With thousands of international recipes, hundreds of fascinating culture and ingredient articles, and essential culinary resources, AtoZ World Food brings international cuisines to you, from Albanian byrek to Zimbabwean matemba!

Whether you are just starting your family history or you are looking for a new perspective on your research, these guides will put you in the right frame of mind.  This database only available from within the library.

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)

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

Get the detailed information you need to tackle vehicle maintenance and repairs. Some of Chilton Library's more popular features include: Maintenance and specification tables that provide the unique data you need for each specific vehicle ; Step-by-step service and repair procedures, and labor estimating tool to help you confidently determine your next move.

Bossier Parish is located in Northwest Louisiana along the Red River. The Bossier Parish Library Historical Center acquires and preserves items of lasting value concerning Bossier Parish history and culture.  Search our in-house database of our archived collections.

Resumes Made Easy. Cypress Resume is the simplest, most effective tool for resume writing in the industry.

Basic instruction in computers, email, social media and more!

Not only do we feature OMV practice tests for motorcycle, car, and commercial vehicle permits and licenses, we also highlight a great deal of other pertinent information. Here you can find out things like what will be scored on your actual OMV driving test and more. There are so many resources here that you can’t get with just the official handbook, including a cheat sheet and step-by-step guide. It couldn’t be easier.

FamilySearch is a nonprofit family history organization dedicated to connecting families across generations. FamilySearch believes that families bring joy and meaning to life.  Learning about our ancestors helps us better understand who we are—creating a family bond, linking the present to the past, and building a bridge to the future.  Our vision is carried out by a dedicated team of employees and volunteers who work tirelessly to preserve and share the largest collection of genealogical and historical records in the world. 

Gale Courses offers a wide range of highly interactive, instructor led courses that you can take entirely online.   As a library card holder in good standing, you are entitled to these courses at no cost. Courses run for six weeks and new sessions begin every month.

An online learning platform for adults who want to improve work-related skills or further develop a personal interest. Users can search through more than 4,000 continuously updated, on-demand video courses across 75 categories in business, technology, design, and more. All courses are taught by world-class instructors and offer a tailor-made learning experience for those who want to learn new technologies and skills to stay competitive in a changing workforce.

Live Online Tutoring, Skills Builder, Homework help and tutoring for K through basic college level, Writing Center, Career Center, and Adult Education Center.

Stream thousands of thoughtful films.  Your library and Kanopy make it easy for you to enjoy incredible films for free every month. Start watching today and discover your new favorite films.

The most extensive legal forms site available to library patrons has thousands of legal forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues for areas such as business, personal, litigation, and federal.

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

LAJaCC 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.

Gateway to multiple resources providing eBooks and Audiobooks to Louisiana Public Library users of all ages.

With more than 70 languages and over 20 English courses designed from the perspective of the learner’s native language, Mango Languages offers a rich, immersive experience that includes intuitive language and culture lessons designed by linguists and voiced by native speakers. Mango Languages is accessible in the library and at home using a computer or apps for iOS and Android phones and tablets. 

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.

An alphabetical listing of names, places, and organizations from the Bossier Banner newspaper.

Free access to everything The New York Times has to offer online, including News, Games, Cooking, Wirecutter, and The Athletic! 

Access The New York Times While Visiting the Library:

1. Visit nytimes.com using any device. Ensure you are using the library’s WiFi connection.
2. Go to the upper right-hand corner of the screen. Click on “Log in” to create a free account or log-in to your existing account. 
3. You now have full access to all journalism on nytimes.com while logged in at the library.

Access The New York Times From Anywhere:

1. Click here to log in to your library account by clicking "Log in to your account" in the top right corner of the page.
2. Follow the link on your account summary page to redeem an access code.
3. A box will pre-populate with a code
4. Click the button to REDEEM
5. Register for a free account or log into your existing account
6. After receiving confirmation that your access code is valid, enjoy complimentary access to The New York Times and any relevant apps until your access expires
7. Once your access code expires, simply repeat the process to redeem another code

Links to free newspaper sites in Louisiana and in other states.

Newspapers.com is the largest online newspaper archive consisting of 300+ million pages of historical newspapers from 7,600+ newspapers from around the United States and beyond. Newspapers provide a unique view of the past and can help us understand and connect with the people, events and attitudes of an earlier time.