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Read On: Back to School

August 14, 2019

Now that I’m well out of school I often think about my school years and regret that I didn’t take my classes or my education more seriously. I wouldn’t go back for a truck-load of money, but if I had it all to do over again, I’d pay more attention in my History classes, try to understand the math concepts for longer than what was needed for the test, and I’d probably choose to learn Spanish instead of French. 

The good news for me and anyone with similar feelings is that the public library has resources to help life-long learners brush up on the subjects we missed or have forgotten since our school days. (These resources can also help learners currently in school, of course.)

Online, you’ll find the EBSCO Host, Learning Express, and Mango resources are our most student-friendly. Even if the student hasn’t been in a classroom in decades. 

EBSCO Host is a resource full of full-text articles from a variety of magazines, newspapers, and journals on just about any subject you might want to research. It will even help with citations!

Learning Express is primarily a test-preparation resource, but it also has tutorials for most subjects from about 4th grade through high school. If you want to remember how to do Geometry, this is the resource for you. 

Mango is our language-learning resource. It features more than 70 courses on languages like Hebrew, Cherokee, Spanish, and English for non-native speakers. The lessons are quick, thorough, and easy to follow. Mango also has an app for language-learning on the go! 

Of course, we also have our collection of materials in the building and resources available from just about any library in the world through our Inter-Library Loan (ILL) service. If there’s something you want to learn or know more about, your library staff can hook you up.