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Beauregard Parish Library
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The Beauregard Parish Library Board of Control will meet in a regularly called session at 4:45 PM on Monday November 2, 2020. This meeting will take place virtually via the Cisco WebEx platform, as allowed by the Governor’s executive order JBE 2020-30, in consideration of the social distancing guidelines in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pursuant to the “Sunshine Laws” (La R.S. 42:14), meetings of this board are open to the public unless “Executive Session” is noted. The full agenda may be seen here. To attend this virtual meeting: visit here
Meeting Number: 126 216 6383
If you wish to participate with a public comment, please review our Public Participation policy and then email admin@beau.org or call 337-463-6217 (extension 11) with your name, contact information, and topic of comment(s) no later than 4:45 PM on Friday, October 30, 2020. Beauregard Parish Library Branch Status
The DeRidder branch of the Beauregard Parish Library is now open Monday & Tuesday & Wednesday & Friday from 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM, Thursday from 9:00 AM - 7:30 PM, and Saturday from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Details of our COVID-19 Phase 3 operations can be seen here. We are working on hurricane clean-up and remediation to return service to our rural locations as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience. |
Chilton Library offers vehicle maintenance and specification tables, service and repair guides, vacuum diagrams, wiring diagrams, and Delmar ASE Technician Test Preparation (TTP) quizzes. (Mobile app available here)
Driving-Tests.org is a website for driver safety by making free permit practice tests written by experts available to anyone who wants to study, along with online copies of official state or province study guides.
Business Source Complete provides an easy way to both browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research in the EBSCO databases.
(EBSCO mobile app available)
Cypress Resume is a service that will make it easy to create impressive professional-looking resumes in minutes.
From population and Census data to housing expenditures, users of Gale Business: DemographicsNow will have access to demographic information including income, housing, race, age, education, retail spending, consumer expenditures, businesses and more.
With valuable information and advice for entrepreneurs, experienced business owners, and nonprofit organizations, Gale Business: Plan Builder is intended to help make business make sense.
Gale eBooks contains a large collection of e-books on a number of non-fiction topics.
(GALE mobile app available)
Find money for your projects using The Foundation Center Grants Databases.
(Only available inside the DeRidder branch of The Beauregard Parish Library, ask for directions to The Grants Room, and ask for the Collection Supervisor if you need help)
Homework Louisiana offers FREE online tutoring and academic resources from Tutor.com for Louisiana residents from kindergarten students through adult learners. Get help in math, science, social studies or English from a live tutor. This resource is available seven days a week, from 2:00PM - 12:00AM. Mobile app available at the Google Play Store and the Apple Store.
Tutor.com offers 24/7 tutoring assistance so that you can get your questions answered no matter what time you are asking them. This resource is the same as the HomeworkLouisiana website, except that it is available 24/7. Please use Homework Louisiana instead during its open hours, to keep this available to everyone. Mobile app available at the Google Play Store and the Apple Store.
Louisiana Jobs & Career Center
Louisiana Jobs & Career Center pulls together resources for those seeking new careers, changing jobs, needing a little extra help preparing for the job market, online one-on-one tutoring and access to free workforce development classes.
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources, including newspapers and magazines, covering a wide array of topics and issues; and it offers archives for The Beauregard Daily News going back to 1999 as well as numerous other Louisiana newspapers.
The Small Business Reference Center provides up to date information from EBSCO on relevant topics from starting a company, operations management and sales to growing or rescuing a business.
The database contains nearly 400 full-text periodicals and over 450 full-text reference books.
(EBSCO mobile app available)
Universal Class contains a variety of online continuing education courses.
BookBrowse is an online magazine for booklovers - including reviews, previews, "behind the book" backstories, author interviews, reading guides, and much more.
Book Index With Reviews offers full-text searchable reviews of book, music, and DVD/video titles.
(EBSCO mobile app available)
The Encyclopedia Britannica offers hundreds of full color and black and white non-fiction downloadable e-books for preschool through high school come to you from Britannica. Mobile app available
Freegal Music offers downloadable music & videos that are free to keep.
5 weekly downloads, videos count for two, and 3 hours daily of streaming; and downloads are yours to keep.
(Mobile app available)
Gale eBooks contains a large collection of e-books on a number of non-fiction topics.
(GALE mobile app available)
Provides library cardholders instant access to over 750,000 (and growing) music, movies, television, audiobooks, eBooks and comic titles and allows you to stream or download digital content for free with your library card.
