West Lafayette Memories Project
West Lafayette Memories Blog westlafayettememories.blogspot.com
If you are interested in writing articles or helping with the project email Nick Schenkel, West Lafayette Public Library Director This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call and leave information for him at the West Lafayette Public Library 765-743-2261. Click here for information if you are interested in donating items to the WLPL Archives
The Library's growing collection of West Lafayette archival materials includes:
Mayoral papers from Mayor Sonya Margerum
Press clippings form the term of Mayor Williamson
City Council papers from Councilor Marjorie Gordon
Neigborhood study reserach papers from Purdue students
Scapbooks from West Lafayette High School Coach Gordon Straley
Scrapbooks from the West Lafayette Parks and Recreation Department
ONLINE Language learning and discover for ALL AGES!
FREE online Language Courses Now available through the West Lafayette Library!
MUZZY Online – the new, fun way to learn another language. With this incredible program, parents and children now have immediate access to all the award-winning MUZZY content in a brand new interactive format available at your library or anywhere with an internet connection and a library card!
ROSETTA STONE online languague learning programs are now available to library card holders of the West Lafayette Public Library!
Thanks to the state-funed INSPIRE databases, you can use Rosetta Stone by clicking this link and logging in through the West Lafayette Public Library.
Databases: Gale, INSPIRE, Journal & Courier and More
When prompted, enter the password, "inspire"
Including the new the Testing & Education Reference Center (TERC) designed to help students — from high school to graduate school to specialty school and beyond and the Small Business Resource Center for how-to information on small business planning, bookkeeping, financing, human resource management, marketing, regional tax laws or starting a home-based business. Check out Rosetta Stone through INSPIRE too!
CONSUMER REPORTS back issues are is available for your free use through the INSPIREdatabase when you connect from home using this link through the West Lafayette Public Library or while you are in the Library. Please ask for help using this online service at the Reference Desk on the second floor.
GrantSelect is an online database of funding opportunities such as grants (for programs, projects, planning, start-up, endowments, technical assistance, facilities and equipment, etc.), awards, and fellowships.
HeritageQuest® Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more.
US Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.
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!
Learn in Dig•Me
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to schedule a Dig•Me help session or to reserve the room for your own use.
Click HERE for a complete (but ever-growing) list of Dig•Me services.