Online Learning A-Z

Gale Business: Demographics Now connects users with a wealth of highly detailed demographic data on more than 24 million U.S. businesses and 206 million consumers—making it ideal for gaining consumer and market insight. The tool leverages Census data, consumer expenditures, retail spending, and Mosaic Lifestyle market segmentation groupings.

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.

There are online classes (Grammar for ESL and Writing for ESL) taught by real instructors. Classes begin every six weeks and require an FCL Card to enroll.

Gale Courses offers easy access to lifelong learning opportunities including professional development, technology, and personal enrichment courses. There are more than 360 six-week long, online programs taught by college instructors. New courses begin each month, and lessons are assigned twice a week, enhanced with images, videos, and games to support varied learning styles. Users will enjoy a self-paced learning environment and engagement with fellow students and instructors through weekly discussion boards.

Gale Courses offers easy access to lifelong learning opportunities including professional development, technology, and personal enrichment courses. There are more than 360 six-week long, online programs taught by college instructors. New courses begin each month, and lessons are assigned twice a week, enhanced with images, videos, and games to support varied learning styles. Users will enjoy a self-paced learning environment and engagement with fellow students and instructors through weekly discussion boards.

Gale Courses offers easy access to lifelong learning opportunities including professional development, technology, and personal enrichment courses.

A large collection of full-text eBooks in electronic format that is available 24/7 from any Internet-connected device.

Gale welcomes you to the most extensive free forms site available to library patrons. Thousands of legal forms available with more forms being added daily. Official, State Specific, Federal, Business, Personal, Real Estate and General forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues. Public users should consult an attorney in your state for serious legal matters.

Available for in-Library use only. Provides detailed descriptions of more than 8,300 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grant seekers. Foundation Grants to Individuals Online is updated quarterly.

Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia is a large comprehensive encyclopedia of animal life. You can search this publication by keyword or subject.

Available for in-Library use only. Candid’s GuideStar website allows you to research over 1.8 million nonprofit 501©(3) charity organizations in the United States. Search by location, subject focus, populations served, and financials. Also, learn how to update your own nonprofit’s Candid Profile, earn Seals of Transparency, and become more visible to potential donors nationwide.