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Explore 150+ skilled trades, connect with hundreds of trade schools across the U.S. and Canada, and build your trade knowledge and experience.

Easy-to-use online learning resource that helps individuals build essential professional skills — leadership, management, communication and more — through self-paced videos, book summaries and microcourses. Previous shared guest login is retired as of 5/15/2025. Requires you to create a free account with an email and password.

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

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.