Links marked with an asterisk (*) indicate websites that require additional registration using a valid email address in order to use most of all of their services. Links marked with a double dagger (‡) indicate websites that deal primarily with local history or local genealogy.
Free online access to The Messenger and numerous other Kentucky and American newspapers (more…)
Free library version of Ancestry for at home use. Search billions of records in census data, vital, church, court, immigration, directories, photos, and more from countries all over the world, including the U.S., U.K., Canada, Europe, and Australia. Available remotely until December, 2021.
Please call the library’s circulation desk (270-825-2680) for the KYVL login to access Ancestry.com Library Edition.
ArtistWorks provides players world-class instruction from Grammy Award-winning music professionals. ArtistWorks offers users a guided path of video lessons containing everything they need to reach their musical goals. All levels of player are welcome! (more…)
Black Life in America contains comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day. Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, it includes over 400 current and historical Black publications. An easy-to-use online resource—updated daily—for everyone working toward social justice and racial equity.
Access to leading national and international company and industry profiles. Includes SWOT analyses, key employee biographies, company overviews, histories, top competitors, and more. Over 10,000 national and international company profiles; over 2,400 industry profiles.
User: lib
Password: hcmpl
ChiltonLibrary provides access to repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road today, as well as, many new vehicles. This continuously updated resource provides step-by-step repair procedures, troubleshooting guides, diagnostic trouble codes, photos, illustrations, diagrams, and multimedia (videos and animations) to simplify even the most complicated tasks.
Creativebug inspires you to create and then teaches you how! Enjoy unlimited access to over 1,000 online art and craft classes, plus patterns, templates, and recipes. Topics include art & design, sewing, quilting, paper, knitting, crochet, food & home, jewelry, holiday & party, and classes for kids. Watch videos anytime, anywhere. Since classes never expire, you can start and stop projects at your own pace. (more…)
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1824 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images.
LawDepot’s extensive library of documents and legal resources provides easy-to-use assistance with a wide range of legal needs empowering you to create legal documents specific to your personal situation. (more…)
Prepare for standardized tests with eBooks, online courses, and full-length practice tests for GED, SAT, ACT, AP, PSAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, PRAXIS, U.S. citizenship, Civil Service, Postal, Medical/Dental/Nursing, Military, Flight and more in Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep.
Research undergraduate and graduate programs, finding tuition assistance, and exploring and preparing for careers whether you’re entering the workforce for the first time or searching for new opportunities. (more…)
Up-to-date information on topics related to starting a company, operations management and sales, as well as growing or rescuing a business.
User: lib
Password: hcmpl
The Great Courses Library Collection offers engaging and understandable lectures by esteemed professors, professionals, and experts in topics ranging from photography to physics, astronomy to art, history to health, and everything in between, you’re sure to find courses that interest you. Each lesson is about 30 minutes in length—tune in to test out any lesson or course for the first few minutes, or for as long as you want. (more…)
A digital image collection of newspapers dating back to the early 1900s. Newspapers include The Messenger (1925-2019), The Dawson Springs Progress (1914), and The Dawson Springs Progress (1934 – 2019).
Note: This resource is not available for remote use and can only be accessed inside the library.
The Tumble Book Library is an online collection of animated talking picture books, which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music, and narration to produce an electronic picture book which children can read, or have read to them. Each story comes with puzzles and games geared to ensure reading comprehension. Older students or more accomplished readers can read the collection of read-along chapter books. Mobile Apps for Apple and Android are also available.
Access e-books, downloadable audio books, and streaming video content from your mobile device or home computer, 24/7, with no over dues or late fees. (more…)
Over 500 CEU level courses covering 30 subject areas including: computer training, personal finance, DIY, general education, business, and more. (more…)
Borrow music, movies, TV shows, e-books, audiobooks, and comic books, all from the convenience of your smartphone, tablet, or home computer. Never any wait lists or holds.
You can also find “The Great Courses” on Hoopla! Click the link below to go directly to the collection.
