55+

Leisure & Lifelong Learning

• Colleges & Classrooms
• Elgin Community College non-credit classes
• Waubonsee Community College
• Northern Illinois University
• Road Scholar: Lifelong Learning Institutes Illinois
• Road Scholar - the new program name for Elderhostel, Inc.
• Universal Class
  Over 500 Continuing Education classes covering a huge variety of subjects, including computer training, health sciences, business, and writing.  Connect to real instructors and other students. Learn at your own pace 24/7 from any Internet connection, all for free.
• Library:
• Computers – Instruction
• Genealogy - Library Subject Guide
• Publications & Events
• Calendar - events
• All Research Services
• St. Charles
  • Community website
  • Pottawatomie Adult Activity Center

Health & Family

• Health
• Health - Library Subject Guide
• Caregiving & Special Needs
• Caregivers - Library Subject Guide
• Outreach Services
  • Library services for patrons with special needs
• Youth
• Youth Services:  Infant - Grade 8
• Teens

Finance & Law

• Investing - Library Subject Guide
• Personal Finance - Library Subject Guide
• Law - Library Subject Guide

Local Information 

• Local Information & News
• Local Government, News, Clubs and Organizations
• Local Newspaper Index
• Local History
• Local Buildings
• St. Charles Historic Buildings
• Researching Local Historic Buildings
• Kane County Human Services Guide page
• Senior Services Associates page
• St. Charles Community website

Read, Listen, or View

• Books & Reading 
• Audiobooks
• New CDs (Quick List)
• New Feature Films on DVD (Quick List)
• New LARGE Print Books (Quick List)
• Older Americans in Fiction Celebrating National Older Americans Month
• Rapid Reads

Volunteering, Work & Retirement

• Job Search - Library Subject Guide
• Relocating in the United States - Library Subject Guide
• Volunteering
• At the Library
• In our community
• Literacy Volunteers – Fox Valley
• Retirement materials in the Library

Government Resources

• Applying for Social Security Benefits
• U.S. Federal Government Senior Citizens’ Resources
• Human Services - Library Subject Guide
• Local Information and Human Services

Links of Interest to 55+

• AARP
• BenefitsCheckUp.org
• Google’s Good50 - Search for sites of interest to 50+ on any topic
• Grandparents Magazine
• Older Americans Month (May)
• ThirdAge

rev. 5/2013

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