LearningExpress

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Research Help 
GENERAL TUTORIALS
Introduction to EBSCOhost 2.0  
Advanced Search with Guided Style
Advanced Search with Single Find Field; Creating Search and Journal Alerts
Basic Searching for Public Libraries
How to Create Search and Journal Alerts    
DATABASE-SPECIFIC TUTORIALS
Where available, click "Tutorial" near the database description below.

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Academic Search Premier
A large academic multi-disciplinary database. help
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Business Source Premier
Provides the full text for many journals, comprehensive coverage in all disciplines of business. help
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. help
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Job & Career Accelerator
- Learn about or create resume & cover letters 
-  Organize & track your job search progress
- Explore over 1000 occupations -- get matches for your interests 
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Kids Search
A child-friendly, graphically-rich design that is both powerful and fun to use. Includes Encyclopedia of Animals which provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to the nature and habitat of familiar animals.help
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LearningExpress Library - Learn More
- Computer skills -- learn Microsoft products, Photoshop & more!
- Practice for occupational tests including:  Civil Service, EMT, Firefighter, Nursing, Real Estate, Teaching, Commercial Drivers License & more!
- Get ready for the GED test - take courses & practice the tests (tests offered in Spanish, too)
- Find more than 130 eBooks (pdf format) to help you succeed!  help
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MAS Ultra School Edition
Designed specifically for high school students, contains full text for more than 500 popular, high school  magazines.help
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MasterFILE Premier
Covers virtually every subject area of general interest;includes full text reference books, biographies,  primary source documents, and an Image Collection of  photos, maps and flags. help
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Middle Search Plus
Contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines and an image collection of 285,912 photos, maps and flags. help
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Newspaper Source
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 28 national (U.S.) & international newspapers. help
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Novelist
Fiction readers - find new authors and titles based on topics of interest or other books enjoyed. help
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Novelist K-8
Contains enhanced subject access for over 60,000 fiction titles aimed at the K-8 population. Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles. help
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Primary Search
Contains full text for nearly 70 popular, elementary school magazines and an image collection of over 250,000 photos, maps and flags. help
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Regional Business News
Provides full text for more than 50 regional business publications. help
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Searchasaurus
An animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages students to enhance and develop basic search methodologies.
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Teacher Research Center
Teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books provides coverage on key education topics.
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Topic Search
A current events database to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics.help
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Tumblebooks
an online library of picture books and chapter book classics that you can listen to or read online.
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WorldCat
Searchable catalog of books, videos, DVDs, Web resources and other library materials owned by libraries worldwide.
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