The Great Courses Library Collection is also available on the Libby app.
Access to over 60 research and other databases for elementary through adult learners.
Please contact the Circulation Desk (270-825-2680) for log-in information.
EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system that offers a variety of proprietary full-text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. EBSCOhost databases cover a wide range of subject areas, including social sciences, health, business, psychology, religion, education, and more. Over 20,000 journal titles are indexed with the majority available in full text.
Find book lists, recommendations, and reviews. A great resource for finding new books you’re sure to love.
Google Books is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text, and stored in its digital database.
The Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Provides access to full-text, digitized print materials like newspapers and books, as well as photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings, maps and more.
LibriVox lets you download digital audiobook versions of books in the public domain. All audiobooks offered on LibriVox are free of charge and can be listened to online or downloaded.
One of the best places to go if you’re looking for books in the public domain. All ebooks offered on Project Gutenberg are free of charge and most are available in several e-book formats.
These digitized rare books represent a few of the most interesting and important items in the Library of Congress’s Rare Book and Special Collections Division collection, including a copy of the Gutenberg Bible, Thomas Jefferson’s copy of The Federalist, medieval manuscripts, books relating to cookery, children’s literature, and many more.
Storyline Online streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Storyline Online is available 24 hours a day for children, parents, caregivers and educators worldwide.
Access e-books, downloadable audio books, and streaming video content from your mobile device or home computer, 24/7, with no over dues or late fees. (more…)
Borrow music, movies, TV shows, e-books, audiobooks, and comic books, all from the convenience of your smartphone, tablet, or home computer. Never any wait lists or holds.
You can also find “The Great Courses” on Hoopla! Click the link below to go directly to the collection.
The Great Courses Library Collection is also available on the Libby app.
Collects reviews for businesses and mediates disputes between companies and consumers.
Access to leading national and international company and industry profiles. Includes SWOT analyses, key employee biographies, company overviews, histories, top competitors, and more. Over 10,000 national and international company profiles; over 2,400 industry profiles.
User: lib
Password: hcmpl
Up-to-date information on topics related to starting a company, operations management and sales, as well as growing or rescuing a business.
User: lib
Password: hcmpl
EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system that offers a variety of proprietary full-text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. EBSCOhost databases cover a wide range of subject areas, including social sciences, health, business, psychology, religion, education, and more. Over 20,000 journal titles are indexed with the majority available in full text.
ChiltonLibrary provides access to repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road today, as well as, many new vehicles. This continuously updated resource provides step-by-step repair procedures, troubleshooting guides, diagnostic trouble codes, photos, illustrations, diagrams, and multimedia (videos and animations) to simplify even the most complicated tasks.
The official U.S. Government source for fuel economy information. Features updated fuel economy data for new and used passenger vehicles dating back to 1984, allows side-by-side vehicle comparisons, and offers fuel-saving tips.
Kelley Blue Book is one of the most well-known names for looking up the value of a new or used car. Handy when shopping for a new vehicle or looking to sell one that you own.
A fun way to learn to code, whether you’re a coding pro looking for a new programming language to learn or a beginner with no coding experience at all.
Scratch is a programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.
A series of fun educational games that teach programming basics. Designed for children who have no previous computer programming experience.
Official site for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
Official site for the SAT, a standardized test used by many colleges as a skills assessment test for incoming undergraduates.
Official site for the Graduate Record Exam, a standardized test used by many universities as a skills assessment test for admissions into masters and doctoral degree programs.
Prepare for standardized tests with eBooks, online courses, and full-length practice tests for GED, SAT, ACT, AP, PSAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, PRAXIS, U.S. citizenship, Civil Service, Postal, Medical/Dental/Nursing, Military, Flight and more in Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep.
Research undergraduate and graduate programs, finding tuition assistance, and exploring and preparing for careers whether you’re entering the workforce for the first time or searching for new opportunities. (more…)
Video courses to teach popular software and computer basics.
GCF LearnFree’s selection of technology-based classes, including classes on computer basics, typing, email basics, using the Internet, online safety, Windows 10, and more. An account is not required to view tutorials.
