The list below includes research tools, online tutoring and learning resources, genealogy databases, and more! You’ll need a library card to access many of these resources. If you don’t have one, get one online today! Online cards are good for ten years and can be used for online resources immediately. Be sure to write down your digital library card number when it appears on the screen!

This is not a comprehensive list of our online resources. Check out the whole list here.

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Online Learning for Kids

• Brainfuse HelpNow!
  Live, online homework help, writing labs, skills building, and much more. Live help from tutors is available daily 1 – 11 p.m.
• Gale In Context: Elementary
  Authoritative, age-appropriate, curriculum-aligned digital content covering a broad range of educational topics including Animals, Arts, Geography Literature, Social Studies, Technology, and more.
• Mango Languages
  Instruction in foreign languages, including Arabic, Chinese, ESL, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and many more.

Online Learning for Teens

• Brainfuse HelpNow!
  Live, online homework help, writing labs, skills building, and much more. Live help from tutors is available daily 1 – 11 p.m.
• Driving Tests
  Free Maryland MVA permit practice tests.
• Gale In Context: Middle School
  Created specifically for middle schoolers, this database combines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more.
• Gale in Context: High School
  Resource for papers, projects, and presentations that empowers the development of critical thinking and problem solving skills with content aligned to national and state curriculum standards.
• LinkedIn Learning
  A leading online learning company that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. Utilizes a large video library of engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts.
• Mango Languages
  Instruction in foreign languages, including Arabic, Chinese, ESL, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and many more.

Online Learning for Everyone

Genealogy

• Ancestry Library Edition
  Delivers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more. Only available in Library locations.
• Heritage Quest
  Genealogies, local histories, primary source materials, serials, and census data.
• Newspaper Archive
  Millions of newspaper pages from around the world from 1753 to present.
• St. Mary’s County Newspaper Archive
  A searchable database of The Beacon (1923-1984, with gaps); The Enterprise (1952-April 2020, with gaps); Southern Maryland News (August 2020-approximately six months ago); Tester (1948-1962); Naval Air Test Center and NAS Patuxent River command histories through 1952.

Learn Something New

• Brainfuse Adult Learning Center
  GED, citizenship, resume and cover letter help, and other resources for adults.
• LinkedIn Learning
  A leading online learning company that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. Utilizes a large video library of engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts.
• Mango Languages
  Instruction in foreign languages, including Arabic, Chinese, ESL, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and many more.
• Value Line Library Elite
  The most widely used independent investment information service.

News and Current Events

• Gale OneFile: News
  Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts and transcripts. Includes full-text access for The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and more.

Research

• Gale Academic OneFile Select
  Collection of scholarly journals and general interest titles that covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences.
• Gale General OneFile
  A general-interest periodical resource allowing users to find the information they want quickly, with intuitive searching that ensures they tap into quality sources.