The Reference Department offers a vast collection of nonfiction and research materials, covering subject-specific topics from science to business to medicine. Our Reference department also includes a collection of memoirs and biographies. We also offer an ever-expanding collection of world languages including Ukranian, Polish and Spanish. Our Quiet Reading Room features a wide array of magazines and newspapers.
Online, you can use your library card to access more than 60 databases to help with your research project. We also provide access to digital magazine and newspaper subscriptions. View a complete list of publications you can read through our website, and where to find them, here.
The Reference staff assists patrons in person, by telephone, and by e-mail using a variety of print and online resources.
New Nonfiction Titles
If you are interested in any of these new titles, call the Reference desk at 847-720-3230. We’d be happy to help!
All about allergies : everything you need to kn...
Rubin, Zachary, author.
Be your own bestie : a no-nonsense guide to cha...
Brown, Misha, author.
The blood countess : murder, betrayal, and the ...
Puhak, Shelley, author.
Cocina Puerto Rico : recipes from my Abuela's k...
Castro, Mia, author.
Dare to think differently : how open-mindedness...
Zaltman, Gerald, author.
The discovery of Britain : an accidental history
Robb, Graham, author.
The epic history of macaroni and cheese : from ...
Moyer-Nocchi, Karima, auth...
Five bullets : the story of Bernie Goetz, New Y...
Williams, Elliot (Writer o...
The last kings of Hollywood : Coppola, Lucas, S...
Fischer, Paul (Documentary...
Two women living together
Kim, Hana, author.
We fancy : simple recipes to make the everyday ...
Guy, Jerrelle, 1990- autho...
Why we click : the emerging science of interper...
Murphy, Kate (Journalist),...
The writer's room : the hidden worlds that shap...
Lewin, Katherine Da Cunha,...
A year at Highclere : secrets and stories from ...
Carnarvon, Fiona, Countess...
You better believe I'm gonna talk about it
Rinna, Lisa, author.