The Library provides many services and resources to patrons and the community. From the 12 physical branches, opens a new window across the parish to the library website and apps, and beyond - there are plenty of avenues to find the resources you need. If there is one we don't have yet, feel free to suggest it, opens a new window!
Here are some of the resources you can find at the Library or with an STPL Library Card.
- Books, opens a new window
- Audiobooks, opens a new window
- Movies, opens a new window
- TV Shows, opens a new window
- Music, opens a new window
- eBooks, opens a new window
- eAudioBooks, opens a new window
- Stream Movies, TV shows and Music, opens a new window
- Meeting Rooms, opens a new window
- Study Rooms
- Computer Labs, opens a new window
- Tablets
- Storytime
- Outreach Services: StoryWalk®, Onsite Storytimes, Ozobot Demonstrations, etc., opens a new window
- Always Free Wi-Fi inside branches and in the parking lots
- Newspaper archives, opens a new window
- Magazine archives, opens a new window
- Academic Journals, opens a new window
- Hundreds of Databases from A-to-Z Food America to World Book’s Early World of Learning
- Standardized testing prep (ACT, SAT, HiSet, Praxis), opens a new window
- College prep, opens a new window
- Homework help, opens a new window
- Job training, opens a new window
- Start a Business, opens a new window
- Tax Prep and Forms
- Online courses to improve careers and hone skills, opens a new window
- Genealogy Assistance and Archives, opens a new window
- Grant Tools for Grant Writers and Non-Profits, opens a new window
- Tech Assistance from a Reference Librarian, opens a new window
- Learn a Language, opens a new window
- Exam Proctoring, opens a new window
- ESL Classes, opens a new window
- In-Person Crafting Classes, opens a new window
- Online Crafting Tutorials, opens a new window
- In-person local history classes, opens a new window
- In-person technology classes, opens a new window
- Exercise Classes (online and in-person), opens a new window
- Dance Classes
- Concerts
- Art Exhibits
- State Park Passes
- Hear a Veteran’s Story, opens a new window
- Legal Forms, opens a new window
- Books by Mail
- Book Clubs, opens a new window
- Community Gardens, opens a new window
- Seed Library, opens a new window
- Musical Flower Garden at the Covington Branch
