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Your Pool of Available Library Items Is Now Even Larger with Find More Illinois
When you use the Lake Forest Library Catalog at www.lakeforestlibrary.org/catalog, under “Search Options,” limiting your search by “Lake Forest Materials” restricts your results to items in our collections housed in the building. It’s like dipping your toe into the shallows of all the library items ...
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Take the Library On Your Travels
Did you know that the Library offers more than just packable paperback books for your travels? Whether you're taking a family road trip, traveling internationally, or still planning your next adventure, we have resources to help you along the way.
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Tech Tips: How to get books for a Kindle eReader on Libby
With Libby, you can enjoy thousands of free eBooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines. Most Libby eBooks can be read on a Kindle eReader. Want to learn how? Let's get started! ...
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The Best Books This Summer
If you need some suggestions for what to read on vacation this summer, check out our list of new favorite titles. With everything from science fiction to murder mysteries to brand new biographies, there’s something for everyone. All titles are linked to our catalog, but feel free to stop by the Adul...
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Savory Summer Recipes
Whether you're an experienced at-home chef looking to expand your cuisine or a newbie in need of basic recipes, these recently released cookbooks will be sure to get your tastebuds tingling. Below is a list of new cookbooks you won't want to miss. Find more recipe books upstairs in the 641.5 section...
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Lit Lorie Loves – Great Picture Books for 2-5 Year Olds
Here is a wonderful list of classic and new books that you will not mind reading over and over with your children.
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5 Libby Tips for a Better eBook Experience
Save Money with Library eBooks The Libby, cloudLibrary, and Hoopla apps are great alternatives to Amazon and Audible. Enjoy 24/7 access and borrow digital items, all free with your Lake Forest Library card. Find the apps in your device’s app store or visit www.lakeforestlibrary.org/apps &nb...
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Restoring the Remisoff Murals: Speck by Speck with PARMA Conservation
Welcome to Elizabeth, Peter, Ewa, and John from PARMA Conservation! They arrived February 5 to begin restoring the Remisoff murals. Ever since Russian émigré Nicolai Remisoff painted the final brushstroke in 1932, Homer, Sappho, Aeschylus, Virgil, Cicero, Xenophon, Diogenes, and Pythagoras (plus ...
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Your Reference Librarians' Top Picks from 2023
Friends and family members often comment that it must be nice to "read at work all day". While that's definitely not the case, we do get through plenty of books, movies, and TV shows in our free time. Below, you'll find some of the Adult Reference Librarians' favorite books, movies, and shows of the...
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The Best Books This Winter
If you need some reading suggestions or gift ideas for yourself or someone else this winter, check out our list of new favorite titles. With everything from historical fiction to domestic thrillers to cookbooks, there’s something for everyone. All titles are linked to our catalog, but feel free to s...
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23 True Crime Reads for 2023
From poison to art thefts to cold cases, here are 23 of the best true crime books released this past year. Lock your doors, leave the lights on, and prepare to be scared!
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Scanning Photos Just Got Easier!
The Media Lab has installed a new piece of equipment called the FastFoto FF-680W Photo Scanner from Epson. Boasting a blazing-fast photo scan speed of one 4 x 6" photo per second at 300 dpi, you'll be able to efficiently digitize your prints. Documents from 2 x 2" to 8.5 x 240...
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Read the Winning Spooky Stories from the October 2023 Writing Contest!
Thank you to all the kids and teens who submitted spooky stories to our writing contest! Reading all the submissions got us in the Halloween spirit. In addition to a gift card to Lake Forest Book Store, winners of the Library's Spooky Story Writing Contest get their submissions posted on the Libr...
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Kathy's Korner: October New Fiction for Grades 3-8
Lots of great new fiction for elementary and middle graders, including the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer
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Install the Lake Forest Library App
Enjoy many of your favorite Lake Forest Library website features, plus brand new perks, all in a bite-sized app! Store a digital version of your library card to use at the circulation desks and self-checkout machines. Scan the ISBN barcode of books you discover at a bookstore or a friend's p...
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