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Expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background for more than 200 literary classics. View online or create an account for offline use. 

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Features online tutorials, practice tests, and eBooks to help students of all ages. Offers job search and workplace skills improvement, skill building in reading, writing, math, and basic science, career certification and licensure exam prep (including the California Basic Educational Skills Test [CBEST], California Subject Examinations for Teachers [CSET], California Real Estate Salesperson exam prep, ServSafe California Food Handler practice exams, and the California Police Officer Exam, college and grad school entrance test prep, GED test prep, and more. 

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Find eBooks, magazines, and eAudiobooks on your device or in your browser. You can send your borrowed eBooks to your Kindle eReader.  

Check out up to 6 titles at any time— total includes eBooks and eAudiobooks. You can have up to 10 holds. Unlimited checkouts on magazines. 

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Gives users on-demand access to a vast collection of titles from O'Reilly (including eBooks in early release) and nearly 200 other publishers. Find videos, eBooks, resource centers, learning paths, case studies, and playlists. Subject areas include information technology and software, business, digital media, professional and personal development, and desktop and web applications.

Due to licensing restrictions, content can only be streamed online in a standard web browser for Windows and Mac, not downloaded. Print pages for offline access. You can read anytime with no due dates. 

On December 30, 2024, Library access to Skillsoft will end. We recommend our subscription to O'Reilly for Public Libraries, a similar resource packed with eBooks, eAudiobooks, and videos on IT and business topics. 

Covers a wide-range of technology topics including Coding, Business & IT, and Certification.

Productivity & Collaboration Tools: This collection of eBooks and courses provides training on the most popular applications and hardware in the workforce including Microsoft Office, Google, Android, iOS, Slack, Adobe and much more.

IT Skills and Certifications: This collection of eBooks and courses provides coverage for over 100 industry certifications in the IT world. These courses will help you to prepare for the certification exams in a very competitive IT job market.