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learning BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY OFFERS TOOLS FOR SUCCESS BY TRACI COX
The sun is setting on another beautiful summer, and the time has come for students to swap beach hats for thinking caps. With the new school year underway, students and parents may be looking for help to ensure good grades and a successful school year. Some may be surprised by what exists within the library’s online resources. From live, online tutoring seven days a week to eBooks that read aloud to your beginning reader, here are a few tools available at the Beaufort County Library. DISCUS DISCUS is a hub that includes dozens of resources such as Learning Express Library, Tutor.com, Ferguson’s Career
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Guidance Center, and Opposing Viewpoints. All DISCUS resources allow users to safely search for information without sifting through ads and non-educational results found in search engines. If you are prompted for a login, contact the library (beaufortcountylibrary.org/contact-us). Start your search at beaufortcountylibrary.org/discus. DISCUS is a service of the South Carolina State Library. LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY This resource is chock full of test-preparation tools and skill-building materials for elementary school students through adults. Users will find practice tests for the following exams: ACT, SAT, GED, GRE, LSAT, TOEFL iBT, Praxis, real estate,
