Mount Prospect Public Library card holders now have free access to Gale Presents: Udemy, an online learning platform that connects patrons to video-based courses taught by leading experts in business, technology, and more. Users can explore thousands of continuously updated, on-demand video courses that match their professional goals and personal interests.
Gale Presents: Udemy, from Gale, a Cengage Company, offers a unique, tailor-made learning experience for adults who want to upskill for a new job or advance in their current profession. This top collection, powered by Udemy for Business, helps learners get where they want to be personally and professionally.
Gale Presents: Udemy includes:
A wide selection of course topics with high-quality, in-demand content
Courses that are added and removed weekly, as new skills and demands emerge in each field
An opportunity to learn from world-class instructors working and making advancements in their fields
Anytime, anywhere access, allowing users to download classes off-line and listen via podcast-style audio or on Chromecast or Apple TV
A tailor-made learning experience based on skill needs and learning preferences
Video lectures, most of which offer subtitles and/or transcripts to support a variety of learning styles
Supplemental course content, such as assignments, quizzes, practice tests, and more
A certificate of completion, available for download when a course is finished
Major course categories include cloud computing, data science, design, development, finance and accounting, human resources, IT operations, leadership and management, marketing, office productivity, personal development, project management and operations, and sales.
Mount Prospect Public Library will no longer be subscribing to Rosetta Stone after December 31, 2020. If you are interested in studying languages, we have three available on our Web Resources page.
These are Mango Languages, Lingo Lite, and our newest, Gale Present: Udemy.
While we have reduced services, you will be able to access Westlaw. You will be directed to a registration page which will give you access to Westlaw primary, secondary, litigation, and Practical Law resources for 20 hours over 14 days.
To meet the needs of curious learners, Mount Prospect Public Library now subscribes to Science Reference Centerwhich contains full text articles from hundreds of science magazines, journals, reference books and a vast collection of images.
More than 210 full-text science periodicals
More than 770 full-text science reference books
More than a dozen full-text science encyclopedias
More than 810 full-text science essays
More than 4,000 full-text, full-length biographies of scientists
More than 300,000 high-quality images, including stunning images of landscapes, plants, animals, rock formations, fungi and more
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