Learning Resources
GENERAL LEARNING RESOURCES
Learning Express
Whatever your goal, LearningExpress Library's resources will help you succeed. Each of our Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you.
Learning Centers include resourdses for Students Grades 3-12 including: Elementary School, Middle School, and High School. Other areas are in College Preparation, College Students and GED Preparation. For adults Learning CEnters include: Job Search & Workplace Skills, Jobs & Careers, Skill Building for Adults, U.S. Citizenship and Recursos para Hispanohablantes.
Traveler Databases
The Arkansas State Library provides free access to several databases and online resources directed toward education and learning on its Arkansas Traveler Program. . These includes the Britannica Encyclopædia, Ebsco and Gale Cengage speciality datbases for elementary, middle, high school students and Higher Education students.
Click on the icon to the left to access the Traveler Portal and Advanced Search Options which display all databses avaiable on the Arkansas Traveler.
Mango Language
Mango is a language learning program teaching practical conversation and cultural awareness for the world’s most popular languages. It’s so fast and easy, you’ll be able to have a real conversation in your new language in just minutes!
Languages include: Chinese (Mandarin), Farsi, French,
German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese and Enlish as a second language.
ELEMENTARY LEARNING RESOURCES
From the Arkansas Traveler check out these dedicated Elementary School Databases. From EBSCO there is Primary Search and Middle Search. From Encyclopædia Britannica check out Britannica Learning Zone PreK‐2nd grade and Britannica Elementary.
HIGH SCHOOL LEARNING RESOURCES
Beyond the Databases provided by the Arkansas Traveler check out these links too:
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture: The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture Projectstrives to offer a definitive, comprehensive, and accurate record of the twenty-fifth state. The online version of the Encyclopedia is the first component of the Project. The online version of the Encyclopedia will be maintained and updated in perpetuity by the staff of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies.
Databases
Arkansas State Library provides the following databases through the Traveler Program.
(see the How To page to access some of theses databases).
Annals of American History Online
Spanish Reference Center (includes Planeta Saber and Enciclopedia Juvenil - elementary level - Planeta Saber does not provide remote access)
Enciclopedia Universal en Español (Provides remote access)
Enciclopedia Juvenil (elementary level)
Webster's Third International Dictionary, Unabridged Online
Gale Databases
Hot Homework Helps
Ebooks
Also check out our library of ebooks. there is a link to thousand of classic title out in the public domain where you can download and keep. Great for Lit Classes.
Video Tutorials
Two excellent video tutorial wesites include:
Khan Academy offering 10 minute long tutorials on Science, Math, History and Economics
and
Open Yale Courses has undergrauate lectures from Yale University
Online Masters Degree Guide
Online Masters Degree Guide helps people with choosing an online masters degree and also lists and defines the different masters degree options available.The website speakes to degree program study and Test Preparation, choosing your Online Masters Degree with a degree guide. There are links for scholarshipos and financial assistance.Finally, there is a gude to jobs after your post bgraduate degreee.
HIGHER EDUCATION LEARNING RESOURCES
Encyclopedias and Databases
Check the links below in Adult Education for links to encyclopedias and databases
School Web sites
Below are schools located in Greene County. Students from these schools have access to particular resources, often through their web site, such as Blackboard and Moodle and specialized databases. Access to these web sites and the college's online catalogs are available below.
- Arkansas State University
- Black River Technical College
- Crowley's Ridge College
- Northeastern Arkansas College
Writing Papers
Style Manuals
- AMA Preferred style for medical and biological sciences.
- APA The style manual preferred by the social and behavioral sciences. Also see: Purdue's Online Writing Lab on APA.
- Chicago The preferred style for "real world publications such as books and magazines.
- MLA The style manual preferred by the humanities and languages.Also see: Purdue's Online Writing Lab on MLA.
- Turabian The style preferred by general college theological disciplines
Research Strategies
- The Seven Steps of the Research Process
- Ten Efficient Research Strategies for Distance Learning
- Developing a Library Research Strategy
Also check out the Hot homework Helps for site to help with writing papers and sources, math and science
Ebooks
Also check out our library of ebooks. there is a link to thousand of classic title out in the public domain where you can download and keep. Great for Lit Classes.
ADULT
Learning Express and the Traveller are good places to begin using for life long learning.
E-books
Also check out our library of ebooks. there is a link to thousand of classic title out in the public domain where you can download and keep. Great for Lit Classes.
Government Publications:
A list of e-books and pdfs which can be downloaded to you computer. mobile device or e-readers. Includes links to Driver's License Study Guides.