Remote Work/Learning Resources

Below you will find a collection of resources to help with the transition to remote work/learning due to the closing of schools and workplaces.

If you know of any resources that should be added, please email amazingeducationalresources@gmail.com

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EDUCATION (EBOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS, & VIDEOS)

PBS Learning Media
Free videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more. Browse by subject or by grade level.
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Age of Learning
To help the hundreds of thousands of children in the U.S. whose schools are closed due to the coronavirus, Age of Learning provides free home access to ABCmouse, Adventure Academy, and ReadingIQ, leading digital education programs for preschool through middle school students.
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Films on Demand Video Collection
Films on Demand offers thousands of high quality streaming videos on business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, and science & mathematics, as well as travel and fitness programming, home and how-to videos, indie films, and popular music performances.
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Kanopy
Kanopy is an award-winning video streaming service providing access to more than 30,000 independent and documentary films. It also has a site dedicated to kids.
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OverDrive
OverDrive is a collection of e-books and digital audiobooks offered by the library. E-books and audiobooks can be downloaded to your computer, tablet, (including Kindle), or mobile device.
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RBdigital
RBdigital magazines gives you access to current issues of popular magazines to read on your computer, tablet, or mobile device. Access RBdigital magazines on your tablet or mobile device using the RBdigital app (iOS, Android, Kindle).
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Universal Class
The Value Line Investment Survey features consensus earning estimates for several companies, a business description of each company, including recent corporate developments, and ranks performance to predict relative price performance over the next six to 12 months.
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Charlotte WiFi Map
Digital Charlotte is building a map of no-cost and low-cost public wireless networks access locations across Charlotte, NC.
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Biblioboard + NC Live HomeGrown Ebook Collection
In BiblioBoard Library, customers will discover local content from self-published North Carolina authors as well as the NC LIVE Home Grown e-book Collection.
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hoopla
hoopla allows customers to instantly borrow e-books, comics, audiobooks, music, movies and television—with no holds, and no waiting.
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Lynda.com
Lynda.com is an online educational site that includes over 3,000 courses (and over 130,000 videos) in popular fields like web design, web development, IT, education/instruction, media production, and business.
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PebbleGo Science
PebbleGo Science is a research tool that covers key topics in life, physical and Earth and space science along with engineering and technology for children grades K-3.
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Tumblebooks
TumbleBooks is a collection of animated, talking picture books. TumbleBooks can be read by you or read to you! Our TumbleBook collection includes story books, books in French and Spanish for language learning, read-along books, non-fiction books, puzzles and games.
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Novelist Plus
Wondering what to read next? NoveList provides reading recommendations for fiction and nonfiction materials for adults, teens, tweens (ages 9-12) and children (ages 0-8). Also includes Feature Articles, Book Discussion Guides, and BookTalks.
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Khan Academy
A nonprofit with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
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Transparent Languages
A language-learning software with over 70 world language courses and over 17 ESL/ELL courses, featuring an engaging user interface, voice comparison, fresh design, foreign language films, and cultural anecdotes.
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Digital Charlotte
Digital Inclusion Response Resources for COVID-19
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NEWS UPDATES

New York Times (Digital)
NYTimes.com is a multi-platform news tool that provides access to New York Times and International New York Times content, including breaking news, multimedia, reviews and opinion, blogs, videos and more. NYTimes is updated 24/7.
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Charlotte Observer
Newsbank provides Charlotte Observer digital access. The Library has access to two databases, a current (1985-current) and historical (1892- 1985). Databases can be search separately as well as together. Articles are searchable by name, word or phrase.
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Wall Street Journal
Contains an index of newspaper articles from 1981 with many complete articles from 1984 to the present. The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news.
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Value Line
The Value Line Investment Survey features consensus earning estimates for several companies, a business description of each company, including recent corporate developments, and ranks performance to predict relative price performance over the next six to 12 months.
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