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Here are some excellent online resources for learning, divided by subject.

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Free Courses
Gale Courses
Instuctor-led courses in over 350 different subjects. Courses are around 6 weeks long.
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Tutor.com
Live online tutoring service for all ages and education levels, from 4-11 PM. Submit papers, problems, resumes, and more for review 24/7.
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Research
Tutor.com
Live online tutoring service for all ages and education levels, from 4-11 PM. Submit papers, problems, resumes, and more for review 24/7.
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INSPIRE!
Free access to thousands of searchable journals and magazines, plus access to Indiana history resources, test preparation, citizenship, language learning, and more!
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US Major Dailies (Search 5 national newspapers)
Search archives from the 1980s to today for: New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times.
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Academic Journals Search
Searchable archive of thousands of academic journals.
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Magazines Database Search
Searchable archives to thousands of general interest magazines.
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Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia
The online searchable edition of the Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia.
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Black Freedom Struggle Primary Sources
Historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence in U.S. history showing the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.
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CIA World Factbook
An excellent government resource for information on countries and cultures.
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Languages
Mango Languages
An online language-learning system to learn over 50 languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Mandarin Chinese, and more. ESL courses for over 17 native languages available as well.
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LOTE4Kids
Kids storytime books, in over 65+ non-English languages. Download the LOTE4Kids App today!
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Little Pim on YouTube
Learn languages for kids by checking out these videos.
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Rosetta Stone Level 1 Language Courses
Level 1 Language Courses from Rosetta Stone, courtesy of INSPIRE.
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Gale Courses
Gale Courses has over 300 monthly instructor-led courses, including many on learning a new language.
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DuoLingo
Free language learning resource
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Health
Health Source Consumer Edition
Journal articles on health-related topics
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Mayo Clinic
Find information about symptoms, procedures, and tests.
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Medline Plus
An updated, easy-to-navigate interface featuring topic portals with curated content on diseases and conditions; drugs; diagnostics and tests; and therapies, treatments, and surgeries.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
As the nation’s health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health threats.
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Automotive
Driver's Tests and Study Manuals
A database of driving tests and study manuals.
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Indiana Driver's Manual- English
Indiana Drivers Manual website
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Indiana Driver's Manual- Spanish
Driver's manual in Spanish
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Grants and Fundraising
Candid Learning
Candid Learning is your destination for trainings, webinars, and other resources designed to improve your fundraising, overall sustainability, grantmaking, and transparency.
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Gale Courses
Gale Courses has over 300 monthly instructor-led online courses, including many on grants and fundraising.
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School Help
Tutor.com
Live online tutoring service for all ages and education levels, from 4-11 PM. Submit papers, problems, resumes, and more for review 24/7.
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Kids
BCPL Kids page
Click here to go to our library's Kids page
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ABC Mouse Home Edition
For children ages 2–8+, with more than 8,500 learning activities that teach reading, math, science, health, social studies, art, and music.
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LOTE4Kids
Kids storytime books, in over 65+ non-English languages. Download the LOTE4Kids App today!
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Just For Kids video
Curated educational videos for kids! From PBS, Jim Henson, Sesame Street, and much more.  
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Scholastic Teachables
Worksheets, lesson plans, learning games, and more! Printable activities for math, science, reading comprehension, STEM, writing, and beyond!
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Tumblebooks
Kids eBooks, readalongs, and games.
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Bedtime Math
A children's resource that makes learning math fun!
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Explora! Encyclopedia and Articles
Find articles on topics of interest for children in primary grades.
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Kanopy Kids
Kids videos for streaming! Including PBS Kids, Little Pim, and many story videos.
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