Free Resources for Port Washington Students

Here's a way to get a leg up on school work without spending any money. 

Lori Gerbasi, Port Washington Public Library's TeenSpace librarian offers these resources that she says are "great for students."

Tutor.com.

Students can work with live tutors everyday from 2pm to 10 pm.  This service covers K-12, college prep and adult learners too. English and Spanish speaking tutors are available.

http://lhh.tutor.com/?ProgramGUID=781fb140-552f-427c-a0f3-052702527120

Live Librarian

This service provides professional librarians to answers your questions online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  All free!

http://www.nassaulibrary.org/Tutor/livelibrarian.html

Learning Express Library

This database offers practice tests for the ACT, SAT, PSAT, GED, GRE and much more.  It also includes practice tests, exercises and eBooks for students in elementary school through college. 

http://www.learnatest.com/LEL/index.cfm/

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Students can search the full text of popular reference e-books.

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=pwlopacplus&authCount=1

Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context

This site is great for current event overviews and opinions.  

http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/?userGroupName=pwlopacplus