Rock Valley

• The Rock Valley Chamber of Commerce website is your online place for what's happening in and around Rock Valley. Be informed on year-around recreational opportunities for youth and adults. Keep up-to-date on local celebrations and regional events with their recently created Chamber Calendar. Visit the Business Directory when shopping for goods or services.
• The City of Rock Valley website is all about our local parks, camping, churches, schools, businesses, government, job opportunities and more.
• US Census 2010 General Population and Household Information gives you the most current demographic facts available about Rock Valley.
  
  

Sioux County

• The Newspaper Archives of Sioux County provides full text of area newspapers and is fully searchable by keyword and date, making it easy to quickly explore historical content. Use the archived issues to gain a local perspective on historical news, to research your family history, or to simply read about a person or event of interest.
  
  

Iowa

• Iowa Center for the Book offers a variety of programs and resources to stimulate public interest in books, reading, literacy and libraries.
• The State Data Center is your source for population, housing, business and government statistics, including data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Iowa state agencies, and other state and federal sources.
• Use HealthInfoIowa to start your search for health information specific to Iowa.
• Iowa Digital Heritage Collections is an online repository of Iowa history and culture, bringing together libraries, museums, historical societies and other cultural institutions.
• Iowa Publications Online allows Iowans and others to have electronic state documents at their fingertips.

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Comprehensive Data Bases

• EBSCOhost is a one-of-a-kind site for information for all ages, of any profession or interest. Besides over 300 different data bases built by professionals in their fields, it also includes full text newspapers, professional journals and magazines in English and Spanish. Your Library Card number is your Patron ID, or come in to access the site from our library's computers.

Encouraging young readers to Read...

Reading Rockets - Launching young readers by teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle. A great place to find some reading lists and lots of reading resources to assist you and your children.

Kids Reads - A place on the web with lots of information on kids books, book series and authors. There are book reviews of the newest titles, interviews with authors, lists of books (those that became movies, for example), trivia games, word scrambles, contests and lots more.