The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is an online library of more than 400,000 digital items from Louisiana archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories, making unique historical treasures accessible to students, researchers, and the general public in Louisiana and across the globe.
The Louisiana Library Connection Databases - E-Books provides a gateway to multiple resources providing eBooks and Audiobooks to Louisiana Public Library users of all ages.
OverDrive allows you to borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and more from your library's digital collection; use your library card to get started with OverDrive. Mobile app available here
The Beauregard Parish Library is now a mirror site for the internet's oldest producer of free electronic books, Project Gutenberg, and when you select a book please choose The Beauregard Parish Library as your mirror site so your use will count.
TeenBookCloud is an online collection of ebooks and read-along chapter books, graphic novels, educational videos, audio books, and educator resources for middle school and high school. (Mobile app available at the Apple App Store and Google Play Store)
TumbleBookLibrary offers interactive storybooks, chapter books, nonfiction, language learning, puzzles, and games for kindergarten through sixth grades. Mobile app available at the Apple App Store and Google Play Store)
Access Video On Demand offers thousands of educational and interesting videos provided free of charge by Films On Demand.
The Lake Charles American Press online newspaper. (Only available inside the library, and leave the login blank when trying to login)
AtoZ The USA contains more than 115 country-based articles and 115 state articles for each of the 50 US states, five US territories, and the District of Columbia; and it offers coverage of the country’s people, history, economy, geography, symbols, culture, and society.
The Biography Reference Center offers EBSCO's comprehensive collection of more than 450,000 full text biographies, including the complete full text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine, as well as thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases. (Mobile app available)
Business Source Complete provides an easy way to both browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research in the EBSCO databases.
(EBSCO mobile app available)
Chilton Library offers vehicle maintenance and specification tables, service and repair guides, vacuum diagrams, wiring diagrams, and Delmar ASE Technician Test Preparation (TTP) quizzes. (Mobile app available here)
Columbia Granger’s World Of Poetry contains 250,000 poems in full text and 450,000 citations; numbers that will continually expand with each update.
The poems in full text are the most widely-read in the English language, as well as in Spanish, French, German, and Italian.
Consumer Health Complete offers convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information from EBSCO.
Search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
(EBSCO mobile app available)
EBSCOhost offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers.
(EBSCO Mobile app available)
The Encyclopedia Britannica offers hundreds of full color and black and white non-fiction downloadable e-books for preschool through high school come to you from Britannica. Mobile app available
Explora offers reliable content from the world's leading magazines and reference books in the EBSCO databases.
Browse categories organized by popular topic, with overviews that provide a starting point for your research; or use the simple search that quickly delivers relevant results, including primary source documents, news articles, and Associated Press videos.
(EBSCO Mobile app available)
Financial Ratings Series offers important financial literacy tools from Weiss Ratings & Grey House Publishing such as: independent unbiased financial strength ratings of banks / credit unions / insurance companies, conservative buy-hold-sell ratings of thousands of stocks / mutual funds / exchange traded funds, personal accounts to create a watchlist with notifications, and a Medicare / Medigap supplement insurance planner.
(Offsite use: put BPL in front of card number with no space. eg: BPLB000000 or BPL29962.....)
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia is a database that provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
From population and Census data to housing expenditures, users of Gale Business: DemographicsNow will have access to demographic information including income, housing, race, age, education, retail spending, consumer expenditures, businesses and more.
Gale eBooks (BPL Funded) |
Gale eBooks (State Funded) |
Gale eBooks contains a large collection of e-books on a number of non-fiction topics.
The left link is to the collection selected and funded by the Beauregard Parish Library, and the right link is to the collection selected and funded by the State Library.
Gale Legal Forms offers official, state specific, federal, business, personal, real estate, and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues. Mobile app available here.
HeritageQuest is digitized from the popular UMI Genealogy And Local History Collection on microfiche, this online database is an essential collection of unique material for both genealogical hobbyists and professionals; discover your family history today.
History Reference Center offers full text from over 1,620 reference books and encyclopedias and non-fiction books, full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, 57,000 historical documents, over 77,000 biographies of historical figures, over 113,000 historical photos and maps, and over 80 hours of historical video. (EBSCO mobile app available)
Legal Information Reference Center provides online full text from EBSCO for many of the top consumer legal reference books and contains more than 310 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. (Mobile app available)
Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is an online library of more than 400,000 digital items from Louisiana archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories, making unique historical treasures accessible to students, researchers, and the general public in Louisiana and across the globe.
