Access live tutoring, writing support, study tools, and more for students of all ages. Includes college readiness, flashcards, career exploration, and collaborative study options. Start learning today!
Get live help between 1:00 and 11:59 pm with a variety of subjects for K-12 students and adults. Create a personal account to track your progress, do group work, and share documents for writing reviews.
Find repair info by make and model combinations, covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of older, specialty models.
Watch a wide variety of arts & crafts classes taught by design experts. Find a project for every occasion.
Do a career interest assessment, research industries and careers, plan your education, get expert advice, and launch your career. Explore 140 industries and thousands of careers to find your best fit.
Learn to code. Build websites, apps, video games, animations and more through this self-guided software program full of coding tutorials and real-world projects. Programming languages include HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python, Scratch, and SQL.
Search magazines, books, videos and reports for projects and information. Find detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas. Subject areas include arts & crafts, collecting, games & electronics, model building, home & leisure, needlework, outdoors & nature, and scrapbooking & paper crafts.
Find resources including practice tests and tutorials for school success; college, career, and citizenship preparation.
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Some features require free registration in order to save your work, revisit your tests, or store scores. You'll need a valid email address and PIN to register.
Use tools and instructions to independently address a wide range of legal issues including business law, financial planning, family law, property & real estate, and rights & disputes.
Learn the basics of living on your own, including work, major purchases, housing, budgeting, and more.
Prepare yourself for realistic conversations in over 70 world languages, including English. There are also specialty units on Latin American Spanish for contexts including business, legal, medical, text talk, and more. Create a free account and learn at your own pace.
Financiado por la Biblioteca del Estado de Washington. Cree una cuenta de aprendiz para poner a prueba sus habilidades informáticas y obtener más conocimientos a través del aprendizaje en línea a su propio ritmo. Incluye tutoriales de tecnología y evaluaciones de habilidades.
Para ver los tutoriales en español y hacer un seguimiento de su progreso, primero debe configurar una cuenta de aprendiz en línea:
Ahora puede cambiar el idioma a español. Puede hacerlo de la siguiente manera:
Algunos temas disponibles en español son los siguientes:
Funded by the Washington State Library. Create a learner account to test your computer skills and build your understanding through self-paced, online learning. Includes technology tutorials and skills assessments.
To sign up as a Northstar learner and keep track of your progress, use your name and email address to set up a learner account online.
To sample Northstar before creating a learner account, you can take the tests without recording your progress through the Northstar Digital Literacy page. At this time, you can also sample the following Northstar online learning topics without a learner account: Basic Computer Skills, Email, Microsoft Word, and Career Search Skills.
Want help getting started? Library staff can help you get a learner account (and an email address if you need one). Fill out this form or call: 360-906-5000, 1-888-546-2707 (area code 509), or 1-800-921-6211 (Yale Valley) during phone service hours.
Wherever you are on your journey with computers, we are here to help! See all the FVRLibraries computers and technology learning options.
Northstar has tests to help you see how much you already know about:
*You can learn more about these topics through Northstar's self-paced learning modules.
If you would like to earn a certificate for a test that you've passed in your learner account, you can request to retake the test with an online proctor. Fill out this form, and library staff will contact you.
Prepare for standardized tests with eBooks, online courses, and full-length practice tests for GED, SAT, ACT, AP, PSAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, U.S. citizenship, and more. Research undergraduate and graduate programs, find tuition assistance, and explore and prepare for careers. Create visually interesting résumés, cover letters, and websites that can be shared with prospective employers, using prebuilt templates.
Watch a volcano erupt! Play games, find project ideas, and have fun learning about ecosystems, space, energy and matter, maps, climates and more in Power Knowledge.
PowerKnowledge Life Science is an online resource designed for learners in grades 3–6. Build your digital literacy and 21st-century learning skills while exploring topics like animals, habitats, food chains, the human body, green living, extinct species, and more.
What goes up must come down. You’ll find more about gravity, atoms, motion, temperature and more, with videos and games to explain it all in Power Knowledge.
Explore topics, trends and current events that align with curricular areas such as English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
View over 4,800 manuals for after-market schematic service data on all kinds of consumer electronics such as radio, TV, car-radio, etc.
Look for experiments, images, videos, and articles on recent events and discoveries in a range of science areas.
Access step-by-step maintenance and repair instructions for hundreds of small engine machines and their supporting components.
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Foundational content on a variety of topics that are ideal for reluctant readers, ELL, ESL, and adult literacy students with content tailored for ease of comprehension and vocabulary building
