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Online Learning
Skill Building
Chilton Library (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Chilton Library, trusted by automotive enthusiasts and professionals for more than 100 years, has the maintenance, repair, and technical service bulletins needed for most years, makes, and models. This continually updated resource provides: Step-by-step service and repair procedures, Wiring diagrams, Maintenance and specification tables, Troubleshooting guides and diagnostic trouble codes, Photos, illustrations, diagrams and multimedia
Home Improvement (Gale OneFile) (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Search home improvement topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.
LinkedIn Learning (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Lynda.com is an online learning site that hosts a constantly growing library of over 3,000 courses that include over 130,000 videos. Courses cover a variety of topics (including business, design, web development and multimedia skills) and software (Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite and open source applications) that can help you pursue personal and professional goals. These courses are delivered by expert instructors and feature searchable
For mobile app users: Library ID - dallaslibrary
Udemy (Gale) (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Learn and improve skills across business, tech, design, and more. Includes 10,000+ on-demand video courses in multiple languages.
Adult Learning
Adult Learning Center (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Pass the GED, prepare for the U.S. Citizenship Test, get Microsoft Office Help or live tutoring in many other subjects. The Adult Learning Center can help you be a lifelong learner.
Test Preparation
This Driver Education program contains the following state-specific information: - 11 car practice tests - 9 motorcycle practice tests - 10 CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) practice tests - 3 online driver’s manuals (car, motorcycle, CDL) Note on accessibility: The new 'Read Aloud' toolbar (found in the footer of every page) includes tools that will allow users to hear selections read aloud, make them into MP3s, translate pages into o
LearningExpress Library 3.0 (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Access over 800 online practice tests and interactive skill-building tutorials to help launch or advance their careers. •Prepare for professional certification, licensing, and aptitude tests in civil service, law enforcement, firefighting, EMS, military, real estate, and healthcare, among others. •Prepare for college and graduate school admissions tests including the SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT. •Successfully prepare for the GED exa
Post-Secondary/Academic Research
Academic OneFile (Gale) (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Quickly access articles from a database of scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Best for academic research.
College (Gale In Context) (Login Required - click here to access your account)
An engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a wide array of subjects.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in all subjects. There are now 3769 journals in the directory. Some 1,321 journals are searchable at article level.
JSTOR is a digital library for scholars, researchers, and students. JSTOR Open is free to anyone.
WorldCat (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Includes records of items in almost any format from thousands of libraries around the world. It is a large database containing millions of records, which exist in approximately 400 languages. The search pages are user friendly as they will keep track of previous searches, allow the user to email records, and link the user to libraries in their area.
Secondary
Brainfuse Homework Help Now (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Services includes live homework help in all major subjects, including world languages. A writing lab provides help within 24 hours of submitting your work online and a test center for the SAT, ACT, GED and more. Live tutoring is from 2 p.m. to 12 a.m. Spanish language assistance is available during the same hours.
High School Edition (Gale OneFile) (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Search magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference on a range of topics. Best for middle- and high-school students.
High School (Gale In Context) (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources.
Elementary/Middle School
Middle School (Gale In Context) (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more.
Book Connections (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Resources about children's and young adult booKs from TeachingBooks, including exclusive Meet-the-Author movies and recordings, book trailers, and Reader's Advisory to help you choose the right booK.
Novelist K-8 (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Novelist K-8 is a fiction database especially designed with children in grades K-8 in mind
National Geographic Kids (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Best for children aged 6-14.
Elementary (Gale In Context) (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Introduce elementary students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content.
TeachingBooks.net (Login Required - click here to access your account)
TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. Our online database is developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities.
Early Education
Miss Humblebee's Academy (Login Required - click here to access your account)
Gale Presents: Miss Humblebee’s Academy is an award-winning online resource that gives kids ages 3–6 access to hundreds of guided lessons using videos, music, eBooks, hands-on activities, and more. It includes off-line lessons too. View weekly progress and performance reports to track improvement toward kindergarten readiness. It’s serious learning fun!