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

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.

CR Consumer Reports

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.

Leearn a new language today with transparent language online

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

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."