Arts, History, and Humanities

The award-winning ABCmouse curriculum is designed to help young children build a strong foundation for future academic success. ABCmouse is 100% educational, with more than 10,000 learning activities across all major subject areas: reading, math, science, social studies, art and music—including more than 1,200 of those learning activities in Spanish (for children ages 2-8+).

First-time users will need to make an account.  When creating your account, choose Louisiana, St. Tammany Parish Library, enter your library card number, and click submit.  You will then create your account using an email address and password.  ABCmouse can be shared by up to three children in a household, each with their own avatar, profile and progress-tracking on the ABCmouse Step-by-Step Learning Path.

AmericanAncestors.org provides access to billions of records spanning the United States, the British Isles, continental Europe, and beyond, including one of the most extensive online collections of early American genealogical records, the largest searchable collection of published genealogical research journals and magazines, and the only online source for records from Boston's Catholic Archdiocese.

AmericanAncestors.org also has the 10 million name project, a collaborative project dedicated to recovering the names of the estimated 10 million men, women, and children of African descent who were enslaved in pre- and post-colonial America (specifically, the territory that would become the United States) between the 1500s and 1865.

AmericanAncestors.org also includes an extensive online collection of early American genealogical records and published genealogical research journals and magazines, and the largest collection of U.S Catholic records online. Educational resources are also available to help genealogy hobbyists improve their skills.

The most comprehensive digital collection of primary source documents from and about Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage—including Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, South Asians, Vietnamese and many others. More than 35 million primary documents from diverse sources and perspectives, both historical (from the early 18th century) and contemporary. 

This primary source collection offers more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications, to provide a window into African American history, culture, and daily life—as well as the ways the dominant culture has portrayed and perceived people of African descent. The sources in this collection covers the time period between pre-Revolution America and the early 21st century.

Information on more than 6 million book, music, and video/DVD titles. Includes 800,000+ full-text searchable book reviews from trusted sources. Search for various media using an artist, performer, or genre.

Hundreds of full color and black and white non-fiction downloadable e-books for ages preschool to 18.

Please note: Please choose Guest User option to access the e-books. 

Interested in craft projects, sewing, crocheting, woodworking, fitness, and more, then Craft & Hobby is the database for you. Unlock your creative potential with the largest resource of video-on-demand learning in the craft and hobby space. Learn at your own pace with step-by-step tutorials in 20 different creative interest areas as well as with expert-led classes and endless inspiration. 

Your next hobby is just a click away. Let your creativity soar – access with your library card today!

Over 550 reference e-books covering a wide variety of subjects.

EBSCOhost offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers:

• • Academic Search Complete, opens a new window
  • Audiobook Collection (EBSCOhost), opens a new window
  • Biography Reference Ultimate, opens a new window
  • Book Index With Reviews, opens a new window
  • Business Source Complete, opens a new window
  • eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), opens a new window
  • ERIC, opens a new window
  • Ethnic Diversity Source, opens a new window
  • Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, opens a new window
  • GreenFILE, opens a new window
  • History Reference Center, opens a new window
  • Humanities International Complete, opens a new window
  • Legal Information Source, opens a new window
  • Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, opens a new window
  • Literary Reference Plus, opens a new window
  • MAS Ultra - School Edition, opens a new window
  • MasterFILE Premier, opens a new window
  • Middle Search Plus, opens a new window
  • Primary Search, opens a new window
  • Regional Business News, opens a new window
  • Science Reference Center, opens a new window
  • Small Business Source, opens a new window
  • Vocational And Career Collection, opens a new window

Specializing in reliable content for students and teachers, Explora provides information 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.

Fact Monster is a free reference site for students, teachers, and parents. Get homework help and find facts on thousands of subjects.

Literary criticism, author biographies and business resources. Includes Twayne's and Scribner. This resource requires a valid St. Tammany Parish Library card as a Login ID. 

Gale In Context: Elementary delivers trusted, age-appropriate digital content. Through newspaper and magazine articles, videos, images, and graphics, elementary students can learn about everything from animals and outer space to famous artists and favorite athletes. The database is visual and intuitive, and rewards students’ efforts by developing comprehension and research skills to prepare them for middle school—and a lifetime of learning.

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints covers today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This research database is a rich resource for debaters and includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more. The content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, and political science. This resource requires a valid St. Tammany Parish Library card as a Login ID. 

