Statewide Online Resources

Learning Express Library (LEL) at
LEL offers online Learning Centers for: Learning Express

• Elementary, Middle, High School, and College students.
• GED Preparation, including prep courses and practice exams.
• College Preparation, including practice exams for Advanced Placement (AP), COMPASS, ASSET, CLEP, ACT, and SAT tests.
• Job Search and Workplace Skills, including resume writing, interviewing, and business writing courses and eBooks.
• Popular Software Tutorials, including Microsoft Office courses.
• Professional licensing and certification test prep. The Learning Centers also include skill-building resources for adults; resources for Spanish speakers; and hundreds of practice tests, courses, and eBooks.

Libraries Linking Idaho Databases (LiLI-D) at  lili.org

LiLI connects Idaho residents with top-quality academic and professional resources, a readers advisory service, and a highly regarded encyclopedia. Over 35 databases offer fulltext articles from magazines, professional journals, newspapers, reference books, and more. There’s something for everyone:

• Students will find homework help and sources for academic research.
• Consumers can access health and financial information.
• Small businesses can review market research reports.
• Entrepreneurs can take advantage of startup resources.

Resources for Idaho Citizens at citizen.lili.org

Online portal provides Idahoans with access to online resources from Idaho Public Television and e-government resources offered by the State of Idaho. Users can access:

• Idaho in Session:  Legislature Live  (live, online video or audio of action in the Idaho State Legislature).
• Idaho in Session:  Judiciary Live  (live streaming of Idaho Supreme Court oral arguments in Boise).
• Statehouse virtual  tours  ..
• Idaho Court Assistance Office and Self-Help center  with free court-approved forms for civil matters.
• Transparent Idaho  , from the Idaho State Comptroller, shows where money comes from and where it goes.
• [STACKS]  , the digital repository of public information published by the State of Idaho.

Job search online workshops and Unemployment Insurance how-to videos at  Idaho Dept of Labor

Job search tools and resources from the Idaho Department of Labor include:

• “Maximize Your Job Search” online workshop, a step-by-step guide to a better job search with video and audio tips from Idaho employers, emphasizing what they expect to see in a potential employee.
• “Maximize Your Job Search” workbook, a 24-page printable guide to getting started—identifying skills, networking, the hidden job market, using social media, and more.
• Unemployment Insurance videos to help navigate the application process: how to file a claim and weekly report, what happens after filing, and how benefits are paid.

Next Avenue at  idahoptv.org/nextavenue

This website, available through Idaho Public Television, offers knowledge and inspiration to navigate life in the 50s and beyond, including information on:

• Health & Well Being.
• Money & Security.
• Work & Purpose.
• Living & Learning.
• Caregiving.

Users can find videos, articles, blogs, and tips; connect with others; and use the Next Avenue Toolbox to live life to the fullest after 50.

Scout Video Collections at  scout.lili.org

Scout includes:

• Scout, Classroom Edition—where Idaho teachers and students have immediate access to more than 14,000 research-based instructional resources, short videos, and animations.
• Scout, Idaho Collection—with collections of online video resources about Idaho (Adventure, Dialogue: Writers, History, People & Culture, Places, Natural Resource Issues, Science, and Wild Things) that include full, award-winning, local programs.