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Accel is a microlearning solution that helps individuals build professional and workplace-ready skills through short, engaging videos, book summaries, and articles. Content comes from over 47 leading business thinkers—including members of the Thinkers50—and supports continuous learning and career growth in just minutes a day. Previous shared guest login is retired as of 5/15/2025. Requires creating your own free account with an email and password for a more secure and tailored experience.

To activate 72 hours of full off-site access, you’ll need to log in or register first. After your access expires, you can click on the link again to regain access for another 72 hours.

Gale in Context: Elementary meets the research needs of students in kindergarten through grade 5, with age-appropriate content from magazines, newspapers, and reference materials, covering current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, and more.

Provides unique, age-appropriate content for middle and high school students, including articles, essays and primary source documents

Focused on tailored support for veterans and their families, navigate the VA and benefits, transition to civilian employment, and brush up on academic skills.

Connects users with experienced career coaches and vast resources to assist them during all stages of their job search, including self-assessment and job search resources, all-in-one resume assistance, interview preparation and practice, foundational and career-enhancing skills

Provides access to 4 databases: Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture, and Law; LGBTQ+ Rights; Civil Rights and Social Justice; and Gun Regulation and Legislation in America. In-house public PC users must select unfiltered access and have a Library of Virginia card. (get one here)

A language program offering over 100 languages for people who wish to learn another language. This program also has ESL programs for speakers of many other languages. The program teaches patrons to speak, hear and write almost any language using flashcards to teach words and phrases. In order to use Transparent Language Online, set up a username and password to track progress.

Provides access to current, relevant analysis including a variety of international sources, images, statistics, charts, and maps to help students understand and evaluate over 350 complex issues.

Provides high interest relevant non-fiction newspaper and magazine articles as well as graphs, tables and political cartoons that are easily accessible through both search and browse functions. Includes access to Compton's by Britannica Encyclopedia, a dictionary, and thesaurus.