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Designed for academic institutions, Academic Search Premier offers an enormous selection of scholarly and popular information resources. It supports high-level research by providing peer-reviewed journals, periodicals, reports, books, videos, and more.

From personal interest to educational research, BadgerLink is Wisconsin's Online Library, providing Wisconsin residents with licensed trustworthy resources from these current content providers. The resources are designed to provide a foundational collection serving all Wisconsin residents, augmenting those available through K-12 schools, public libraries, public and private universities and technical colleges, medical and health-care facilities, and state agencies.

Find historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.

Booklist magazine reviews over 8,000 books, audiobooks, and reference materials every year. They cover all ages and genres.

Kenosha Public Library users can sign up for a free Booklist account to get personalized review recommendations emailed to them.

Comprehensive reference and learning resource for children and adults.

Learning resource collection tailored to the unique needs of young children. Similar to Britannica School Early Elementary.

Learning resource collection tailored to the unique needs of PreK-2 students and educators.

Patient Advisory Leaflets that provide vital education on the most prescribed and commonly used medications. The database consists of over 1,450 medication and natural product leaflets, with an additional 600 Spanish language leaflets.

A driver education platform that helps people learn how to be safe behind the wheel. Includes driving Handbooks  and practices tests for Motorists, Commercial Drivers, and Motorcyclists.

Duolingo is the most popular language-learning platform and the most downloaded education app globally, with over 170 million users. The company's mission is to make education free, fun, and accessible to all. Duolingo is designed to feel like a game and scientifically proven to be effective. In addition to its core platform, the company created the Duolingo English Test (DET), an affordable and convenient language certification option over 60 universities accept.

A kid-oriented interface that makes it easy for elementary school students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results.

Powered by EBSCOHost, this is tailored for middle and high school student use with easy selection of resource type, canned topic searches, selection for grade level, a dictionary (American Heritage), an encyclopedia (Columbia), and aids for searching and citing sources.

The Favorite Authors Club is the ultimate convenience for avid readers. Select your favorite authors from the list. Your name will automatically be placed on the hold list when new titles by your authors are ordered. While we can't guarantee how near the top you'll be, we can ensure that you will always be added to the list automatically.

Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries cover a variety of subject areas. 

By providing access to millions of items, the Digital Public Library of America contains a wealth of knowledge you can use to explore your favorite topic. Or, find a new favorite.

Magazines & reference books on home improvement and repair project topics.

Investor's Business Daily is a daily newspaper and website focused on financial news and investment strategies. It provides investors with market data, stock analysis, and investment tools to help them make informed decisions. Its online site, investors.com, can be accessed by Kenosha Public Library patrons by using the login information linked below. 

Investors.com Login information

Online learning service that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. Choose from over 3,500 video courses created by professional instructors. A great way to learn new skills or upgrade your knowledge about current practices and procedures. For the mobile App, use the code "share"

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This database contains full text for more than 500 popular, high school magazines. It also provides more than 360 full-text reference books, 85,670 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs, and expanded full-text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.

MasterClass has partnered with the Kenosha Public Library to offer no-cost Annual Memberships to the entire MasterClass platform for one year (a $180 value). Use your mobile, desktop, or smart TV to access online classes taught by the best in arts & entertainment, writing, business, food, home & lifestyle, music, sports & gaming, and more. 

To access Masterclass through the Masterclass app or on a smart TV, select to login with an organization account and enter (YourLibrarycardnumber)@mykcls.info: IE 12345678912@mykcls.info

Take the Kenosha Public Library everywhere you go!

Get the power of The Kenosha Public Library, anytime, anywhere. With the myKPL app, you can access everything the Library has to offer from home or while you’re on the go. Search the catalog, request books for pickup, renew your materials, and even pay fees. Plus, you can find your nearest library no matter where you are, and find upcoming programs at your neighborhood library.

Provides training and classes on public health, public health research, and various research and data projects in regards to public health. This includes classes that can be used for Continuing Education Credit.

Now available online! Join historian Cathy Polovina as she follows her curiosity and explores "Old Weird America," to look a bit closer at a variety of adventurous, innovative, and unusual characters throughout American history.

Enjoy our recorded stories, fingerplays and songs by KPL children’s librarians whenever works for you! Storytime videos are available in English with English and Spanish subtitles. These storytimes have been created for children who are 5 and under.

Find eBooks for kids by subject or reading level. Kids-only, no teen or adult reading-level books included.

Resources presenting multiple sides of an issue to help assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills. For high school and adult learners.

Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles and more than 200 educational reports.

A portal to online resources for exploring children's and young adult books, both fiction and non-fiction, and their authors. Includes multimedia resources such as audiobook readings and short videos about authors and illustrators.

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Free videos and article tutorials on how to use popular websites like Netflix, Amazon and Gmail as well as various social networks.

Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL) promotes programs that help American adults get the basic skills they need to be productive workers, family members, and citizens. The major areas of support are Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English Language Acquisition. These programs emphasize basic skills such as reading, writing, math, English language competency and problem-so

Whether you’re a beginning investor or a veteran looking for high-impact ideas, Value Line can position you for financial success quickly and easily.

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