Accessibility Settings
Language Translation
Governor Mike Braun
  Close Menu

The resources on these pages are provided FREE to Jasper County Public Library patrons to help with research and entertainment needs. Except where noted, all of these resources can be used at home or away from the library. Use from home will require a JCPL library card, and some services may require you to establish an account in order to save preferences or other materials. This information is not retained by JCPL.

Browse the resources below, or choose a specific category to narrow your search. The more information link can lead to tips, known issues as well as help using the resource. To request assistance, or suggest a resource, use our contact page and select Online Databases as the category.

After Hours Use

Due to nightly server maintenance, some JCPL resources may not be available between the hours of 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. CST.

American Memory

American Memory

American Memory (Library of Congress)

Learn about important events and moments in U.S. History with this site from the Library of Congress. Numerous original-source documents including photos, news articles, speeches, and sound and video clips.

IU

Digital Collections at Indiana University

Digital Collections at Indiana University

Collections of digitized documents, photographs, maps and more from areas of Indiana and Indiana University history.

Library Congress

Digital Collections at the Library of Congress

Digital Collections at the Library of Congress

Browse and explore several important collections online from the Library of Congress.

History

History Reference Center

History Reference Center

History Reference Center is an excellent source for both American and world history. Content includes hundreds of thousands of full-text records, primary source documents, biographies of historical figures, multimedia images and video, and more.

Indiana Memory

Indiana Memory

Indiana Memory (Indiana State Library)

Visit the state’s collection of original source documents, provided by libraries, colleges and community organizations around Indiana, and learn first-hand about what makes Indiana the state that it is today.

Inspire

INSPIRE

INSPIRE

Inspire is Indiana's Virtual Library, providing access to several databases for biographies, literature, and newspaper and magazine articles.

JCPL History

JCPL Local History Resources

JCPL Local History Resources

This Jasper County Public Library-curated resource contains links to archives across the world containing Jasper County local history information. Find original source documents, photos and more for papers and research projects.

Literary

Literary Reference Center

Literary Reference Center

This database provides research information on thousands of authors and their works across, plot summaries, book reviews, synopses and work overviews, literary criticism essays, author biographies, interviews, poems, short stories, novels and more.

IU

The Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive

The Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive

IULMIA is one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive academic film collections, with more than 86,000 titles, including many rare and last-remaining copies of influential 20th-century films.