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Arts and Music

Creativebug offers high-quality, on-trend arts and crafts instructional videos on drawing, painting, sewing, knitting, crochet, quilting, jewelry making, baking, crafts for kids, and more. All classes are taught by experts, with new classes added daily. Creativebug delivers expert instruction and inspiration straight to your favorite device so you can learn at your own pace – anytime and anywhere.

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Books, Music, and Movies

Downloadable eBooks, eAudioBooks, and streaming videos with your library card.

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Community Services
Based in Vernal, Utah, Channel V6 are the key content provider for Northeastern Utah and surrounding areas, covering stories & topics from local government, politics, and business to community news and local sporting events.

Contribute your stories, memories, photos, and art related to Vernal's Kids Canal.

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Community and Government Services

Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) provides works to ensure that every child in Utah can grow up in a safe home supported by caring adults.

From the beginning, child abuse prevention has been the main focus of the Family Support Center. In order to accomplish this, the Crisis Nursery was started to help give parents a timeout when they were feeling stress in their lives. This resource continues to be our main focus.

Northeastern Counseling Center was established in July, 1997, through an Interlocal agreement among the Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah County Boards. The agency was formerly known as Unitah Basin Counseling and has been providing mental health and substance abuse services to the citizens of Northeastern Utah since the mid-eighties.

This Is Vernal is a community calendar with events from organizations throughout our beautiful area. This is your one-stop shop to be in the know about the happenings in Vernal!

Tri County Health Department serves Uintah, Duchesne, and Daggett Counties. This website has helpful links to resources relating to public health including a daily updated COVID-19 information page.
The Uintah Basin Association of Governments is a multi-county association serving Uintah, Duchesne, and Daggett Counties.
Uintah County Government website.
Uintah County Heritage Museum connects the past, present, and the fututre to the world around us. The wild west still lives here!
Uintah County School District, as a learning community, advocates for all students, provides quality education, and prepares students for success now and in the future.
Children's Justice Centers provide safe, confidential services to children who have experienced abuse and neglect.
Family History and Genealogy

Ancestry Library Edition is genalogy and family history searching made easier.

The worlds premier open access genealogy (Family History) search website. 

Search Cemetery Records

Search and Browse Local and National Cemetery records.

Search the world's newspapers. This is a great genealogy and history research tool. You need to be inside the Library Building for to use Newspapers.com

Search and browse over 50,000 historic photos from Vernal, Uintah County, and the surrrounding areas.

Utah state law mandates the Utah Division of State History to collect burial information and place it in a public, searchable database.

For nearly three decades, the BYU-I (formerly Ricks College) Arthur Porter Special Collections area of the David O. McKay Library in Rexburg, Idaho has been extracting early marriage records from counties in the western part of the United States. This extraction is called the Western States Marriage Index.

Homework Help

Academic Search Premier is a research database with access to full-text journals, magazines, photos, maps, and flags, covering general interest subject areas.

Learning Express Library is an innovative, Web-based learning solution that provides patrons, from elementary students to adult learners, with instant access to the most comprehensive collection of test preparation tools, skill-building materials, and career resources available.

Books, Audiobooks, and Resources provided by the Utah State Library a division of the Utah Department of Heritage & Arts.
Languages and Culture

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Mango Languages is an online language learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. It’s the easiest way to learn to speak a foreign language.

Lifelong Learning

Creativebug offers high-quality, on-trend arts and crafts instructional videos on drawing, painting, sewing, knitting, crochet, quilting, jewelry making, baking, crafts for kids, and more. All classes are taught by experts, with new classes added daily. Creativebug delivers expert instruction and inspiration straight to your favorite device so you can learn at your own pace – anytime and anywhere.

Learning Express Library is an innovative, Web-based learning solution that provides patrons, from elementary students to adult learners, with instant access to the most comprehensive collection of test preparation tools, skill-building materials, and career resources available.

Searchable databases and catalogs

Books, Audiobooks, and Resources provided by the Utah State Library a division of the Utah Department of Heritage & Arts.
Local History

The Ashley National Forest encompasses about 1.4 million acres in northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming.  Of the total acres, 276,175 are High Uintas Wilderness.

In this digital exhibition, you will explore artists and traditions of the region through photography, creator profiles, and an audio series Folklife from the Basin.

Search and browse over 50,000 historic photos from Vernal, Uintah County, and the surrrounding areas.

This site includes articles, exhibits, historic photographs and lots of Utah history.

Vernal Express Newpaper Archive for the years 1892-2008.

Newspapers and Magazines

Search the world's newspapers. This is a great genealogy and history research tool. You need to be inside the Library Building for to use Newspapers.com

Utah Digital Newspapers currently contains 3.5 million pages from nearly 200 newspapers. Thanks to an agreement with Ancestry's Newspapers.com, we are currently pursuing a three-year project to digitize all remaining Utah newspapers.

Vernal Express Newpaper Archive for the years 1892-2008.

Partnerships

Contribute your stories, memories, photos, and art related to Vernal's Kids Canal.

Northeastern Counseling Center was established in July, 1997, through an Interlocal agreement among the Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah County Boards. The agency was formerly known as Unitah Basin Counseling and has been providing mental health and substance abuse services to the citizens of Northeastern Utah since the mid-eighties.

Reference and Research

Academic Search Premier is a research database with access to full-text journals, magazines, photos, maps, and flags, covering general interest subject areas.

Cerebral Palsy Guide provides free educational materials, financial resources, and support options for families affected by this condition and other birth injuries.

Searchable databases and catalogs

Books, Audiobooks, and Resources provided by the Utah State Library a division of the Utah Department of Heritage & Arts.
Regional History Center

Ancestry Library Edition is genalogy and family history searching made easier.

The worlds premier open access genealogy (Family History) search website. 

Contribute your stories, memories, photos, and art related to Vernal's Kids Canal.

Search and Browse Local and National Cemetery records.

Search the world's newspapers. This is a great genealogy and history research tool. You need to be inside the Library Building for to use Newspapers.com

In this digital exhibition, you will explore artists and traditions of the region through photography, creator profiles, and an audio series Folklife from the Basin.

Search and browse over 50,000 historic photos from Vernal, Uintah County, and the surrrounding areas.

Utah state law mandates the Utah Division of State History to collect burial information and place it in a public, searchable database.

Utah Digital Newspapers currently contains 3.5 million pages from nearly 200 newspapers. Thanks to an agreement with Ancestry's Newspapers.com, we are currently pursuing a three-year project to digitize all remaining Utah newspapers.

This site includes articles, exhibits, historic photographs and lots of Utah history.

For nearly three decades, the BYU-I (formerly Ricks College) Arthur Porter Special Collections area of the David O. McKay Library in Rexburg, Idaho has been extracting early marriage records from counties in the western part of the United States. This extraction is called the Western States Marriage Index.

STEAM Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math

The STEM Action Center is Utah’s partner in promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education through the identification and support of best practices and leveraging of resources across education, industry, government and community partners to support economic prosperity.

eBooks and Audiobooks

Downloadable eBooks, eAudioBooks, and streaming videos with your library card.