Reading level, interest level, title, author, fiction/nonfiction, subject, award-winners, state lists, ATOS® book level, Lexile™ measure, CCSS (Common Core State Standards) Exemplars, and more.
Searching for books with a corresponding Renaissance Accelerated Reader 360® quiz is easy with Accelerated Reader Bookfinder®. Students, teachers, parents, and librarians can search in English or Spanish.
Author biographies, author interviews, book reviews, classic texts, essays, periodicals, plot summaries and work overviews, poems from hundreds of sources, reference books and monographs, and short stories.
Literary Reference Center Plus includes the Masterplots library of plot summaries, and also has dozens of character maps for Romeo and Juliet and other important works.
Find books by Accelerated Reader (ATOS) book level and interest level; audience (adult, teen, ages 9–12, ages 0–8); author's cultural identity, gender identity, or nationality; award winners; books that have been mentioned in radio, TV, and print; grade level; Lexile score; and more.
Discover new books and authors similar to your favorites. Includes summaries and series order for titles. Special features include author read-alike and book discussion guides.
Online Book Clubs
A newsletter service that provides reading suggestions based on subject categories. Sign up to receive a monthly newsletter with the latest and greatest suggestions!
Marketing, management, management information systems, production and operations management, accounting, finance and economics.
Business Source Complete is a scholarly business database that provides full-text access to many peer-reviewed business related journals. Includes indexing and abstracts for many important scholarly business journals as far back as 1886.
BookFlix® combines Weston Woods animated stories with best-selling Scholastic nonfiction ebooks to create an engaging, interactive reading experience. It enhances vocabulary, fluency, and early literacy while building real-world knowledge for beginning and developing readers. (Ages 3-8)
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Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center offers detailed how-to instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast, from autograph collectors to woodworkers. Find digital versions of leading hobby and craft magazines, including Woodworker’s Journal, Pottery Making Illustrated, Bead & Button, Creative Knitting, Audubon, and many more.
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Home Improvement Reference Center offers step-by-step instructions for thousands of projects in the areas of plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical, and decorating, provided in high-quality PDF files.
E-books and e-audiobooks for your phone or tablet: fiction and nonfiction for adults, teens, and kids.
Borrow up to 5 items at a time in cloudLibrary. With no monthly limits, you can return a title that you aren’t enjoying and check something else out immediately! Use cloudLibrary on the web or download the app from the links below:
Audiobooks, music albums, comics, movies, and television shows.
Stream for free on your computer or mobile device. You can borrow and download 7 items per calendar month, and you never have to wait for someone else to return it! For apps, follow the links below:
Mometrix eLibrary offers study materials for over 1,400 different standardized exams including high school, college, and graduate school admissions exams, and certification exams for teachers, nurses, civil service, and many other career paths. Study materials include study guides with instructional videos, interactive flashcards, and interactive practice tests.
Udemy can help improve your career skills or further develop a personal interest with access to thousands of continuously updated, on-demanded video courses. Explore the many options across 75 categories in business, tech, and personal development taught by world-class instructors.
Genealogy, family history, census records, immigration, marriage, birth, death, and other official information about your ancestors.
One of the most important genealogical collections available today, with unparalleled coverage of the United States.
American history, including advertising, health, women’s issues, science, the history of slavery, industry and professions, religious issues, culture and the arts, and more.
The American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection (1684–1912) provides digitized images of American magazines and journals detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century.
You can search the entire collection or choose a specific era:
African American History; American Enterprise, Industrialization and Development; Arts, Education, Culture, Crazes and Trends; Crimes and Trials of the Century; Natural Wonders, Disasters and the Environment; Politics, Government and World Leaders; Public Spirit, Exhibitions, and Celebrations; Science, Technology, and Innovation; Sports and American Pastimes; Struggle for Human Rights and Freedoms; War; Women’s History.
Chronicling America provides free access to millions of historic American newspaper pages, sponsored jointly by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
History Reference Center covers both U.S. and world history topics and provides access to full-text historical reference books, magazines, journals, and thousands of primary source documents. Useful for everyone from middle school students to adults.