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources, including newspapers and magazines, covering a wide array of topics and issues; and it offers archives for The Beauregard Daily News going back to 1999 as well as numerous other Louisiana newspapers.
Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content.
This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc.
Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
(EBSCO mobile app available)
Value Line is the uncontested authority in reliable, unbiased information, Value Line puts you in the driver’s seat with accurate and insightful investment research on companies, industries, markets and economies. From the latest data, sophisticated tools and proven ranks to expert analysis and guidance, Value Line gives you the power to evaluate investments with confidence.
World Book is an online version of the renowned encyclopedia that is available in French and Spanish.
The Lake Charles American Press online newspaper. (Only available inside the library, and leave the login blank when trying to login)
Financial Ratings Series offers important financial literacy tools from Weiss Ratings & Grey House Publishing such as: independent unbiased financial strength ratings of banks / credit unions / insurance companies, conservative buy-hold-sell ratings of thousands of stocks / mutual funds / exchange traded funds, personal accounts to create a watchlist with notifications, and a Medicare / Medigap supplement insurance planner.
(Offsite use: put BPL in front of card number with no space. eg: BPLB000000 or BPL29962.....)
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources, including newspapers and magazines, covering a wide array of topics and issues; and it offers archives for The Beauregard Daily News going back to 1999 as well as numerous other Louisiana newspapers.
Universal Class contains a variety of online continuing education courses.
Value Line is the uncontested authority in reliable, unbiased information, Value Line puts you in the driver’s seat with accurate and insightful investment research on companies, industries, markets and economies. From the latest data, sophisticated tools and proven ranks to expert analysis and guidance, Value Line gives you the power to evaluate investments with confidence.
Access Video On Demand offers thousands of educational and interesting videos provided free of charge by Films On Demand.
Access Video Just For Kids offers thousands of educational and interesting videos provided free of charge by Films On Demand.
Global Road Warrior has extensive profiles for over 170 countries, the information is perfect for countries of the world reports, and it includes details that are not often found in other places. For example, with Global Road Warrior, a user can find a basic introduction to a country's language, profiles of typical food with recipes, business and social culture pieces, and more.
Mango Languages offers online language learning for over 70 world languages and dialects through courses crafted using conversationalmethodology, ESL courses, foreign films, and cultural information to help you prepare to use the language for real. Mobile app available here
OverDrive allows you to borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and more from your library's digital collection; use your library card to get started with OverDrive. Mobile app available here
Pronunciator is a fun and free way to learn any of 163 languages with Personalized Courses, movies, music, and more; and it includes a COVID-19 language course in 101 languages.
Salud En Español provee reportes completos basados en evidencias y fichas de datos relacionados a todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar. Reportes específicos por tema que cubren todos los aspectos de la salud, dan información general importante en relación a enfermedades, afecciones y procedimientos de diversos tratamientos. (EBSCO aplicación móvil disponible)
HeritageQuest is digitized from the popular UMI Genealogy And Local History Collection on microfiche, this online database is an essential collection of unique material for both genealogical hobbyists and professionals; discover your family history today.
History Reference Center offers full text from over 1,620 reference books and encyclopedias and non-fiction books, full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, 57,000 historical documents, over 77,000 biographies of historical figures, over 113,000 historical photos and maps, and over 80 hours of historical video. (EBSCO mobile app available)
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources, including newspapers and magazines, covering a wide array of topics and issues; and it offers archives for The Beauregard Daily News going back to 1999 as well as numerous other Louisiana newspapers.
Find money for your projects using The Foundation Center Grants Databases.
(Only available inside the DeRidder branch of The Beauregard Parish Library, ask for directions to The Grants Room, and ask for the Collection Supervisor if you need help)
AtoZ Food America contains recipes and food culture in all course categories (appetizers, soups, salads, breads, main courses, side dishes, desserts, snacks, and beverages) for six US regions, all 50 states, and 33 ethnic cuisines.
AtoZ World Food offers thousands of global recipes, hundreds of fascinating culture and ingredient articles, essential culinary resources, and 174 country cookbooks in one online resource; explore food culture and traditional recipes from around the world.
Consumer Health Complete offers convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information from EBSCO.
Search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
(EBSCO mobile app available)
Gale eBooks contains a large collection of e-books on a number of non-fiction topics.
(GALE mobile app available)
This link is for the collection funded and selected by the Beauregard Parish Library.
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources, including newspapers and magazines, covering a wide array of topics and issues; and it offers archives for The Beauregard Daily News going back to 1999 as well as numerous other Louisiana newspapers.
