Access Rosenberg Library’s digital resources the same way you access our online library catalog!
Log in with your library card number. For your password, use your phone number, or the password you previously set up for yourself. If you experience any difficulties, call us at 409.763.8854, email us, or use the website’s “chat with a librarian” when available.
Rosenberg Library offers a wide array of database resources for children, teens, and adults. These resources are free for all library card holders. Don’t have a library card? Learn more here. Find an eBook, audiobook, or search our library from home! Complete your research project, read the New York Times, learn a new language and more with our Online Databases. The world awaits you!
E-Books
Read books digitally from your computer or smartphone! Visitor favorites include Hoopla, Overdrive/Libby and AudioBookCloud.
Business, Career, & Financial
Get career help, find solutions for your small business, or learn about investments with these resources.
Education (All Ages)
Teachers, parents and students can find resources for all their studying needs, with resources available for all educational levels. Favorites for all ages include tutoring with Brainfuse, and language learning with Mango Languages.
Pre-K – Middle School
High School – College
Life Skills
Gale Resources
The Gale Excel Suite offers a wide variety of free resources including classes on various hobbies, automotive repair assistance, and an extensive selection of legal forms. Using your Rosenberg Library card, explore all that this Suite has to offer.
How to Use Udemy
Udemy is Rosenberg Library’s Database for Online Courses
Udemy provides over 180,000 instructor-led courses in a variety of fields and interests including Personal Development, IT, Program Development, and Graphic Design. Learn how to play the guitar, program for Python, increase your Excel skills, learn about digital marketing – there is so much to choose from!
Quick Start
Step 1: Login to Udemy using your library card and PIN number. Your PIN number is most likely the last four digits of your library card.
Step 2: After logging into Udemy, you will be asked to register with a Google or Microsoft account. This step is required so that you can track your progress, receive instructor assistance, and download completion certificates. If you need help setting up a Google account, please see the instructions below.
Step 3: Search for classes by category or by using the search bar in Udemy.
Ready to try it? Click the button below.
Don’t forget to bookmark Udemy in your browser for quick access.
Health & Medicine
Explore the world of health, treatments and more with these medical resources and encyclopedias.
History, Genealogy, & Anthropology
Find out more about moments in history, or explore your genealogy with these resources. Visitor favorites include the Portal to Texas History, African American Heritage, Galveston City Directories from 1859 – 1913, and Heritage Quest Online.
Legal
Find legal documents and U.S. procedures with these resources.
Literature
Explore in depth, academic dives into poetry and literature with these resources.
News & Magazines
Read today’s news or find articles from 100 years ago with these resources.
Archives
Science & Technology
Explore the sciences, ranging between agriculture, psychology and technology with these resources.
Español / Spanish
Find resources specially designed for Spanish speakers here.
Streaming
Watch movies, listen to music, and more on your desktop or smartphone! Visitor favorites include Hoopla and Kanopy.
Alphabetical list
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20th Century American Poetry (Proquest/Chadwyck-Healey)
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20th Century English Poetry (Proquest/Chadwyck-Healey)
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African American Heritage (Proquest/Chadwyck-Healey)
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American Prison Newspapers
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Ancestry Library Edition (In-library only)
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Archives Catalog (Galveston & Texas History Center Collections)
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AudioBookCloud
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Black Freedom Struggle in the United States (Proquest/Chadwyck-Healey)
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Black Life in America
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BookFLIX (Scholastic)
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Brainfuse
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Chilton Auto Repair (Gale/TexShare)
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Computer Database
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El Paso Times Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
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Enciclopedia World Book
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FamilySearch.org
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Fold3 Library Edition
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Foundation Directory (In-library only)
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Gale Academic OneFile (Gale/TexShare)
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Gale Business: Entrepreneurship (Gale/TexShare)
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Gale Databases (Gale/TexShare)
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Gale In Context: College (Gale/TexShare)
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Gale In Context: Elementary (Gale/TexShare)Gale In Context: Environmental Studies (Gale/TexShare)Gale In Context: High School (Gale/TexShare)Gale In Context: Middle School (Gale/TexShare)Gale Interactive: Science (Gale/TexShare)Gale Literature Resource Center (Gale/TexShare)Gale Literature: LitFinder (Gale/TexShare)Gale Literature: Scribner Writer Series (Gale/TexShare)Gale Literature: Twayne’s Author Series (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Agriculture (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Business (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Communications & Mass Media (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Contemporary Women’s Issues (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Economics & Theory (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Educator’s Reference Complete (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Entrepreneurship (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies & Policy (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Fine Arts (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Gardening & Horticulture (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Gender Studies (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: High School Edition (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Home Improvement (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Hospitality & Tourism (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Information Science (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Informe Academico (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Insurance & Liability (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Leadership & Management (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: News (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Psychology (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: Science (Gale/TexShare)Gale OneFile: U.S. History (Gale/TexShare)Gale PowerSearch (Gale/TexShare)Gale Presents Excel Adult High School (Gale/TexShare)Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test & Career Prep (Gale/TexShare)General OneFile (Gale/TexShare)Galveston County Daily News – CurrentGalveston County Daily News – HistoricalHealth & Medicine (Gale/TexShare)Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale/TexShare)HeritageHubHeritageQuest (Proquest/Chadwyk – Healey)Hispanic Life in AmericaHouston Chronicle (NewsBank)ImageQuest BritannicaJSTOR (In-library only)Kanopy film streamingLearning Express (Ebsco)Life Magazine (1936 – 2000) (Ebsco)Mango LanguagesMedline PlusMilitary & Intelligence Database (Gale/TexShare)Miss Humblebee’s Academy (Gale/TexShare)Morningstar Investment ResearchNational Geographic Kids (Gale/TexShare)NewsBankNewspaper ArchivesNewspapers.com Archive (ProQuest)Newsweek Magazine Archive (1933 – 2012) (ProQuest)Nursing & Allied Health (Gale/TexShare)OCLC WorldCat (TexShare)Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale/TexShare)OverDrive (Libby)Religion & PhilosophyScholastic Go! (Scholastic)Science in Context (Gale/TexShare)ScienceFlix (Scholastic)SciTech Collection (ProQuest)Student ActivismTeachingBooks.netTexas Digital LibraryTexas Legal Forms (Gale/TexShare)TheShelfTime Magazine (1923 – 2000) (Ebsco)TumbleBook LibraryTumbleBook Library for schoolsUdemy (Gale/TexShare)Value Line Financial InvestmentsWorld Book Online