A to Z List of Online Resources

The newspaper for Lake Oswego.

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office.

An online collection particularly strong in materials documenting the history of the United States and the lives, interests, and achievements of the American people.

A Library of Things is a collection of items such as kitchenware, musical instruments, and games hosted at a library that library patrons can check out with their Libraries in Clackamas County (LINCC) library card.

As part of a statewide consortium, LINCC cardholders can download e-books, audiobooks, and videos. Most can be transferred to other devices for use away from the computer. Don’t worry - your local library is happy to assist you if you have difficulties!

Download free public domain audiobooks read by volunteers from around the world.

LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century.

Browse select issues of Life Magazine all the way back to 1935.

Provides literature criticism articles that have been published from June 2007 to the present in Gale Contemporary Literary Criticism, as well as Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism and Twentieth Century Literary Criticism.

LitFinder provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. The database also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.