Education Resources
Our Online Resources
Britannica Library Reference Center
Reference Center is the Britannica source for older students and adults. Use it to conduct research, complete assignments, and work on special projects across a wide range of subjects.
Reference Center is the Britannica source for older students and adults. Use it to conduct research, complete assignments, and work on special projects across a wide range of subjects.
Gale: Academic OneFile
Provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
Provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete
Seeks to provide full text for titles in the ERIC database and covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty—such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. It also provides insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy.
Seeks to provide full text for titles in the ERIC database and covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty—such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. It also provides insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy.
Gale Presents: Peterson's Test Prep
Gale Presents: Peterson's Test Prep is a valuable online tool students of all ages can use for standardized test preparation, researching and selecting college and graduate schools, finding tuition assistance, and exploring careers. Help turn future goals into realities with test prep assistance for career certification exams, as well as advice on resumes, cover letters, interviewing and networking, and so much more. This resource is library funded.
Gale Presents: Peterson's Test Prep is a valuable online tool students of all ages can use for standardized test preparation, researching and selecting college and graduate schools, finding tuition assistance, and exploring careers. Help turn future goals into realities with test prep assistance for career certification exams, as well as advice on resumes, cover letters, interviewing and networking, and so much more. This resource is library funded.
Universal Class
Universal Class offers over 500 lifelong learning and continuing education courses in over 30 subject areas. All courses are designed and led by professional instructors and include videos, assignments, quizzes, tests, and options for social media interaction with other learners. Users can take as many classes as they would like and complete classes at their own pace. Library funded.
Universal Class offers over 500 lifelong learning and continuing education courses in over 30 subject areas. All courses are designed and led by professional instructors and include videos, assignments, quizzes, tests, and options for social media interaction with other learners. Users can take as many classes as they would like and complete classes at their own pace. Library funded.
Other Online Resources
Coursera: Free online classes from 140+ top universities and educational organizations.
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC): Internet-based digital library of education research and information sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. Provides access to bibliographic records of journal and non-journal literature from 1966 to the present.
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Education resources and information, lesson plans, field trips, and interactive activities based on Smithsonian museum collections and research.
