Education and Training

Non-fiction reference materials on a variety of subjects can be read in your browser, emailed, and printed.

• Business Plans Handbook sample business plans from entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses in the manufacturing, retail, and service industries.
• College Blue Book guide to thousands of 2 and 4-year colleges and the programs offered. 
• Financial aid sources such as scholarships, fellowships, and loans.

Over 500 documentary, educational, and lecture videos covering cooking, photography, language learning, and travel.

Self paced tutorials on software and computer skills, web design, computer programming, video editing, project coordinating, business management, job and career paths, marketing, and so much more. For technical support, please contact 1-888-335-9632 or visit Lynda.com's support page. **Please note that if you change your library card number you will lose access to your saved playlists under your previous library card account.**

Language learning lessons with reading/writing/listening components. For technical support, please contact 1-877-626-4611 or visit Mango’s support page.

Language learning lessons in 80 languages with live native speaker teachers, movies, music, ESL/citizenship prep in 51 languages, and courses for children, health care workers, and K-12 teachers. To track your progress, create a pronunciator account in addition to logging in with your KCLS library card and PIN. A quick start video tutorial is available. For technical support, please contact 1-800-328-1776 or support@pronunciator.com or visit pronunciator's support page.

Clases para aprender hasta 80 idiomas con profesores nativos en vivo, películas, música, preparación de inglés como lengua extranjera (ESL) y ciudadanía en 51 idiomas, cursos para niños, profesionales de la salud y maestros de K-12 (Kindergarten a grado 12). Para registrar su progreso, cree una cuenta con pronunciador además de iniciar una sesión con su tarjeta de las bibliotecas KCLS y su PIN. Hay disponible un video tutorial de inicio rápido. Para obtener asistencia técnica, comuníquese al 1-800-328-1776 o support@pronunciator.com o visite la página de soporte de pronunciator.

Test preparation (eBooks and interactive practice for civil service, military, and academic admissions exams), school search, career exploration tools, and resume builder. For technical support, please contact 1-800-877-4253 (option 4) or gale.technicalsupport@cengage.com.

One-on-one, real-time tutoring via chat and audio in a variety of subjects. Tutor.com is available 24/7 but live tutoring is only available from 2 pm-midnight daily.

Services include:

• ACT/SAT practice course
• AP courses
• bilingual tutors
• citizenship preparation help
• college-bound help
• cover letter review and help
• document proofing, in real-time and drop-off
• English language skills help
• interview preparation
• job searching help
• MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint tutorials
• remedial skill building
• resume review and help
• sample resumes, templates, and guidelines
• videos on basic education foundations
• WA State SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) test preparation (Select the “Other Tools” menu at the top of the Tutor.com site and choosing “Prep for the SBAC." See SBAC video tutorial.)

For technical support, please contact librarysupport@tutor.com or visit Tutor.com’s help center located at the bottom of each page in the Tutor.com FAQ section. Tutor.com cannot help you retrieve your PIN If you forgot your PIN you must contact a KCLS library or Ask KCLS for help. 

Tutorías individualizadas en tiempo real via chat para estudiantes de K-12, de nivel inicial universitario y estudiantes adultos en varias materias. Tutor.com está disponible 24/7 pero las tutorías individualizadas solo están disponibles de 2 pm - medianoche.

Los servicios incluyen:

• Cursos de práctica ACT / SAT

• Cursos AP

• tutores bilingües

• ayuda para la universidad

• corrección de documentos, en tiempo real y sin cita previa

• ayuda con las habilidades del idioma inglés

• Tutorías de MS Word / Excel / PowerPoint

• desarrollo de habilidades de refuerzo

• videos sobre fundamentos de educación básica

• preparación para el test SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) del estado de Washington. (seleccione "Otras herramientas" (“Other Tools”) en la parte superior del menú del sitio Tutor.com y "Preparación para SBAC" (“Prep for the SBAC").

Para obtener asistencia técnica, contacte librarysupport@tutor.com o visite el centro de ayuda de Tutor.com en la parte inferior de cada página de Tutor.com, en la sección Preguntas frecuentes (FAQ). Tenga en cuenta que Tutor.com no puede ayudarle a recuperar su número clave (PIN). Si olvidó su número clave (PIN), debe comunicarse con una biblioteca de KCLS o solicitar ayuda de Ask KCLS.

• ACT/SAT practice course
• AP courses
• bilingual tutors
• college-bound help
• Compass
• document proofing, in real-time and drop-off
• English language skills help
• MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint tutorials
• remedial skill building
• videos on basic education foundations
• WA State SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) test preparation (Select the “Other Tools” menu at the top of the Tutor.com site and choosing “Prep for the SBAC."  See SBAC video tutorial.)