Recommended Resources by Topic
If you have a specific skill or interest that you wish to share with others, please contact your local library. We are always looking for people to teach classes on many different topics.
- Biographical Dictionary
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-Present
- Biography.com
- Biographies of Women Mathematicians
- Biography Reference Center provided by State Library of Louisiana
- Distinguished Women of Past and Present
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- First Ladies of the United States of America
- National Inventors Hall of Fame
- National Women’s Hall of Fame
- Nobel Prizes
- Political Graveyard
- Presidents of the United States of America
- Jeff Davis Parish Chamber of Commerce
- Louisiana Economic Development
- Louisiana Licenses search for & apply
- Minority Business Development Agency
- More Business business plan templates & advice
- Motley Fool fool-proof money management
- SCORE SWLA Counselor to America’s Small Business
- Small Business Resource Center
- SWLA Economic Development Alliance
- Better Business Bureau
- Cnet tech reviews
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Consumer Reports: print copies available at Jennings, Elton & Lake Arthur Libraries
- Consumer Search free alternative to Consumer Reports
- Identity Theft Resource Center
- IGN video game reviews
- Louisiana Licenses search for & apply
- National Do Not Call Registry
- Slant user reviews
- Tom’s Guide & Hardware tech reviews & advice
- The Wirecutter NY Times product reviews
- 411.com reverse phone, zip & area code lookup
- Area Code Locations
- City Directories (past & present) available in print at Jennings Library
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Farmer’s Almanac
- History Net what happened on a specific day
- Infoplease encyclopedia, biography, atlas, dictionary & more
- Wikipedia
- World Book available in print at all JDP Libraries & online with JDP School ID
- YellowPages
- ZIP Code Boundary Map
- All Music Guide
- Common Sense Media age-based reviews of film/tv/apps/games/books
- IMDb database of film/TV/video games/streaming
- Metacritic trusted critic reviews for film/TV/video games/music
- Moviefone current movies & coming soon
- Rotten Tomatoes film & TV reviews
- Affordable Healthcare Insurance Marketplace
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
- Dr. Greene pediatrician answers questions
- Eat Right Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics
- EurekAlert current advances in science & health
- Exercise & Fitness American Heart Association
- Go Ask Alice anonymous question forum for sexual health and other questions
- Healthy Children
- KidsHealth
- Louisiana Department of Health
- Medline Plus START HERE!
- Mental Health
- Merck Manuals consumer, veterinary & professional health
- Quackwatch nonprofit fraud watch
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- U.S. Disease Prevention & Health Promotion
- World Health Organization
Copyright friendly sites with FREE high quality images
- AIGA Symbol Signs 50 free passenger/pedestrian symbols developed by AIGA
- Free Images
- FreePik Photos & Vector Images
- Getty Images
- Louisiana Digital Library
- Kaboompics search by color palette
- LIFE Photo Archive
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Morguefile
- New York Public Library Digital Collection
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Photo Library
- Noun Project
- Openclipart
- Pixabay
- Public Domain Photos
- PxHere
- unDraw Vector Drawings
- Unsplash
- Vecteezy Photos & Vector Drawings
- Wikimedia Commons
- OR USE GOOGLE IMAGES OR FLICKR & FILTER RESULTS BY LICENSE!
- Duolingo
- Koasati Digital Dictionary Coushatta
- Louisiana Cajun French
- Louisiana Creole Dictionary
- LPB French Children’s Programs
- MLA Language Map languages spoken in US & where
- Phrases search for expressions & proverbs
- Pronunciator provided by State Library of Louisiana
- Gale Legal Forms LIBRARY CARD# is your login
- Jeff Davis Parish Ordinances
- Law Library of Louisiana
- Legal Education & Assistance Program Louisiana forms & resources
- Louisiana Law Help
- Louisiana Laws & Revised Statutes
- Louisiana Legal Services Desk Manual Louisiana Legal Forms
- SWLA Law Center legal aid
LA Civil Legal Navigator – This site acts as a map to guide you through the resources that are available in our state. It covers Family Law, Employment Law, and Housing Law (landlord & tenants). Great place to start if you have no idea where to even begin!
- BrainyQuote
- British Library’s Discovering Literature
- EBSCOhost search journals & publications
- Encyclopedia Mythica myth, folklore & legends
- Favorite Poem Project
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Lexico Oxford dictionaries & grammar
- Literary Reference Center Plus
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus
- Modern American Poetry
- PennSound contemporary writing audio recordings
- Poets.org Academy of American Poets
- Poets’ Corner
- Project Gutenberg
- Quote Search on What Should I Read Next
- Specialty Dictionaries
- Google Maps
- Library of Congress Geography & Map Division
- Map Machine by National Geographic
- National Atlas of the US
- NYPL Maps & Atlases
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Louisiana 1880s – 1940s
- UT Map Collection extensive list of current & historical maps
- Acadiana Advocate
- Chronicling America historic newspapers from 1789-1963
- Jennings Daily News print copies at all JDP Libraries
- Lake Charles American Press print copies at all JDP Libraries
- Louisiana Newspapers
- KATC TV (Lafayette)
- KLFY (Lafayette)
- KPLC (Lake Charles)
- NewsGuard internet trust tool
- Snopes find out if those news stories you’ve seen on Social Media are true or false
- Web Literacy learn how to spot fake news
- Dr. Greene pediatrician answers questions
- Exceptional Lives for families with disabilities
- Healthy Children
- KidsHealth
- AARP Tax Help
- Internal Revenue Service federal taxes
- Louisiana Revenue state taxes
- My Free Taxes United Way & H&R Block assistance
- Immigration Services in LA
- Learning Express Citizenship
- US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS)
- USA Learns citizenship & English classes
- Online Writing Lab by Purdue University
- Poets & Writers getting published, promoting yourself, writing prompts & more
- Underlined writing advice & online writing community
For more Recommended Resources, visit New York Public Library’s Internet Bibliographies.