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Test Prep and Education
 

Resources provided by Thayer Public Library:

Byki
From home or the Library 
"Byki" is a powerful language learning system that uses flashcards to teach you a set of words or phrases. It is the fastest possible way to lock foreign words and phrases in your long term memory. Sign up in the library, then use the program from any Internet computer.  Learn a new language "Before You Know It."

Learning Express Library 
From Home   From the Library
A comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.  Includes test prep books, in ebook format, for college and graduate school entrance exams, civil service tests, the GED, citizenship, TOEFL and more.  

PowerSpeak
From Home  From the Library
Learn a new language for travel, business, or personal enrichment using Powerspeak Languages, a online language learning tool. The highly engaging courses use progressive language learning methods that are an entertaining and effective way to learn a new language. 

Resources provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the SouthEastern Massachusetts Regional Library System:

Educator's Reference Complete
From Home or the Library

A mainly full-text collection of over 1100 periodicals and 200 reports for educational research from preschool to college.  Find educational specialties here including technology, health and bilingual education, testing, and issues in administration, funding and policy. 
 
General Reference Center Gold  (1980 - present)
From Home or the Library
Includes material from magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias and other reference material. 

Info Trac OneFile
From Home or the Library  
InfoTrac OneFile is a comprehensive periodical resource with more than 39 million database records, including more than 9,200 titles (5,156 full-text) dating back to 1980.  Sources range from mainstream to specialized covering virtually every popular, business and professional topic.

PowerSearch
 
From Home or the Library   
Select multiple databases from a  list and then search across all of the databases you have chosen. 

Teacher Reference Center
From Home or the Library
Index includes over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books that provide coverage on key education topics. Provided by EBSCO Publishing.

   

 

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