Learn

Learn a language, upgrade your knowledge, or get help with school. Looking for guided tutorials for using these Digital Resources? Try our Niche Academy portal.

Learn a Language:

Pronunciator
Learn a new language with Pronunciator, featuring a learning system you can learn at your own pace as well as live lessons you can join. With over 80+ languages, including a wide selection of primary languages you can set as default, start a learning path towards fluency.

Transparent Language
Transparent Language Online is the most complete language-learning system for independent learners. With 100+ languages currently available, including Indigenous languages like Cree and Ojibwe, and dedicated learning path to keep track of your progress, it makes learning a language easier than ever.

Take Courses:

Gale Courses
Gale Courses offers a wide range of interactive, instructor led courses that you can take entirely online. As a library card holder in good standing, you are entitled to these courses at no cost. Courses run for six weeks and new sessions begin every month. Topics include: Accounting and Finance, Business, Computer Applications, Design and Composition, Health Care and Medical, Language and Arts, Law and Legal, Personal Development, Teaching and Education, Technology, and Writing and Publishing.

LearningExpress Library
Practice tests and tutorial courses to help you succeed with academic or licensing exams. Immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and individualized analysis of results. Includes Canadian Citizenship Practice Exams, GED Canada Practice Exams, GED U.S. Practice Exams, RPAT Practice Exam, TOEFL iBT Preparation, TOEIC Preparation and SAT Preparation.

LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning is a fantastic video-based service with online learning courses on a variety of subjects so you can learn at your own pace. Great for those looking to keep career skills up to date, personal development, and technology lovers. Popular learning paths include: becoming a web designer, becoming a motion graphics artist, becoming a music producer, and more. LinkedIn Learning also includes a number of shorter videos for people looking to quickly learn a specific skill.

For Android & iOS users: when logging into the app for the first time, you will be asked for a Library LinkedIn Learning ID which is peacelibrarysystem.

Learn Technology:

TechBoomers.com
Learn how to use the internet & popular websites through free tutorials aimed at teaching people how to use technology.

GCFLearnFree.org
Free and simple tutorials on a variety of topics, including technology & apps, writing, math, and other everyday skills.

Niche Academy
Tutorials and help guides for some of our most popular Digital Content, including Lynda.com, OverDrive/Libby, cloudLibrary, Ancestry, Cypress Resume, and more!

Get Homework Help:

SOLARO
Find homework help based on the Alberta curriculum, featuring 100% curriculum-aligned, age-appropriate lessons, activities, exercises, and quizzes with detailed solutions.