Learning Express Library: Basic Skills Improvement Database

The “Learning Express Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.”

If you need to brush up on your math, reading and writing skills, this database offers a wide choice of materials from 4th grade to college. A student can login, create their own account, and choose a product (course, tutorial, or practice test) that they want to work on. If you are not finished, you can logout and still have that product available to you when you log back in.

The courses and tests offered cover a wide range of topics. Click on the following categories and you will be able to access the titles and topics available:

BUSINESS WRITING SUCCESS SKILLS
E-BOOKS (Citizenship, Military, Reading, Writing, Career Tools, Science, etc.)
HEALTH CAREERS (Nursing School Practice Exams)
JOB SEARCH AND SUCCESS SKILLS
Job and Career Test Preparation (ASVAB, Border Patrol, California Highway Patrol, Corrections Officer, EMT, Firefighter, Nursing Assistant, Paramedic, Police Officer)
MATH SKILLS IMPROVEMENT
NURSING (Nursing Assistant, Nursing School)
READING SKILLS IMPROVEMENT
RESUME AND INTERVIEWING SUCCESS SKILLS
SKILLS IMPROVEMENT COURSES
SKILLS IMPROVEMENT WITH SPANISH INSTRUCTIONS
TEACHING (CBEST and Praxis I)
TECHNICAL AND CAREER COLLEGE SKILLS
US CITIZENSHIP
WRITING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

Interactive Online Learning

The LearningExpress Library offers you unlimited, 24/7 access to skill–building interactive courses in math, reading, grammar and writing skills, as well as hundreds of online interactive practice tests that help prepare you for civil service positions, entrance into nursing school, preparation for the GED, and U.S. Citizenship exams.

The LearningExpress Library can be accessed from any web–enabled computer on campus, in the library, or from home. In order to take full advantage of the LearningExpress Library services, set up your own account on campus.

All practice tests include instant score reports which provide immediate feedback on how well you performed in each practice exam and complete answer explanations accompany each response so that you understand why a particular answer is correct or incorrect.

To use the LearningExpress Library and other online library resources visit our Articles and Databases webpage http://www.swccd.edu/~library/articles.htm and click on the Learning Express Library link. Select the Access Off-Campus link for information on how to access this resource from off campus locations.