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| View of Davis Library's grounds around 3:20 PM Thursday 6.19.14 |
We’re hopeful that the few scattered thunderstorms this morning haven’t
put a damper on any campus activities.
Preparing for college is always exciting, but we also know it can be
stressful at times too. So, we’d like to
take this moment to introduce an online tool that should prove helpful to those
making the transition to university life.
LearningExpress
Library 3.0 is actually made available to all Ohioans via
Libraries Connect Ohio, a
partnership of Ohio libraries and library organizations that work together to
build and provide the
Ohio Web Library,
a collection of premium electronic information resources that are vital to
keeping people up-to-date so they can thrive in the 21
st Century.
What does LearningExpress 3.0 offer?
The online resource’s content is organized into nine different centers,
which are outlined below:
- Adult Learning Center – provides adults resources to improve
their basic math, reading, writing and speaking skills. Test practice and eBooks to help with becoming
a United States citizen also available here.
- Career Center – gives access to information and practice tests relevant
to certain professional occupations (e.g., Civil Service, Nursing, Teaching and
more.) A variety of eBooks and tutorials
are also made available here to assist with improving workplace development
skills as well. If interested in joining
the military or becoming a police officer, then details on how to prepare for
those career fields are offered here as well.
- High School Equivalency Center – offers access to skill-building
tutorials and practice tests for the new GED® exam and other tests that may help
achieve high school equivalency status.
- College Preparation Center – features a number of resources to
help prepare for college admissions. Many
higher education institutions want to assess academic readiness for college of
potential students so several different practice tests (ACT®, PSAT/NMSQT®,
SAT® and more) are found here. Information on how to write personal essays for
college applications is also available.
- Recursos Para Hispanohablentes (also known as Recursos en español
or Resources for Spanish) – presents a variety of resources for Spanish
speakers to help improve their English and mathematics skills and also prepare
for the GED® and United States Citizenship examinations.
- College Center – provides resources to help strengthen
fundamental academic skills, prepare for important placement or credit tests
(e.g., ACCUPLACER®, COMPASS®, CLEP® and more), and ensure a top
scores on select graduate school entrance exam (GMAT®,
GRE®, LSAT®, MCAT® and more.)
- School Center – allows elementary, middle, and high school student
access to resources that can help prepare them for important tests, get extra
help with assignments, and boost their skills in key subject areas.
- Computer Skills Center – offers access to a number of video
courses that teach computer basics (e.g., searching the Internet and using of
popular programs like Microsoft and Adobe software products.)
- Job & Career Accelerator –
provides tools (e.g., self-assessment tests, occupation outlook comparisons, resume
builder and more) and guidance to assist with career planning and the job seeking
process.
For those who are already familiar with
LearningExpress Library 2.0,
which has been offered to Davis Library users via OhioLINK for several years
now, you’ll notice a sleeker more user-friendly site.
Unfortunately though, you will have to register again (which is much
more simplified process than in the past) to utilize these resources on the
LearningExpress Library 3.0 site and whatever
work you have completed or saved on the earlier 2.0 version will disappear after June 30, 2014.
Some of our library users may also be familiar with a very similar
online resource
Workplace
for 21st Century Skills™ from
LearningExpress Library, LLC too that
is offered to us via OhioLINK as well.
If
you’re already registered with that site and register with the same username
and password for LearningExpress Library 3.0, then any tests or work that you
have saved there will appear on both sites.
The sites share a number of resources and are interconnected.
If you’re an Ohio resident, but aren’t an eligible OhioLINK user, then
you may access this resource through the home page for the
State Library of Ohio or via your
public library.
Got questions? Need more details? Just... “
Ask Us!”
