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Lake Elsinore

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BRANCH EVENTS

LAKE ELSINORE LIBRARY: Maker Lab

Mon, Jun 25, 1:00PM - 2:00PM

Kids ages 5-12 can come to the library @ 1 PM and learn how to make bubbles! So come to our bubble lab and we'll teach you how to make bubble snakes!MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED. SPACE IS LIMITED.

LAKE ELSINORE LIBRARY-Aceites Esenciales 101

Tue, Jun 26, 2:00PM - 3:00PM

Clase en espa�ol.Ven y aprende los usos practicos de los aceites esenciales en este clase informativo. (Registrate en la biblioteca. Clase limitado a 20 personas maximo. Adultos solamente, por favor).

LAKE ELSINORE LIBRARY-Essential Oils 101

Tue, Jun 26, 4:00PM - 5:00PM

Come learn about the history and some of the practical uses of essential oils in this informative class. (Sign-ups available in the library. Class is limited to the first 20 sign-ups. Adults only, please.)

LAKE ELSINORE LIBRARY: Toddler Tales Storytime @ The Outlets

Wed, Jun 27, 11:00AM - 12:00PM

Come to the Outlets every Wednesday @ 11 AM with your little ones and enjoy our Toddler Tales storytime! Kids can build school readiness with our songs, stories, & crafts.THIS STORYTIME IS AT THE OUTLETS AT LAKE ELSINORE IN SUITE A106 NOT AT THE LIBRARY.

LAKE ELSINORE LIBRARY: Pre-school Story Time

Thu, Jun 28, 11:00AM - 12:00PM

Come join our Pre-school Story Time every Thursday @11 a.m. in the Community Room. There will be songs, stories, and crafts!

LAKE ELSINORE LIBRARY: Toddler Tales Storytime @ The Outlets

Wed, Jul 11, 11:00AM - 12:00PM

Come to the Outlets every Wednesday @ 11 AM with your little ones and enjoy our Toddler Tales storytime! Kids can build school readiness with our songs, stories, & crafts.THIS STORYTIME IS AT THE OUTLETS AT LAKE ELSINORE IN SUITE A106 NOT AT THE LIBRARY.

LAKE ELSINORE LIBRARY: Toddler Tales Storytime @ The Outlets

Wed, Jul 18, 11:00AM - 12:00PM

Come to the Outlets every Wednesday @ 11 AM with your little ones and enjoy our Toddler Tales storytime! Kids can build school readiness with our songs, stories, & crafts.THIS STORYTIME IS AT THE OUTLETS AT LAKE ELSINORE IN SUITE A106 NOT AT THE LIBRARY.

LAKE ELSINORE LIBRARY: Toddler Tales Storytime @ The Outlets

Wed, Jul 25, 11:00AM - 12:00PM

Come to the Outlets every Wednesday @ 11 AM with your little ones and enjoy our Toddler Tales storytime! Kids can build school readiness with our songs, stories, & crafts.THIS STORYTIME IS AT THE OUTLETS AT LAKE ELSINORE IN SUITE A106 NOT AT THE LIBRARY.

LAKE ELSINORE LIBRARY-Aceites Esenciales 101

Thu, Jul 26, 2:00PM - 3:00PM

Clase en español.Ven y aprende los usos practicos de los aceites esenciales en este clase informativo. (Registrate en la biblioteca. Clase limitado a 20 personas maximo. Adultos solamente, por favor).

LAKE ELSINORE LIBRARY-Essential Oils 101

Thu, Jul 26, 4:00PM - 5:00PM

Come learn about the history and some of the practical uses of essential oils in this informative class. (Sign-ups available in the library. Class is limited to the first 20 sign-ups. Adults only, please.)

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Today's hours

We're open 10:00AM to 2:00PM

Tomorrow's hours

Closed

All opening hours

Mon, Jun 18	10:00AM to 6:00PM
Tue, Jun 19	11:00AM to 7:00PM
Wed, Jun 20	10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Jun 21	10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Jun 22	10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Jun 23	10:00AM to 2:00PM
Sun, Jun 24	Closed

Krystal Van Eyk

Address

600 W. Graham
Lake Elsinore
California 92530

Tel: (951) 674-4517

Fax: (951) 245-7715

More about this branch

In 1906, Mr. Charles Sumner Merrifield had a vision for a library in Lake Elsinore. A prominent member of the community, Mr. Merrifield bought a set of Charles Dickens books, which his daughter, Altha, soon began lending out from their hardware store on Main St.