FOR BEGINNERS. Practice using your computer mouse and build up some hand-eye coordination. Recommend using the Mousing Around tutorial first.
FOR BEGINNERS. A beginner’s guide for how to use a mouse. Ideal for people who have never used a computer before.
A tutorial for people who have never used computers before. Walks users through basic computer skills like using the mouse.
This site contains free practice tests for the written KY driver’s permit test. There are also practice tests for the CDL and motorcycle tests.
Search for jobs, or post your resume and let employers search for you.
The main website for the Kentucky Career Center: http://kcc.ky.gov
To begin searching for job postings in your area, visit https://focuscareer.ky.gov/careerexplorer/home.
A free online collection of articles that focus on work skills that employers say are important for new employees to have.
A job-based social networking site. Build up your professional network by connecting to other people in your field.
Since 2009, HireTeen.com has provided information on companies that hire teenagers, helping teens find work at school time as well as during school holidays.
A website dedicated to helping teens find jobs and navigate the workforce.
Prepare for standardized tests with eBooks, online courses, and full-length practice tests for GED, SAT, ACT, AP, PSAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, PRAXIS, U.S. citizenship, Civil Service, Postal, Medical/Dental/Nursing, Military, Flight and more in Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep.
Research undergraduate and graduate programs, finding tuition assistance, and exploring and preparing for careers whether you’re entering the workforce for the first time or searching for new opportunities. (more…)
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. The site’s Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as flags of the world, a physical map of the world, a political map of the world, a world oceans map, and a standard time zones of the world map.
Medline Plus offers reliable, up-to-date and easy-to-read consumer health information, featuring news articles, drug information, a medical
dictionary and encyclopedia, interactive tutorials, surgery videos, and detailed information on hundreds of health and wellness topics.
A wonderfully fun educational website. Each day, Wonderopolis poses an intriguing question—the Wonder of the Day®—and explores it in a variety of ways.
CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same.
Designed for the everyday consumer of health care information, Consumer Health Complete provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
The Dietary Supplement Label Database is an educational and research tool that includes full label derived information from dietary supplement products marketed in the U.S.
The Drug Information Portal gives users a gateway to selected drug information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and other key U.S. Government agencies. Information on more than 49,000 drugs is available through this site.
HealthReach provides quality multilingual, multicultural public health information for those working with or providing care to individuals for whom English is not a first language.
The official source for Hopkins County health information including COVID-19.
The Household Products Database is a consumer’s guide that provides easy-to-understand information on the potential health effects of more than 2,000 ingredients contained in more than 14,000 common household products used inside and around the home. Information is also available for some commercial/institutional grade products available to the public.
Medline Plus offers reliable, up-to-date and easy-to-read consumer health information, featuring news articles, drug information, a medical
dictionary and encyclopedia, interactive tutorials, surgery videos, and detailed information on hundreds of health and wellness topics.
The Federal Government’s lead agency for scientific research on the diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine.
Quality health information from the National Institutes of Health. Search for a topic or browse the NIH’s many health-related resources.
The official Team Kentucky source for information concerning COVID-19.
Pillbox enables rapid identification of unknown solid-dosage medications (tablets/capsules) based on physical characteristics and high-resolution images, and provides links to drug information and drug labels.
PubMed comprises more than 27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
The NLM is the world’s largest medical library. Find information on various health topics.
The Hopkins County Genealogical Society’s website recently went down. The link here is to an archived version of their website.
Includes information and forms for obtaining vital records such as birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage/divorce certificates.
Free library version of Ancestry for at home use. Search billions of records in census data, vital, church, court, immigration, directories, photos, and more from countries all over the world, including the U.S., U.K., Canada, Europe, and Australia. Available remotely until December, 2021.
Please call the library’s circulation desk (270-825-2680) for the KYVL login to access Ancestry.com Library Edition.
Black Life in America contains comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day. Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, it includes over 400 current and historical Black publications. An easy-to-use online resource—updated daily—for everyone working toward social justice and racial equity.
