A database of driving tests and study manuals.

Indiana Drivers Manual website

Indiana Driver's Manual in Spanish

BDS Explorer is a web-based analysis tool that enables comprehensive access to the full depth and breadth of the Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) dataset.

Test practice, eBooks, articles, and flash cards to prepare for U.S. Citizenship.  

Your favorite consumer magazine now easily readable 24-7 from your home or office. Get ratings for refrigerators, cars, TVs, baby monitors, and more.

Curated by the Bartholomew County Financial Literacy Coalition, a wide range of local resources on financial, career, insurance, credit, mental health, and more.  

Searchable database of this prominent business publication.

Claim site for Indiana unemployment.

Create resumes, search for jobs, learn what career are best for you, prepare for interviews, and much more.  

Your one-stop-shop for investment learning.

Identify NAICS and SIC Codes and descriptions for companies.  

A very simple tool for creating a resume. Just fill in the information in the blanks, and a resume is created. No formatting or Microsoft skills required.   

Use your Google Account to create and save a resume.

Get testing help guides for high school equivalency, college prep, and career skill exams.  Includes: SAT, ACT,  GRE, GMAT, AP, TASC, citizenship, and many career and civil service exams.    

Resources for those transitioning from high school to the next step. 

A multi-unit course on the US Constitution, from Khan Academy

Search archives from 1980s to today for:  New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times.  

On-line access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks.

Adquirir todos los conocimientos básicos y habilidades que necesitas para enfrentar tu vida laboral y cotidiana.

These tutorials will help empower you to be more comfortable with this type of technology, from learning the parts of a computer to using a mouse.

Over 300 online educational courses. Technology, languages, personal skills, test prep, and so much more. Courses are six weeks long and start each month!

Free online courses from Indiana University UITS on topics such as coding, design, productivity, and security. Courses are self-taught, and typically 2-4 hours. 

Official website for training on Microsoft applications, such as Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.  

Use these games to have fun while improving your typing skills at the same time.   

Improve your typing skills with these online typing lessons. 

Check out this great collection of digital comics, instantly available to read

The latest issues of magazines, available to instantly download and read!

PDF guides for BCPL downloadable resources

Download audiobooks, eBooks, movies, music, comics, and more.

Download eBooks and audiobooks.

Streaming, on-demand video service offering over 30,000 carefully selected videos, including Great Courses, PBS, independent films, documentaries, and kids content

The Indiana Digital Library provides access to hundreds of thousands of digital books, available to use in the Libby App.  

Public domain audiobooks read by volunteers from around the world.  

Kids storytime books, in over 65+ non-English languages. Download the LOTE4Kids App today!

The Indiana Digital Library provides access to hundreds of thousands of digital books, available to use in the Libby App.  

Free public domain eBooks 

Kids eBooks, readalongs, and games.  

Search for relatives, census records, marriage and death records, and so much more. Temporarily Available for home use.  

Click to see the library's extensive list of genealogy resources, including research databases, newspaper archives, local links, and more.    

View our genealogy page to see all helpful resources.  

View the newspapers.com content available through INSPIRE, the statewide information database.

This access includes the Indianapolis Star and North Vernon Plain Dealer, among others.

Database is available in-library only.  Featuring extensive newspaper archives of Bartholomew and surrounding counties, including Columbus coverage from the 1870s to present.  

Features historical archives of newspapers throughout the US and the world (years vary by newspaper).  Includes coverage of the Columbus newspaper up to 1963.  

Candid Learning is your destination for trainings, webinars, and other resources designed to improve your fundraising, overall sustainability, grantmaking, and transparency.

Over 300 online educational courses. Technology, languages, personal skills, test prep, and so much more. Courses are six weeks long and start each month!

State information on Health and Wellness and Traumatic Brain Injury waivers

Journal articles on health-related topics

Includes housing help, clothing, mental health, hot meal sites, and other resources for those in need in the local community.  

Resources for quitting vaping

Find information about symptoms, procedures, and tests. 

An updated, easy-to-navigate interface featuring topic portals with curated content on diseases and conditions; drugs; diagnostics and tests; and therapies, treatments, and surgeries.

Free, expert vetted health and wellbeing resources as well as community based resources.

Resources for quitting smoking 

A guide for senior housing and independent living in Indiana.

For seniors and their families to find housing and care. With objective, comprehensive, and up-to-date information

High-quality medical resources to help educate different groups about the dangers of drugs and alcohol.

Search for AR books by point level.  

Free resource featuring user recommendations of books and searchable database to find more books to read.  

Now with non-fiction! Search for books by interest, author, or series. Find your next great read! Teen librarian recommended!

Weekly newsletter of the latest items added to our collection.

#1 Learning App for children ages 2–8+, with more than 8,500 learning activities that teach reading, math, science, health, social studies, art, and music.

Search for AR books by point level.  

A children's resource that makes learning math fun!

Find articles on topics of interest for children in primary grades.

Kids videos for streaming! Including PBS Kids, Little Pim, and many story videos.  

Kids storytime books, in over 65+ non-English languages. Download the LOTE4Kids App today!

Worksheets, lesson plans, learning games, and more! Printable activities for math, science, reading comprehension, STEM, writing, and beyond!

Kids eBooks, readalongs, and games.  

Live online tutoring service for all ages and education levels, from 4-11 PM. Submit papers, problems, resumes, and more for review 24/7.

Free language learning resource

Over 300 online educational courses. Technology, languages, personal skills, test prep, and so much more. Courses are six weeks long and start each month!

Kids storytime books, in over 65+ non-English languages. Download the LOTE4Kids App today!

