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require an Iowa City Public Library card when accessed from outside the Library, and licensing restrictions limit access to residents of Iowa City and to areas covered by contracts for library service: rural Johnson County and the cities of Hills and University Heights.
The Historical Resource at ICPL database can be found here.
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Learning Tools
- Learning Express - Over 770 practice tests, tutorials, and eBooks. Find practice tests for the ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, Graduate School admissions, Civil Service, Law Enforcement, Nursing and more. The computer skills tutorials provide more than 50 easy-to-use courses to help you improve your computer skills. Programs include Internet Explorer, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and more.
- Mango Languages - A premier resource for all your language-learning needs. Mango is an interactive tool that helps you learn Spanish, French, German, Italian, and 30 more languages. Also includes English instruction (ESL) tailored to speakers of 14 languages.
- TumbleBooks - An online collection of animated, talking picture books, audiobooks and ebooks for children. Includes picture books in Spanish and other languages. TumbleBooks can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection. No password is necessary.
- Universal Class - Universal Class offers over 500 online non-credit continuing education courses taught by real instructors with remote, 24/7 access so you can study in your schedule. Universal Class offers courses in Exercise and Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Arts and Music, Home and Garden Care, Cooking, Computers and Technology, Health and Medicine, Homeschooling, Job Assistance, Law and Legal, Parenting and Family, Pet and Animal Care…plus 100’s more. You can enroll in up to five courses at a time and have six months to finish each course.