This collection contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration, later renamed Work Projects Administration (WPA).
This collection contains interviews with people who participated in the Civil Rights movement. This site also guides researchers to collections in several Library divisions that specifically focus on the Civil Rights movement as well as the broader topic of African American history and culture.
Explore the faces, places and events of the U.S. Civil War through photographs, prints and drawings.
Contains over 2,000 maps, charts, atlases, and sketchbooks from the Civil War.
Find a Grave lets you search for specific gravestones in cemeteries across the USA.
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1824 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images.
The School Center resources can help students in elementary, middle and high school prepare for important tests, get extra help with assignments, and boost their skills in important subjects. Materials begin with 4th grade.
Middle and high school students can find historical essays, biographies, maps, images and more to help with school projects and research.
Designed with primary and elementary school students in mind, Explora for Primary Schools is a student interface designed for use in Kindergarten through grade 5 with a focus on the arts, literature, biography, current events, geography and culture, health, history, math, science and more.
Offers lessons in a variety of subjects, all the way from kindergarten math to college test prep. An account is not needed to view or practice lessons.
An online, interactive textbook that makes statistics easier to understand by using colorful, interactive visualizations and animations to explain complicated mathematical concepts.
Interesting facts about weather-related phenomena from two professors in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at UW-Madison.
A wonderfully fun educational website. Each day, Wonderopolis poses an intriguing question—the Wonder of the Day®—and explores it in a variety of ways.
Includes information and forms for obtaining vital records such as birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage/divorce certificates.
Find information on court cases as well as legal forms that can be printed out or filled out online.
Legal forms provided by the Kentucky Court of Justice.
Kentucky Legal Aid provides free civil legal services for low-income residents of western and south-central Kentucky. Kentucky Legal Aid has offices in Madisonville, Owensboro, Hopkinsville, Bowling Green, and Paducah.
LawDepot’s extensive library of documents and legal resources provides easy-to-use assistance with a wide range of legal needs empowering you to create legal documents specific to your personal situation. (more…)
The Law Dictionary features Black’s Law Dictionary, the trusted legal dictionary of law definitions and terms for over 100 years. The 2nd edition has over 15K legal terms for your business and research use.
The Adult Learning Center offers busy adults the resources to improve their basic skills in reading, writing and math, prepare for the GED test, or become a U.S. citizen.
A fun way to learn to code, whether you’re a coding pro looking for a new programming language to learn or a beginner with no coding experience at all.
Video courses to teach popular software and computer basics.
An immersive language-learning site that makes learning another language fun and engaging. Many languages currently available, including English as a second language for non-native speakers.
A free online collection of articles that focus on work skills that employers say are important for new employees to have.
ArtistWorks provides players world-class instruction from Grammy Award-winning music professionals. ArtistWorks offers users a guided path of video lessons containing everything they need to reach their musical goals. All levels of player are welcome! (more…)
Creativebug inspires you to create and then teaches you how! Enjoy unlimited access to over 1,000 online art and craft classes, plus patterns, templates, and recipes. Topics include art & design, sewing, quilting, paper, knitting, crochet, food & home, jewelry, holiday & party, and classes for kids. Watch videos anytime, anywhere. Since classes never expire, you can start and stop projects at your own pace. (more…)
Learn valuable skills through free online tutorials in a variety of subjects. An account is not required to view tutorials.
Offers lessons in a variety of subjects, all the way from kindergarten math to college test prep. An account is not needed to view or practice lessons.
The Great Courses Library Collection offers engaging and understandable lectures by esteemed professors, professionals, and experts in topics ranging from photography to physics, astronomy to art, history to health, and everything in between, you’re sure to find courses that interest you. Each lesson is about 30 minutes in length—tune in to test out any lesson or course for the first few minutes, or for as long as you want. (more…)
Over 500 CEU level courses covering 30 subject areas including: computer training, personal finance, DIY, general education, business, and more. (more…)
The Hopkins County Genealogical Society’s website recently went down. The link here is to an archived version of their website.