Salud En Español provee reportes completos basados en evidencias y fichas de datos relacionados a todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar.
Reportes específicos por tema que cubren todos los aspectos de la salud, dan información general importante en relación a enfermedades, afecciones y procedimientos de diversos tratamientos.
(EBSCO aplicación móvil disponible)
Universal Class contains a variety of online continuing education courses.
Gale Legal Forms offers official, state specific, federal, business, personal, real estate, and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues. Mobile app available here.
Legal Information Reference Center provides online full text from EBSCO for many of the top consumer legal reference books and contains more than 310 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. (Mobile app available)
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources, including newspapers and magazines, covering a wide array of topics and issues; and it offers archives for The Beauregard Daily News going back to 1999 as well as numerous other Louisiana newspapers.
Access Video On Demand offers thousands of educational and interesting videos provided free of charge by Films On Demand.
AtoZ Food America contains recipes and food culture in all course categories (appetizers, soups, salads, breads, main courses, side dishes, desserts, snacks, and beverages) for six US regions, all 50 states, and 33 ethnic cuisines.
AtoZ World Food offers thousands of global recipes, hundreds of fascinating culture and ingredient articles, essential culinary resources, and 174 country cookbooks in one online resource; explore food culture and traditional recipes from around the world.
Chilton Library offers vehicle maintenance and specification tables, service and repair guides, vacuum diagrams, wiring diagrams, and Delmar ASE Technician Test Preparation (TTP) quizzes. (Mobile app available here)
Cypress Resume is a service that will make it easy to create impressive professional-looking resumes in minutes.
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center offers exclusive articles from the EBSCO databases covering over 140 topics, as well as many other periodicals, books and videos that focus on categories commonly referred to as hobbies and crafts; and it is available in a high-quality PDF format.
(EBSCO mobile app available)
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources, including newspapers and magazines, covering a wide array of topics and issues; and it offers archives for The Beauregard Daily News going back to 1999 as well as numerous other Louisiana newspapers.
Niche Academy offers online tutorials that teach people how to use library e-resources like ebooks, research databases, language learning tools, and more.
LearningExpress Library is a web-based learning solution that provides patrons, from elementary students to adult learners, with instant access to the most comprehensive collection of test preparation tools, skill-building materials, and career resources available.
Tutor.com offers 24/7 tutoring assistance so that you can get your questions answered no matter what time you are asking them. This resource is the same as the HomeworkLouisiana website, except that it is available 24/7. Please use Homework Louisiana instead during its open hours, to keep this available to everyone. Mobile app available at the Google Play Store and the Apple Store.
Universal Class contains a variety of online continuing education courses.
World Book is an online version of the renowned encyclopedia that is available in French and Spanish.
The Lake Charles American Press online newspaper. (Only available inside the library, and leave the login blank when trying to login)
MasterFILE Premier is designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost. (Mobile app available here)
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources, including newspapers and magazines, covering a wide array of topics and issues; and it offers archives for The Beauregard Daily News going back to 1999 as well as numerous other Louisiana newspapers.
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for 45 national (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.
RBdigital Magazines offers full color, interactive digital magazines with no holds, no checkout periods, and no limit to the number of magazines you can download.
(Mobile app available)
Access Video On Demand offers thousands of educational and interesting videos provided free of charge by Films On Demand.
Access Video Just For Kids offers thousands of educational and interesting videos provided free of charge by Films On Demand.
Freegal Music offers downloadable music & videos that are free to keep.
5 weekly downloads, videos count for two, and 3 hours daily of streaming; and downloads are yours to keep.
(Mobile app available)
Provides library cardholders instant access to over 750,000 (and growing) music, movies, television, audiobooks, eBooks and comic titles and allows you to stream or download digital content for free with your library card.
Mango Languages offers online language learning for over 70 world languages and dialects through courses crafted using conversational methodology, ESL courses, foreign films, and cultural information to help you prepare to use the language for real. Mobile app available here
OverDrive allows you to borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and more from your library's digital collection; use your library card to get started with OverDrive. Mobile app available here
Pronunciator is a fun and free way to learn any of 163 languages with Personalized Courses, movies, music, and more; and it includes a COVID-19 language course in 101 languages.
TeenBookCloud is an online collection of ebooks and read-along chapter books, graphic novels, educational videos, audio books, and educator resources for middle school and high school. (Mobile app available at the Apple App Store and Google Play Store)
The Columbia Granger’s World Of Poetry contains 250,000 poems in full text and 450,000 citations; numbers that will continually expand with each update.
