Vermont IDU
Vermont Historical Society
Digital Resources and Databases
Vermont Videos
Since 2016, the Vermont Historical Society has recorded a weekly video series with Local 22/Local 44. Over 200 videos highlight historic places across the state. Follow the links below to access organized lists of the short videos.
- Abolition
- Agricultural History
- Art & Culture
- Black Vermonters History
- Early Settlement & Revolutionary War
- Education, Healthcare, Sports
- Famous Vermonters
- Government
- Historic Preservation
- Immigration
- Industry, Innovation, & Technology
- Lake Champlain & Natural History
- Local History
- Military History
- Native American History
- Religion
- Transportation History
- Women's History
VHS Youtube Channel
Vermont Online Magazines
- Child Labor
- Children
- Doing History
- Farming
- Geography
- Government
- Immigration
- Puzzles & Activities
- Remarkable Vermonters
- Settlement
- Technology
- Transportation
- Wacky History
- War
- Weather
- Women's History
- Abenaki History
- Black Vermonters History
- Doing History
- Geography
- Government
- Historic Places
- Holidays & Travel
- Remarkable Vermonters
- Schools
- Settlement
- Technology
- Transportation
- Using the Land
- War
- Weather
- Women's History
- Barre Recreation, ca. 1932 (outdoor recreation in Vermont)
- Farm Work is War Work, ca. 1942
- Miraculous Maple Tree, 1966
- Our Rutland
- Putney, Vermont, Bicentennial Film, 1953
- The Rail Diggers
- Route 7, Vermont, 1973
- Thanks to Vermont (agricultural products)
- A Town Solves a Problem
- Vermont State Guard, 1941-1944
- Where Do We Go From Here? (Vermont Bicentennial)
Use OPALS to find out if we have more books on your topic and request as needed.
- Go to OPALS Pathfinder page and select VT IDU pathfinder.
- If your topic is on the list, click the topic name.
- Browse the list of book resources that we have in the library.
- If you see a book you would like to use, check the book cart to see if it is already there.
- If the book is not on the book cart, contact the library and we will bring the book to add to the cart.
How to contact the library with book requests, questions, or research help:
email Ms. Towle or Office Hours daily 8-3 on Google Meet, nickname: library
Magazines available in the Library:
Vermont Magazine
Northern Woodlands
Library Databases
You can search your topics in these databases. Try searching your topic and Vermont...
Example:
- cows AND Vermont
- sailing AND vermont
- Circus Smirkus
- IBM AND Vermont
- hunting AND Vermont
- farming AND Vermont
Local Newspapers
Go to the source...does the topic/company/town have a website?
Eden, VT
Vermont 1777: Early Steps Against Slavery
VT State Parks
Mining
Vermont Covered Bridge Society
VT Hiking
Snowflake Bentley
Agricultural Fairs
Shipwrecks
Mammals
Hunting
Fishing
Birds
Reptiles and Amphibians