-of-the-century community
Naperville Park District
Naperville Public Library

Woodridge

Woodridge Public Library
Village of Woodridge

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Health and Safety

District 203 Buildings & Grounds Web Links page
District 203 Health Web Links page
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - a multifaceted resource site
WiredSafety - online safety and help group

Sites below were referenced at the District 203 Internet Safety Night presentation on February 28, 2006.

Google - general search engine
Illinois Internet Crimes Against Children website
PubSub- free matching service that notifies subscriber when new web content is created that matches specified keywords

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Information

For kids

ALA Great Sites for Kids - American Library Association listing and search of sites for kids
Ask Jeeves for Kids - search engine for kids
KidsClick! - web search for kids by librarians

For parents

Scholastic Network - information for kids, parents, educators and librarians to help children read and learn

Government

Illinois State Board of Education
State of Illinois
The White House - official website of the US White House

Vision and hearing

District 203 Itinerant Services page - links to information and services for people with special vision and/or hearing needs

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Secondary Education - Local

Benedictine University
College of DuPage
DePaul University Naperville
North Central College

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Technology

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack - Microsoft software patch for Windows operating systems that allows users of Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP or Office 2003 to be able to open, edit and save files using the file formats new to Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007.

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.5.0 Update - Microsoft software patch for Mac operating systems that enhances stability and compatibility with documents that were created in Office 2008 for Mac and Office 2007 for Windows, enabling Office 2004 for Mac to read and write Office documents that are in the Open XML Format. 

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