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eAudiobooks, eBooks, and Streaming Video
Libby by Overdrive provides eBooks and eAudiobooks that you can download to your computer, iPod, iPhone, Kindle, eBook reader, or Android device. Patrons can access Libby by Overdrive using the website or the Libby app. To use Libby by Overdrive, create an account using the barcode from your active library card and your library card password.
The Palace App allows you to checkout items like other similar services, but its most significant feature is the ability to combine content from Overdrive into one app, rather than having to switch between multiple apps. The statewide collection includes eBooks and eAudiobooks for all ages and in multiple languages. Please note this app does NOT work with Kindle.
hoopla offers free streaming and downloaded eAudiobooks, eBooks, movies, TV, music, magazines, and comics to iOS, Android, and Kindle devices. All you need is a library card. hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you’re in the mood. Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet. hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it’s all FREE thanks to your public library. Titles may vary based on your library’s catalog. Use your library card to register at Welcome to hoopla. You can also download the hoopla app from an app store.
Languages
Mango Languages allows patrons access to conversational language learning lessons in 22 languages. Create a profile with your email address when you log in for the first time. Our access to Mango Languages is made possible through a partnership with the Green Mountain Library Consortium.
Udemy
Udemy is an online learning platform with 20,000 video courses on a huge range of topics: business, coding, music, cooking, and more! It offers well-structured video courses and assignments that you can complete at your own pace and in whatever order you want.
Databases
The Vermont Judiciary and Legal Services Law Line of Vermont has launched a new interactive program to help self-represented litigants fill out court forms. It’s called CourtFormPrep- Vermont Court Forms made easy.
The program uses A2J Author (A2J = Access 2 Justice) to walk the user through the forms, using plain English and simple questions to gather the information needed. It puts all the information together in the right place using a program called HotDocs, adds simple directions for filing, tells the user to print, and voila! They’re done. This program will be a huge help both to those representing themselves as well as those who have attorneys for a limited appearance.
Interviews available are:
- Filing for and responding to a divorce, civil union dissolution, and legal separation
- Filing for Parentage
- Filing a motion to modify or enforce child support
- Filling out the Financial Affidavits- 813A and 813B
Check it out! Links to this program can be found on the Vermont Judiciary Website and at www.vtlawhelp.org/CourtFormPrep.
Vermont Online Library
The Vermont Online Library provides access to hundreds of full-text magazine and journal articles, the New York Times, and many other resource materials. For more information see our Vermont Online Library instructions.
Vermont Department of Libraries Online Catalog
While the Deborah Rawson Memorial Library’s online catalog is available on the web, you may also search for titles, authors and subjects in any of the libraries in the state using the CLOVER (Collaborative Libraries Of VERmont) system at the Vermont Department of Libraries. Please note that you will still need to request Interlibrary Loans (ILLs) through the circulation desk at the library.
Tips for Locating Obituaries and Articles
Several helpful resources are available to help patrons find obituaries and newspaper articles in Vermont newspapers. One of the most useful sites is the Vermont Newspaper Project Catalog Database, http://vtnp.uvm.edu/, where locations of newspaper titles in repositories throughout the state are displayed by searching the place of coverage. To use this site, click on the link “Search the Catalog” and, on the next screen, type the name of the town for which you are searching in the “Find this” box. Use the “Find Results In” box to highlight “place of coverage” and then click on the “Search” button. A subject heading for the town you are searching will appear with the number of associated newspaper titles. Or, if you don’t find the name of the town, search for a larger nearby town or city that may have news and articles about the town in question. Click on the newspaper title(s) of interest within the date range desired. Bibliographic information is provided along with: (1) a list of repositories owning the newspaper, (2) the format (print or microfilm) available, and (3) the dates available. It is possible to make an interlibrary loan request at your local library for microfilm reels to view in your own town library, provided they have equipment available. Or call the Vermont State Library at 828-3268.
If you are doing genealogy research, a very useful database is the Vital Records database on the Vermont Secretary of State’s website. Or use familysearch.org
The Library of Congress Chronicling America website http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ now has several digitized Vermont newspapers available for full-text searching. Drop-down menus allow for searches by state and/or time period. Use search terms such as a person’s name for an obituary or for a specific event and all available newspaper pages that contain the search terms will be displayed. The “zoom” feature allows for changes in print size; and “advanced search” allows the user to select and view individual newspaper titles.
Both of the websites listed above include Vermont newspaper content as a result of the Vermont Newspaper Project and its successor project, the Vermont Digital Newspaper Project. These projects have been made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The current Vermont Digital Newspaper Project in progress is a collaborative effort led by UVM. The Department of Libraries is a partner in that project.
Driver’s Education Online
Free Driver’s Education Program that contains the following state-specific information:
- 10 car practice tests
- 6 motorcycle practice tests
- 3 CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) practice tests
- 3 online driver’s manuals (car, motorcycle, CDL)
- An FAQ section with detailed answers to 100+ DMV-related questions
Last updated December 27, 2024.