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Starting February 15, Lake Forest Library resumes Carry Out service and brief visits
Lake Forest Library is again open for brief visits by the public to browse the collections, check out items, copy and print documents, and more! Masks over your nose and mouth and social distancing are required while in the building. Please do not visit in groups. Hours the building is open start...
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New YA Books
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The Shadow War -
Game Changer -
Tales of the Peculiar -
Amelia Unabridged -
The Project -
Love & Olives -
The Cousins -
Game Changer
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Winterkeep -
Lore -
The Enigma Game -
Skyhunter -
These Violent Delights -
A Deadly Education -
Orbiting Jupiter -
Renegades -
The Immortalists -
Midnight Sun -
Rebel Spy -
I Kissed Alice -
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (a Hunger Games Novel) -
You Should See Me in a Crown -
Thank You for Coming to My TED Talk -
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin -
Lies My Teacher Told Me for Young Readers -
I'll Be the One -
Girl, Serpent, Thorn -
Goddess in the Machine -
Girl, Unframed -
XL -
The Darkest Minds -
Dear Ally -
The Fountains of Silence -
Wicked Saints -
Angel Mage -
Voices -
A Treason of Thorns -
Other Words for Smoke -
Verify -
You'd Be Mine -
Let's Call It a Doomsday -
Road Tripped -
Wayward Son -
Descendant of the Crane -
Pet -
The Devouring Gray -
Monstress -
Shadow and Bone -
Sadie -
Dorothy Must Die -
Shout -
Matched -
Lovely War -
The Running Dream -
Once & Future -
American Royals -
Serious Moonlight -
My Hero Academia
Upcoming Events
Virtual Game Night
Family Trivia Night (Virtual)
Virtual Game Night
Spy vs Spy: World War II (Virtual)
Dungeons & Dragons: Eberron (Virtual)
Self-Guided StoryWalk® at Deerpath Community Park
Cook with Books: "The Good Book of Southern Baking" (Virtual)
BreakoutEDU Digital Game for all ages (Virtual)
Dungeons & Dragons: Eberron (Virtual)
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Your teen librarian loves planning programs and building collections especially for you. Don't hesitate to contact us if you have ideas, and we hope to see you on the Young Adult Advisory Board!
Your librarian can:
- Provide resources to help with homework
- Answer your questions and offer reading recommendations
- Get you a desired book or movie, even if we don't currently have it
Homework Help
Go to ACCESS SCIENCE
https://www.accessscience.com
What you can do with it
Access articles, videos, pictures, biographies, and definitions covering all major scientific disciplines.
What you can do with it
Explore cultural information including videos, recipes, customs, and lifestyles from other countries in the world and states in the U.S.
Go to DIGITAL PUBLIC LIBRARY OF AMERICA
https://dp.la
What you can do with it
Explore the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions, including photographs, museum objects, government documents, and so much more!
Allows for simultaneous searching of any combination of EBSCO databases including: BIR Entertainment, Book Index with Reviews, Business Source Elite, Health Source (Academic and Consumer editions), Masterfile Premier, Regional Business News, Fiction Core Collection, and AHFS Consumer Medication Information.
Go to GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
Browse and search digital reference sources. Topics covered: Business, Education, and Science.
Go to LYNDA
https://www.lynda.com/portal/sip?org=lakeforestlibrary.org
If you have trouble logging in to Lynda, please call their customer support at 1.888.33.LYNDA (1.888.335.9632), Monday–Friday, 8:00 am–7:00 pm.
What you can do with it
Be a lifelong learner with free tutorials from the industry leader in technology training. Enhance and expand your business, technology, and creative skills.
User Guide
How to access
| ⬤ | App available, search for "lynda" in your app store |
| ⬤ | Works on iOS, Android, smartphones, tablets ... just install the app |
| ⬤ | Works in computer browser |
Full text and abstracts of magazine and journal articles, as well as reference books and primary source documents.
Language learning for children. Courses available in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish.
Access millions of records from over 2,000 organizations, including books, articles, audio, video, and images.
Go to SOMETHING ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators of children's and young adult books.
TumbleBooks are easy to use eBooks for grades K–6. Read as many books you want, when you want, and on any device with no checkouts, holds, or bulky downloads.
Live one-on-one online tutor help for K–12 students in math, science, English, social studies and writing available daily from 2:00–11:00 pm. Adults can receive one-on-one career help, GED prep, and citizenship test prep.
Kids, Student, Advanced, Timelines and Discover versions of World Book Encyclopedias. French and Spanish versions available.