Lake County Library Insider

Need to Know:

PlayStation 5 Games Now Available!

Our video game collection is growing! You can now check out PS5 games in addition to PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One/Series X games. We have over 200 titles available in the collection - and we're still adding more!

See the full list of games

Full access (resident) cardholders can check out games for two weeks. Games will renew once unless another patron has placed a hold on them. You can take out two at a time.

Use the button below to see our full catalog of video games, then type Nintendo Switch, Xbox, or PlayStation into the search bar to see only results for that console, or search by title.

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Special Hours:

9/3 & 9/4: All locations closed for Labor Day

9/15 & 9/21: Libratory at Merrillville Branch Closed

Featured Program:

September is Library Card Sign Up Month!

Kids who use their library card at one of our branches in September will get some cool library swag and a chance to win a gift card! Gift cards vary - ask at your favorite branch to see what they're raffling off.

We'll be having a few special Library Card Sign Up Month events, like Book Bingo and pajama storytime, too. Check our calendar to see everything that's happening and sign up!

September Events

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You Asked, We Answered!

Question: I'm looking for a book but can't remember the title or author. It was about a local murder that happened sometime in the 1920s during Prohibition. A bootlegger killed his wealthy wife and tried to blame it on someone else.

Answer: A Jazz Age Murder In Northwest Indiana: The Tragic Betrayal of Nettie Diamond, c2015, is a true-crime account by Jane Simon Ammeson of a case matching your description.

This book by a local author about a local crime explores some of the violence and racial tensions that pervaded this region during the era of Prohibition. She even used local resources for her research. Check out the shout-out to LCPL's Merrillville Branch in Chapter 1!