VetNow offers support and guidance to local veterans and their families with services such as navigating Veteran Affairs, providing academic tutoring, even employment transition assistance. VetNow is from BrainFuse and the Missouri State Library.
Learning Express Library
Learning Express provides a wide variety of help for test preparation including math, science, reading and professional licensing tests. It also offers help for career preparation, resume building and computer skills. You will need to register a username and password to use. Log in using your library card number.
Explora
Did you know that your public library offers a fun, easy-to-use tool that can help you complete research and classroom assignments? With Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports. Log in using your library card number.
Teaching Books
Teaching Books provides information and resources for teaching children’s and youth books, which bring the books to life. Games, book reading alongs, videos and other resources enrich the reading experience. Homeschool resources are included. Access is provided through the Missouri State Library.
Accelerated Reader
Teaching Books provides information and resources for teaching children’s and youth books, which bring the books to life. Games, book reading alongs, videos and other resources enrich the reading experience. Homeschool resources are included. Access is provided through the Missouri State Library.
Science Reference Center
Science Reference Center provides access to articles and books on a wide range of science topics for teachers and students research needs. Log in using your library card number.
SciStarter
Become a Citizen Scientist!! The SciStarter website connects Citizen Scientists with projects developed by scientists and researchers from around the world. Search for a project that interests you and contribute scientific data to that project.
Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete provides information and fosters an overall understanding of health-related topics. This resource provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine. Log in using your library card number.
EBSCO Learning Express
Learn the basics of operating a computer or using the internet. The Computer Skills Center also offers tutorials on using a variety of Microsoft computer programs including Word, Access, Excel and OneDrive. Log in using your library card number.
Job & Career Accelerators
LearningExpress® Job & Career Accelerator gives job seekers the tools they need to explore careers, find open positions, apply for jobs and get hired. The Accelerator tools include tutorials, e-books and careers tools as well as skill and interest assessments and career exploration. Log in using your library card number.
Ancestry
Offers access to over 1.2 billion genealogy records from birth and death certificate to military records. For use in Riverside library branches only.
Mango Languages
Mango Languages is the only personalized, adaptive language-learning experience that provides the tools and guidance you need to expand your language skills wherever and however you learn best. Here’s why that’s awesome:
- Real-world conversations that won’t leave you lost in translation
- Voice Comparison for matching your pronunciation with native-speaker audio
- Listening & Reading Activities for reinforcing learned material and building new skills
- Personalized Review System that adapts to your individual learning pathway
- Culture Notes for unique insights into different cultures
- Mango Movies for learning through engaging, authentic content
Use the link below to go the Mango’s website. Create a login profile and start your language learning adventure.
Learn ASL
Mango Languages has partnered with ASL Inside, one of the leading ASL learning platforms, and as a patron, you have free access to all the features this course has to offer:
- Lessons model native ASL signers.
- Self-paced courses are designed to meet your learning speed.
- The Magic Mirror feature enables instant visual comparison for accurate sign modeling.
- Practical lessons will quickly enable you to engage in basic ASL conversations.
Use the link below to go the Mango ASL. Create a login profile and start your language learning adventure.
Little Pim
Little Pim from Mango Languages helps your child learn a new language. The lessons are designed for ages 0-5. Little Pim®’s Entertainment Immersion Method® introduces a new language in a way that builds on a child’s natural love of play.
Use the link below to go the Mango’s Little PIM website. Create a login profile and start your language learning adventure.
Read It!
Read It! is designed for middle and high school students as well as adults with basic English reading and grammar skills but who need adapted reading materials. It contains short articles on many subjects with resources that build subject knowledge and improve research and study stills. Read It! includes a Read Out Loud feature for readers to listen to the text as they read. Log in using your library card number.
America’s News
Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people, and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device. Login using your library card number and PIN.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Explore St. Louis history through local news, events, and people with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device. Login using your library card number and PIN.
USA Today
Stay current with national news, events, and people with this collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device. Login using your library card number and PIN.
The Kansas City Star
Explore Kansas City history through local news, events, and people with the Kansas City Star Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device. Login using your library card number and PIN.
Columbia Daily Tribune
Explore Columbia history through local news, events, and people with the Columbia Daily Tribune Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device. Login using your library card number and PIN.
EBSCO
Ebsco databases provides access to books, magazines and encyclopedia that can be used to research academic and popular subjects. Specific databases focus on education, health and medical resources. Log in from home using your library card.
NoveList
Looking for your next good read? NoveList can help. Enter a title or author in the search and NoveList will give you similar books or authors. You can also search by genre based on whatever you’re in the mood to read. Log in using your library card number.
HeritageQuest
HeritageQuest is a comprehensive treasure of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories and more. This database is accessible from your home using the link below.
Missouri Digital Heritage
More than 9 million records can be accessed through Missouri Digital Heritage, including the collections of the Missouri State Archives, the Missouri State Library and other institutions from across the state.
SHSMO
The State Historical Society of Missouri has a growing collection of digitized historic newspapers. These images are freely available to the public and are keyword-searchable.
Libby
Search, browse and discover ebooks and/or audiobooks in the Missouri Libraries 2 Go collection. Read or listen using your desktop computer through the MoLib2Go website. Download and use the Libby app on your mobile device. Login using your library card number and PIN.
NOTE: If you successfully use Libby and then are denied access, your library card may have expired (which occurs automatically each year.) Come in or contact your library branch to have your card updated.
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Blackstone
Blackstone Unlimited Audio offers over 6,500 titles and the collection is continuously growing. Blackstone Unlimited Audio provides instant access with no restrictions, so there is never a wait for your next audio book. Discover a new author or listen to your favorites with Blackstone! Listen online or with the Blackstone Unlimited app.
Tumble Book Library
TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading. They are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sounds, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book (and some classics) which you can read, or have read to you. The language drop-down menu allows you to view the site in French and Spanish, instead of English.
Freading
Use the links below to access and download Freading Book Service. Patrons must have a valid library card and need an Adobe ID to log into Freading. If you have trouble use the Freading Help Video opens in new tab.
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EBSCO eBooks
Through Riverside Regional Library, you can access a wide selection of academic e-books from top publishers and presses through EBSCO eBooks. Browse academic e-book collections of all kinds that are selected by librarians.
Online Book Clubs
Receive samples of the latest books in your email with our Online Book Clubs. Check the Book Clubs you’d like to receive and enter your email to subscribe on the website linked below. Log in using your library card number.