The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is an online library of over 400,000 digital items from Louisiana archives, libraries, museums, etc., making unique historical treasures accessible to the general public in Louisiana and across the globe. The items in the LDL are as diverse and interesting as the people and places in Louisiana, with photographs, maps, manuscript materials, books, oral histories, and more documenting the state’s history and culture. Ouachita Parish Public Library is happy to be a part of the Louisiana Digital Library.
Free online tutoring, test preparation, job search assistance, and resources. Get homework help from a live tutor from 2:00 pm–12:00 midnight Central, 7 days a week.
La ayuda en vivo individual está disponible en español de todos los días de 2:00pm hasta 12:00am CST.
Trực tiếp một-một trợ giúp bằng tiếng Việt có sẵn hàng ngày 6:00pm–9:00pm (18:00–21:00), Giờ miền Trung (Bắc-Mỹ).
LEAP Practice Tests show what each part, or session, of the real LEAP (Louisiana Educational Assessment Program) and GEE (Graduation Exit Examination) tests is like. Practice Tests look similar to the real tests.
Mometrix eLibrary offers study materials for over 1,400 different standardized exams including high school, college, and graduate school admissions exams, and certification exams for teachers, nurses, civil service, and many other career paths. Study materials include study guides with instructional videos, interactive flashcards, and interactive practice tests.
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 phones and tablets.
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Louisiana Legal Forms offers blank and sample legal forms of all kinds, many of them specific to the needs of Louisiana residents. Some of them can be filled out online and printed or saved.
Motorcycle, car, and commercial vehicle (CDL) permits and licenses.
The driving test practice that will help you ace your Louisiana driving exam. Start your free OMV (Office of Motor Vehicles) practice test now!
Louisiana law requires that state agencies submit copies of their publications to the Recorder of Documents for distribution to the member libraries of the Louisiana State Document Depository Program. This program preserves and assures the availability of state publications for use by the public throughout the state.
Monroe newspapers: Daily Telegraph (1870–1886), Monroe Morning World (1931–1969), Monroe News-Star (1909–1977), Register (1859–1860), Weekly News-Star (1894–1920).
Northeast Louisiana newspapers include:
Newspapers.com Southeast Collection is an extensive database with access to hundreds of historical newspapers published throughout the South. It contains full runs and portions of runs for well-known, regional and state titles.
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Freegal is a free and legal music download service. Over 5 million songs are available for you to download and keep in mp3 format. You can use Freegal Music on the web, and you can also find the Freegal Music app with these links:
Kanopy lets you watch thoughtful and thought-provoking films with no ads. You can watch an unlimited number of The Great Courses videos featuring scholars teaching their favorite subjects in engaging lectures. Kanopy delivers a diverse collection of 30,000+ enriching films, available to stream anytime and anywhere — from desktop to TV to tablet. Parents can block their children from accessing the main (non-“Kids”) section. Download the app from the links below:
Kanopy Kids has a diverse selection of educational and entertaining content that range across Movies, TV Series, Animated Storybooks, Live Action, and Animated favorites. With Kanopy Kids, what you watch doesn’t count against your free monthly Kanopy credits — binge on!
Arts and literature, biographies, business and careers, current events, geography and culture, health, history and social science, science and math, and other subjects.
Explora for Public Libraries provides reliable content from the world's leading magazines and reference books, grouped into easy-to-browse categories. Explora provides research collections on thousands of topics to help you find the information you need quickly and easily. You can search hundreds of professional journals, popular magazines, reference books, images, primary sources, and more by keyword or by topic.
Arts, biography, business, education, environment, history, information and publishing, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nation and world, religion, science, social science, and other topics.
Includes Twayne’s Authors and Scribner Writers.
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DigitalLearn offers basic instruction in computers, email, social media and more!
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts includes full text for about half its records. Coverage extends back as far as the mid-1960s.