Additional Electronic Databases
Online Learning Portal
The Vermont Online Library (VOL) offers a wide array of electronic databases through Gale/Cengage 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. Subject areas include career and job resources, K12 resources, newspapers and magazines, small business resources, and more.
Gale Presents: Udemy offers over 20,000 self-based, on-demand video courses on a variety of topics from IT certification prep, SAT/ACT prep, coding, meditation, language, and more.
Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep contains courses on math, reading, and writing skills, college and grad school prep, resume and career tools, and US citizenship content.
Genealogy Resources
Vermont residents can research Vermont birth, marriage, and death records from 1909-2008 on Ancestry.com for free if they first sign up for a MyVermont.gov account. The State Library houses a number of Vermont-focused collections which may assist your genealogy research. The Vermont Historical Society maintains a list of places to find Vermont genealogy information.
Free Online Newspapers for Research
The Vermont Department of Libraries has partnered with the Vermont State Archives and Records Administration (VSARA) to provide access to Vermont newspapers though Newspapers.com. These Vermont titles are freely available to Vermonters as part of the agreement. There are now over 1 million pages of Vermont newspapers available.
To sign up for Newspapers.com access:
- Visit MyVermont.gov.
- Create a new account.
- Add your personal profile and contact information in the myProfile section to verify your Vermont residency.
- Once updated, view the Featured Item section on the page and click the link to Newspapers.com.
- Begin searching Vermont titles or topics.
The Vermont Digital Newspaper Project is based at the University of Vermont, and is supported by the Vermont Department of Libraries and the Vermont Historical Society. The Project preserves Vermont’s historical newspapers while making them freely available online.
Vermont newspapers published between 1836 and 1922 can be searched as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program organized by the Library of Congress.