16250 Wausau Avenue    South Holland, IL 60473    Phone: 708-331-5262   Fax: 708-331-6557


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11 Online Book Clubs

     Our Online Book Club choices are greater with 11 different clubs to choose from.  Choose one, or choose them all!

     Join our Online Book Clubs and start reading books in your email. Each day we’ll send you a 5-minute portion of a book. By the end of the week, you’ll have read 2-3 chapters. If you’d like to finish a book, stop by the library and pick up a copy. Every week we feature new books. Sign up today and start reading tomorrow!

     The new book clubs also feature an online book forum where you can log on and express your interest, discuss your opinions, and talk about the books you are reading!

Click here to learn more and get started!
 


Live Homework Help

     The South Holland Public Library has available live online homework help with real tutors for students in grades 4 through 12, and Intro College. Students can reach this program by clicking on any Live Homework Help icon (just like the one to the left) seen throughout our website.

     Students must have a valid South Holland Public Library card to gain access to this program.

     How It Works       Frequently Asked Questions

     They will connect with live tutors who are certified teachers, university professors, graduate students and experts in their fields.  These tutors will not do the homework for the student, but will guide the student on learning how to find the answer.

     The 20-minute sessions are available everyday between the hours of 2pm and 10pm.

 

CONNECT TO A TUTOR NOW!
Have your library card ready!


Brookfield Zoo Passes

The South Holland Public Library now has Brookfield Zoo Passes available to our patrons!
Free Zoo Admission for up to FOUR people!
NEW REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006
Click here to learn about them!
 


Online Resources!

     The South Holland Public Library is proud to make the following online products available to its cardholders:

For Adults, we provide the following 32 Online Resources:

  • EBSCOhost Online Research Databases
  • NoveList
  • EBSCO Literary Resource Center
  • World Book Encyclopedia Online
  • America's Newspapers (includes New York Times)
  • Tutor.com Live Homework Help
  • HeritageQuest
  • LearningExpress Library
  • eLibrary 2 Plus
  • Facts on File
  • Facts on File - Science Online
  • SIRS Knowledge Source
  • Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
  • Grolier Online Passport
  • Authors4Teens
  • American Mosaic: The African American Experience
  • Daily Life America
  • Daily Life Through History
  • AskAway Illinois
  • OCLC FirstSearch
  • Illinois CLICKS!
  • ThomasNet
  • ILLINET Online
  • MLS Community Organization Guide
  • Dictionary.com
  • CIA World Factbook
  • AGRICOLA
  • ERIC
  • MEDLINEplus
  • Refdesk
  • Rand McNally
  • FDA Consumer Health

For Youth & Teens, we provide the following 12 Online Resources:

  • EBSCOhost Online Research Databases
  • Novelist K-8
  • World Book Encyclopedia Online
  • America's Newspapers (includes New York Times)
  • Tutor.com Live Homework Help
  • eLibrary 2 Plus
  • TumbleBooks Library
  • Gale Kids InfoBits
  • Grolier Online Kids
  • Authors4Teens
  • American Mosaic: The African American Experience
  • Scholastic Bookflix
  • AskAway Illinois

     These resources are all accessible for your use within the library, and are also available through this website to South Holland Public Library cardholders!

     Each of these products have online help screens, which in addition to helping navigate the source also advise students in creating citations for a bibliography. These resources will be very helpful for everyone, both students and the simply curious, for maneuvering through the wide array of information available.


The Library has many programs that are going on now!


Access Your Library Record!

     If you want to know how many books you have checked out, when they are due, what your fines may be, or check what material you have reserved, you may now obtain this information from the library's on-line catalogs or through this website by clicking on the link below.

Search the Catalog


For more information, stop by the Library!
16250 Wausau Avenue  -  South Holland, IL
Or give us a call - 708-331-5262