Free online access to The Messenger and numerous other Kentucky and American newspapers (more…)
Black Life in America contains comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day. Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, it includes over 400 current and historical Black publications. An easy-to-use online resource—updated daily—for everyone working toward social justice and racial equity.
Find information on court cases as well as legal forms that can be printed out or filled out online.
A digital image collection of newspapers dating back to the early 1900s. Newspapers include The Messenger (1925-2019), The Dawson Springs Progress (1914), and The Dawson Springs Progress (1934 – 2019).
Note: This resource is not available for remote use and can only be accessed inside the library.
The Kentucky Digital Library is your gateway to rare and unique digitized collections housed in Kentucky archives. This site contains historic newspapers, images, maps, books & oral histories for Kentucky.
Black Life in America contains comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day. Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, it includes over 400 current and historical Black publications. An easy-to-use online resource—updated daily—for everyone working toward social justice and racial equity.
Access to leading national and international company and industry profiles. Includes SWOT analyses, key employee biographies, company overviews, histories, top competitors, and more. Over 10,000 national and international company profiles; over 2,400 industry profiles.
User: lib
Password: hcmpl
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. The site’s Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as flags of the world, a physical map of the world, a political map of the world, a world oceans map, and a standard time zones of the world map.
Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality. You can search multiple EBSCO databases for information about arts and literature, business and careers, consumer health, current events, geography and culture, and more.
Google Books is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text, and stored in its digital database.
Google Scholar is a web search engine that specifically searches scholarly literature and academic resources.
Govinfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch.
Govinfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
The Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Provides access to full-text, digitized print materials like newspapers and books, as well as photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings, maps and more.
PubMed comprises more than 27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
These digitized rare books represent a few of the most interesting and important items in the Library of Congress’s Rare Book and Special Collections Division collection, including a copy of the Gutenberg Bible, Thomas Jefferson’s copy of The Federalist, medieval manuscripts, books relating to cookery, children’s literature, and many more.
The National Film Registry is a list of movies deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” that are earmarked for preservation by the Library of Congress. The majority of movies in this collection are freely available as both 5 mb MP4 and ProRes 422 MOV downloads.
Up-to-date information on topics related to starting a company, operations management and sales, as well as growing or rescuing a business.
User: lib
Password: hcmpl
The Wayback Machine archives older versions of websites. Just type in an address, pick a date, and browse through the past.
Access to over 60 research and other databases for elementary through adult learners.
Please contact the Circulation Desk (270-825-2680) for log-in information.
EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system that offers a variety of proprietary full-text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. EBSCOhost databases cover a wide range of subject areas, including social sciences, health, business, psychology, religion, education, and more. Over 20,000 journal titles are indexed with the majority available in full text.
The NLM is the world’s largest medical library. Find information on various health topics.
The Adult Learning Center offers busy adults the resources to improve their basic skills in reading, writing and math, prepare for the GED test, or become a U.S. citizen.
Practice tests, interactive tutorials, and eBooks to help prepare for AP, SAT, ACT and TOEFL exams, as well as college essay writing practice.
Strengthen academic skills and prepare for placement tests and graduate school entrance exams here.
Earning a high school equivalency credential can open the door to better income, a more fulfilling job, and a college education. If you are preparing for the GED test, these practice tests, interactive tutorials, and ebooks can help you reach your goal.
Prepare for standardized tests with eBooks, online courses, and full-length practice tests for GED, SAT, ACT, AP, PSAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, PRAXIS, U.S. citizenship, Civil Service, Postal, Medical/Dental/Nursing, Military, Flight and more in Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep.
Research undergraduate and graduate programs, finding tuition assistance, and exploring and preparing for careers whether you’re entering the workforce for the first time or searching for new opportunities. (more…)
Este centro ofrece a los adultos que estn muy ocupados los recursos para mejorar sus habilidades bsicas, ganar sus credenciales de GED o ser ciudadano estadounidense.