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April is National Poetry Month!

04/06/2026
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Poster for National Poetry Month

We celebrate poetry to explore and create, come to the library to find your "poem mate"!

Scan for Print books through Collection Discovery:

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Scan for both Print & Online books:

QR code for I-Share search of print and online poetry

Try your hand at Blackout Poetry, located by the 1st floor Octagon book display on National Poetry Month! (Thank you, Christina G., for the display!)

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04/08/2026
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Flyer for kickoff on 4/9 at 2 pm in Jobe Lounge

 

 

The Kickoff celebration starts today, April 8! 

More programs

Learn more about Asian American and Pacific Islander culture with the ECC Library's Research Guide.

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04/07/2026
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Plus, results of What's your lucky charm?

Whiteboard with lucky charm responses

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04/03/2026
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New books arrive every week–search our library’s catalog from our website for new and old favorites.  New books can be found on the 1st floor-come browse fiction, non-fiction, biographies, and more!

 In addition, we have not only a huge collection of eBooks available, but we also have Libby, which has a great assortment of books, including comics and manga!

Palace Project! This is an app-only option for eBooks and eAudio. It is replacing the sunsetted Boundless. If you need help setting it up, let us know!

App and instructions for Libby.

App and instructions for Palace Project.

Finally, check out our Graphic Novels section on 1st floor near the computer lab! You can also take a look at our Collection Discovery section in our I-Share catalog to browse our print graphic novel items.

View our full Collection Discovery genres (print books in the library)

 

Nonfiction:

Quit: the power of knowing when to walk away

Nobody's Girl: a memoir of surviving abuse and fighting for justice

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary

A Blacklist education: American history, a family mystery, and a teacher under fire

Essential clinical skills in nursing

Algospeak: how social media is transforming the future of language

The very heart of it: New York Diaries 1983-1994 (Thomas Mallon)

Raising a nation

Creating and sustaining civility in nursing

Epic disruptions

Rebel Russia

Rehab: an American scandal

Such great heights

How we grow up

Gods of New York: egoists, idealists, opportunists, and the birth of the modern city 1986-1990

College student retention

Alienation and identity of romantic love

The hours are long but the pay is low: a curious life in independent music

Alternative medicine

Here beside the rising tide

How to think more and better: how to be reasonable in unreasonable times

Everyday ecofascism: crisis and consumption in American literature

AI Literacy fundamentals: helping you join the AI conversation

The pivot year

Human Test

Serendipity: the afterlife of the object

The West: the history of an idea

Wild edible plants

Movies with balls: the greatest sports films of all time

Gut feelings: the microbiome and our health

Chicanx utopias

Voltaire: a reference guide to his life and works

John Singer Sargent: the charcoal portraits

Man Ray: when objects dream

String Quilts

Secret Maps

Better Than New: tips for upcycling and refinishing furniture

 

Children's:

Many Things at Once

The Great Escape

Kaho'olawe: the true story of an island and her people

 

Fiction:

Unveiling: a novel

Pelican child: stories

This is the Year

Looking for Tank Man

 

 

-Contact Victoria Turner, Technical Services Librarian, for suggestions and questions. Thank you to our tireless Tech Services department for your hard work!

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04/02/2026
ECC Library
Billie Barnett being interviewed

Featuring the fabulous Billie Barnett!

Enjoy the whole interview

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04/01/2026
ECC Library

Student research appointment button-white lettering on purple background

A research appointment with a librarian gives you a 30 minute slot to discuss research topics and strategies, helping to make the research process easier and save time.  Appointments are available either in person or by Zoom during the times below. 

Students can book an appointment by visiting our calendar, or you can email us, or call 847-214-7354. 

In-person or remote Zoom Research appointments will be held during our library hours with 24 hours notice:

Monday-Thursday 7:45 a.m.-9 p.m.
Friday 7:45 a.m.-4 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Demystify the research process by making your appointment today!

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03/26/2026
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Black and white photo of Student sorting archeological chards

Archeological Dig in Oquawka, Illinois in 1976. Student is sorting archeological chards

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03/25/2026
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Medical terminology
Butterfly and spring flowers
Cartoon picture with sup! and What's up
Math formulas

  

Whiteboard with chemistry
Literature and feelings

          

Whiteboard with layers of skin
Whiteboard with math
Whiteboard with chemical formula

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03/25/2026
ECC Library
Daffodil on blue background
Image by David Underland from Pixabay

The library is closed Sunday, March 29- Sunday, April 5 for Spring Recess. The library will reopen on Monday, April 6, at 7:45 a.m.

To use the library's databases and eBooks 24/7, use your AccessECC ID and password. 

 

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03/19/2026
ECC Library
Black and white photo of Aaron Vessup

Aaron Vessup, Elgin Community College Speech Professor (1981-2002)

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