Upcoming Events
Visit the main desk on the Children's Floor at Riverfront Library for Black History Month themed coloring! Want your masterpiece put on display? Ask a librarian - we'll add it to our art wall.
Materials available while supplies last.
Build something special with legos and put it on display! This program is for children up to age 12.
Growing pile of mending projects at home? Join us every 2nd + 3rd Saturday to work on them together.
Build something with the Library's legos and put it on display! No registration.
Art Inspires Wellness supports art enrichment for students outside the classroom.
More Information
Acknowledgment: NYSCA grant program
Yonkers Public Library's arts programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Parents must stay
Parents/Guardians must stay - this is not a drop-off program.
Roosevelt HS Class Visits.
Resources
Ancestry Library Edition
Access thousands of genealogical databases including Census and Vital Records, birth, marriage and death notices, Social Security Death Index, naturalizations, Military and Holocaust Records, City Directories, and African American and more.
Britannica Academic
Includes Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools.
Play TutorialBritannica Escolar
Britannica Escolar tiene contenido preciso y apropiado para la edad en español para hablantes nativos de español, estudiantes bilingües y estudiantes que aprenden español. Disponible en dos niveles: primaria y secundaria.
Britannica School
Brtiannica School offers encyclopedias and related materials for all grades (Pre-K-12) and all reading abilities.
Gale Academic Onefile
Gale General Onefile
Gale in Context: Elementary
Gale in Context: Middle School
Middle School (Gale in Context) is a general interest reference source with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more.
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints in Context provides viewpoint essays, articles, statistics, primary documents, and other reference sources on social issues.
Gale OneFile: U.S. History
Gale OneFile: U.S. History offers balanced coverage of events in U.S. history. Best for novice historians and academic researchers. Updated daily.
LearningExpress
In Learning Express, students and adult learners can improve their skills required for academic and career success. Some practice tests include TASC, SAT, PSAT, ACT, AP, career certification tests such as NCLEX-RN, Praxis I and II, and more.
Tumblebooks
TumbleBooks provides animated, talking picture books which children can read or have read to them.