I’ve been compiling homeschool resources for you, and while I was doing that, I came across a link to a state electronic library. Sites like that can be full of great information, including things that can be hard to find elsewhere. For the public sites, it’s right there and available to the public. If people don’t know about it, though, it might as well be a secret stash of information.
Find state electronic libraries
It occurred to me that people might want to know about state electronic libraries. I found links for the ones in a few states where people I know live, and then I thought why not just do them for every state and put them in alphabetical order? I have readers from all over the country (and several outside the US—to everyone outside the States, I apologize that this won’t be helpful to you. Maybe I’ll pull together some links to outside-the-US libraries). If there isn’t someone from each state already, eventually there might be, and if I can help even one person by doing this… my pleasure!
So what you’ll see below is a list of links, at least one for every state in the United States and the District of Columbia. Not every state has the same resources. Some have a lot to offer and some leave quite a bit to be desired, but, nonetheless, here is what I found.
I hope it helps you. Please feel free to share this and to link to it. Maybe your friends and your readers will find it helpful, too.
Alabama electronic libraries
http://alex.state.al.us/libmedia/
Alaska electronic libraries
Arizona electronic libraries
http://phoenix.lib.overdrive.com/72F36816-E68D-4318-9EB3-1595B8138429/10/50/en/Default.htm
Arkansas electronic libraries
http://www.library.arkansas.gov/Pages/default.aspx
http://lib2go.lib.overdrive.com/EEFCC493-2CB2-45F5-A2D9-0C4C4863A19C/10/50/en/Default.htm
California electronic libraries
http://scdl.lib.overdrive.com/25DBC6B2-BFEB-41E1-8C80-DDED4BF4422B/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://ncdl.lib.overdrive.com/64F99A35-FF6A-4A7A-BF79-1CE0D4D61B58/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://www.library.ca.gov/loc/
Colorado electronic libraries
http://coloradodc.lib.overdrive.com/9385F3DF-6202-4FD7-8BAB-AB63986D12EE/10/50/en/Default.htm
https://content.cu.edu/digitallibrary/cuAuraria.html
http://digital.denverlibrary.org/
Connecticut electronic libraries
http://www.ctstatelibrary.org/
http://www.publiclibraries.com/connecticut.htm
Delaware electronic libraries
http://delaware.lib.overdrive.com/9EDB78AC-127B-4DD4-9D07-44BD02B54EE6/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://digitallibrary.delcolibraries.org/ED5539F7-2624-41E1-80C7-3B10EF41C375/10/50/en/Default.htm
Florida electronic libraries
http://fof.fcla.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx
http://www.ocls.info/virtual/OnlineDatabases/db_desc.asp?ODSubjectsID=28&OnlineDatabasesID=163
Georgia electronic libraries
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/?Welcome
http://www.georgialibraries.org/lib/library_services/ebooks.php
http://gadd.lib.overdrive.com/F0029A68-1846-485C-8385-833796F71422/10/50/en/Default.htm
Hawaii electronic libraries
http://www.librarieshawaii.org/Serials/databases.html
http://ulukau.org/index.php?a=p&p=search&wp=&cl=&l=en&st1=&st2=&st3=&st=titles&st4=&st5=&st6=&sub=
http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/77A3836A-8D38-46E7-8C75-6B2BE6C63A2A/10/50/en/Default.htm
Idaho electronic libraries
http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/
Illinois electronic libraries
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/
http://www.library.illinois.edu/
http://www.omnilibraries.org/A57CB97F-C03D-41E4-977B-36CD380153C3/10/50/en/Default.htm
Indiana electronic libraries
http://idm.lib.overdrive.com/7D0E792C-3126-48CE-AB16-7EC5311EC782/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://iddc.lib.overdrive.com/4B27A90B-D5A5-4BE3-AE05-E6CDA474E66B/10/50/en/Default.htm
Iowa electronic libraries
This state was a little different, but I did find a legal information center, which might be very useful to some people.