A library was opened on September 25, 1908, and has been in service ever since. Altha Merrifield was the first librarian in Lake Elsinore, and continued to work in that capacity until her retirement in 1968.

Featured Resources

eResources Databases

Ancestry

Ancestry Library Edition

Search your family heritage online.
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Authors and Biography

Biography in Context

A biographical reference database that covers the areas of literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, arts and news.

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Literature Resource Center

Contains thousands of entries from Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Authors New Revision series, the Dictionary of Literary Biography and Contemporary Literary Criticism Select. Includes plot summaries and critical essays from sources such as Novels for Students as well as resources for criticism of modern and classic poetry.

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Business and Legal

California State Bar Publications

California State Bar Publications provides practical legal facts in a handy Consumer Education Pamphlet.

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Reference USA

The premier source of business and residential information for reference and research. ReferenceUSA is used by top libraries throughout the US for research, small business marketing, job searching and more.

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Careers, Tuition and Learning

ABCmouse

Early Learning Academy online education program for children ages 2 - 7. Access only available within the library.

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Brainfuse

Brainfuse Learning Site offers easy to connect one-to-one online tutoring free. (Please have your library card available to use this link)

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Career Transitions

Career Transitions provides a practical and personalized experience for users of all backgrounds and technology comfort levels. Users can easily discover and target fast-growing careers and industries in their immediate locations -- and locations across the United States. Career Transitions also features quick assessments to help people identify new opportunities based on their current skills, occupational knowledge, and interests.

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Scholastic Go

Engaging online age-appropriate reference resource to help build a love of research through reading and learning!

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Tuition Funding Sources

Tuition Funding Sources is a private website designed to help students find scholarships, college and career information. TFS offers students the largest scholarship database in the world with over $41 Billion in scholarship awards along with a career personality test and detailed college and career information. Pepsi-Cola sponsors the TFS program nationwide. Pepsi-Cola and TFS have been helping students find scholarships and other sources of financial aid for more than 20 years

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Cultures and Religion

Oxford Islamic Studies Online

This authoritative, dynamic resource brings together the best current scholarship in the field for students, scholars, government officials, community groups, and librarians to foster a more accurate and informed understanding of the Islamic world.

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eAudiobooks, eBooks, eMagazines, Other Library Services

Braille Institute

Free library service for the blind, visually impaired or have reading or other physical disabilities.

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Enki

Thousands of New eBooks are Available to You!

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Overdrive

A growing collection of eAudiobooks and eBooks that can be downloaded directly to your home computer.

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RB Digital

RB Digital is now your home for over 6000 eAudioBooks and 130 eMagazines

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Scholastic Countries Collection

Countries Collection for Ages 9 - 13. Explore a destination today.

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Health and Fitness

Health & Wellness Resource Center

Periodical and journal articles as well as videos on a wide range of health topics from ADD&ADHD to Alternative Medicine, HIV, and various surgical procedures.

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Health Reference Center

Health Reference Center is a one-stop, full service resource for health-related research. It combines indexing of approximately 195 periodicals, eight reference books, and over 700 pamphlets; more than 1,800 overviews from Clinical Reference Systems; selective indexing for articles in approximately 1500 additional general interest titles; and full text for more than 185 periodicals, all reference books, overviews, and pamphlets.

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Languages

Pronunciator

World's largest language learning service. Free at your library.

News and Magazines

InfoTrac Newstand

This newspaper database contains a collection of more than 140 cover-to-cover newspapers from around the world plus an additional 300 sources of selected news and business coverage.

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InfoTrac® General Reference Center Gold

Periodical, newspaper and reference articles from over 5,000 publications on such diverse topics as humanities, art, current events, technology and general interest topics. Full-text articles from over 3,000 periodicals.

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