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READING

The Adult Literacy Room (ALM)

The Adult Literacy Room is located on the 3rd floor in the Reference Department.  A CD player can be found there for people who want to read along with an audio book.  Some of the print materials that are available in the Adult Literacy Room include:

Across the U.S.: State-By-State Reading and Language Activities
ALM/428.2/STE

At Work in the U.S.: Readings and Language for Job Success
ALM/650.14/JAB

The English You Need for the Office: A Picture Process Vocabulary
ALM/650/DEA

Higgs’ Phonics
ALM/NF/372.465/HIG

English as a Second Language Oral Assessment (ESLOA)
ALM/NF/428.24/SHA

Reading/Speaking Skills ( Regular Stacks)

Ten Steps to Improve College Reading Skills
378.198/LAN

The PhotoReading Whole Mind System
428.43/SCH

Skills for Learning English ( Regular Stacks and ALM)

ESL Beginner: English as a Second Language Made Nice and Easy!
428.24/ESL

Achieving Competency in English: A Life Skills Approach  
ALM/428.24/PRI

Ingles para Conversar  
SP/428.3461/ING

ARITHMETIC

The Adult Literacy Room (ALM)

Adult Literacy is not only about possessing the necessary skills for reading, but is also about being proficient in arithmetic, reasoning, and problem solving.  Here are some resources on that topic:

Dividing Whole Numbers
ALM/513/BRE

Word Problems in Algebra
ALM/513/BRE

Math Stories: Fractions, Decimals, Percents
ALM/513/SCI

Math Skills (Regular Stacks)

Math and Vocabulary for Civil Service Exams
513.076/MAT

Whole Numbers and Money
513.21/PHI

Measurement and Data Analysis
530.8/MIT

Express Review Guides: Basic Math and Pre-Algebra
510/EXP

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS

VocabuLearn Spanish/Ingles  
CASSETTE/LANGUAGE/SPA

Improve Your English: The Practice and Improve Method  
CASSETTE/LANGUAGE/ENG

Spanish Complete: Ingles Completo  
CD/LANGUAGE/SPA

DATABASES AND WEBSITES

Nimble Fingers
A website designed to help people to improve their keyboarding skills.

Microsoft Office Online Training
A guide to using Microsoft Word, including how to move text, change the formatting, and create numbered lists.

GFC Learn Free.org
Free computer tutorials, including ones on Microsoft Office. For free tutorials in Spanish, click here.

Learn the Net-Web Browser
How to use a web browser.

Learn the Net-Search Engines
How to use search engines like Google.

Learn the Net-Harness E-mail
How to set up an e-mail account.

For more online links on literacy, please take a look at the Information Age Consultants website.

You may also want to visit Live Mocha, a website that is devoted to aiding people in learning a foreign language.

To the Adult Services webpage