This database contains comprehensive content for all patrons­from elementary students to college students, from business professionals to seniors. Extensive, reliable and thorough coverage of numerous subjects provided in encyclopedia articles, dictionary and thesaurus, as well as over 29,000 images and more than 1,700 animations, audio clips, and videos.

Database includes Korean, French, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese versions of Encyclopædia Britannica. The content includes encyclopedia articles as well as photos, graphic, animations, videos, and audio clips.

Contains interactive online practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help students and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. It includes electronic books aimed at parents of children just starting school through adult. Tests range from those taken in elementary school through adult.
Note: You will need to select a user name and password to access Learning Express. From outside of the library your user name must be your Bethel Library Card barcode.

Webster's Third New International Dictionary (Unabridged) allows users to find words or phrases that appear within the different elements of a dictionary entry. One can also choose from several different types of searches to find word histories, see examples of how a word is used, or solve word puzzles.

This database offers resources in Spanish for all ages in two different interfaces, each with its own comprehensive encyclopedia for high school ages and up and Britannica Escolar Online for ages 6-12.

K-12

American School Directory

Bethel Public Schools including Continuing Education

Bethel High School Guidance department links

Connecticut Strategic School Profiles

College / University

ACT.org
     Information about the ACT college entrance exam, registration and practice tests.

Campus Tours

College Board
     Managed by the organization who administers SATs, this site provides a variety
     of searching including colleges, careers, and scholarship information. It also provides
     test dates and preparation information.

Connecticut Mentor
     Your online information & application source for Connecticut colleges & universities.

College-Scholarships.com
     An all purpose college and scholarship information site with links to scholarship
     databases, college websites and online applications, and test prep information.

Connecticut Institutions of Higher Education
     Posted by the State Board of Governors for Higher Education.

Connecticut Institutions - Programs and Fields of Study
     Posted by the State Board of Governors for Higher Education.

FAFSA on the Web
     Free application for federal student aid.

Federal School Code Search

FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page
     An extensive site where visitors register, complete a profile, and then receive
     a list of all relevant funding sources. It offers extensive information on how to apply,
     where to apply, how to calculate costs, etc.

Get-Recruited.com
     Try to make the colleges come to you!

Going2college.org
     The College Access Web site. For information about all the resources available
     in your state to help plan for a career, prepare for college and pay for college.

Peterson's Education Center
     Information from the "Peterson's Guides" is on the web, with information on how
     to write college application essays.

Princeton Review
     Counselor-O-Matic and Find-O-Rama, how to choose a school, campus life,
     admissions policies. Sections about graduate, law, business and medical schools also.

Sallie Mae
     Sallie Mae is the Student Loan Marketing Association, the major provider of loans
     to college students. It has an online course to walk visitors through the financial
     aid process. There are calculators to assist in computing college costs and loan
     applications to download.

Scholarshiphelp.org

Student Guide from the Dept. of Education
     Provided by the US Dept. of Education, this site will help determine eligibility for
     financial aid, government loans, and Pell grants.

U.S. News & World Report College Rankings
     Select a college on criteria such as location, academics, demographics and
     extracurriculars. Student editors contribute to this site.

ESL / Translation

Altavista Translations

Dave's ESL Cafe

English Exercises

Graduate Education

Become a Librarian

LSAT
     Law school admission test.

MBA.com
     Information on the GMAT exam.

Lifetime Learning

Elderhostel

Special Education

SpedNet
     With links to Disability, Fairfield County and Connecticut websites.

AbilityHub Assistive Technology Solutions

ADDA: Attention Deficit Disorder Association

Americans with Disabilities Act ADA Home Page