LinkedIn Learning (previously Lynda.com) is an online database offering video courses led by experts on topics such as web design, business/marketing, software development, photography, video/music/audio editing, 3D animation, and graphic design. Create a LinkedIn account using your APL library card number, password and email address today!
Learning Express provides interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards and articles for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation and career development for students and professionals.
Optimized for iPads, this comprehensive sites includes engaging content, built-in features, and fun tools. Behind the Headlines puts the day's top stories in context for kids. Biography Center houses more than 10,000 biographies of historical and contemporary figures. Kids can even search by time period, nationality, gender, and more.
For high school and above - current events, computer & web tutorials, eBooks, employment & money sense and research/speaking/writing skills information.
For primary and junior-aged students with easy-to-read articles, engaging images and illustrations, interactive games and activities, and teacher resources.
Search thousands of articles, primary sources, and online books. Contains up-to-the-minute access to worldwide news publications, government links from numerous countries and multimedia reference materials. This database uses technology to deepen comprehension, encourages collaboration with content sharing tools and has advanced lesson plans and assessments for classroom support.
For primary and junior-aged students with easy-to-read articles, engaging images and illustrations, interactive games and activities, and teacher resources in French.
A safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects or homework. Explora provides easy-to-use features and age-appropriate content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books. Available on computers and mobile devices.
For primary and junior-aged students with easy-to-read articles, engaging images and illustrations, interactive games and activities, and teacher resources in Spanish.
Early World of Learning is a richly visual interactive encyclopedia for preschoolers and children in the early elementary grades and is designed for easy integration into the classroom curriculum.
