Education

The award-winning ABCmouse.com curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2–7+) build a strong foundation for academic success. ABCmouse.com offers more than 4,000 learning activities across all major subject areas including reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music.

Full-text articles from thousands of scholarly publications and peer-reviewed journals. Coverage includes most areas of academic study.

Career Online High School offers adults the opportunity to earn their high school diploma and a career certificate. Gain the skills you need to become college- and career-ready.

Adult residents who are at least 21-years-old, have successfully completed 8^th grade and wish to earn their high school diploma. Minors should pursue their high school education through existing high school programs.

Program applicants must have a library card in good standing or be willing to apply for a library card from the library that is providing access to the COHS courses.

To provide greater access to our rare print materials, especially those of local significance, CHPL is constantly digitizing items and adding them to our Digital Library, thus making them more accessible to the community and to researchers worldwide.

Variety of full-text databases that range in scope from multidisciplinary resources to subject-specific databases. Resources include MasterFILE Premiere, Business Source Elite, Health Source Plus, etc.

Includes topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research; articles, essays, and primary source documents to help students feel successful in their research; and reading level indicators to simplify discovery of grade-appropriate content.

Collection of ten databases for students. These include biography collections (Sports Champions, Shapers of Society, etc.), Defining Moments in American History, special topic collections (World Mythology, Countries and Cultures of the World, etc.), and a general purpose encyclopedia.

Students (K-Adult) can get live online homework help, skills building (including SAT prep), writing assistance, test prep help, FAFSA form assistance, expert chess coaching, and more from expert tutors.

An award-winning library of online courses, classes, trainings, and tutorials for users who want to learn software, creative, and business skills to achieve personal or professional goals. For the LinkedIn Learning app, use library code OH0049.

Designed specifically for high school students, MAS Ultra – School Edition is a full-text database of popular magazines, reference books and primary sources covering many subjects, including history, science and health. It also includes over a million photos, maps and flags. 

MasterFile Premier provides full-text information from thousands of general reference publications including magazines, reference books, primary source documents, and an extensive image collection of photographs, maps and flags. 

Designed for middle school students, Middle Search Plus is a full-text database providing popular middle school magazines and reference books. Covering subjects such as history, current events, science and sports, it also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps and flags. 

Newsdex is an index of Cincinnati stories and events, as well as death notices and obituaries from our local newspapers. It’s a unique resource created and maintained by Library staff. Use it to find full article citations, including titles, dates, pages, and column numbers. In some cases, it will also note if an image accompanies the article. While not comprehensive, it’s a great starting point for research using our local newspapers. A library card with us is not necessary to use Newsdex.

Northstar Digital Literacy defines basic skills needed to perform tasks on computers and online. Online, self-guided modules assess the ability of individuals to perform tasks based on these skills.

Included are basic computer digital literacy standards and modules in three main areas:

• Essential Computer Skills - Basic Computer Skills, Internet Basics, Using Email, Windows OS, Mac OS
• Essential Software Skills – Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs
• Using Technology in Daily Life - Social Media, Information Literacy, Career Search Skills, Supporting K-12 Distance Learning, Your Digital Footprint.

The OED is the accepted authority on the English language. It is the quintessential guide to the meaning, the history, and pronunciation of over 600,000 words traced through 3 million quotations from a wide range of English language sources including classical literature, cookbooks and film scripts.

Free test and career prep software to help your job search or advance your career. 

Access free, full-length online practice exams for standardized test prep, research college and grad schools, and explore financial aid and scholarships. Career development features include test prep assistance for certification exams and advice on resumes, cover letters, interviewing, and networking. International tools help students prepare to pass the TOEFL (iBT), TOEFL (PBT), TOEIC, and U.S. Citizenship tests with online resources like practice tests and eBooks. 

A highly specialized collection of more than 450 full-text journals and over 300 peer-reviewed titles designed to serve the needs of professional educators and education students.

Collection of databases that offer users access to full-text articles from thousands of magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

Explore current events, social, political, and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular classroom topics.  Features full-text articles from diverse sources such as government information, public opinion polls, periodicals, international newspapers, and book reviews.   

Treehouse "brings affordable technology education to people everywhere in order to help them achieve their dreams and change the world." Courses (called "tracks") on a variety of advanced technology related topics – including coding, web design, and app creation – are available. Tracks are self-paced and progress can be tracked and saved over multiple checkouts. To register for Treehouse, you will need your library card number to complete the form below. You can apply for one online.

Learn something new today! Access over 500 online continuing education classes on a wide range of subjects, including: business, office skills, career training, homeschooling, entrepreneurship, self-help, crafts and hobbies, and health and medicine.

Access an encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary, government websites, headline news, interactive maps, timelines, world newspapers, and much more! 

Developed for preschoolers and children in the early elementary grades, these educational videos, interactive games, narrated stories, and online activities can be integrated into the classroom curriculum or used for learning at home.  

Easily search or browse for encyclopedia articles, information about important people and animals, pictures and videos, maps, and dictionary definitions. Hands-on activities, puzzles, and science experiments are also available. 

Este recurso en Español para estudiantes de la escuela primaria incluye artículos, mapas, banderas, tablas y casillas de hechos, y enlaces a páginas de Internet en Español. 

This Spanish resource for elementary school students includes articles, maps, flags, tables and fact boxes, and links to Spanish language websites.