Scioto County Public Library Blog

Black Freedom Struggle in the United States

ProQuest invites you to explore the new Black Freedom Struggle website, featuring expertly selected open primary source documents. Visitors will find historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in U.S....

Black Women’s Suffrage | DPLA

The Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection is a collaborative project to provide digital access to materials documenting the roles and experiences of Black Women in the Women’s Suffrage Movement and, more broadly, women’s rights, voting...

TumbleBooks

The Scioto County Public Library offers the TumbleBook Library for use by our library patrons. This library is a collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books – suited for elementary school children. TumbleBooks are...

Transparent Language Online

Learn to speak a new language. Over 100 foreign language courses are available that can help you learn languages including French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. There’s also an ESL component...

Signing Savvy

As a library patron, you can get Signing Savvy membership for free to access American Sign Language learning tools. Follow these steps to create a Signing Savvy account, activate your free membership, and access these...

Memorial Donations

Honor someone special in your life by making a meaningful donation to the Scioto County Public Library in their name. A tribute or memorial gift is a simple, thoughtful way to show your respect for...

Yearbook Collection

Come spend a day traveling back in time in our Local History Department at the Portsmouth library!!! We have hundreds of Scioto County High School year books to look through. You might even see someone...

Novelist Plus

Find Your Next Favorite Book There’s not enough time to read everything. Choose your next read wisely with book recommendations from the experts. Discover new books based on your likes and dislikes. Get a critic’s...

Chilton Library

Fix your car, truck, van, or SUV with these diagnostics, maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, and step-by-step repair procedures.