Online Resources
Consumer
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports provides unbiased ratings and reviews for 9000+ products and services, plus trusted advice and in-depth reporting on what matters most.
Available anywhere with your MPHPL card.
Sams Technical Publishing
Quickfact manuals and Photofact® manuals have been designed to provide reliable, consistent repair data for electronics repair technicians, antique electronics restorers, and hobbyists. SAMS has been the gold standard in the repair industry for TVs, VCRs, Radios, etc.
Available at any MPHPL location.
Driver's Education
Education
ABCmouse
More than 11,000 fun-filled learning activities —including more than 1,200 activities in Spanish— covering reading, math, science, social studies, art and music (ages 2-8+).
Available anywhere with your MPHPL card
AtoZ World Food
Explore recipes and food culture from all over the world.
Available anywhere with your MPHPL card.
EBSCO Learning
Tests, tutorials and eBooks to help achieve education goals and prepare for future success.
Available anywhere in Indiana.
GCF Global Learning
Free courses available on a wide variety of topics including internet skills, career planning, 3d printing, graphic design and core skills (math/reading).
Available anywhere.
INSPIRE
Indiana's Virtual Library is a collection of academic databases and other information resources. Below are just four of the great resources available through INSPIRE.
Available anywhere in Indiana.
Rosetta Stone
Access Level One for 30 different languages for free! Lessons are 10 minutes long, and each one helps you intuitively learn specifics about a language through imagery and reasoning.
Available anywhere in Indiana.
TeachingBooks for Libraries
TeachingBooks for Schools
Genealogy
Chronicling America
Digitized American historic newspapers dating from 1789 to 1963. Also, includes the US Newspaper Directory, containing information about American newspapers published between 1690 - present.
Available anywhere.
Fold3
A collection of military records, stories, photos and personal documents. Information spans from the Revolutionary War to WWII.
Available anywhere with your MPHPL card.
HeritageQuest Online
Searchable genealogy and history books.
Available anywhere with your MPHPL card.
Indiana Memory
Digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, maps, and other media related to Indiana history.
Available anywhere.
Newspapers.com Library Edition
Newspapers.com Library Edition is an online newspaper archive consisting of 185 million+ pages of historical newspapers from 19,000+ newspapers from around the United States and beyond.
Available anywhere with your MPHPL card.
Michiana Memory - Ball Band Newslettes
Red Ball newsletters from 1942-1965. Collaboration with St. Joseph County Public Library.
Available anywhere.
Mishawaka Memories Digital Archive
Digitized photographs, letters and other media related to Mishawaka history.
Available anywhere
Legal
Gale LegalForms
Gale LegalForms offers a wide selection of essential state-specific legal forms that may be customized for the most common legal procedures.
Available anywhere with your MPHPL card.
Indiana Legal Help
Resources for free legal assistance as well as self-help legal forms.
Available anywhere.
Legal Information Reference Center
Provides the necessary tools and detailed how-to instructions covering a wide-range of legal issues. A majority of the full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation’s oldest and most respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.
Available anywhere in Indiana
News
America's News Collection
Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people and events.
Powered by NewsBank, Inc. Available anywhere with your MPHPL card.
South Bend Tribune Collection
Local news spanning 1994-present day.
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The Journal Gazette Collection
Local news spanning 1992-present day.
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USA TODAY Collection
National news spanning 1987-present day.
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