Online Resources

Search an extensive collection of historical and current biographies.

EBSCOhost searches numerous academic and consumer publications that are a great resource for research projects on a variety of topics.

Explora provides students with easy-to-use features and age-appropriate content from the world's leading magazines and reference books.

Read your favorite magazines on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. Read online or download magazines for offline reading.

Over 25,000 encyclopedia entries on a variety of subjects. There are also images and brief biographies included.

Search thousands of historical documents, video, maps, and photographs.

Resume and cover letter editing services, an extensive adult education center, and a career center with job lists and interview tips.

Borrow, stream, and download eBooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, and television shows. hoopla BingePasses allow you to stream interactive, educational, and engaging collections of documentaries, magazines, apps, podcasts, and more. All items are always instantly available.

Read along to a picture book with audio narration.

Practice exams and guides for GED, SAT, civil service, military, licensing, certification tests, and more.

Borrow ebooks and audiobooks. Libby is the library reading app by OverDrive.

A full-text literary database covering all genres and time periods. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies.

A selection of links to eBooks and audiobooks provided by the State Library of Louisiana.

Learn over 70 world languages and 20 English courses. There is also a Mango Languages mobile app for iOS and Android phones and tablets.

Reading recommendations for readers of all ages.

Search science encyclopedias, reference books and periodicals for information about biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, scientists, technology, and wildlife.

Explore science concepts and ideas through hands-on experiments, videos, recommended websites, and more. Great for science projects.