Resources

Never wait to check out an audiobook again with Blackstone Unlimited. Choose from over 6,000 audiobook titles in every genre imaginable. Titles are always available, so you never have to place a hold or worry about due dates.

BookChat is a live chat service offering personalized reading suggestions. It's a great way to get book recommendations even when the library is closed. BookChat is provided through Novelist Plus. Access BookChat by clicking the icon in the lower right of the NoveList Plus homepage.

Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.

Consumer Reports provides unbiased ratings and reviews of the safety and performance of products. It publishes reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services based on reporting and results from its in-house testing laboratory and survey research center.

Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with simple search, easy-to-browse categories organized by popular topic, and a Curriculum Standards Module to help educators correlate content quickly and easily to Common Core and other standards.

Fold3 provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. Original records at Fold3 help you discover and share stories about these everyday heroes, forgotten soldiers, and the families that supported them. Unlike most of our digital services, Fold3 can only be accessed onsite at the library.

Gale Courses offers a wide range of highly interactive, instructor-led courses that you can take entirely online. Courses run for six weeks, and new sessions begin every month.

Hoopla is an on-demand streaming media service that allows you to borrow audiobooks, comics, ebooks, movies, music, and television shows online with automatic return after the loan period.

INSPIRE is Indiana's Virtual Online Library.  It includes full-text magazine and journal articles, websites, pamphlets, images, almanacs, full-text historic newspapers, multimedia, library catalogs, and much more. 

Kanopy is a video streaming service that allows you to stream movies and TV shows with your library card.  The collection contains over 30,000 titles that inspire, entertain, and enrich.  Apps are available for most mobile and smart TV devices.

Organized into targeted learning centers, LearningExpress Library supports those looking to improve core academic skills, pass the GED, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, find a job, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more.

OverDrive provides downloadable e-books, audiobooks, and magazines through the Indiana Digital Library.  You can download the Libby app to access OverDrive content on your mobile device.

Niche Academy provides ready-to-use video tutorials for the most commonly used library digital services and resources. Tutorials cover services such Hoopla, Libby & OverDrive, Kanopy, Gale Courses, Ancestry, and many more.

NoveList Plus provides expert-crafted book recommendations for all readers. Its unique story elements like appeal, genre, and theme make it easy for you to find the kinds of books you’re interested in. It offers recommendations for titles, authors, and series.

Learn a new language with Rosetta Stone.  Rosetta Stone uses images, text, and sound to teach words and grammar.  The first levels of Rosetta Stone courses are available for 30 different languages.

Ten Percent Happier features some of the best mindfulness and meditation teachers in the world, teaching you about meditation, leading you in guided meditations on various subjects (e.g. calm, sleep, patience), and sharing science-backed wisdom on how you can spend less time yanked around by your emotions.