CreativeBug

creativebugDo-It-Yourselfers, crafters, and makers will find more than 1,000 video classes taught by design experts and artists. Material lists by brand name are provided, and transcripts and patterns can be downloaded. Public-performance rights are included. Class subjects include:

  • Art and Design (ceramics, drawing, home décor, lettering, painting),
  • Sewing (baby, garments, pattern drafting), quilting, paper (cards, collages, decoupage, paper flowers),
  • Yarn work (knitting and crochet),
  • Food and home (canning, cake decorating),
  • Jewelry (beading, leather, metal and wire), and
  • Holiday themed.

 

Great Courses Library Collection

The Great Courses Library CollectionGet unlimited access to the world’s most engaging professors via hundreds of streaming videos from RBdigital. Delve into an immersive-learning experience on subjects ranging from astronomy to art, history to health, photography to physics, and more.
click the house icon, log in, and scroll down to Extras
The Great Courses Library Collection, which is part of the Overdrive service, can also be  accessed with the Libby app on your smartphone or tablet.  After you log in with your Library card, scroll down and click on “Extras.”

LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn LearningLearn relevant, professional skills with free access to more than 16,000 online courses in seven languages. Expert Instructors with real-world experience provide instruction on topics such as job hunting, leadership, project management, sales, digital marketing, photography, videography, mental wellness, cloud computing, Python, Excel, data science, CAD, 3D and animation. New courses are added each week!

Niche Academy

Niche AcademyNiche Academy is an online learning platform made for libraries. It includes ready-to-use tutorials for common library services, such as OverDrive and RBdigital, among others. Niche Academy also lets libraries create their own tutorials.

ProCitizen (en Español)

ProCitizenUse este servicio en línea para prepararse para las partes de educación cívica, lectura y escritura de la Prueba de naturalización de los Estados Unidos. Este enlace es para la versión en español.