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The main library search which includes the library catalog and I-Share interlibrary loan will be offline from May 29th at 8pm until May 30th at 8pm for system maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. While the...

  Attention! Visual artists, writers, designers, composers, & other creatives!   Apply for our Library Artist- in-Residence Program! We offer a secured studio with unlimited access during Library hours, as well as exhibition, collaboration, and promotional opportunities. Come be...

This spring, we are celebrating our URBAN LEGENDS: FROM PLAYGROUND LORE TO CULTURAL NORMS programming, which includes exhibits, panel discussions, campfire zoom events, scavenger hunts, and more! Visit cccurbanlegends.blogspot.com for more details… Textual Deceptions: False Memoirs and Literary Hoaxes in the...

This spring, we are celebrating our URBAN LEGENDS: FROM PLAYGROUND LORE TO CULTURAL NORMS programming, which includes exhibits, panel discussions, campfire zoom events, scavenger hunts, and more! Visit cccurbanlegends.blogspot.com for more details… Abominable Science: The Origins of the Yeti,...

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Library gives you access to many books, e-books, and articles on various aspects of Sexual Assault Awareness. Policing Sexual Assualt The Violence of Care: Rape Victims, Forensic Nurses, and Sexual Assault Intervention...

This spring, we are celebrating our URBAN LEGENDS: FROM PLAYGROUND LORE TO CULTURAL NORMS programming, which includes exhibits, panel discussions, campfire zoom events, scavenger hunts, and more! Check out some titles available at the library that Chicago’s own legends...

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Library gives you access to many books, e-books, and articles on various aspects of Sexual Assault Awareness. Sexual Assault on Campus: The Problem and the Solution Sexual Assault on Campus: The Role...

Urban legends and other types of contemporary folklore develop from the morass of the cultures they inhabit–the stories any society tells often a indicator of their obsessions, fears, and social mores. Whether it’s the stories we learned as children,...

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Library gives you access to many books, e-books, and articles on various aspects of Sexual Assault Awareness. One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery I Have the Right...