Due to the impacts of Hurricane Francine, all branches will be closing at 4:00 PM on September 10th. All branches will be closed September 11th and 12th. Please monitor our website and Facebook page for additional updates. Stay safe!
Please be aware that between the hours of 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM on August 8, we may experience temporary phone service interruptions at both branches. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

Digital Resources

Explore a world of streaming video with Kanopy: Movies, documentaries, world cinema, TV series, and more. It’s all fee free and ad free with your West Baton Rouge Parish Library card!

DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community, and is committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone.

Find sales leads, mailing lists, research markets, find employment opportunities, find friends, relatives and a whole lot of other possibilities! AtoZdatabases is the premier Reference, Research, Marketing, Mailing Lists/Sales Leads, and Job-Search Database, including 65 million business & executive profiles, over 240 million residents with interests, hobbies and lifestyles information, over 7 million real-time job listings, 2 Million new businesses, over 12 million healthcare professionals, over 12 million new movers, 2 million new homeowners, and much more.

Examine+ provides unbiased health and nutrition information. Library patrons have access to the Examine Supplement Guides, the Examine Database of supplement and nutrition evidence, and a Research Feed of the latest studies, summarized and categorized by experts. Users can discover evidence-based findings in an easy-to-read format, providing immediate answers to questions related to nutrition and supplements.

Language is an adventure! With more than 70 languages and over 20 English courses designed from the perspective of the learner’s native language, Mango Languages offers a rich, immersive experience that includes intuitive language and culture lessons designed by linguists and voiced by native speakers.

Mango Languages is accessible in the library and at home using a computer or apps for iOS and Android phones and tablets.

cloudLibrary makes it easy to discover the content you want to read. Whether on the web, a tablet, your mobile device, or your library’s discovery terminal you can browse digital shelves curated by your library or filtering by genres that interest you. Check out up to 3 items at a time and keep as many as 3 on hold. Items check out for 21 days and return automatically at the end of the lending period. All you need is your library card and password to start borrowing! If you don’t have a password, stop by the circulation desk to set one up. And check back often—our catalog is growing!

Our Library Academy delivers immediately accessible online training for a variety of topics, including social media, eBooks, genealogy, computer help, research and homework help, business, legal forms, book recommendations, and more! This library of tutorials and videos is for learners, instructors, and administrators.

hoopla allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, phone or TV. Stream immediately or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment. There are hundreds of thousands of titles to choose from, with more being added daily. Select West Baton Rouge Parish Library during signup.

TBBL provides free public library service to Louisiana residents of all ages who cannot easily read standard printed materials due to a visual impairment, physical disability or a reading disability whether it is permanent or temporary.

MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health’s Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.

Digital literacy resources for both learners and teachers. It is a collection of self-directed tutorials for end users to increase their digital literacy. Topics are video-based and include basic tasks such as using a computer, navigating a website and searching.

Our primary collection of materials including over 90,000 books, magazines, DVDs, Blu-rays, study guides, audiobooks and much more. Renew many materials online.

Frequently updated, current and archived access to tens of millions of articles and video clips from local, state, regional, national and international news sources, including printed and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos, plus much more!

One of our collections of digital materials including e-books, audiobooks and much more offered through the Tri-Parish E-Library.

Live tutoring, homework help and academic resources for kindergarten through adult learners. Help with job searching, job websites, completing job applications, resumes, cover letters and practice interviews.

Access over 70 educational and research resources covering a wide range of information for elementary through graduate level students.

Easy-to-use, online reference database featuring history and literature reference materials.

Free, printable and fillable legal forms accepted in Louisiana courts.

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Main Branch: Port Allen

(225) 342-7920

830 North Alexander Ave.
Port Allen, LA 70767

South Branch: Brusly

(225) 749-2171

6311 LA-1
Brusly, LA 70719

Library Hours

Main Branch - Port Allen

Monday9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tuesday9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Thursday9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday9:00 am - 1:00 pm
SundayClosed

South Branch - Brusly

Monday9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tuesday9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Thursday9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday9:00 am - 1:00 pm
SundayClosed