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Useful Databases
Learning Express LibraryThis link opens in a new windowDatabase of tutorials, practice tests, and eBooks to help learners improve the skills required for academic and career success. Users must create a personal account to access books, articles, and test prep materials. This also allows their test results, résumé, etc. to be safely stored.
Learning Express Library features nearly 1,000 online tutorials, practice tests and eBooks to help learners 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 prep; and GED test prep.
Learning Express para hispanohablantesThis link opens in a new windowA center for native Spanish speakers to learn basic academic skills including prepare for the GED en Espanol, Herramientas de aprendizaje, carrera y ciudadan en espanol.
Opposing ViewpointsThis link opens in a new windowThis database can be used to explore a variety of "pro" (for) and "con" (against) viewpoints on numerous topics.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context is the premier online resource covering todays hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration, to marijuana.
The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise BauerHave you lost the art of reading for pleasure? Are there books you know you should read but haven't because they seem too daunting? In The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer provides a welcome and encouraging antidote to the distractions of our age, electronic and otherwise.
Call Number: Z1003 .B324 2003
ISBN: 0393050947
Publication Date: 2003-08-17
Useful Websites
Writing prompt exercise: Practice understanding and developing the writing prompt to write a good essay.
GrammarBytes daily grammar tweets: Vote on the right answer for the grammar related question and find out why the answer is correct or not.
Argument Essays - A set of pages on argument essays with real life examples