Online Resources

Promotes and pursues the preservation of La Porte’s historic architecture through education, community service, hands-on restoration, promotion of local historic designation, and financial support of preservation projects. 

Learn a World Language
Free access to Rosetta Stone level one via Inspire

Developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities.

Introducing your newest e-reader, the Palace app! Palace allows you to access more of your library’s ebooks and audiobooks in one place. Additionally, enjoy thousands of free titles on the Palace Bookshelf which are yours to keep for as long as you’d like. Download the Palace app for Android or Apple iOS today!

Find popular facts (population, income, etc.) and frequently requested data.

U.S. Major Dailies provides access to The New York Times and Washington Post, co-exclusive access to The Wall Street Journal, and exclusive access to Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. The content is available by 8am each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1985.

SBA provides an array of financing, offers free counseling and low-cost training to new entrepreneurs, awards contract dollars, and reviews and testifies on behalf of small businesses.

Find all the candidate information for current elections here. You can also get information on polling places, registration, and discover upcoming debates at vote411.

Search the collections of libraries worldwide to find any book, CD, or movie. If it’s available locally, a link to the catalog makes it easy to check availability. If it’s not available, a librarian can request your item through interlibrary loan.