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	brainfuse HelpNow HelpNow is a FREE online tutoring service through Pioneerland Library System. • Grades K–12 • Live tutors available 2:00 PM–11:00 PM every day • Available in English and Spanish • Covers all major subject areas: Math, Science, English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Reading Assistance • Also includes Adult Learning Center – Achieve your learning and career goals with live one-on-one academic coaching, practice test center, and online resources. • Provides one-to-one live homework help from online tutors • Accessible from home or any computer (there’s an app too) If you are at your local public library, no library card is required to access HelpNow. You can also connect to HelpNow from any computer or tablet. Away from the library, you just click on here to get started. Here’s a HelpNow Demo, an Adult Learning Center Demo, and some Frequently Asked Questions
	Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project (MLPP) Provides online publishing tools and training information to support independent authors and small publishers.
	Indie Author Project Local authors can submit their eBook to the library. Online submission is quick and easy. Distribution of the eBook is royalty-free and the license is non-exclusive.
	BiblioBoard Discover new authors by exploring self-published eBooks in the “Indie Minnesota” collection. The best submitted books, as determined by Library Journal, appear in Indie Author Project Select Collections. Create a BiblioBoard account to browse and instantly read eBooks.
	Free Permit Practice Tests Free, ad-free and registration free DMV practice tests for car, motorcycle and CDL. Good for the permit test, driver’s license test and the senior citizens’ refresher test.
	Learning Express Library Nearly 1,000 online tutorials, practice tests, and e-books. Covers job search and workplace skills improvement, skill building in reading, writing, math, and basic science, career certification and licensure exam prep, college and grad school entrance test prep, GED test prep, and more.

Britannica Online

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Britannica Online Academic Edition

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Britannica Online Library Kids Edition

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Britannica Online Academic Edition

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Britannica Online Library Kids Edition

	ELM – Electronic Library for Minnesota To search the Electronic Library for Minnesota from your library, click on either the Elm logo, or InfoTrac, Ebsco, ProQuest or OCLC logo below:
	Infotrac Search Business & Company Resource Center, Chilton, Computer Database, Contemporary Authors, Discovering Collection, Expanded Academic ASAP, General Business File, General Reference Center Gold, Health Reference Center, Health & Wellness Resource Center, InfoTrac, Junior Reference Center, KidsInfoBits, ¡Informe! or Consulta. Many resources are full-text.
	EBSCO Host Research Databases It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers.
	ProQuest Newsstand newspapers – 250 with full-text articles.