Accelerate your career, master a new skill, enrich your life. Online learning happens on your schedule, at your pace, and for free with your Barrington Area Library card.
Adult Learning Center: Resume review and live tutoring sessions from trained adult education instructors.
Creativebug: Creativebug, presented by Joann Fabrics, provides video tutorials for a variety of on-trend arts and crafts such as hand-lettering, sewing, and knitting. Sign up for free with your BALibrary card.
Curiosity Stream (via Hoopla): High quality documentaries and non-fiction video. Get unlimited access for seven days for only ONE of your 10 monthly Hoopla credits!
Gale Courses: Barrington Area Library cardholders can enroll in courses ranging from beginning drawing to accounting & finance. Courses are offered once a month, span 6 weeks, and are led by an expert instructor who will be responsive to each student's learning needs. New sessions begin about halfway through each month.
The Great Courses Library Edition (via Hoopla): Hundreds of video classes, taught by experts in the field, and broken up into easy-to-watch short segments. Get unlimited access for seven days for only ONE of your 10 monthly Hoopla credits!
HelpNow!: Live one-on-one online tutoring service for homework help and writing assistance. Includes Spanish language tutoring. Grades 3-12. Available everyday from 2:00-11:00 p.m.
HelpNow! Test Center: This exam center helps you prepare for ACT, SAT, PSAT, AP, ASVAB, and TOEFL iBT exams.
Hobbies and Crafts Source: A DIY database of leading full-text hobby and craft magazines, hobby profiles, recipes and videos.
Home Improvement Source: A DIY database of full-text content from leading home improvement magazines and reference books, plus a collection of images not found anywhere else online.
LearningExpress Library: A comprehensive selection of interactive tutorials, practice tests, articles, e-books and test preparation.
LinkedIn Learning: Barrington Area Library cardholders now have access to premier technology, business, and management videos. With over 16,000 video courses taught by experts in their fields, you will find tutorials on QuickBooks, Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite, CAD, 3D printing and more! Tablet/Mobile: To access the app, download from your app marketplace, choose sign in, 'sign in with your library card.' Enter balibrary as the library ID, then login with your library card number and PIN.
Mango Languages: Learn a new language: French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Japanese, Greek, Brazilian Portuguese; as well as English for Spanish, Portuguese, and Polish speakers. Download the free Mango Mobile Library Edition app from Apple's App Store or Google Play Android app.