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The library will be closed on the morning of Friday, September 27 for staff training and will open at 1 pm.

From September 28 to September 30, account access and catalog searching will be limited as the Mount Prospect and Waukegan Public Libraries are added to our system.

Research

…– Udemy offers 20,000 on-demand video tutorials covering technology (e.g., Office, Windows, and Mac OS, coding, etc.), business & management, job & career skills, and personal growth. USA News – Full text and articles. USA Today – Includes full-image newspaper 2006 – current. US Major Dailies – Search across several major daily papers at once…. Read More

Homework Help Resources

…resources. Chicago Sun-Times – Full text 1986 – present. Chicago Tribune – Full text 1985 – present. Chicago Tribune Archives – Full text 1849 – 1988. CodeCademy – Learn to code with these step-by-step, interactive lessons. Europeana Collections – Multi-lingual collection of millions of digitized items from European museums, libraries, archives and multi-media collections Gale… Read More

Library of Things

…carrying case. See Thing in catalog User manual Projector (Portable) The MoGo 2’s 400 ISO lumens, integrated D65 color temperature standard, and 90% DCI-P3 color gamut offer a cinematic big-screen experience with bright, colorful images, and the projector’s built-in speakers feature impressive Dolby Audio. The projector’s up-to-date plug-and-play technology also makes projector set-up quick and… Read More

Remote Printing

…phone’s photo library or your cloud storage account, for example). In the case of a cloud storage service (Google Drive, DropBox, Box, OneDrive), you will be prompted to sign in to those services, so have your login info for those available. Select the file(s) you would like to print, then press “Next.” On the next… Read More

From the Staff Picks Archive - Nonfiction for a New Year

…afterlife. The audiobook contains guest readings from cast members including Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, and more. Recommended by Jake. Available in regular print, eBook, eAudiobook, and CD Audiobook formats. Everybody: A Book about Freedom – Olivia Laing In her sixth book (published in 2021), Olivia Laing once again uses the lives of famous figures as… Read More

Tutorials and Courses

…MIT activity. Open Yale Courses Provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. Udemy (Presented by Gale) Udemy offers 20,000 on-demand video tutorials covering technology (e.g., Office, Windows, and Mac OS, coding, etc.), business & management, job & career skills, and personal growth…. Read More

Award-Winning Documentaries

practice beekeeping, while disregarding her advice.” I Am Not Your Negro (Also available on Kanopy here) (2016) “Using James Baldwin’s unfinished final manuscript, Remember This House, this documentary follows the lives and successive assassinations of three of the author’s friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., delving into the legacy of these… Read More

Readers

…of magazines. Apps are available for iOS and Android devices. On Hoopla, you will find a bit of everything – books, audiobooks, movies, TV shows, music, and digital comics. Apps are available for iOS and Android devices, as well as some smart TVs and streaming devices (check your device’s app store). Check out Freegal Music… Read More

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