http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/services/online-resources/resources
http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/states/us-ia.php
http://www.ankenyiowa.gov/Index.aspx?page=306
Kansas electronic libraries
http://www.kslib.info/digitalbooks.html
Kentucky electronic libraries
http://kyunbound.lib.overdrive.com/F1693897-664C-4458-8AAB-C4944B46160D/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://kdla.ky.gov/records/e-archives/pages/default.aspx
Louisiana electronic libraries
http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/
https://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/louis/
http://www.state.lib.la.us/library-collections/louisiana-documents
http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p267101coll4
Maine electronic libraries
http://download.maineinfonet.org/429107AD-17D9-4FC5-ABC1-1163468DFCE3/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/
http://www.maine.gov/msl/online.htm
http://www.state.me.us/msl/topics/index.shtml
Maryland electronic libraries
http://maryland.lib.overdrive.com/05D33BAE-4608-43CF-93C8-8F8BEF01BBE1/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://montgomerycountymd.libguides.com/elibrary
Massachusetts electronic libraries
https://mblc.state.ma.us/books/catalogs/
Michigan electronic libraries
http://elibrary.mel.org/search
Minnesota electronic libraries
https://www.minitex.umn.edu/elm/
https://www.mnlinkgateway.org/zportal/zengine?VDXaction=ZSearchSimple
Mississippi electronic libraries
http://msmelo.squarespace.com/
http://www.247ref.org/portal/access3.cfm?lib=MELO
Missouri electronic libraries
http://www.molib2go.org/869C837E-6197-43D3-8AF9-83182D853F21/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/
Montana electronic libraries
http://montanalibrary2go.org/4ABDF2BC-1A02-4298-AB56-68233D2FD65B/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://www.lib.montana.edu/digital/
Nebraska electronic libraries
http://nebraska.lib.overdrive.com/14BDABF2-13C7-4C89-8AA5-0963EB669551/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://nebraskaccess.ne.gov/login/elibrary.asp
http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/index.shtml
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/
Nevada electronic libraries
http://digital.library.unlv.edu/
http://www.mypubliclibrary.com/catalog/
https://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/
New Hampshire electronic libraries
http://nh.lib.overdrive.com/23D1FE7F-DC84-4B35-B378-337F92433C45/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://www.library.unh.edu/digital/
New Jersey electronic libraries
http://www.listennj.com/CCD5C2A3-B175-40CB-A6A3-6E548F94A35E/10/50/en/Libraries.htm
http://www.digitallibrarynj.com/D9E677B6-A11F-42A6-BA4F-3BBE24050745/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://slic.njstatelib.org/electronic_resources
New Mexico electronic libraries
http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/onlineresources
http://elibrary.unm.edu/find/databases.php
New York electronic libraries
http://ebooks.nypl.org/A761F286-AB90-446F-B933-3964C9FCE004/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://library.nyu.edu/alumni/eresources.html
http://lib.manhattan.edu/access-other-libraries/online-library-catalogs-nyc-area
North Carolina electronic libraries
http://ncdigital.lib.overdrive.com/F0195378-B090-44D1-BACD-5B4E25E74334/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/
North Dakota electronic libraries
http://library.nd.gov/onlineresources.html
https://www.ndcourts.gov/lawlib/www6.htm
http://library.und.edu/digital/
Ohio electronic libraries
http://ohioebooks.org/EBF8DBA5-9F54-4D9C-BAF6-D2BB19E230A1/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://www.library.ohio.gov/it/ebook
Oklahoma electronic libraries
http://okvirtuallibrary.lib.overdrive.com/9A21A5E9-791C-483A-97E8-1EB90CFA83C2/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://www.odl.state.ok.us/prairie/
https://libraries.ou.edu/eresources/search/default.aspx?startswith=E
Oregon electronic libraries
http://library2go.lib.overdrive.com/F859E1A4-D20A-4EE6-BFDB-4CDDC56ADE35/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://odl.library.oregonstate.edu/record/search
http://oregondigital.org/digcol/
Pennsylvania electronic libraries
http://www.accesspa.state.pa.us/
Rhode Island electronic libraries
http://riezone.lib.overdrive.com/BFB187A7-EA58-43B8-AEB4-C35E6AB29EB7/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://www.provlib.org/download-ebooks-audiobooks-etc
South Carolina electronic libraries
http://library.sc.edu/er/index_temp2.php?
http://www.publiclibraries.com/southcarolina.htm
http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/sc-libraries
Tennessee electronic libraries
http://www.tel4u.org/ The children’s section of the Tennessee electronic library
http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/lps/READS/reads.htm
Texas electronic libraries
http://ctdl.lib.overdrive.com/B23B30C2-6E6D-459E-A11A-7AC59854D3F1/10/50/en/Default.htm
https://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/etext.html
Utah electronic libraries
http://pioneerutah.lib.overdrive.com/7729B731-FEEA-41F4-AA08-AC82F21F08DC/10/50/en/Default.htm
Vermont electronic libraries
http://www.listenupvermont.org/7C571964-B377-4CC0-BC27-6FBC93DAF2C2/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/index.xql
Virginia electronic libraries
http://www.digitalcurationservices.org/
https://www.library.virginia.edu/collections/
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/
Washington electronic libraries
http://anytime.lib.overdrive.com/E9376A8B-B3A5-41AD-BFC2-66FF95FF8B29/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/
https://www.lib.washington.edu/
West Virginia electronic libraries
http://wvdeli.lib.overdrive.com/930B8571-643B-4E34-A920-958ADF98639F/10/50/en/Default.htm
https://www.libraries.wvu.edu/
http://www.librarycommission.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Wisconsin electronic libraries
http://dbooks.wplc.info/0F0616A2-3213-45D6-B6ED-7297C6C2B59E/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/databases/wisconsins-digital-library-powered-overdrive
Wyoming electronic libraries
http://will.state.wy.us/exhibits/
http://www.wyominglibraries.org/
District of Columbia electronic libraries
http://overdrive.dclibrary.org/8800DCC9-8B8B-4DAF-A334-D6FCFB01A08A/10/50/en/Default.htm
http://dclibrary.org/
http://www.loc.gov/
And…one more. Data on all 50 states