Research
Millions of articles cover a full range of academic and general-interest topics
Authoritative automotive repair covers the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years.
Combining extensive courses and supplemental resources for over 100 languages, including English, Transparent Language Online is the most complete language-learning system.
Helps patrons to achieve their educational and career goals; job help, resume help, college skills can all be found here.
Foundation Directory Online is a research tool to help nonprofits find the grantmakers most likely to fund their projects.
Library Provided Downloadable Audio, E-books & Magazines
Use your library card number to download audio & Ebooks through Bridges, Iowa’s electronic library.
Other Free E-book Sources.
Baen Books: A science fiction and fantasy publisher making some titles available digitally, including some by well-known authors.
Free-eBooks.net: Free standard memberships allow access to a limited number of titles per month. Titles include fiction, nonfiction, business, and lifestyle; all by lesser-known authors.
Google Books: Nearly 3 million free e-books from the public domain. Some titles are also available for purchase.
Planet eBook: Free classic literature
Tax Forms:
Paper tax forms and booklets will not be available at the library. All information will be available online at the federal and state websites. Printing of tax forms can be done for free.
Click here for to go to the State of Iowa Tax website (forms, instructions, publications – all available online) – Note from the Iowa Dept. of Revenue: “The short forms for Iowa individual income tax (IA 1040A) and Iowa corporation income tax (IA 1120A) will be discontinued for tax year 2013. Taxpayers who may have used these forms in the past will need to use the IA 1040 or IA 1120 beginning with 2013.”
Click here to go to the IRS website. (including forms, instructions, etc.)