RESEARCH AND LEARNING

• Ancestry.com Library Edition:  Unlock the story of you with genealogical and historical sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, phones, maps, and more.

• Biography Reference Source:  Access a comprehensive collection of more than 450,000 full text biographies, including the complete full text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine, as well as thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases.

• Books in Print 2.0:  Access the world's largest bibliographic resource with a comprehensive database of more than 19 million books, audiobooks, and video titles.

• Business Source Complete:  Easily browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information, and market research.

• CodeCombat:  Learn to program and code in a fun new way with CodeCombat.  CodeCombat challenges players to write code to control on-screen characters to complete specific goals while playing an adventure video game.  Access to a computer with keyboard required to code.

• Consumer Health Complete: Conveniently access easily understandable health and medical information.  Search and browse within medical encyclopedia, popular reference books, and magazine articles.

• Creativebug:  Explore more than 1000 award-winning art & craft video classes taught by design experts and artists.  Enjoy unlimited access while participating in classes anytime, anywhere.  Since the classes never expire, you can start and stop projects at your own pace.  No pressure, just possibilities!

• DigitalLearn.org:  Receive basic instruction in computers, email, social media, and more!

• EBSCOhost:  Access a variety of popular proprietary full text databases from leading information providers on desktop or mobile devices.

  • Academic Search Complete

  • Alt HealthWatch

  • BIR Entertainment

  • Book Collection: Nonfiction

  • Book Index with Reviews

  • Business Source Complete

  • CINAHL

  • eBook Collection

  • EBSCOhost Espanol

  • EBSCOhost Francais

  • ERIC

  • Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

  • GreenFILE

  • Health Source - Consumer Edition

  • Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition

  • History Reference Center

  • Humanities International Complete

  • Library, Information Science, & Technology Abstracts

  • MAS Ultra - School Edition

  • MasterFILE Premier

  • MEDLINE

  • Middle Search Plus

  • Military & Government Collection

  • Primary Search

  • Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

  • Regional Business News

  • Religion & Philosophy Collection

  • Science Reference Center

  • SocINDEX with Full Text

  • SPORTDiscus

  • Vocational and Career Collection

• Explora Quick Search:​  Access reliable content from the world's leading magazines and reference books in the EBSCO databases.  Browse categories organized by popular topic, with overviews that provide a starting point for your research, or use the simple search that quickly delivers relevant results, including primary source documents, news articles, and Associated Press videos.

• Gale eBooks:  Explore literary criticism, author biographies, and business resources.  Includes Twayne's and Scribner.

• Gale Legal Forms - Louisiana: Download official, state specific, federal, business, personal, real estate, and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues.

• ​Gale Presents - Udemy: Improve your career skills or further develop a personal interest with access to thousands of continuously updated, on-demand video courses.  Explore the many options across 75 categories in business, tech, and personal development taught by world-class instructors.

• History Reference Source:  Access full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction books, cover to cover for more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 77,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.

• Hobbies and Craft Source: Enjoy exclusive articles from the EBSCO databases covering over 140 topics, as well as many other periodicals, books, and videos that focus on categories commonly referred to as hobbies and crafts, available in high-quality PDF format.

• Home Improvement Source:  Learn from resources designed to assist homeowners in do-it-yourself home repair, maintenance, and remodeling projects.  Step-by-step instructions for thousands of projects in the areas of plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical, and decorating are provided in high-quality PDF files.

• Homework Louisiana:  Enjoy free access to this online tutoring and homework help service for Louisiana residents.  Connect with a live tutor and receive schoolwork assistance, 7 days a week from 10 AM - Midnight.  Test prep, job search assistance, drop-off essay review, and drop-off math help is also available.

• Learning Express Library:  Access a comprehensive interactive learning platform of tests, courses, and career preparation for students and adults.​

  • Adult Core Skills​

  • Career Preparation

  • College Admissions Test Preparation

  • College Students

  • High School Equivalency Center

  • Recursos Para Hispanohablantes

  • School Center

• Literary Reference Center Plus: Access information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Information Services.​

• Louisiana Digital Library: Enjoy access to an online library of over 144,000 digital materials about Louisiana's history, culture, places, and people.

• Louisiana Public Documents Digital Archive:  Access a collection of more than 20,000 Louisiana-born digital public documents, most since 2002, located in the digital resources repository of the State Library of Louisiana.

• Mango Languages: Learn over 70 world languages and 20 English courses.  Mango is accessible in the library and at home via web or mobile apps for iOS and Android phone and tablets.

• Newspapers: Access free newspaper sites in Louisiana and other states.

• Novelist Plus:  Discover new books and authors based on what you like to read.  Includes summaries and series order for titles.  Special features include author read-alikes, book discussion guides, and appeal factors.

• Salem Press:  Access free educational publications from Salem Press's digital collection.

• Salud En Espanol:  Explore Consumer Health Complete in Spanish.

• Science Reference Source:  Access a comprehensive research database that provides a multitude of full text science-oriented content.  This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and more.  Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology, and wildlife.

• Small Business Source:  Access up-to-date information from EBSCO on relevant topics from starting a company, operations management and sales to growing or rescuing a business.  This database contains nearly 400 full-text periodicals and over 450 full-text reference books.

• World Book Online Encyclopedia: Access an online version of the renowned encyclopedia, with encyclopedias available for learners of every level.  Encyclopedias are also available in French and Spanish.