As a Los Angeles public library card holder, you have access to online learning resources, including classes and tutorials, to further your educational goals. Gaining new vocational skills or discovering your newest hobby is easier than ever with our on-demand and streaming video resources. Fortunately, we have a variety of ways to access this educational and instructional content at no cost, just with your Los Angeles Public Library Card. Here are just a few of our newer opportunities.
Udemy
The online learning platform Gale Presents: Udemy provides instruction for adults who want to learn skills for a new job, advance in their current profession, or deepen a personal interest. With Gale Presents: Udemy, you can connect to thousands of video-based courses in business, technology, leadership, and personal development—and more than 15,000 courses are taught by instructors in their native language (Arabic, German, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish plus nine additional languages). Los Angeles Public Library cardholders can gain full access to this resource anytime and anywhere.
ArtistWorks via Libby
Access complimentary music video lessons with your library card via ArtistWorks; you can access this resource via the Libby app under "Extras." ArtistWorks has a massive video lesson library covering everything from fundamentals to advanced techniques, with key learning strategies presented at every step. From guitar to piano, banjo, ukulele, and beyond, our virtuoso faculty offers high-caliber instruction to teach you how to play. ArtistWorks music lessons online are accessible anywhere, from any device!
LearningExpress
LearningExpress Library is an easy-to-use online test prep resource that helps people improve their core academic skills, earn a high school equivalency, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, change careers, become a U.S. citizen, and much more. LearningExpress Library contains practice tests, interactive tutorials, microlessons, e-books, articles, and flashcards.