Thursday, November 1, 2012

Use Learning Express to Support Your BTOP Project | Technology ...

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Are you a TexShare library AND a BTOP partner?? If so- you are in luck! TSLAC is pleased to announce new database resources to support your BTOP project:

Learning Express Library

and

Job & Career Accelerator

(Both available at www.libraryoftexas.org/texshare)

These two?education and career development resources can?help your library support new computer users and job seekers!? They provide practice tests (GED, SAT, firefighting, EMS, health care, and many more); resume preparation; beginning computer and internet tutorials; and many more job and career resources. Patrons create their own personal accounts to track their goals, progress, and job searches.

This collection also includes these interactive multimedia tutorial collections: LearningExpress Popular Software Tutorials and LearningExpress Computer & Internet Basics.

How Can My Patrons Use These Tools?

LearningExpress Library

  • Access over 800 online practice tests and interactive skillbuilding tutorials to help launch or advance their careers.
  • Prepare for professional certification, licensing, and aptitude tests in civil service, law enforcement, firefighting, EMS, military, real estate, and healthcare, among others.
  • Prepare for college and graduate school admissions tests including the SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT.
  • Successfully prepare for the GED? exam when working toward a high school diploma.
  • Dramatically improve or refresh basic skills in reading, writing, and math.

Job & Career Accelerator

  • Comprehensive career information: A fully integrated interest assessment, career exploration, and job search platform helps job seekers explore careers that match their interests and expectations and build a personalized occupation knowledge base.
  • Powerful resume creation: The industry?s most powerful Resume Builder, packed with more than 120 model resumes, 750 action words, and nearly 25,000 keywords by specific job classification.
  • Occupational exploration: Over 1,000 Occupation Profiles allow job seekers to explore and compare occupations in detail including up to date wage and salary data, expected growth, key responsibilities, education requirements, and more.
  • Real-time job & internship opportunities: An integrated database of over 5 million up-to-date job and internship opportunities, aggregated from leading job boards, classified ads, and other websites allows job seekers to search job openings based on interests and locations.

Can I Access These Resources from the TexShare Databases Menu?

Yes! These new resources now appear in the ?Education and Career Development? section of the TexShare menu page. (Remember: you?ll need to either be IP-authenticated to see this page or key in your library?s TexShare username and password.)

Libraries with IP-authenticated access can use the following links right away:
LearningExpress Library: www.learningexpresslibrary.com
Job & Career Accelerator: http://jca.learnatest.com/lel

Note:
If you?ve forgotten your library?s TexShare login and password, or would like to report the IP addresses of your library?s computers to enable automatic login, contact databases@tsl.state.tx.us.

Have questions or want more information ?! Read the full FAQ.

Source: https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/teal/?p=1571

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