Student Portal
The library is working with local schools to expand access to our online resources.
- If your school subscribes to Overdrive, you can add TCPL as a library in your Sora account in order to access a much larger collection of materials.
- If you have a Lafayette School Corporation email address, you may use that in place of a library card number to access the databases below.
- Or apply online for a library card here and get immediate access to most of our online resources.
How to access a Database:
All of the databases below are available to you from home or school. Click on the button to go to the database of your choice. Your user name is your school email address, and the password is the last 4 digits of your phone number.
If you have any questions concerning a database, please call 429-0113.
Kids
View Inspire: Indiana’s Online Research Library.
Find full text magazine and newspaper articles or search the holdings of libraries all over the world.
- Testing and Education Center – with practice exams for GED, SAT, ASVAB, and more!
- General and Academic Magazines & Journals
- Student Research Center
- Biography Resource Center
- Health Source: Consumer Edition
- Career Collection
- National Newspapers
Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more. It also offers several options for English as a second language.
A searchable collection of fiction and non-fiction titles with reviews and links to similar titles, aimed at the K-8 age range.
Over one hundred picture books are animated and read-aloud for you and your child. Follow-along word illumination, games and puzzles, audio book classics, and read-along large-type, regular, and easy reader books are all available for entertainment and learning. Access Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, and Russian language books for language learning and exploring.
Teens
Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more. It also offers several options for English as a second language.
A searchable collection of fiction and non-fiction titles with reviews and links to similar titles.
This service offers study materials and practice exams for dozens of common standardized tests. Available tests include the SAT, GED, ASVAB, and more. There are also tools for many career entry exams, such as accounting, law enforcement, nursing, and real estate. Includes a resume building and computer skills tutorials.
Adults
Access to archives of the Journal and Courier the Indianapolis Star.
- Journal and Courier: Full Text from Nov. 29, 2002 to present with limited coverage back to 1999.
- Indianapolis Star: Full Text from May 1991 to present.
Perfect for travelers, A to Z World Travel provides access to an ever expanding list of city and country travel guides. Included in the database are hotel accommodation suggestions, restaurant highlights, maps, travel warnings, weather reports, and currency information.
Online access to repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs back to 1940.
Premier Reference and Marketing Database including 30 million business profiles & 220 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more!
The Morningstar Investment Research Center is an online investment database with information on more than 30,000 stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds.
A searchable collection of fiction and non-fiction titles with reviews and links to similar titles.
HeritageQuest is a resource for census data, family records, and local histories. This collection assembles every extant U.S. federal census, family genealogies, local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage and death records, genealogical and local history serials, and more. An ongoing project (new content is added regularly), HeritageQuest Online will grow to encompass the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), Freedman’s Bank Records, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Index, and additional materials.
This service offers study materials and practice exams for dozens of common standardized tests. Available tests include the SAT, GED, ASVAB, and more. There are also tools for many career entry exams, such as accounting, law enforcement, nursing, and real estate. Includes a resume building and computer skills tutorials.
Frequently Asked Questions
For narrowing down search results further, try using the “limit or refine search” options. You might choose to see articles published within a certain time frame. Do you want only the newest articles, or do you want to see something historical? If you are doing research for a class, your instructor may want only academic or ‘peer reviewed’ articles. There is a check box to show only those.
If you really need to get your hands on an article that’s available only as a citation, you can request it using Interlibrary Loan. Just be aware that it can take a week or two for it to arrive, and that some libraries charge fees for scanning or copying.