Learning and Research Resources

We know you and your family have niche needs, especially academically and within your career. Your child has a term paper due next week, or you’re balancing parenthood with an upcoming grad school entrance exam.

Thankfully, the Des Moines Public Library has specific to help you with these specific needs. Our learning databases can help you find full-text sources with a couple of keystrokes, provide resources to help your children in the classes they struggle in, and give you the tools you need to prep for everything from the ACT to the GRE to exams in trade positions like plumbing and electrician exams. Take a look at these three databases in particular to help on your learning journey.

Gale is a huge collection of digital resources, with specific databases built for specific subjects and age ranges. Gale is another resource that’s perfect for both beginning research and citing full-text sources. Here’s what Gale has to offer (click on the links to go to that specific database):

• Gale Business Insights: Essentials: Find information on a wide variety of businesses and organizations, including revenues, employees, NAICS Code, and more. A great resource for a self-starting salesperson tracking down ledes.
• Gale General OneFile: A broad range of full-text sources on hundreds of topics, including newspaper and magazine articles, academic journals, books, video and audio news segments, and more. A great resource, whether you’re looking for modern perspectives on current events or trying to learn more about the buzzy topics of the past.
• Gale Health and Wellness: A specific research tool for health-related issues, this database is perfect for researches of all levels and covers both in-practice and alterative methods.
• Gale in Context: https://infotrac.gale.com/itweb/publicldm?db=ITKEKids InfoBits, Middle School and High School Editions: Combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more.
• Informe Academico: Satisface las necesidades de investigación de los usuarios hispanohablantes con una amplia extención de publicaciones académicas y revistas de texto completo en español y portugués, tanto de América Latina y acerca de América Latina.

Learning Express Library is the perfect resource for any step in your educational and professional journey. It starts with the School Center, where elementary, middle, and high school students can find supplemental resources to improve their reading, math, science, and social studies skills.

Getting ready for college? Learning Express Library has you covered. Find tutorials and preparation eBooks for the ACTs and SATs, as well as multiple practice tests for each section. If you’re in AP courses, you’re in luck as well. There are preparation kits for seventeen AP courses, which include test information, helpful reviews, and practice exams.

Decided to pass on college and take on a trade? You’ll still find help on Learning Express Library. Find practice exams and preparation eBooks for a variety of careers, including electrician, plumbing, nursing, cosmetology, culinary arts, EMS, and more.

And of course, if you’re ready for a new adventure in your career, Learning Express Library is there for you. Whether you need help searching for a job, building a resume, or even just finding a new career you’ll love, Learning Express Library’s Job & Career Accelerator can guide you on your path.

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