Book Collection: Nonfiction contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 4,100 popular nonfiction books. The database includes full text entries on core subject areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills and more.
Britannica Library includes the Complete Encyclopædia, the Student Encyclopædia and the Junior Encyclopædia. There are more than 150,000 articles, links to over 20,000 Internet sites reviewed by Britannica editors, as well as over 750 full text journals and magazines.
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Chilton is the world’s most comprehensive and trusted automotive repair database with easy-to-follow, step-by-step repair guidance on thousands of cars and trucks from 1940 to the present.
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The Culinary Arts Collection offers a smorgasbord of information--more than five million articles from more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines, as well as book reference content from Delmar such as About Wine, Introduction to Catering, Advanced Bread and Pastry, and Eat Fit Be Fit.
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Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection serves horticultural enthusiasts of all levels with more than 3.6 million articles from more than 100 journals, as well as more than 20 reference titles from Delmar, including Handbook of Flowers; Foliage and Creative Design; Computer Graphics for Landscape Architects; and more.
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For hobbyists and professionals with more than 4.5 million articles from more than 200 home improvement-focused titles, covering topics including architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and others.
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Designed for professional educators, this database provides a specialized collection of nearly 520 education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.
A fun and free way to learn any of 100 languages, including American Sign Language. Create an account with your library card. Pronunciator can be used in any browser — even the browser in your mobile device.
Provides comprehensive information on sources of education-related financial aid sponsored and administered by private organizations and companies. Covers a variety of programs in all educational areas, including area and ethnic studies, business, computer science, education, liberal arts, medicine, physical sciences, theology and religion, and more. Intended for students and others interested in education funding.
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Bishop State Community College Community Activities Program - City of Mobile's Parks and Recreation Department offers classes in many disciplines Coursera - Free, online courses offered by universities worldwide Excel Easy - Tutorials (Introduction, Basics, Functions, Data Analysis and VBA) teaches you how to use Excel GetEducated! - Online counseling service and listings of online colleges, internet universities, and training institutes iTunes U - World’s largest digital catalog of free education content. Participating universities include Harvard, Cambridge, Columbia, Princeton and MIT Khan Academy - Not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere Learn Out Loud Free Course Collection - +400 free online courses available on audio and video Learn Out Loud Podcasts - Educational podcasts MIT Open CourseWare - Course materials used in the teaching of MIT's subjects available on online and free Open Culture - Cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community Road Scholar - Opportunities to travel and learn, formerly known as Elderhostel Spring Hill College Continuing Studies Program Udacity - Offers the chance to take free courses from top professors University of South Alabama School of Continuing Education and Special Programs - Opportunities for credit and non-credit classes at USA
Learn a Language
duolingo - learn a language for free. Apps also available The English Zone - Help for English as a second language students Foreign Service Institute - Courses cover +40 different languages iLove Languages - Links to free online language lessons MyLanguageExchange.com - Social networking site that matches up learners and native speakers online in small groups with lessons for onlinelearning
Just In Case You Were Wondering...
eHow.com - +30 categories for how-to advice from experts General Chemistry Online! - Companion Notes, Chemistry Exam Survival Guide, an index of self-guided tutorials, quizzes, and drills on specific topics HowCast.com -Free how-to videos and guides How Stuff Works - Articles, quizzes, and puzzles IFixIt.com - The free repair guide for everything, written by everyone. Instructables - Cooking to metal working projects explained in videos Investopedia - Tutorials and videos on money management and investing Mental Floss - Interesting articles and facts Music Education - Learn about the instruments, and how to read music TED - Free informative talks by remarkable people YouTube - "Lifelong learning" category in YouTube, where you'll learn more about the lifelong learning process from numerous sources. Zooinverse - Citizen science experiments
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EasyBib - an easy way to create a bibliography Online Writing Lab at Purdue University - +200 free resources for writing, research and grammar SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System Works Cited 4 U - Creates a formatted bibliography for you. MLA, APA, and Chicago style sheets included.
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