An online language-learning system to learn over 50 languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Mandarin Chinese, American Sign Language, and more. ESL courses for over 17 native languages available as well.

IRS federal tax forms.

Forms for those intending to represent themselves in legal cases.  Includes forms such as divorce, name change, and child support.  

State tax forms for current and prior years.

Get the latest information on voting registration, voting sites, and view a sample ballot.  

Search a database of legal forms.  Forms can be completed online or printed for later use.  

Tools and how-to instructions covering a wide-range of legal issues. Most full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.

A multi-unit course on the US Constitution, from Khan Academy

This online exhibit explores four generations of the Irwin-Sweeney-Miller family, the businesses located at 301 Washington, and the building's design history over nearly 100 years through materials from Bartholomew County Historical Society and Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives.

This online exhibit showcasing drawings, photos, and documents from the Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives explores the relationship between the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library and Henry Moore's "Large Arch" sculpture.

The Andrew Seager Archives of the Built Environment, a Division of University Libraries, located in the Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning, is a unique resource dedicated to preserving the history of Indiana's built environment.

CIAA’s collection has 100,000s of drawings, documents, photos, and recordings related to Bartholomew County’s architecture, landscape architecture, public planning, public art, and graphic design.  Explore CIAA's digital collections at Indiana University, Indianapolis, its online exhibits, and digital collections hosted by BCPL Archives.

Resource guide for starting research on houses and other buildings

Columbus Area Visitors Center guide to works of architectural significance.  

IHS collects, preserves, and shares Hoosier history through its premier collections on Indiana and the Old Northwest – books, photographs, early maps, letters, diaries and more.

List of public art in Bartholomew County

K-12 public school district serving most of Bartholomew County.

Searchable map of Bartholomew County by individual property (requires free registration).

Local county government. 

Local city government. 

K-12 public district serving northeastern Bartholomew County.  

Online newspaper for the Hope area.

Get the latest information on voting registration, voting sites, and view a sample ballot.  

The latest census information on each congressional district.  

Indiana's Leading Source for Economic & Demographic Data

Local current news website.

Search the US Census Bureau's database

This online exhibit explores four generations of the Irwin-Sweeney-Miller family, the businesses located at 301 Washington, and the building's design history over nearly 100 years through materials from Bartholomew County Historical Society and Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives.

This online exhibit showcasing drawings, photos, and documents from the Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives explores the relationship between the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library and Henry Moore's "Large Arch" sculpture.

The historical society hosts exhibits and has collections available for research about the county's history and the people who have lived and worked here. 

CIAA’s collection has 100,000s of drawings, documents, photos, and recordings related to Bartholomew County’s architecture, landscape architecture, public planning, public art, and graphic design.  Explore CIAA's digital collections at Indiana University, Indianapolis, its online exhibits, and digital collections hosted by BCPL Archives.

Resource guide for starting research on houses and other buildings

Historic Columbus Indiana strives to provide the best, all-encompassing look at life in Columbus through scanned images and memories.  

A forum for questions and answers of local historical interest.  

Hope, Indiana has the longest continuous Rural Free Delivery in Indiana, starting as an experimental route in 1896.  This website is designed to share the history, people, artifacts, and organizations that have made significant contributions to Rural Free Delivery.  

IHS collects, preserves, and shares Hoosier history through its premier collections on Indiana and the Old Northwest – books, photographs, early maps, letters, diaries and more.

View the newspapers.com content available through INSPIRE, the statewide information database.

This access includes the Indianapolis Star and North Vernon Plain Dealer, among others.

Database is available in-library only.  Featuring extensive newspaper archives of Bartholomew and surrounding counties, including Columbus coverage from the 1870s to present.  

Features historical archives of newspapers throughout the US and the world (years vary by newspaper).  Includes coverage of the Columbus newspaper up to 1963.  

Our library's scanned collection of Bartholomew County high school yearbooks. 

Maps and schedules for the local transit system.

Curated by the Bartholomew County Financial Literacy Coalition, a wide range of local resources on financial, career, insurance, credit, mental health, and more.  

Includes housing help, clothing, mental health, hot meal sites, and other resources for those in need in the local community.  

List of local hot meal sites

Directory of services, programs and helpful articles for the disability community. Step-by-step guide to find the right information.

Free, expert vetted health and wellbeing resources as well as community based resources.

A guide for senior housing and independent living in Indiana.

For seniors and their families to find housing and care. With objective, comprehensive, and up-to-date information

Resources for those transitioning from high school to the next step. 

A search engine created by United Way Bartholomew County for community services-- jobs, food, clothing, government services, more. 

A search engine created by United Way Bartholomew County for community services-- jobs, food, clothing, government services, more.  

Search archives from 1980s to today for:  New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times.  

Searchable archive of thousands of academic journals.  

Historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence in U.S. history showing the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.

Test practice, eBooks, articles, and flash cards to prepare for U.S. Citizenship.  

Your favorite consumer magazine now easily readable 24-7 from your home or office. Get ratings for refrigerators, cars, TVs, baby monitors, and more.

Searchable archives to thousands of general interest magazines.  

Over 300 online educational courses. Technology, languages, personal skills, test prep, and so much more. Courses are six weeks long and start each month!

A help guide from BCPL staff on false information.  

Free access to thousands of searchable journals and magazines, plus access to Indiana history resources, test preparation, citizenship, language learning, and more!

Live online tutoring service for all ages and education levels, from 4-11 PM. Submit papers, problems, resumes, and more for review 24/7.

Search archives from 1980s to today for:  New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times.  

Federal website on preparedness for tornadoes