Careers & Continuing Education

Large collections of scholarly research covering a wide range of topics. Includes peer-reviewed full text resources for STEM research, social sciences, and the humanities. Must be in Michigan to use.

This database is provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL).

Practice for the U.S. Citizenship exam in English or Spanish, and learn how to get a green card. Practique para el examen de ciudadanía estadounidense en inglés o español y aprenda cómo obtener una tarjeta verde.  Also has tools for improving math and reading skills. Must be in Michigan to use.

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Offers a diverse array of full-text and indexed content covering the full spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines — from acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear engineering. Must be in Michigan to use.

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Full-text coverage for the subject areas most relevant to two-year college programs, including biotechnology, graphic arts, criminal justice and veterinary assisting.

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AtoZdatabases is the premier job search, reference and mailing list database. It includes 30 million business and executive profiles and 240 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives and much more. Examples of what you can use AtoZ for include:

• Target local businesses that interest you and limit by geography, sales, industry, and more.
• Locate physicians, dentists, and other health-related professionals.
• Find local homeowners by neighborhood, income, and hobbies (and more) for a mailing campaign.
• Contact new homeowners in your area and entice them to your business.
• Locate competition in an area before selecting a location to operate
• Download up to 1,000 business or household records into a single spreadsheet.

This database is provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL).

Free one-on-one tutoring resource for Kindergarteners through adults.  Live tutors available everyday from 2pm-11pm EST. 

Learn about careers, build workplace skills, prepare for WorkKeys® Assessments, and more.

This database is provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL).

Prep help for occupation exams including civil service, commercial driver's license, cosmetology, teaching, and more.

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Practice tests, preparation eBooks, and tutorials for the ACT®, SAT, 12 AP subjects, PSAT/NMSQT, and TOEFL iBT® exams.

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Practice tests and prep materials for exams including the GRE, LSAT, MCAT, ACCUPLACER, ASSET, CLEP exams.

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Academic content from 130 university presses and more than 475 academic publishers.

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Scholarly research and information to meet the needs of education students, professionals, and policy makers. It covers all levels of education — from early childhood to higher education — as well as all educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.

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Reference books covering education, environment, employment, health and wellness, personal finance, social skills, history, law, nation and world, religion, and science.

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Skill building in reading, writing, grammar, spelling, and math. Practice for the GED in English and Spanish.  Practica para el GED en inglés y español. Practice the HiSET and the Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC).

This database is provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL).

Humanities Source is a valuable full-text database covering literary, scholarly and creative thought. It provides full text, indexing and abstracts for the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities.

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Includes a resume builder you can save, edit, and print; over 700 courses, practice tests, tutorials, eBooks, and flashcards including ACT, SAT, PSAT and TOEFL, as well as trade certification, civil service, math and reading tests, and U.S. citizenship.

This database is provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL).

A collection of current issues, studies, and trends of the legal world.

This robust full-text database provides the most relevant information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. It gives students, teachers and librarians a complete foundation of literary reference works to meet their research needs.

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Contains information on over 260,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles. Features lists of award-winning books, book discussion guides, Read-a-Like recommendations, complete series information, reader ratings, reviews and DIY reading wish lists.

Covers political topics with a worldwide focus, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse. Geared toward students, researchers and government institutions.

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Herramientas de aprendizaje, carrera y práctica de examen de ciudadanía en español. Cree una cuenta gratuita para acceder a las herramientas que lo ayudarán a obtener buenos resultados en estas pruebas.

Designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges, this full-text resource offers scholarly content most relevant to vocational programs.

This database is provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL).