Lifelong Learning

Career One Stop
Your pathway to career success. Tools to help job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
College Zone
Whether you’re a student, parent or ISAC business partner, at College Zone you’ll find information just for you. Click on the appropriate link (above) to enter your zone.
Country Background Notes
These publications include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. The Background Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from the State Department's regional bureaus.
Curriculum Resource Center
Handouts, maps, experiments and diagrams for middle school, high school, and junior college teachers and students seeking material to supplement their coursework in core subject areas—including U.S. and world history, science, and geography.
ERIC (Information for Educators)
Index of journal and non-journal articles and reports covering the field of education from 1966-present. Provides extensive abstracts, and selected full-text.
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
In-depth job descriptions with resource listings, detailed industry descriptions, career resources, and career preparation information for over 2000 jobs. Searchable archive of Career Opportunities News, a newsletter covering the most recent trends and news in the job market.
Health Reference Center
Contains more than 20,000 entries on pressing health and social issues. Covers causes, cures, key research, medical terms, symptoms, treatments, and medical tests. Wellness and mental health resources included.
Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center is a full text database accessible via a custom EBSCO interface designed primarily for use in public libraries. Content in the database includes a collection of core, proprietary articles covering over 140 topics, as well as licensed periodicals, books and video that focus on categories commonly referred to as hobbies and crafts and is available in high-quality PDF format. Features include the ability to search the Hobbies & Crafts interface by category, view all available topics and browse popular resources related to the area of Hobbies & Crafts.
Home Improvement Reference Center
The Home Improvement Reference Center (HIRC) is a full text database accessible via a custom EBSCO interface. It is intended for use in public and academic libraries and is designed to assist homeowners in do-it-yourself home repair, maintenance, and remodeling projects. Step-by-step instructions for thousands of projects in the areas of plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical, and decorating are provided in high-quality PDF files. Additionally, thousands of articles from magazines and reference books provide tips and suggestions to supplement the step-by-step project instructions.
Illinois Labor Market Information
your source for Illinois labor market information
LearningExpress Library
Practice tests and tutorial course series to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic, basic skills or licensing tests. Immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and analysis of your results. Grade school through adult learners. Registration required.
MEDLINE
Citations to articles from over 3,600 journals with abstracts for about 67% of the items. Subjects covered include medicine, dentistry, nursing, veterinary medicine, and other fields as they relate to the medical sciences.
My Media Mall
Download best selling digital titles 24/7 to your PC and PDA at home, in the office or from anywhere in the world. Now your library never closes!
Online Continuing and Workforce Education Courses
Workforce and Continuing Education Online Learning courses are offered at basic, intermediate and advanced levels. Going beyond basic training provides a deeper and more educationally rewarding learning experience, especially for students who wish to advance careers or initiate new ones. For registration information and start dates, click on the ENROLL link that can be found by clicking the subject headings.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center
Small Engine Repair Reference Center (SERRC) is a full text database accessible via a custom EBSCO interface. It is intended for public library patrons, as well as public school teachers and students, seeking reference and instructional information about small engine machinery maintenance and repair.
The World Almanac® for Kids Online
Handouts, maps, experiments and diagrams for elementary teachers and students seeking material to supplement their lessons. Coverage includes people and events in history, maps and flags, timelines, science diagrams, science projects, career ideas and other handouts.
Universal Class for Libraries
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Universal Classes offers more than 500 continuing education courses for free to library patrons. With streaming video, website avatars, insightful instructional content, helpful tutors, and a social networking experience, Universal Class offers an engaging and measurable learning experience that helps students master and document their educational goals. Any one person can be enrolled in up to 5 courses at any one time.