Access eBooks including Kindle and audiobooks. Through our membership in the Green Mountain Library Consortium and a generous initial grant from the Oakland Foundation, we are able to offer our patrons access to downloadable audio books and eBooks. Access the service directly at Listen Up! Vermont -- all you need to download is your library card.
Learning Express Library is a very robust collection of career and employment-related resources, including dozens of testing practice modules, academic subject tutorials, career overviews and occupational exams, and more. about the contents of the databases. There is no password required.
Universal Class allows patrons access over 500 online courses at no charge. Designed for high school age and up there are a variety of offerings from accounting and bookkeeping, home schooling, computers & technology, crafts, medical billing and test preparation.
Be sure to create a profile with your email address when you log in for the first time -- Universal Class will keep track of your progress, and you can work at your own pace.
The Stowe Free Library has been storing the Stowe Reporter papers since 1959. We are now in the process of getting the papers digitally archived. If the year you are looking for has not yet been archived, please stop by the library, we would be happy to show you the original. The archives are available to anyone and no password is required.
Mango Languages allows patrons access to conversational language learning lessons in 22 languages, led by native speakers, including Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and more, as well as 14 ESL programs.
Be sure to create a profile with your email address when you log in for the first time -- Mango will keep track of your progress, and you can work at your own pace, with no cds to return.
Do you have an additional library card from a library other than the Stowe Free Library? You must use your Stowe Free Library card number in order to log in to this resource correctly from the link above.
Our access to Mango Languages is made possible through a partnership with the Green Mountain Library Consortium.
The Vermont Online Library (VOL) offers a wide array of electronic databases on a variety of topics geared to a variety of age levels, for both generalists and specialists. These resources are available 24 hours-a-day anywhere Internet access is available. The information is produced by known and trusted publishers. You must call the Library at 802.253.6145 to obtain a password (one time only)
Books and Literature
LibraryReads - a website that offers 10 new books per month chosen by Librarians
Library of Congress Online Catalog
Books in Series -Want to know the next book in the series you are reading....great resource !
NY Times Best Seller List - list of best sellers
New York Times Book Section - a great resource for current books and their reviews
Project Gutenberg - offers over 46,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online.
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and More
Bartleby - link to Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, the American Heritage Dictionary, Gray's Anatomy, and more
“How Stuff Works”
Vermont Online Library Databases - call the Library at 802/253.6145 for a password (one time only)
EBSCO's GreenFILE - a collection of resources dedicated to issues surrounding humans' impact on the environment (no password necessary)
Film and Television
The Internet Movie Database - a great resource to look up movie titles or actors
Maps and Directions
Newspapers and Business
Stowe Reporter Digital Archives - this project is underway-not all years are included
Historical Newspapers from 1700's-2000's (narrow by location and paper)
Business and Company Resource Center - in Vermont Online Library Databases
Health
Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module - (in Vermont Online Library Databases)
Medline Plus
Department of Mental Health
WebMD
National Library of Medicine
American Medical Association
Mayo Clinic
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
University of Vermont Medical Center Information
Nutrition
Vermont
Vermont State Site
Vermont History from the Vermont Historical Society - including back issues of their journal, Vermont History back to 2000
Vermont Department of Libraries
Vermont Public Radio
Vermont United Ways (or dial 2-1-1 by phone)
Vermont Legal Resources
Vermont Legal Help
Index to Burlington Free Press and Rutland Herald
Times Argus
Town of Stowe
Stowe Area Association
The Current - formerly The Helen Day Art Center
The Boston Public Library's Vintage Vermont Postcard collection, courtesy of Flickr.
Lamoille Area Health & Human Service - Regional Command Center
U.S. Government
FirstGov.gov - The U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal
Disclaimer: The Stowe Free Library is not responsible for the content or availability of material on linked or subsequent sites.
