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These resources require a Bellingham Library card to access content.
Brainfuse's HelpNow
Need a tutor?
Before paying for a tutor, try out the library's subscription to Brainfuse, a Live Online Tutoring Database. It's free with your Bellingham Library Card!
Brainfuse HelpNow is an online database that provides live tutoring services for students of all ages and levels, including adults, with a wide range of academic needs - whether it's tackling a tough homework problem, mastering a particular topic, or writing a paper. Online tutors are available every day from 2 pm to 11 pm. EST. Homework help is available in subjects such as math, science, reading/writing, social studies, as well as the PSAT/SAT, ACT, AP and state standardized tests. You can submit homework questions for expert guidance.
Other key features of this database are:
- 24-hour writing lab where you submit essays and other forms of writing for constructive feedback.
- Language lab for Spanish and French speaking support gives live help to language learners. There is also a vocabulary feature for 11 world languages, with games, quizzes, flashcards, and spoken pronunciation to help you learn a new language.
- SkillSurfer section helps with building skills and consists of a library of lessons, videos, tests, and more for all age levels. This consists of life skills such as time management and financial literacy, as well as academic skills for all levels, from elementary through adults.
- Live chess tutoring to learn strategies and improve your cognitive thinking with an expert chess coach.
- Live FAFSA help to help you fill out your FAFSA application.
- LEAP Learning Platform consists of personalized learning tools to help you build academic skills through targeted lessons, quizzes, and live, online tutoring. LEAP creates your learning plan based on a skills assessment that you take.
- Brainfuse Meeting allows students to schedule online study sessions with friends in a private virtual study room.
- For adult learners there is live one-on-one help, writing lab for writing help, practice tests including the high school equivalency exam and the U.S. Citizenship Test, as well as Microsoft Office help which includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. There are also career resources to start your job search, and experts to help you craft a winning resume and cover letter.
- To access the Brainfuse HelpNow database, go to the Bellingham Library's website. Click on the Online Resources tab, and then click Online Courses/Tutoring. All you need is your Bellingham Library card for access!
Craftsy
Craftsy is home to a collective group of curious, driven doers who believe in the power of creating. With Craftsy you'll get it right the first time. Use tailored project kits, step-by-step expert instruction and timely lessons to make things you're proud of over and over again.
Access Craftsy through Libby extras.
Driving Test Tutorials
Start your free MA RMV Practice Test now from driving-test.org.
Whether you're planning a fall foliage tour, a tour of Revolutionary War sites, or a visit to the Berkshires, you'll need an operator's license. If, on the other hand, you're planning to drive commercially, you'll need a commercial driver's license (CDL). Before you can get a driver's license, a motorcycle license, or a motorcycle endorsement, you must first obtain the corresponding type of learner's permit. And the first step to obtaining a learner's permit is to pass a written learner's permit exam. Here you can find the RMV manuals you should study and practice tests you should take to help you prepare. Our practice tests include hundreds of questions that are based on the RMV manuals and resemble those on the official learner's permit exams. We've even created some marathon practice tests to get you fully prepped and ready to pass your permit exam.
Fiero Code
Fiero Code is a learn-to-code platform that uses gamification to teach coding skills to people of all ages. The curriculum covers a range of coding languages from HMTL to Python and more! It also includes projects for Raspberry Pi and Makey Makey devices, as well as codable robots like Ozobot and Sphero. Need a Bellingham Library card to access.
Great Courses Library Collection
Bellingham cardholders have access to The Great Courses Library Collection.
The Great Courses includes over 250 unique courses to capture your curiosity or to help you improve in areas you are passionate about.
Access The Great Courses through Libby extras.
Lingo Lite
LingoLITE is an image- and video-based world language learning tool for 260 of the most basic words and terms in 30 languages. LingoLITE uses Associative Multimedia Learning, to help the user associate an image with the correct word without first translating it into their native language.
Mango Languages
The Bellingham Library is pleased to offer the Mango Languages online language-learning system to its patrons. Learning a new language with Mango Languages is free for all Bellingham Library card holders, and offers a fast and convenient solution for our community's increasing language-learning needs. There are over 70 world languages to choose from! Each lesson combines real life situations and audio from native speakers with simple, clear instructions. The courses are presented with an appreciation for cultural nuance and real-world application that integrates components of vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and culture. Users learn actual conversation, breaking down complex linguistic elements within an audio-visual framework that draws important connections and builds on information they have already learned.
MassLINKS Online Academy - Adult Education - English for Speakers of Other Languages and High School Equivalency Classes
MassLINKS Online Academy is a free DESE-funded Massachusetts statewide adult education program. Students can choose from High School Equivalency (GED and HiSet) preparation classes or English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL/ESL) classes. Classes are offered fully online with evening and morning options to help you work around your schedule.
Plus - There is a Student Support Staff to help students access and use technology to become successful online students. The staff helps students with all their technology needs throughout their time as students in MassLINKS. Their goal is to also help students with their college and career planning following their time in MassLINKS.
Niche Academy
Niche Academy is an online academy with tutorials on how to use many of the Bellingham Library's Online Resources, including: Academic One File, Ancestry Library, Brainfuse Tutoring, Fold 3 Military Records, Hoopla (eBooks, movies, TV and music), Mango Languages, Novelist, Libby ebooks (and magazines and videos) and Universal Class. It also offers tutorials on topics such as: basic computer skills, streaming services, resume writing and much more! There are also tutorials on popular websites including Facebook, Gmail, Instagram, and Pinterest!
Transparent Language Online
Transparent Language Online is a resource where language learners can build vocabulary, practice skills, and maintain what they have learned, available anytime, anywhere in 110+ languages. Need a Bellingham Library card to access.
Universal Class
The Bellingham Library is subscribing to UniversalClass™. UniversalClass™ offers hundreds of online continuing education classes facilitated by dedicated instructors sharing their knowledge on almost any imaginable topic. Join today, and let's start learning! There are lessons on topics from Accounting to Yoga and just about everything in between.
Access the Universal Class website.
Although these courses are designed for adults, many of them are appropriate for a variety of ages and there is a category of courses just for homeschoolers!