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Home­work / Test Prepa­ra­tion @ DCPL

Online Tutoring

Help­Now pro­vides free home­work help and online tutor­ing for grades 3 – 12 for math, Eng­lish, sci­ence and social stud­ies. Chat with a tutor from 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM sev­en days a week. Test prepa­ra­tion, writ­ing assis­tance and career resources are also pro­vid­ed for K‑12, adult and ESL learners.

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Driving Tests

Prac­tice tests to help you pre­pare for the GA Depart­ment of Dri­ver Ser­vices tests for vehi­cle licens­es, includ­ing car, motor­cy­cle, and CDL tests.

LearningExpress Library

Test prepa­ra­tion and prac­tice exams for the GED, SAT, ACT, GRE and more. 

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Job and Career Accelerator

Take career match quizzes, build your resume, search for jobs, improve your inter­view skills and more.

Research Help @ DCPL

GALILEO

A web-based vir­tu­al library, GALILEO pro­vides access to mul­ti­ple infor­ma­tion resources, includ­ing secured access to licensed prod­ucts. Par­tic­i­pat­ing insti­tu­tions may access over 100 data­bas­es index­ing thou­sands of peri­od­i­cals and schol­ar­ly jour­nals. Over 2000 jour­nal titles are pro­vid­ed in full-text. Oth­er resources include ency­clo­pe­dias, busi­ness direc­to­ries, and gov­ern­ment publications.

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Resources for Parents and Teachers

The Resources for Par­ents and Teach­ers video is an overview of the DeKalb Coun­ty Pub­lic Library online resources of inter­est to stu­dents, par­ents and teach­ers. These are avail­able for FREE with a DeKalb Coun­ty Pub­lic Library card; if you don’t have a library card, click here to get one.

DCPL Research Help

Research papers and projects can seem tough, but the DCPL Research help page is here to show you some tips and tricks on how to get start­ed on your project, find fac­tu­al infor­ma­tion, nav­i­gate library data­bas­es, and cite your sources. 

Points of View Reference Source

Con­tains resources that present mul­ti­ple sides of an issue. Can help stu­dents assess and devel­op per­sua­sive argu­ments and essays, bet­ter under­stand con­tro­ver­sial issues and devel­op ana­lyt­i­cal think­ing skills.

Explora

Explo­ra sup­ports both stu­dent research and class­room instruction.

Col­lege Prep @ DCPL

LearningExpress Library

Test prepa­ra­tion mate­ri­als for the ACT, SAT, AP, TOE­FL, and more.

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Web Links

Online Read­ing @ DCPL

OverDrive / Libby

eBooks, eAu­dio and Mag­a­zines. 20 check­outs and 15 holds at a time for eBooks and eAu­dio. Unlim­it­ed check­outs, no wait­ing for Magazines.

Avail­able on desk­top or most devices through the Lib­by app.

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hoopla

Music, TV, Movies, Comics, eBooks, eAu­dio — instant access, no holds, no wait­ing. Stream or down­load using the hoopla app (rec­om­mend­ed) or in your brows­er. 10 check­outs per month.

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eBooks on EBSCOhost

Elec­tron­ic books that may be viewed onscreen or down­loaded, includ­ing ref­er­ence books, schol­ar­ly mono­graphs, pub­li­ca­tions of many uni­ver­si­ty press­es, and con­sumer books.

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NoveList K-8 Plus

Espe­cial­ly for ele­men­tary and mid­dle school, find fic­tion and non­fic­tion books to read based on oth­er books pre­vi­ous­ly enjoyed, or to look for books about a par­tic­u­lar sub­ject, rela­tion­ship, geo­graph­ic area, peri­od of time, or plot descrip­tion. Includes lists of award-win­ning titles and reviews.

NoveList Plus

Find inter­est­ing books to read based on oth­er books pre­vi­ous­ly enjoyed, or to look for books about a par­tic­u­lar sub­ject, rela­tion­ship, geo­graph­ic area, peri­od of time, or plot descrip­tion. Includes lists of award-win­ning titles and reviews.

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