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Ancestry

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Explore historical records, photos, and personal insights that bring your family’s past to life. Build your family tree, trace your heritage, and connect generations on Ancestry. Please note: you can only access Ancestry while at the library.

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Auto Repair

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Access detailed repair information and schedules, wiring diagrams, parts and labor estimates, service alerts, and recall notices — all in one place.

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Britannica Fundamentals

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Designed for Pre-K to 2nd grade, Britannica Fundamentals helps young children play and read as they explore letters, numbers, shapes, animals, and more — all in a fun, interactive way!

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Britannica School Elementary

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Perfect for grades 3–4, Britannica School Elementary makes learning fun and easy! Discover facts about countries, animals, and people, and explore educational videos, games, and hands-on activities.

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Britannica School Middle

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Designed for grades 5–7, World Book Student offers maps, photos, articles, and information about famous people and places. Compare countries, explore the U.S.A., and find reliable resources for homework help or to satisfy your curiosity.

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Consumer Report

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Access trusted ratings and recommendations for appliances, cars, electronics, home and garden, health, kids, and more. Consumer Reports helps you make informed choices with expert reviews and reliable guidance.

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Dolly Parton Imagination Library

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Inspire a love of reading from the very beginning! Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a free book gifting program that mails high-quality books each month to children from birth to age five — no matter their family’s income.

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ebsco High School Collection

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Designed for high school students and educators, EBSCO High School Collection offers a wide selection of resources, including teacher tools and titles aligned with Common Core Curriculum Standards.

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ebsco Learning Express

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Build your skills and prepare for success with a full suite of learning tools. Create and customize your own résumé with the easy-to-use resume builder — save, edit, and print anytime.

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ebsco Public Library

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EBSCO Public Library provides access to a wide range of general reference eBooks across many subjects, including social sciences, language, literature, science and technology, self-help, health and fitness, games, crafts and hobbies, medical topic

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Explora for High schools

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Give students, educators, and administrators on-the-go access to popular e-books. This robust collection includes a selection of classic literary works, important historical documents, and general reference materials.

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Explora for Middle schools

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This e-book collection supports a quality learning experience for 5th-8th grade students across all subject areas taught in elementary and middle schools.

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Explora for Primary schools

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Build strong literacy skills in students from pre-K to 8th grade by offering digital access to award-winning, short-form fiction and nonfiction titles.

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Family History: Library of Michigan

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Explore resources like city and county histories, newspaper clippings, vital records, and cemetery transcripts, along with online databases like Black Life in America, Fold3 (military records), and Newspapers.com.

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GetSetUp

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GetSetUp offers hundreds of live online classes to keep you mentally, physically, and socially active. Classes are interactive, easy to join, and provided day and night.

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High School Equivalency Center

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Guided support and preparation to help you earn a high school equivalency credential

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Job and Career Accelerator

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Browse resources to help find the right career for you.

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KDL talking books

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This free program for patrons of all ages unable to read standard print due to a visual, physical or reading disability.

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