Gale Biography Resource Center This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to vetted websites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
Scribner Writers Series Scribner Writers Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 2,000 authors and literary genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner print series.
Twayne's Authors Series
Comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors.
Business Resources
Reference USA
ReferenceUSA is a collection of databases that contains information of more than 14 million U.S. businesses, 210 million U.S. residents, 855,000 U.S. health care providers, and thousands of new businesses each month. The database offers telephone listings, e-mail, websites and mailing addresses.
Career Cruising
A comprehensive career guide designed for individual, self-directed use, suitable for people from age 11 to adulthood.
Find careers that match your interests with Career Matchmaker
Get the inside scoop on any career with in-depth profiles, multimedia interviews and an on-the-job PhotoFile
Learn about the education and training options available
Create a Portfolio to save career exploration progress and build a professional-looking resume
Find work search hints and tips in the Career Cruising employment guide and thousands of job postings using the Career Cruising job search tool
Encyclopedias and Fact Finders
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).
e-Library
(In library use)
- e-Library (Home/Remote use)
eLibrary is a great place to start when searching for information for homework, papers, or projects. Also a good source of pictures and information on current events! Constantly updated, eLibrary gives you access to 2,100 full-text magazines, journals, newspapers, transcripts, and e-books—plus more than five million images, maps, educator-approved websites, videos, and interactive simulations.
Foreign Languages
Mango Languages
Mango Languages is a fun way to introduce yourself to a new language for conversation or to help if you are planning on traveling abroad. You may learn without registering, but registering will give you access to different tools. Your choice..Bonne Chance!!
Genealogy
HeritageQuest Online
Digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records and other genealogy information. This online database is an essential collection of unique material for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. For remote use, please contact the library for login information.
JSTOR (In-Library Use) - JSTOR (Home Use)
JSTOR (Journal Storage) is a unique database of academic journals It provides full-text searches for hundreds of digitized versions of well-known journals. This database can be used for academic solutions as well as personal research.
EBSCO
EBSCOhost Full text articles and Chilton's Auto Repair Reference Center
Bayou State Periodical Index
In addition to current publications we have begun indexing certain core titles retrospectively. The database now contains 34,000 citations to articles in more than 80 Louisiana periodicals published between 1974 and 2004. It is brought to you free of charge by your Louisiana Library Association.
Legal Reference
Thompson Gale Legal Forms
Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.
WestLaw
Westlaw is West Legal Publications' online legal research service. It provides quick, easy access to West's vast collection of Louisiana (and other states') statutes, case law materials, public records, and other legal resources. A full-text email delivery service is available, but the database can be accessed only by reference librarians. Call 985-876-1733 for more information.
FirstGov
Official information and services from the U.S. government. Whatever you want or need from the U.S. government, it's here. You'll find a rich treasure of online information, services, and resources.
Lexis-Nexis
Lexis-Nexis is a subscription database that provides access to billions of full-text articles from thousands of publications in dozens of languages from several countries going back to the late seventies. Consumer Reports is a featured publication. A full-text e-mail delivery service is available, but the database can be accessed only by reference librarians. Call 985-876-1733 for more information.
Books In Print (In-Library Use) Patron Books In Print (Home Use)
You must use your library card and PIN to log in. Once there you will gain access to the link.
Gale Literature Resource Center
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.
JSTOR (In-Library Use) - JSTOR (Home Use)
JSTOR (Journal Storage) is a unique database of academic journals It provides full-text searches for hundreds of digitized versions of well-known journals. This database can be used for academic solutions as well as personal research.
Bayou State Periodical Index
In addition to current publications we have begun indexing certain core titles retrospectively. The database now contains 34,000 citations to articles in more than 80 Louisiana periodicals published between 1974 and 2004. It is brought to you free of charge by your Louisiana Library Association.
Maps
Sanborn Maps
Digital Sanborn Maps - access to large-scale Louisiana maps, 1867-1970. For remote use, please contact the library for login information.
Salem Press - The Solar System (In Library Use) Salem Press - The Solar System (Remote Access - Need library card #)
Essential coverage of all major aspects of Earth's solar system, from every feature of the major planets to their satellites, small bodies, interplanetary phenomena, and cosmological context.
