Online Learning

Classes & Tutorials

More than 1,000 award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Learn how to paint, draw, knit, crochet, sew, make jewelry, and more.

Hundreds of engaging online six-week courses taught by college instructors focused on professional development, technology skills, and personal enrichment. Receive a "Record of Completion" certificate after successfully finishing a course.

Take a Gale Courses tutorial.

Infobase Learning Cloud (formerly known as Hoonuit) has on-demand video training for more than 500 software applications, including Microsoft Word and Excel, Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro and GarageBand, Aperture 3 and iPhoto, iTunes and iPad, HTML5 and CSS3, Social Media and WordPress, Google Docs and more.

If you have an existing account, use learn as your password to gain access to the database. Once you gain access, change your password for privacy and security purposes.

LinkedIn Learning with Lynda.com content

Choose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts. Get started with your library card.

Tutorials on how to use the library's download and streaming services like OverDrive and Hoopla, popular research databases, and social media.

Universal Class is an online learning platform that allows you to take courses at your own pace while you interact with a live instructor via email.

Homework Help

Interact with live tutors in math, science, reading/writing, social studies, PSAT/SAT, ACT, AP and state standardized tests. Submit essays and other forms of writing to the 24-Hour Writing Lab for constructive feedback.

Languages

Children can learn over seven different languages using video stories that feature animated characters.

Pronunciator teaches the full range of language skills – reading, writing, listening, and speaking – in a structured, building-block approach.

Take a Pronunciator tutorial.

Rosetta Stone is the most intuitive language software, using a mixture of words, pictures, speaking and listening. There's no books, no memorizing, no grammar tables, so it's actually fun.

Take a Rosetta Stone tutorial.

Test & Career

Access a library of rich adult learning content and live, professional assistance in resume/cover letter writing, U.S. citizenship prep, MS Office Essential Skills Series, and more!

Practice tests for car, motorcycle, CDL, online driver's manuals, and a FAQ section with detailed answers to 100+ DMV-related questions. All information is specific to New York.

JobNow provides various tools to help with every step of the job search including live resume assistance, career planning, live career coaching, and live interview preparation.

Test preparation materials and interactive practice exams to help improve scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams, including the PSAT, SAT, TASC, and other exams.

Take a LearningExpress tutorial.

VetNow supports veterans and their families with navigating the VA bureaucracy, providing academic tutoring, and assisting with employment transition.