The poems in full text are the most widely-read in the English language, as well as in Spanish, French, German, and Italian.
OverDrive allows you to borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and more from your library's digital collection; use your library card to get started with OverDrive. Mobile app available here
BookBrowse is an online magazine for booklovers - including reviews, previews, "behind the book" backstories, author interviews, reading guides, and much more.
Book Index With Reviews offers full-text searchable reviews of book, music, and DVD/video titles.
(EBSCO mobile app available)
Literary Reference eBook Collection offers information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Information Services.
(EBSCO mobile app available)
NextReads Newsletters, offered by Library Aware, provides a currated list of new books worth examining in various genres. Titles are linked to our Online Card Catalog, so you can easily see if we have a copy, and if so request it should you like the looks of it. Newsletters come weekly, bimonthly, or monthly, depending on the specific list.
Online Book Clubs are a great way to sample new and unfamiliar authors and books. Each week day you will receive a 5-minute portion of a book in a genre of your choice. By the end of the week, you'll have read 2-3 chapters. If you like a book, stop by the library and pick up a copy. New books are featured every week or two weeks. You can join more than one club. Sign up now for a simple way to find new good books from a variety of genres, and receive brief portions of new books by e-mail.
Access Video On Demand offers thousands of educational and interesting videos provided free of charge by Films On Demand.
Chilton Library offers vehicle maintenance and specification tables, service and repair guides, vacuum diagrams, wiring diagrams, and Delmar ASE Technician Test Preparation (TTP) quizzes. (Mobile app available here)
GCFLearnFree.org program has helped millions around the world learn the essential skills they need to live and work in the 21st century. From Microsoft Office and email, to reading, math, and more—GCFLearnFree.org offers more than 200 topics, including more than 2,000 lessons, more than 1,000 videos, and more than 50 interactives and games, completely free.
Mango Languages offers online language learning for over 70 world languages and dialects through courses crafted using conversational methodology, ESL courses, foreign films, and cultural information to help you prepare to use the language for real. Mobile app available here
Niche Academy offers online tutorials that teach people how to use library e-resources like ebooks, research databases, language learning tools, and more.
Pronunciator is a fun and free way to learn any of 163 languages with Personalized Courses, movies, music, and more; and it includes a COVID-19 language course in 101 languages.
Universal Class contains a variety of online continuing education courses.
Access Video On Demand offers thousands of educational and interesting videos provided free of charge by Films On Demand.
AtoZ The USA contains more than 115 country-based articles and 115 state articles for each of the 50 US states, five US territories, and the District of Columbia; and it offers coverage of the country’s people, history, economy, geography, symbols, culture, and society.
AtoZ World Food offers thousands of global recipes, hundreds of fascinating culture and ingredient articles, essential culinary resources, and 174 country cookbooks in one online resource; explore food culture and traditional recipes from around the world.
Global Road Warrior has extensive profiles for over 170 countries, the information is perfect for countries of the world reports, and it includes details that are not often found in other places. For example, with Global Road Warrior, a user can find a basic introduction to a country's language, profiles of typical food with recipes, business and social culture pieces, and more.
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources, including newspapers and magazines, covering a wide array of topics and issues; and it offers archives for The Beauregard Daily News going back to 1999 as well as numerous other Louisiana newspapers.
World Book is an online version of the renowned encyclopedia that is available in French and Spanish.
Chilton Library offers vehicle maintenance and specification tables, service and repair guides, vacuum diagrams, wiring diagrams, and Delmar ASE Technician Test Preparation (TTP) quizzes. (Mobile app available here)
Homework Louisiana offers FREE online tutoring and academic resources from Tutor.com for Louisiana residents from kindergarten students through adult learners. Get help in math, science, social studies or English from a live tutor. This resource is available seven days a week, from 2:00PM - 12:00AM. Mobile app available at the Google Play Store and the Apple Store.
Tutor.com offers 24/7 tutoring assistance so that you can get your questions answered no matter what time you are asking them. This resource is the same as the HomeworkLouisiana website, except that it is available 24/7. Please use Homework Louisiana instead during its open hours, to keep this available to everyone. Mobile app available at the Google Play Store and the Apple Store.
Learning Express is a web-based learning solution that provides patrons, from elementary students to adult learners, with instant access to the most comprehensive collection of test preparation tools, skill-building materials, and career resources available.
(EBSCO mobile app available)
Niche Academy offers online tutorials that teach people how to use library e-resources like ebooks, research databases, language learning tools, and more.
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