Books @ Homer Township Public Library
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Books@ other libraries
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- Prairie Cat Online Catalog: Search all the libraries in our catalog network. Place online requests for items owned by any HAL library.
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- Open WorldCat: Use Google or Yahoo to search millions of WorldCat items.
- SWAN: Catalog for Orland Park and many other libraries in south and southwest Cook County.
Electronic Texts (Books) Online
- Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts: American and English literature, and works of Western philosophy.
- Bartleby.com: The Harvard Classics and other great books online.
- Bibliomania: Thousands of classic books, plus study guides.
- Electronic Text Center: Thousands of books available from the University of Virginia.
- Google Book Search: Select "Full text books" to get only books you can display and read online.
- Online Books Page: University of Pennsylvania's listings of more than 20,000 books available for free on the Web.
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- Contemporary Authors: Biographical and other information about writers.
- Bestseller Lists: Links compiled by WritersNet.
- Illinois Authors: Information from the Illinois State Library.
- Oprah's Books.
- Websites for Book Lovers: Compiled by the Morton Grove Public Library.
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