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Bookmark Design Contest Winners
Thank you to everyone who submitted entries to the 2021 Bookmark Design Contest! Everyone's artwork was a wonderful example of how Reading Colors Your World, this year's Summer Reading theme. Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in each age group! Winners Riaan Chavda, Noa Burke, Grac...
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Sign up to volunteer at the Friends Fall Book Sale
Dear Book Sale Volunteers and Friends of Lake Forest Library Members:
SAVE THE DATE
2021 Friends of Lake Forest Library Book Sale
September 16–19
If you have volunteered at previous sales, Thank You! If this is your first sale, Welcome! You make the sale a success. We hope you vo...
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New YA Books
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These Unlucky Stars -
Our Last Echoes -
The Ones We're Meant to Find -
Luck of the Titanic -
Firekeeper's Daughter -
Realm Breaker -
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 -
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 -
XL -
The Darkest Minds -
Dear Ally -
The Fountains of Silence -
Wicked Saints -
Angel Mage -
Voices -
A Treason of Thorns -
Other Words for Smoke -
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Upcoming Events
"Summer Reading Colors Your World" programs for all ages (Virtual)
Young Adult Advisory Board (Virtual)
Self-Guided StoryWalk® on the Library Lawn
StoryWalk® on the Lawn led by a Librarian
Used book donations accepted behind the Library (not at back dock)
Dungeons & Dragons: Horror in Barovia (Virtual)
Used book donations accepted behind the Library (not at back dock)
Library Board Meeting
Teen Book Group: "This Savage Song" (Virtual)
Used book donations accepted behind the Library (not at back dock)
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Services
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.
Go to AMERICAS NEWS MAGAZINES
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/signin/LakeForestPublic
What you can do with it
Read articles from 27 popular magazines, including National Review, The New Yorker, and Popular Science.
What you can do with it
Search family histories using census, marriage, birth, death, and military records from North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and more. International records continue to grow.
User Guide
Go to AtoZdatabases
https://www.atozdatabases.com
What you can do with it
Research sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, background searches, finding friends and relatives, and a whole lot of other possibilities.
Go to BIBLIOBOARD
https://www.lakeforestlibrary.org/biblioboard/" then choose from "BiblioBoard Library of Illinois," "biblioboard open access," or "RAILS for Schools."
What you can do with it
Download FREE eBooks and eAudiobooks, featuring community-created content, local self-published books, and thousands of other always-available titles. No account needed.
User Guide
Amount
Unlimited with no return period
How to access
| ⬤ | App available, search for "biblioboard" in your app store |
| ⬤ | Works on iOS, Android, smartphones, tablets ... just install the app |
| ⬤ | Works in computer browser |
What you can do with it
Search more than 1,000 business and economics journals, and read profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies.
Go to CHICAGO TRIBUNE
http://search.proquest.com/chicagotribune/news/fromBasicHomePage?accountid=257
What you can do with it
Explore full text articles (excluding images) from 1985 to the present. For historical articles from 1849–1989, visit the the Historical Chicago Tribune database.
What you can do with it
Explore articles and images, obituaries, and marriage and birth announcements from 1849–1989.
Go to CLOUDLIBRARY
https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/lakeforestlibrary/Featured
What you can do with it
Borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks, especially new and recently published titles.
User Guide
Getting Started with the cloudLibrary app
Amount
5 checkouts at a time
Loan Period
2 weeks
How to access
| ⬤ | App available, search for "cloudlibrary" in your app store |
| ⬤ | Works on iOS, Android, smartphones, tablets, Kindle Fire, Nook ... just install the app |
| ⬤ | Works in computer browser |
| ⬤ | No, does not work on Kindle eInk reader |
What you can do with it
View expert ratings from Consumer Reports magazine, which includes evaluations of hundreds of products from appliances to cars to electronics.
User Guide
Consumer ratings, comments, and advice on repair services, finance, home care, and more in the greater Chicago area.
In the Library: click here.
From Anywhere: click here.
Go to CREATIVEBUG
https://www.creativebug.com/lib/lakeforestlibrary
What you can do with it
Choose from more than 1,000 award-winning art and craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.
User Guide
Getting Started with the Creativebug app
How to access
| ⬤ | App available, search for "creativebug" in your app store |
| ⬤ | Works on iOS, Android, smartphones, tablets ... just install the app |
| ⬤ | Works in computer browser |
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!