Library Calendar
New Graphic Novels
Video Games by System
Video Games in the adult gaming collection are located in the Adult Services Room.
Booklists
Looking for the next great read? Try these resources to find books recommended for teens and young adults:
YALSA's Winning Titles--from the American Library Association's Young Adult section. Includes various Young Adult awards lists, such as the Alex awards.
Favorite Teenage Angst Books--Irreverent reviews from Cathy Young, a bookseller,
publishing professional and consultant to authors, a reviewer, and an editor.
Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists--A group of booklists for those of you teens out there who need a good read, but are wondering if there's life after Judy Blume and Gary Paulsen. Created by a school librarian in Michigan.
Tangled Web--a virtual library with information on crime, mystery and fantastic fiction authors and their books. From the British Crime Writers Association. Includes entries by some of the biggest authors in these genres.
Real Life...
At the Library
Happenings, jobs, volunteer information...
Entering 6th, 7th, 8th or 9th grade? Become a junior page volunteer and help out in the Youth Services Department!
Freshman and older? See what kind of job openings at the Library might be right for you.
Want to volunteer? We're always looking for people to help out!
Online Resources
Below is a list of our subscription databases. To access these from home, click on "Go to this resource" and enter your Highland Park Library card number, without spaces, when prompted.
Problems? Call the Reference Desk at 847-681-7031, or email us at hppla@hplibrary.org.
Check out our subject guides for more topical websites, ebooks, and magazines.
Art
Nearly a million descriptions of archival collections owned by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives.
High-quality art images from leading museums around the world, all rights cleared for educational use. Sound, video, and notes are also included in many cases. Images include photographs, costumes, paintings, posters, sculpture, jewelry, prints, and more.
A catalog of digital resources from over 1000 organizations. Includes books, born-digital texts, audio files, images, movies, and datasets.
Books and Literature
Hundreds of Bloom's essays, which examine the lives and works of great writers throughout history and the world. This database also contains an archive of more than 38,000 characters, as well as extensive entries on literary topics, themes, movements, and genres.
Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline... covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
Use this readers' advisory tool to find a good book by topic, authors similar to your favorites, and book discussion guides, for younger readers. See NoveList Plus for reading suggestions for adults.
Use this readers' advisory tool to find a good book by topic, authors similar to your favorites, and book discussion guides. See NoveList K-8 Plus for reading suggestions for younger readers.
ebooks
Download e-books, audiobooks and video. Play them on your computer or transfer to portable devices such as iPods, MP3 players, Sony readers, and more.
Electronic editions of over 200 encyclopedias and other reference books for children and adults. May be searched individually or together. Topics include: Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, General Reference, History, Information and Publishing, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, Social Science.
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Information on US states and territories. In-Library use only.
45,000 articles covering all academic fields and curriculum topics. In-Library use only.
Multimedia encyclopedia featuring animations, videos, and more. In-Library use only.
Quantitative facts of American history including statistics from over 1000 sources including over 37,000 data series.
Encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events that is geared to student readers. In-Library use only.
Reproducible maps plus statistics and data on more than 200 nations, territories, regions, and continents. Click on "geography" after the Facts on File logo appears.
31,000 encyclopedia articles, 6,000 web links, 25,000 periodical articles, 800 videos, animations, and sounds, 400 interactive maps, 100 3-D bubble views, and much more.
Homework Helpers
Explore an era or analyze an event in American History.
Includes primary source documents, images, timelines, biographies and thousands of entries on African American history.
Contains tribe Index, culture area index, biographies, events, primary sources, images and learning centers.
Browse the full content of the Chicago Tribune, from 2008 onward. Not searchable.
Full page and article images with searchable full text. Coverage: 1849-1984.
Magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information, book reviews, and research.
Multimedia encyclopedia featuring animations, videos, and more. In-Library use only.
Search multiple sources simultaneously. The General Reference Center Gold, General Business File, Health Reference Center Academic, Opposing Viewpoints Reference Center, and the Virtual Reference Library are all included in this multiple search tool. Search them all together, or one at a time, and retrieve journal and magazine articles, reference book articles, and multimedia material.
Explore the articles and photographs that made National Geographic famous! Search by topic, photograph, or issue.
A science encyclopedia geared to students. In-Library use only.
Search the New York Times from the Lexis Nexis interface The database contains articles from 06/01/1980 to present .
The New York Times in its entirety from 1857 through 1999. Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Advertisements and photos included.
Primary source information about important social issues. Explore issues from all perspectives with newspaper and magazine articles, essays, biographies, court case overviews, podcasts, and more.
An authoritative, digital library of information on American and world popular culture from the 1900s to the present. Browse by decade or search by item or event.
Electronic editions of over 200 encyclopedias and other reference books for children and adults. May be searched individually or together. Topics include: Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, General Reference, History, Information and Publishing, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, Social Science.