Feel like learning something new? The library offers access to The Great Courses in our physical collection as well as digital video access through Kanopy. (Click HERE to see what Great Courses we have available for streaming! Access to Kanopy is free with the barcode number on your library card.)
Below are just a few of the titles we have at the library. Click HERE to see the whole list!
Professor Allen C. Guelzo of Gettysburg College worked in close collaboration with the Smithsonian’s own curators of early American history to present a three-dimensional picture of the men who powered this unprecedented journey from colonies to nation and the resulting U.S. Constitution.
Designed as a chronological narrative and richly supported by images and artifacts from the Smithsonian’s unparalleled collections of historical Americana, this course takes you from the closing days of the American Revolution to the opening decades of the United States under the newly created U.S. Constitution.
Whether you want to help your child learn how to manage anger, make new friends, resolve conflicts, or gain confidence, this course provides you with practical, research-based strategies you can start using today.
Across 12 lectures, you’ll gain access to the same practical advice and actionable plans that Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore — an author and in-demand psychologist who serves on the advisory board for Parents magazine — shares with clients in her Princeton, New Jersey, practice.
Drawing from the doctor’s extensive clinical experience — as well as her personal experience as a mother of four — you’ll gain a deeper understanding of your child’s development and how to compassionately address common stumbling blocks at every stage.
In 24 lectures, this course introduces the fundamentals of investing to those new to the subject while broadening and deepening the knowledge of more experienced investors.
Taught by Professor Connel Fullenkamp, an award-winning educator from Duke University, these lectures clearly explain the various kinds of financial markets, the different kinds of investments available to you, and the pros and cons of each. Fullenkamp also shows you how to evaluate each of these in terms of your own financial situation.
In 30 highly engaging lessons, this course leads you sequentially through the core building blocks of competence in spoken Spanish.
In each lesson, you’ll get “under the hood” of the language, learning the key concepts of grammar, culture, and vocabulary that will make acquiring Spanish easier than you ever imagined. You'll also gain a rich working vocabulary that will prepare you for a wide range of everyday situations. The end of each lesson includes audio exercises that will build your pronunciation, comprehension, and conversational skills.
This course is designed to cover the curriculum of a first semester college course in Spanish. Throughout the lessons, you’ll explore how to learn a language and start communicating. Your teacher, world-class language instructor Professor Bill Worden of the University of Alabama, has refined this approach over more than 20 years, distilling the step-by-step system that works the best for adult learners.
Your guide for this course is Professor David M. Meyer of Northwestern University, an award-winning educator and a frequent user of the Hubble Space Telescope in his research on interstellar and extra-galactic gas clouds.
Professor Meyer has made Hubble images the hallmark of his popular astronomy lectures to undergraduates, amateur astronomers, and the general public, which teach fundamental concepts and recent breakthroughs through the super-sharp eye of Hubble.
For those new to astronomy, this course reviews all the background needed for a well-informed tour of the otherworldly realm investigated by Hubble. And for experienced stargazers, Meyer gives a fascinating insider's perspective on the work of the superstar of telescopes.