Yes. Most online resources are available to access outside of the library. For most resources, you'll just login with your library card number and PIN from home. For a few, you'll be prompted to also sign up for an account the first time you use it. Visit Research + Learn to see many of the premium resources you may access with your library card.
Online Resources FAQs
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General Questions
Several of the online resources we recommend are provided to you by the State Library of Kansas. (Go here to see a complete list of the State Library’s online resources.) To access these resources, you either need to be using a computer with a Kansas IP address, or you’ll need to have a Kansas Library eCard. In particular, most of the eBook services provided by the State Library will require an eCard to login.
To get a Kansas Library eCard, just stop in at the Accounts Desk, or give us a call at 785-843-3833. If you’ve already got a Lawrence Public Library card, it’ll take just a few moments to get you set up with a Kansas Library eCard. (If you don’t have a card with LPL, go here to find out what’s required.)
We have just a few online resources that you must be in the library to use; you can access them either from a computer in our computer lab or by connecting your laptop or other device to the library’s Wi-Fi. Those resources are: Ancestry Library Edition and GrantStation.