Gale In Context: U.S. History is an engaging online resource designed to support U.S. history studies by providing a thorough overview of our nation’s complex past—from wars and political movements to the individuals and cultural shifts that initiated them.

This resource requires a valid St. Tammany Parish Library card as a Login ID.

With Gale In Context World History, bring history to the forefront of your curriculum. This engaging online resource reaches back to the beginning of recorded history through today’s top headlines, putting topical issues in context. Students will gain a more complete understanding of the people and cultures that formed our collective history.

This resource requires a valid St. Tammany Parish Library card as a Login ID.

Whether you're researching authors and their works, literary movements or genres, or trying to find book reviews of bestsellers, you can search across all of your library's Gale literary databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism and analysis, reviews, author biographies, and a rich collection of expertly written work overviews. This resource requires a valid St. Tammany Parish Library card as a Login ID. 

Gale™ takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Literature Criticism Online. This resource requires a valid St. Tammany Parish Library card as a Login ID. 

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. This resource requires a valid St. Tammany Parish Library card as a Login ID.

Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online provides more than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres. Comprised of the award-winning Dictionary of Literary Biography series, which over its 30-year history has been dedicated to making literature and its creators better understood and more accessible to students and interested readers, DLB Complete Online includes the DLB main series, the DLB Documentary Series, and the DLB Yearbook Series - all delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.

Scribner Writers Series provides original, scholar signed essays on the lives and works of authors from around the world from all time periods. This resource requires a valid St. Tammany Parish Library card as a Login ID. 

Something About the Author Online provides first-time comprehensive online access to all volumes ever printed in Gale's™ acclaimed and long-standing Something About the Author series, which examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people. This resource requires a valid St. Tammany Parish Library card as a Login ID. 

Twayne's is devoted to in-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers of the world within the context of the time period in which they lived. It provides insightful and original commentary on the history and influence of literary movements. This resource requires a valid St. Tammany Parish Library card as a Login ID. 

Gale Power Search allows you to search through thousands of magazines, journals, newspapers, and other content available through multiple Gale databases. This resource provides a variety of credible, up-to-date information from the following sources:

• Gale OneFile
  • Gale Academic OneFile
  • Gale General OneFile
  • Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete
  • Gale OneFile: Gardening and Horticulture
  • Gale OneFile: High School Edition
  • Gale OneFile: Home Improvement
  • Gale OneFile: Information Science
  • Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers
• Gale In Context
  • Gale In Context: Biography
  • Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
  • Gale In Context: Science
  • Gale In Context: U.S. History
  • Gale In Context: World History
• Gale Literature
  • Scribner Writer Series
  • Twayne's Authors Series
• Gale eBooks

This resource requires a valid St. Tammany Parish Library card as a Login ID. 

Gale Presents: Udemy offers thousands of on-demand video courses for self-paced learning to empower patrons to achieve both personal and professional growth, pursuing skills in business, technology, and personal interests. Courses are offered in a variety of subjects, including leadership, IT, AI, wellness, language, marketing, and data science. Also included are more than 15,0000 courses taught by native-speaking instructors across 14 different languages, allowing patrons to take courses in their preferred language. Learn how to code, prep for IT certifications, sharpen leadership skills, produce a podcast, increase office productivity, tap into your creativity, explore new ways to be happy and healthy, and much more.

If you are asked to find your institution, either click on the "Use your location" button if your device is physically in St. Tammany Parish or select Public Library and type in "St. Tammany" with a period after St.

The single most comprehensive digital archive of primary source documents related to Hispanic American life. Replete with material unavailable elsewhere, this collection is sourced from more than 17,000 global news sources, including over 700 Spanish language or bilingual publications, dating from 1704 to today.

EBSCO's History Reference Center offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 77,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.

An EBSCOhost database, Humanities International complete includes articles from books, journals, and other published sources.

With over 17,500 content sources, Indigenous Life in America is the largest and most comprehensive digital news archive ever assembled covering Native American life. The collection includes coverage from all time periods, regions, and locations relevant to Native life. Comprehensive coverage of the Indigenous experience in America from 1690 to today
More than 16 million primary documents from diverse sources and perspectives.

JSTOR provides access to more than 10 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

JSTOR can be used within any of the St. Tammany Parish Library Branches only. Remote access away from the library is not available.

