River Forest Public Library

Regular Hours
M-Th 9 a.m.-9 p.m. F-Sat: 9 a.m-5 p.m.
Sunday (Sept-May): 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Library Location
735 Lathrop Avenue, River Forest, IL.
View a map of our location by clicking here. Need driving directions? Click here.

The River Forest Public Library will be closed each year for the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. We will be open on all other holidays.

Donate to Midwest Greyhound Rescue @ RFPL

hford — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:37:45 +0000

River Forest 8th grade Girl Scout Troop 44620 is working on their Silver Award and are sponsoring the Midwest Greyhound Rescue for this project. The girls of Troop 44620 volunteer regularly at the Midwest Greyhound Rescue, but they would also like to help out by collecting donations for the organization. They are particularly in need of supplies at this time due to the closing of a Wisconsin race track. Troop 44620 have created a box for donations in the library, which is located directly outside of the Children’s room, adjacent to the elevator. They would love to have paper towels, cleaning products, used or new pillows (no down), old towels, old collars and leashes, fiskar scissors/embroidery scissors, duct tape, quilt batting, black cone thread, dog coats, dog beds and food, lysol/pinesol/floor disenfectant, old blankets, new/used crates, toilet paper, coffee and supplies, or fabric softener. Any of these items would be extremely helpful to Midwest Greyhound Rescue. Stop by the library during February and donate what you can!

Check out our Teen Programs

hford — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:21:28 +0000

Teen Winter Reading Challenge
Are you up to the challenge? Participate in the RFPL Teen Winter Reading Challenge. Stop by the library and pick up your challenge sheet. Complete the challenge sheet and receive a book of your choice, a ticket to the Teen Winter Reading Bash, and be entered in a raffle to win other prizes!

February

Comics Club
Friday, February 12th
Teens: come for manga and anime, crafts, games, and to chat about your favorite comics.
Comics Club for Middle School runs from 5:30-7:00 p.m., and Comics Club for High School runs from 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Teen Winter Reading Bash!
Friday, February 19th
Teens in grades 6 and up, complete the Teen Winter Reading Challenge and get your ticket to the RFPL Teen Winter Reading Bash, a book of your choice, and be entered to win prizes!

Teen Open Gaming
Friday, February 26th, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Drop in to play favorite board and video games. For teens in grades 6 and up.

Programs for Kids

hford — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:10:59 +0000

Click here for a list of upcoming programs in the Children’s Room.

Click here to view our monthly storytime schedule!

Education, Language, and Career Resources

hford — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:07:15 +0000

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Educator’s Reference Complete
This resource for teachers and aspiring educators contains articles covering every level of education and includes almost every educational specialty.

Mango Languages
Learn a new language! Access online lessons in Japanese, German, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese as well as 3 ESL courses for Polish, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish.

Professional Development Collection
This collection contains full-text for almost 500 high-quality education journals. Also find educational reports and abstracts in this comprehensive database.

Vocation, Career and Technical Education Collection

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Health and Medicine

hford — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:02:55 +0000

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Consumer Health Complete
This database provides content covering all areas of health from nutrition to aging to cancer and diabetes. Find drug information, pamphlets and search for articles. Images, diagrams and videos provide multimedia coverage as well.

Health and Wellness Resource Center
This resource is intended for use by all ages and levels. Find reference books and articles or use the Disease Profiler module. Also includes the Alternative Health Module.

Nursing and Allied Health Collection

Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection

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Business and Consumer Resources

hford — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:58:07 +0000

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Business and Company Resource Center
This database provides access to a variety of global business information including business and industry rankings, investment ratings and reports, company histories, competitive intelligence, case studies and much more.

Business Source Complete
Find full-text content for all areas of business from finance to accounting to marketing and management. You also have access to Regional Business News, with full-text for over 80 regional business publications including Crain’s.

Consumer Reports
This is the website for the one of the most trusted sources for consumer information. Find product ratings and reviews as well as articles, advice and forums.

Insurance and Liability Collection

Small Business Collection

Small Business Resource Center
This database information on topics such as starting, financing and managing a small business. Other resources include how-to guides and sample business plans.

TheStreet.com Ratings
Find independent, un-biased, conflict-of-interest free safety and investment ratings for insurance companies, banks, stocks and funds from TheStreet.com
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Genealogy and Biography

hford — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:52:46 +0000

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Biography Reference Center
This resource contains over 450,000 biographies as well as full-text of the full print runs of both Biography Today and Biography Magazine.

Biography Resource Center + Lives and Perspectives
Taken from award-winning Gale resources as well as selected magazine, journal, newspaper and Internet sources, the Biography Resource Center contains over 450,000 biographies on more than 380,000 individuals.

Heritage Quest
A resource for genealogy researchers, Heritage Quest provides access to Census records from 1790 to 1930, as well as the ability to search books, genealogy articles, Freedman’s Bank records, Revolutionary War records and Memorials, Petitions and Private Relief Acts of the U.S. Congress.
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History and Geography

hford — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:48:47 +0000

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Grolier Online Passport
This award-winning resource from Scholastic provides information on wide variety of topics for both students and educators.

Grolier Lands and Peoples
Find information on countries, cultures and current events in this resource for students in middle school and up.

History Reference Center
Find full-text from reference books, encyclopedias and leading non-fiction publishers as well as content from over 150 history periodicals plus videos and photographs in this comprehensive history database.

History Resource Center: U.S.
This resource provides a complete overview of U.S. history, providing full-text articles and analysis taken from a variety of reference resources, periodicals, primary sources and scholarly documents.

History Resource Center: World
Find award winning reference content, academic and scholarly journal articles, primary sources, images, maps and more in this online comprehensive world history collection.

War and Terrorism Collection

World History Collection

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