Resources

Hoosier State Chronicles provides free, online access to high quality digital images of Indiana's historic newspapers.

A collaborative effort to provide access to the wealth of primary sources in Indiana libraries, Indianas history, and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, maps, and other media.

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 K-8 Plus helps you find books specifically for younger readers. You can browse theme-oriented book lists at every reading level and look for outstanding titles in Award Winners. Parents and teachers can find tools to teach with books and engage young readers. NoveList K-8 covers picture books, children's chapter books, and younger teen titles in both fiction and non-fiction.

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.

Playgarden Prep Online is a preschool program for children 2-4+. It provides daily lessons with certified teachers, pre-recorded videos and live classes on Zoom, hands-on learning tools, opportunities for socializing, and more!

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.

Scholastic Teachables offers printable activities for any subject: math, science, reading comprehension, STEM, writing, and beyond. Download printable lesson plans, reading passages, games and puzzles, clip art, bulletin board ideas, and skills sheets for kids in any grade.

Teaching Books is developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities.

TrueFlix is a highly-engaging multimedia resource that supports science and social studies instruction. Videos and e-books are enhanced with a variety of content—including primary sources, fiction, videos, audio clips, images, and related websites.

World Book Advanced is a powerful multimedia reference tool, perfect for high school students, that integrates reference articles and primary source database in a single search. It also includes access to up-to-the-minute news publications from all over the world.

World Book Kids is a general reference website developed especially for our youngest learners. The site offers easy-to-read articles, multimedia, and a wealth of engaging games, interactive tools, and activities.

World Book Student includes engaging content, built-in features, and fun tools specifically designed to make knowledge accessible and easy-to-find for all kids in elementary through middle school.

World Book’s new interactive way to view history, Timelines gives students the opportunity to visualize and explore important events from the past.