EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES
Click on the titles below to access RPL’s digital resources. Click on the video to watch a short tutorial.
ABCmouse REMOTE
ABCmouse is a digital learning platform for children ages 2–8. Animated activities include math, science, art and colors, social studies, reading and writing, music, and more! Now available outside the Library.
ADULT ONLINE HIGH SCHOOL
This nationally accredited program allows adult students the opportunity to earn an accredited high school diploma—not a GED—while gaining career skills in multiple employment fields across a wide spectrum.
BLACK LIFE IN AMERICA
Black Life in America: Provided through NewsBank, Black Life in America archives the experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media. Covering the early 18th century to the early 21st, it covers an array of topics including slavery and flights to freedom, voting rights, and voter suppression and disenfranchisement, among many others.
ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center is an Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education.
EXPLORA FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Explora is EBSCO’s interface for Schools and Public Libraries. Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction by combining many of its research databases into one easy search, providing suggestions for topics and areas of study.
EXPLORA FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Explora for Elementary Schools is a full-text database of carefully curated content for elementary school libraries. Combining all of its resources into an easy search, this platform includes full text for the most popular children’s magazines, e-books, and easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids.
FEDERAL STUDENT AID APPLICATION
Federal Student Aid, a part of the U.S. Department of Education, is the largest provider of student financial aid in the nation. Through it, users can understand aid, apply for aid, and manage their student loans.
FIERO CODE
Fiero Code is a self-paced learn-to-code software program for kids ages 8-18. Through fun and engaging tutorials and projects, Fiero Code teaches kids coding languages ― such as HTML, CSS, Python and JavaScript ― that they can use to build their own websites, video games, apps, animations and more.
GALE COURSES
Gale Courses provides more than 360 six-week-long, online programs taught by college instructors. These programs include content such as professional development, technology, and personal enrichment courses.
GALE PRESENTS: PETERSON’S TEST AND CAREER PREP
Digital exam and career prep resources can help students and users be better prepared down the road for both college and their careers, using tools such as standardized test preparation, personalized career assessments, and more.
GALE PRESENTS: UDEMY
With Gale Presents Udemy, users can access more than 12,000 video-based courses in business, technology, software, and personal development through a curated collection from one of the world’s leading online learning platforms.
LITERARY REFERENCE CENTER PLUS
Literary Reference Center is a rich full-text literary database covering all genres and time periods. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories, and poems.
SCIENCE REFERENCE CENTER
Science Reference Center provides high quality videos and images as well as the full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, and reference books. The database also contains science experiments and curriculum-aligned lesson plans.
TEACHER REFERENCE CENTER
A complimentary research database for teachers, Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 230 peer-reviewed journals.
