KYVL: College and Adult Resources: Adult Learners

Resources for adults

Basic skills, Computer Skills, Citizenship

LearningExpress Library This link opens in a new window LearningExpress Library features online tutorials, practice tests, and eBooks to help patrons of all ages. It offers job search and workplace skills improvement, skill building in reading, writing, math, and basic science, career certification and licensure exam prep, college and grad school entrance test prep, GED® test prep, and more.
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When you first visit LearningExpress Library, you will be asked to register. Sign up for a free account for access to the resources you need to build your skills and progress toward your goals. Logging in will give you access to tutorials and ebooks as well as practice sets and tests to help you track your progress.

Adult Core Skills This link opens in a new window Adult Core Skills helps adults achieve their personal, education and career goals by offering resources to help them improve their basic skills in reading, writing, and math, and prepare for the U.S. citizenship exam.
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Computer Skills Center This link opens in a new window Video courses are the fastest and easiest way to learn how to use a computer. Use the materials in this center to learn the basics of computers, from searching the Internet to using popular programs for word processing, creating spreadsheets and databases, implementing design, and more.
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GED® Test Prep Center This link opens in a new window Earning a high school equivalency credential can open the door to better income, a more fulfilling job, and a college education. If you are preparing for the GED test, these practice tests, interactive tutorials, and eBooks will help you reach your goal.
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Recursos para hispanohablantes This link opens in a new window Herramientas de aprendizaje, carrera y ciudadanía en español. Este centro ofrece a los adultos que están muy ocupados los recursos para mejorar sus habilidades básicas, ganar sus credenciales de GED® o ser ciudadano estadounidense. (English Translation - This center provides learning tools as well as career and citizenship resources to help busy adults improve their basic skills, earn a GED® credential, or become a U.S. citizen.)
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Business & News

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window Full text for more than 2,300 journals covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics
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Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window Cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers plus television and radio news transcripts from major networks.
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Regional Business News This link opens in a new window 40 full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces.
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Small Business Source This link opens in a new window Full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business questions.
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Drug & Health Information

Consumer Health Complete This link opens in a new window Provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine plus the Clinical Reference System and drug monographs.
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Health Source - Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window Nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines covering Information on health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
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Job & Career

Career & Technical Education This link opens in a new window More than 500 full text titles on vocational and technical topics, including: computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography.
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Career Preparation This link opens in a new window Prepare for a career exam, explore occupations, and improve workplace skills here.
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Job & Career Accelerator This link opens in a new window Job & Career Accelerator provides tools and resources for resume and cover letter writing, as well as easy job search and application steps.
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Reference & Research

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals; indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals; monographs, reports and conference proceedings
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Alt-Press Watch This link opens in a new window The database features over 670,000 articles from more than 230 publications, offering a wide range of unfettered, critical coverage of the news. All of these varied alternative and independent presses are presented in 100% full text, allowing researchers total access to regional, rural, and metropolitan perspectives on local, national, and international issues.
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Ancestry Library Edition This link opens in a new window Genealogy research tool that provides patrons access to a wide range of primary resources for genealogical and historical research. Includes records from the United States Census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more.Onsite access only for public library patrons, K12 and special libraries.
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Britannica Library This link opens in a new window Includes articles and magazines, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended websites, and more.
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Explora for Public Libraries This link opens in a new window Search inferface for public libraries which combines encyclopedias, magazines, journals, newspapers, biographies, primary sources and more.
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Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window Features over 25,000 informative segments of the encyclopedia.
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Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window Find contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Content includes viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.
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MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window Full text for 1,589 general reference magazines and publications covering a wide range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science and multicultural issues plus an extensive image collection of more than 2 million photos, maps and flags.
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NoveList This link opens in a new window Novelist is an electronic readers' advisory resource that assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles. In includes 90,000 full text reviews, over 36,000 subject headings and a complete spectrum of searching options, including searching by title, by author or simply by describing pertinent plot details.
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