Attend upcoming health and wellness programs, daytime events, and find resources, and services especially appealing for patrons ages 60+. To hear what’s coming up next, subscribe to our “Older Adults (60+)” email.
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Access subscription-based resources that Google can’t offer
Use your Oak Park library card and PIN to access:
Consumer resources
- Consumer Reports: Ratings, reviews, recommendations, and buying advice from the source that buyers trust.
- Consumers’ Checkbook: Ratings on Chicago-area service providers, such as auto repair shops, plumbers, dentists, banks, and insurance companies.
Creative resources
- Creativebug: An inspirational resource for DIY, crafters, and makers with more than 1,000 award-winning art and craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.
- Hobbies & Crafts Source: Detailed how-to instructions and creative ideas for hobby enthusiasts of all kinds, with full-text articles from leading hobby and craft magazines.
Health resources
- Consumer Health Complete: Content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine.
- Medline: Abstracts of articles in medicine, dentistry, and nursing (not full text).
Legal resources
- Legal Information Source: Legal forms and full-text legal reference books on popular topics.
Get expert answers, find local connections
- Email Ian at iang@oppl.org: Older Adult Services Librarian Ian can help connect you with the resources you need.
- Oak Park Township: offers a broad continuum of supportive services—ranging from meal programs to transportation for medical appointments, shopping, and special excursions—to promote independence of older adults in the community.
- Age Options: Oak Park-based nonprofit connecting older adults and those who care for them with resources and service options so they can live their lives to the fullest.
- Arbor West Neighbors: Oak Park organization committed to “a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural community where all older adults are valued, age with dignity, and enjoy opportunities for growth and engagement.”
