New online resources

laptop_300 Home improvement magazines. Small business resources. Language courses. Talking books!

Provided by the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN):

Home Improvement Reference Center
Full-text content from leading home improvement magazines, images not found anywhere else online, and videos of popular home repair projects.
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center
Instructions and creative ideas for many hobbies. Includes arts, crafts, home & garden, collecting, indoor & outdoor recreation, and performing arts topics.
Small Business Reference Center
Full-text for many top consumer small business reference books, plus tools to address many small business topics. Includes business videos, a help and advice section, and details on how to create business plans.
Transparent Languages
More than 100 foreign language courses, including: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. Includes an ESL component that provides English language learning to speakers of more than 25 different languages.
Oxford Research Encyclopedias
Reference content published by the Oxford University Press, with focus on the humanities, social sciences, and science.
SCHOLASTIC TEACHABLES
Printable activities for any subject: math, science, reading comprehension, STEM, writing, and beyond. Download printable lesson plans, reading passages, games and puzzles, clip art, bulletin board ideas, and skills sheets for kids in any grade.

Very Short Introductions
Just as described: and excellent way to get a quick, authoritative, and accessible overview of/introduction to, and subject.

New at GHPL:

Vox Books
Reserve books from our catalog that talk! Vox Books are children’s read-along books that include an audio player & headphone jack, so your child can listen as they read. Listening to books being read aloud helps build vocabulary, increases comprehension, gives kids education independence, and helps new readers gain confidence with learning new words.