Family & Community

Driving-Test is a free Driver’s Ed program with the following state-specific information:

• 11 car practice tests
• 9 motorcycle practice tests
• 12 CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) practice tests
• 3 online driver’s manuals (car, motorcycle, CDL)
• An FAQ section with detailed answers to 100+ DMV-related questions.

 

INSPIRE is a collection of academic databases and other information resources that can be accessed by Indiana residents. It includes magazines, journal articles, websites, pamphlets, images, almanacs, library catalogs, practice tests, language learning software, and more.

 

Rosetta Stone, via Inspire: Recognized as a leader in technology-based language learning, Rosetta Stone offers libraries and their patrons their proven immersion method.

 

 

 

Cooking classes are held at the library, but may also be recorded and shared on Youtube. If you’d like to be able to ask questions and taste the food, check our online calendar and come to our next class. If you’d rather listen and learn from the convenience of your own home, follow a link below.

• Cook, Talk and Taste with Jen Krider on June 20, 2018: Shrimp Tacos and Salsa
• Cook, Talk and Taste with Jen Krider on February 21, 2018

Halloween is your favorite holiday, and you love to celebrate all month long! Earlier this month, your parents tried to design a haunted house inside your home, but somehow the haunting became a little too real when the ghosts Dr. Can D. Corn, Dr. Pump Kin, and Dr. Trick R. Treaters took over your house.

Now it’s the Eve of Halloween, and you are going to a haunted house on a farm near your house. Something seems puzzling as soon as you and your friends arrive…why is everything so dark? Out of the corner of your eye, you see a figure moving towards you.

“Hello humans,” says the ghost. “I am Dr. Bat Dracular, and I have “pulled the plug” on your Halloween fun.  I’m tired of all of these haunted houses. I decided to turn off all of the power and locked the key away so that no one can enjoy the haunted house this year.  See you next year.”

NO HAUNTED HOUSE? It can’t be!

You have to find that key to turn the power back on and you have to hurry before the crowds arrive for the haunted house.

Can you save Halloween?!

Access Code: ICTRW8

Fun With Robotics Reveal and Review: OSMO

Fun With Robotics Reveal and Review:  Circuits

Fun With Robotics Reveal and Review: EL10T

Fun With Robotics Reveal and Review:  Merge Cube

Fun With Robotics Summer Reading Session: 3D Pens

Fun With Robotics Reveal and Review: Logic Games

Fun With Robotics Reveal and Review: QOBO

Fun With Robotics Reveal and Review: Plugo

Fun With Robotics: 4 Years in the making!!

Fun with Robotics Reveal and Review: Miposaur and Mip

Fun with Robotics Reveal and Review: Flashdash Cube and Electronic Playground

Merck Manuals is a free website for healthcare students, healthcare professionals and consumers. The online version of this best-selling reference title contains essential information on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of medical disorders in ten languages. The website is consistently updated with the latest information and contains additional resources including multimedia content and a consumer medical dictionary. There is no registration required to use the Merck Manuals website.

 

The Merck Veterinary Manual (MVM) is a free website for veterinary professionals and pet owners.  Coverage includes all domesticated species and their diseases.

Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center from Inspire is a searchable database of resources for crafts, collectibles, indoor and outdoor recreation, performing arts, and more.

Home Improvement Reference Center from Inspire is a searchable database for home improvement projects from decorating and remodeling to electrical, plumbing, and woodworking.

Access World News from NewsBank: Find global information on topics related to business, education, the environment, health, jobs and careers, politics and government, social issues, sports, STEM and more including newspapers, videos and web-only content featuring the Post & Mail, USA Today, international sources and more. With unlimited access from all library workstations and remote access 24/7, patrons can freely search, browse, print, save and email full-text articles without a fee. If you are accessing this database from a remote location, you will be prompted to enter your library card number before proceeding.

• How to Use Access World News
• How to Use Suggested Topics

 

EBSCO eBook Collection from Inspire: A collection of over 6,000 multidisciplinary books. Topics include college and career development, health and medicine, and business and economics.

 

Hoopla provides free streaming movies, TV shows, music, and audiobooks with an account created using your green Peabody Public Library card and PIN.

 

Kanopy showcases more than 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, and world cinema. With the motto of “thoughtful entertainment,” Kanopy provides access to films of unique social and cultural value. Films can be streamed from any computer, television, mobile device or platform by downloading the Kanopy app for iOS, Android, AppleTV, Chromecast or Roku. See FAQ page for more information.

Kanopy Kids brings you thoughtful entertainment for children aged preschool and up. Parents can trust in a curated selection of educational and enriching videos on Kanopy Kids with developmentally appropriate, age-based ratings from Common Sense Media, as well as additional parental controls to keep kids safe

 

OverDrive offers downloadable eBooks, Audiobooks, eVideos and eMusic through Indiana Digital Downloads Center. Includes special collections for Kids and Teens.

Our Technology Trainer, Beth Gaff, has recorded many of her technology classes, which are available on YouTube under the channel Instructor: Beth Gaff and using the links below.