Online Resources
Digital Library & Reader’s Advisory
Libby by Overdrive
Download eBooks and eAudiobooks free with your library card using the Libby app for Android and iOS.
Flipster
Read magazines online or with the Flipster app for Android or iOS with your library card.
NoveList Plus
Reader’s advisory recommendations, author biographies, articles and lists for fiction and nonfiction books.
Manage Your Account
Library Elf
Check multiple library cards, avoid overdues get email alerts. Join for free.
MORE Account
Log into your account, renew books, find books, magazine, newspaper articles, articles and more!
WISCAT
Can’t find it? Contact the library and we’ll find it for you?
Genealogy & History
Ancestry Library Edition
Search billions of records and discover your family’s story.
Use this resource in the library with the public computers or your laptop, tablet or smart device.
Heritage Quest Online
Access genealogical research: all U.S. Federal Census records, family and local histories, and access to PERSI PERiodical Source Index.
Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers
Full-text Wisconsin newspapers from 2005 to 90 days ago, plus newspapers from the 1800s and 1900s.
Newspapers.com
Historical newspapers archive from the 1700s-2000s containing thousands of well-known regional, state, and small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.
Recollection WI
Discover photos, maps, books, artifacts, oral histories and more from dozens of Wisconsin communities.
Resources & Lifelong Learning
BadgerLink
Resources for personal interests to educational research.
Learning Express Library
Practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, achieve success at school, at work or in life.
Consumer Reports
Testing results for a wide variety of products and comprehensive reviews.
Auto Repair Source
Authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles.
Transparent Language
Transparent Language Online empowers you to learn anywhere, anytime, for any language goal — in 100+ languages.
Additional Resources
Paying for Senior Care
Wisconsin Medicare Guide
Affordable Connectivity Program
The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more.
MORE Research Page
MORE Research Page helps you find magazine & newspaper articles, genealogy sources, and more!
Hours
Monday - Thursday ... 10 am - 6 pm
Friday ... 10 am - 4 pm
Saturday ... 10 am - 1 pm
Sunday ... Closed
Balsam Lake Public Library
404 Main Street
PO Box 340
Balsam Lake, WI 54810
(715) 485-3215
library@balsamlakepl.org
"The library...serve[s] Balsam Lake residents and the surrounding area. Service will not be denied because of religious, racial, social, economic, or political status; or because of mental, emotional, or physical condition; age; or sexual orientation."