Gale Business: Plan Builder is a step-by-step online planning tool for starting, managing, and optimizing a business or nonprofit. The program’s intuitive dashboard walks users through five areas of exploration to develop a business plan focused on long-term success. You will be prompted to create a personal account which will allow you to retain all of your information in one place.
Learn technology, business, and creative skills with LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com). LinkedIn Learning offers over 16,000 video courses and tutorials taught by industry experts. Courses are self-paced and offered in 7 different languages (English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and Portuguese). Develop your skills in Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), Adobe Creative Cloud, web development, photography, animation, marketing, and much more!
LinkedIn Learning can be accessed in a web browser and or with Apple and Android devices.
For mobile app use, follow these directions for setup:
Tags: Continuing Education, Online Classes, Career Skills
This research tool provided via Traveler Access.
Provides expertly researched content on core science subjects and in-depth overview essays on key science topic. Includes more than 1600 resources including images, videos, experiments and self-paced learning objects.
Public library access to The New York Times offers many key features including breaking news coverage, video and multimedia access, international news coverage, mobile phone and tablet apps and of course the book review that you can access any day of the week without waiting until Sunday for the print copy. Access requires an active account with the New York Times.
Please use the link below to register for an account with The New York Times if you are in the library.
The New York Times
To access The New York Times at home please use the following link:
NYT At Home
Access to The New York Times at home is limited. Please call us at 501-918-3000 if access is being denied.
NOTE: the crossword puzzle app and the cooking app are NOT included in this subscription.
Tags: Newspaper, International News, American News, NYT Book Review, NYT Crossword
AtoZ Food America™ is a single-source digital library reference that covers regional (6), state (50), and ethnic (35) cuisines for the entire country. AtoZ Food America™ also contains large-scale historical, ingredient, and reference modules of great use to cooks, culinary students, and historians.
Tags: Food Culture, American Food, Food History, Recipes, Culinary Arts
AtoZ World Food is a comprehensive database of recipes and food culture articles for 174 countries. Think of it as a world cookbook for 147 countries, although it’s much more. Country information since 1993.
Tags: World Cultures, International Food, Culinary Arts, Recipes, Food Culture
This research tool provided via Traveler Access.
Provides the most recent premium U.S. news content, including archives as far back as the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. For academic and public libraries, US Newsstream offers exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and co-exclusive access (with Factiva) to The Wall Street Journal. US Newsstream also offers one of the largest collections of local and regional newspapers, and is cross-searchable on the ProQuest platform.
Tags: News, Newspapers, Current Events, Current Affairs, Newswires
This research tool provided via Traveler Access.
Full-text, academic journals locally published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Subjects cover major areas of study: business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.
Tags: Irish History, United Kingdom, International Business, Science, Humanities
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