Health and Safety 

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Coronavirus information
• Center for Disease Control – How to care for someone sick with COVID-19 at home.
• Hand washing – How to wash your hands thoroughly
• Grocery Shopping – How to grocery shop safely during the coronavirus pandemic
• COVID-19 and Mental Health – NAMI on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/namicommunicate/
• Guided imagery video – To help you relax and ease anxiety

Your Virtual Library  

• Online Events – Do you miss the programs at the Library? We’ve gathered some online events for you.
• Individualized reading suggestions – Fill out this survey online and our librarians will send you a list of 5 titles

Batavia Public Library card required to access the following databases:

• Antiques database (select Antiques) – Is great-aunt Lucy’s ceramic pitcher worth anything?
• Consumer Reports (select Consumer Information) – Making a large purchase? Get unbiased reviews and comparisons.
• eBooks, eAudiobooks, music, movies, TV shows, and more – download/stream with your Batavia Public Library card.
• Genealogy research – Research your ancestors online with our genealogy databases (Ancestry.com available from home while the library is closed)
• Get book suggestions ( select Reading Suggestions) – If you finished all those books on your shelf and are looking for some new suggestions.
• Online Training – Learners of all ages can access these online classes. Batavia Public Library card required.

Legal Resources

• Kane County Law Library – list of legal forms
• Illinois Legal Aid – Legal assistance
• Writing a Will – Nolo article on writing a will.
• Will Templates – from Nolo
• Power of attorney – Illinois forms
• Bankruptcy basics

Homeschooling 

• The Homeschool Mom Blog – a veteran homeschooler of over 20 years, shares tips and insight into homeschooling.
• a2zhomeschooling.com – veteran homeschooling parents and for those who are temporarily homeschooling their kids can find articles, curriculum, and activities
• Homeschool Base has a blog, many printable resources, and a large database of information categorized by subject and grade level.

Virtual Tours

• • Arts and Culture with Google – explore the splendors of five national parks–not just the visual aspects but the audio ones as well. Watch and listen with headphones to get the best adventure experience.
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium lets you watch live webcams of their animals.

Atlanta’s Georgia Aquarium– the Ocean Voyager gallery is home to four whale sharks, four manta rays and thousands of other fascinating fish.

• Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum – See famous and not-so-famous artworks up close.
• Vatican Museum – take seven different virtual tours.
• The Digital Library of Landscape Architecture History has many virtual tours available such as:
  • Parc Güell in Barcelona 
  • Heidelberg Castle in Germany
• House Beautiful has quick virtual tours of some famous gardens, including our own Chicago Botanical Garden.
• Great Trossachs Forest – to see it in different seasons, use icons on top left.
• Jaguar Heritage Museum – for car fans.