Adult Services
Collection Highlights
-
 Fiction
- Nonfiction
- Music CDs
- DVDs
- Videotapes
- Books on Tape
(audio books)
- Books on CD
(audio books)
- CD ROMs
- Magazines
- Newspapers
- International Languages
Daily
- Chicago Sun Times
- Chicago Tribune
- Daily Herald
- USA Today
- Wall Street Journal
Weekly
- Barron’s
- Business Ledger
- Crain’s Chicago Business
- Glendale Heights Press
- Investor’s Business Daily Weekly
- Special Collections
International Languages
This collection of books and AV materials provides
fiction and nonfiction reading in the following
languages:
- Bulgarian
- Chinese
- Farsi
- French
- German
- Gujarati
- Hinda
- Hindi
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Russian
- Spanish
- Tagalog
- Tamil
- Thai
- Urdu
- Vietnamese
Additional language materials can be ordered through
interlibrary loan. Please contact a reference
librarian for assistance.
Library of Congress Talking Book and Braille Lending
Service
Talking Books or Braille materials are available to
residents who are no longer able to read conventional
print materials because of visual or physical
impairments. This service is offered in cooperation with
the Library of Congress, which provides a free cassette
player and other necessary equipment to hear the
recording. Current fiction and nonfiction titles are
available. Additional information can be obtained at the
Adult Services Desk.
Closed-caption videos
These are videorecordings that have been enhanced for
the hearing impaired. Patrons need their own special
equipment to access the closed-caption feature on these
videocassettes. Juvenile and adult fiction and
nonfiction titles are available.
Large Print books
The library has a Large Print collection featuring
romances, mysteries, thrillers, westerns, inspirational,
and nonfiction titles.
Literacy Collection
The Library owns a good collection of materials for
new adult readers and English as a second language
(ESL). It consists of books, videos, and audio books in
both fiction and nonfiction areas of interest. Some
materials in this collection have been purchased through
a grant from the Illinois Secretary of State.
Jobs and Careers
These circulating and reference books enable job
hunters seeking data on local, regional, and national
job markets as well as students who are researching
careers to find up-to-date information in a central
location.
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