This premier online software program for libraries is a unique way to learn a foreign language. It combines linguistic expertise from across the globe with the latest software technologies, providing an easy-to-use interactive learning tool. Remote online access allows patrons to learn at their convenience. Mango also features a unique comprehensive teaching approach that actively engages audio and visual cues to assist users in language retention. Mango Languages currently offers 12 language courses -- Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Greek, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, ESL for Polish speakers, ESL for Spanish speakers, and ESL for Brazilian Portuguese speakers -- with many more on the way.
Learning Express is an innovative instructional and test preparation web site that offers comprehensive courses in math, reading, and writing; essay writing practice with instant scoring; resume writing and workplace skills enrichment; and more than 300 online practice tests for students and adults of all ages. Free, unlimited access to interactive skill-building courses and a broad range of practice tests based on such official exams as the ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, Firefighter, Police Officer, Paramedic, EMT Basic, U.S. Citizenship, Postal Worker, Cosmetology, Real Estate Agent & Broker Exams. All practice tests include instant score reports that help you target those skill areas that need the most attention. Complete answer explanations accompany each test question so that you understand why a particular answer is right or wrong. If you are preparing for the SAT or GED, Learning Express offers a complete course series, as well as targeted essay writing practice with multiple writing prompts and instant score reports that immediately let you know how you performed in each skill area.
Heritage Quest includes all of the images, and extensive indexing, from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than 27,000 book titles, including nearly 12,000 family histories and over 15,000 local histories. The newest books to the collection come from never-before digitized books from the American Antiquarian Society. Additionally, there are more than 250 primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, probate records, and more invaluable sources of information including Periodical Source Index (PERSI), a widely recognized resource guide, updated annually, that covers more than 6,300 genealogy and history periodicals written in English and French (Canada) since 1800. There are other valuable collections such as the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, which identifies more than 80,000 American military, naval, and marine officers and enlisted men. The forthcoming Freedman’s Bank Records is a database that documents more than 70,000 bank depositors and their dependants and heirs. The Freedman’s Bank Records is considered one of the most important resources for African-American genealogical research. Overdrive.com provides downloadable digital media (i.e., audio books, music and videos) to all library patrons within the Westmoreland Library District. After you browse the content, to download an item, add it to your cart, then click on the Proceed to Checkout link. Choose "Penn Area Library" from the drop-down list and then enter your patron ID number. A one-time download and installation of a free software called "Overdrive Media Console" is also required to comply with the publisher licensing agreements. Once this is done, the digital media can be used on a personal computer, mp3 player, and/or in some cases be burned to a CD. Each item lists which of these digital rights applies.
Grolier Online is an educational portal providing access to information from many electronic sources. This online suite consists of eight databases, with the foundation being three of the best-known encyclopedias: The New Book of Knowledge®, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia™, and Encyclopedia Americana®. Plus, five more specialty databases: La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, America the Beautiful, and Amazing Animals of the World.
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The Online World of Electronic Resources is provided by the State of Pennsylvania through Commonwealth Libraries to public library card holders. A resource for all ages, POWER Library provides more than 2,000 full text magazines, journals, and newspapers. There are specialized databases for art and music, medical resources, historic photographs, and general reference. It also includes an encyclopedia, maps, almanacs, the Associated Press photo archive, and other references.
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