Reading practice and life skills.

Genealogical information from 1.2 billion+ records in 3,000+ databases, including U.S. Federal Census since 1790, American Genealogical Biographical Index, and Passenger and Immigration Lists Index. Temporarily accessible anywhere with a library card.

Includes more than 650,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study.

Extensive information and reviews on Pre-K and K-12 books, video, audio, and other media. Records include cataloging data, subject terms, annotations, and Reading Measurement Programs data.

One of the most trusted and long-standing sources for information on consumer products and services.

Credo is an easy-to-use tool for research projects and homework. Search in hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 200,000+ images and audio files, and nearly 1200 videos.

World Book Encyclopedia's excellent editorial content, rich media, and interactive features, in Spanish.

Your online guide to series fiction. Reading sequences for each series, with a brief description of each title. Search by character, location, or subject, as well as author and title.

Freegal offers unlimited streaming of over 16 million songs, including Sony Music's entire catalog of legendary artists. You can also download five free songs a week.

Online math games.

Complimentary access to The Herald-Times.  Full-text articles from 1988 to the present are available.

Full text collection of articles covering over 140 topics, as well as magazines, books and video that focus on hobbies and crafts.

Thousands of movies, music, audiobooks, and eBooks on your computer or mobile device. Borrow up to 12 titles per month.

Indiana Newspaper Archive is your complete solution to uncovering treasures from the past about your ancestors. The archive covers Indiana history from 1800–2017 and its easy-to-use search interface makes it an invaluable tool for genealogy and family research.

Learn whenever and wherever you want to with thousands of easy-to-follow video tutorials and exercise files in web development, graphic design, video production, marketing, professional development, and so much more.

The premier provider of automotive repair information to the automotive industry. Repair procedures, wiring diagrams, specs, parts and labor estimating, and TSB or factory recall information. Access available inside the Library.

Thousands of eBooks, audiobooks, magazines, and videos on your computer or personal device. Borrow up to 10 titles at once. OverDrive for Kids

ReferenceUSA offers detailed information on more than 24 million U.S. businesses, non-profit organizations, government agencies, and churches. In addition, the residential database includes 89 million U.S. households.

The collection includes millions of full-text articles on hundreds of today's most significant science topics as well as 200+ experiments, projects, and top reference content.

Phonetics: the sounds of English.

Complimentary access to The New York Times online.

Articles, primary sources, tools for educators and students, multimedia, and more.

List of those honored by the Alexander Memorial on the courthouse lawn: Monroe County veterans of the Mexican War, Spanish-American War, Civil War, and World War I. Also includes Revolutionary Patriots buried in Monroe County.

Locate articles in Bloom Magazine.

Compiled by Indiana Room staff and volunteers in partnership with Bloom.

Created by Monroe County Public Library librarians, these fun quizzes will help you find your next read.

The Library's database of nonprofit organizations in Monroe County.

Basic computer literacy assessment—plus 9 instruction modules.

Practice test for new drivers in Indiana.

Practice test for new drivers from Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV).

English practice, audio read alongs, and vocabulary.

Practice English vocabulary, grammar, or math—and help the World Food Programme end hunger at the same time.

Simple tutorials on using computers, email, Internet, social media, operating systems, and other digital skills. 

Graphical Information System map of all of Monroe County.  You must create a free account to use this service.

Search for local free or reduced cost services like medical care, food, job training, and more.

Digitized version of the 1914 volume devoted to the "people, industries, and institutions" of the two counties. Published by B.F. Bowen, Indianapolis.

Search for jobs, create and post resumes, and research companies.

Photographs, letters, newspaper articles, and limestone industry archives related to Matthews Brothers Stone Company, an Ellettsville (Ind.) limestone quarry operating 1862–1978. Digital collection also includes photos from other limestone companies and artists.

The Genealogy Collection at the Indiana State Library has developed over time to become of the largest and most respected collections of family history information in the Midwest. The collection includes over 40,000 printed items (family histories, indexes to records, how-to books, cemetery transcriptions, family history magazines, etc.) as well as microfilmed federal census records, Indiana county records, passenger lists, and military pension information.  The collection includes hundreds of CDs with family history information.  The emphasis of the collection is on Indiana and bordering states, as well as eastern and southern states.

Find magazines, newspapers, and journal articles in this collection of databases maintained by the Indiana State Library and available to any Indiana resident.

Easy-to-follow videos and practice activities on a variety of topics. Especially good for math!

Get extra help with reading skills, practice anywhere you have internet. (Register at the VITAL office for access and log in information).

Language learning activities including quizzes, word games, listen and read programs, and more.

Excel file created by Indiana Room staff and volunteers.

Covers 1895 - 1935 in PDF. See also Monroe County Coroner Inquests 1888 - 1973.

Archive (1965–present) of an annual list of elected and appointed government officials serving Monroe County. Published by Bloomington-Monroe County League of Women Voters.

A finding aid for holdings in the Indiana Room. Includes county history, public records, coroner's reports, oral histories, and vertical file.

A list and map of meeting spaces for groups in Monroe County.  Nonprofit groups can also reserve meeting rooms at the Library free of charge.

  Includes obituaries from old and current local newspapers in Monroe County. Compiled by MCPL staff and volunteers.

The authoritative and popular index of our county's historical and curiously interesting events. A partnership between the Library, Monroe County History Center, and IU Archives.

Introduction and practice using a mouse.

Nonprofit Central is committed to strengthening Monroe County nonprofits by improving management and governance, increasing fundraising and resource development capacity, and strengthening the collaborative environment in which Monroe County nonprofits operate.

Basic template to create a printable resume.

This guide contains materials held at MCPL, as well as web sources and local organizations that will help to plan, prepare for, select, and fund your higher education needs.

Indiana economic and demographic data with one-stop access to critical statistics for states, counties, cities and towns, townships, regions, census tracts and more.

Online practice test with detailed explanations for each of the correct answers.

A digital collection of Smithville's history from 1897 - 1915.

Typing lessons and practice for beginning, intermediate, or advanced.

Video based courses with learning activities for beginning and intermediate English and Citizenship study.

News articles and English language instruction.

Millions of bibliographic and ownership records of the holdings of over 9,000 contributing libraries. OCLC's The largest and most comprehensive database of its kind.