Just for Kids offers a kid-safe, advertisement-free, media platform where young patrons can learn, explore and enjoy.  Just for Kids has the educational videos that children want to watch—from Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Franklin, Arthur, to The Berenstain Bears, and more! These videos are sure to entertain, educate and inspire young patrons. Games, songs and interactives will keep these early learners interested and engaged as they discover a learning environment that is fun, safe and entertaining.  Kids will also have access to audiovisual adaptations of outstanding picture books from Weston Woods®, Rabbit Ears Entertainment, Vooks, Highlights for Children, and more!

Provides free learning tools and lessons for kids from grades K-College.

A publication of Le Comité des Archives de la Louisiane, a non-profit genealogical support group for the Louisiana State Archives founded in 1978. Le Raconteur is published in March, June, September, and December. Each issue contains a variety of original genealogical and historical articles dealing with topics from around Louisiana. In order to access this journal online, you must visit a St. Tammany Parish Library branch and speak with a reference librarian, opens a new window.

Information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Information Services.

An online library of over 144,000 digital materials about Louisiana's history, culture, places, and people.

Educators, homeschoolers, and parents will find The Mailbox® Plus an invaluable tool for simplifying lesson planning and supporting student success. With over 54,000 teacher-created ideas, worksheets, and classroom tools, this affordable, all-in-one platform makes it easy to teach essential skills while saving time and reducing stress. Designed by former teachers, the content is practical, classroom-tested, and categorized by grade, subject, and format for quick access. Whether you're managing a classroom or supporting learning at home, The Mailbox® Plus offers reliable, child-centered resources that help build strong teaching and classroom management skills.

Take a free course with Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Courses are available on a variety of topics and include video lecture and class notes and other documents. Course credit is not available for completed courses.

National Geographic Kids provides immersive, digital content that takes kids ages 7-14 on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. This digital resource provides full issues of National Geographic Kids magazine as well as National Geographic Kids books, videos, and images on a student-friendly platform to make learning more accessible.  National Geographic Kids can be used at the library, home, or on-the-go via smart phones, iPads, and tablets. 

With comprehensive, timely articles and legendary photographs and maps, the magazine documents life on our planet and beyond. This resource provides students and researchers of all ages a graphical, easy-to-use method of accessing the wealth of material from National Geographic magazine, along with a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images, and videos.

NoveList K-8 is especially for younger readers. It has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for kids in grades K-8. Use it to find just the right books for every reader.

Reading recommendations to help you find your next book.

A full-text database of carefully curated content for elementary school students. It includes full text for the most popular children's magazines, e-books, and easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. Includes an e-book collection containing reference books from top educational publishers and presses. This encompasses a broad range of general reference subject coverage for primary school students, with topics like social studies, history, language arts, geography, culture, math and science.

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab provides guides and tutorials for learning English grammar, research citation styles, and much more.

This collection of ebooks offers information on a variety of topics, including health, history, and science.

BookFlix® inspires kids to discover the joy of reading while building both real-world knowledge and beginning reading skills. With classic animated stories from Weston Woods, thematically paired with more than 140 authentic nonfiction ebooks from Scholastic, BookFlix® strengthens students’ early literacy skills, confidence, and curiosity (For Ages 3 to 8).

Scholastic Teachables - Printables, Lessons, Mini-Books, and more!

Scholastic Teachables is an online database of high-quality, ready-to-use educational materials. With tens of thousands of searchable resources created by expert teacher-authors, it supports teachers, families, homeschoolers, and librarians in building skills, reinforcing learning, and planning effective instruction. Whether for classroom use, summer learning, or homeschooling, Scholastic Teachables delivers trusted, authentic content to meet a wide range of educational needs.

World Book Advanced is a powerful research tool that includes full encyclopedic and multimedia databases supplemented with online books, primary sources, website links, back in time articles, special reports, and more.

An encyclopedia designed for middle school and jr. high students, World Book Discover features easy to read articles and includes reading comprehension questions to help students focus on key concepts. Please Note: This resource works best with laptop and desktop computers.

Browse a selection of World Book's acclaimed series of nonfiction titles in e-book format.

Learn about people, places, animals, sports, and more. Includes videos, images, maps, and games.

Get connected to the library's suite of World Book Online resources, which are inspired by the renowned encyclopedia.

This comprehensive database 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.

Build and share timelines using your own events and images or add content and images from World Book.