✅ Libby Access Restored: Libby now requires your library card number and PIN to log in. Your PIN is your library account password (by default, the last 4 digits of your phone number). To reset it, go to My Account and select "Forgot Password."
Early Closing: Fort Mill Library will close at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, for network maintenance.
Clover Library: Temporary hours start Sept. 28: Mon.–Thu. 10 a.m.–7 p.m. | Fri. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. | Sat. Closed
Online Learning
Get the learning tools you need for any age on computer skills, crafts, languages, and literacy; tutorials; homework help from a live tutor; and more. To access a wealth of other resources, including encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines, genealogy, career help, and more, see our list of All Resources. Access to many online resources outside the library requires a valid York County Library card.
ABCmouse is an invaluable resource for young learners ages 2–8+, with an award-winning online curriculum and 8,500+ interactive books, educational games, puzzles, and other learning activities. (For home access, click here.)
Brainfuse HelpNow is an all-in-one, 24/7 tutoring service for students and learners of all ages, offering help from real, live tutors in both English and Spanish. Features powerful tools for learning, writing assistance, and test preparation, a Language Lab for foreign language learners, a Writing Lab for submitting papers, and more.
Britannica Escolar is a unified Spanish platform for all ages that now features all content previously found in Britannica Moderna. Choose Primaria, Secundaria, or Preparatoria based on age and reading level. Includes natively written Spanish articles, along with images, videos, biographies, news, and an atlas. Provided by Discus.*
DigitalLearn.org is full of video courses that show you how to use computers, the Internet, and other technology-related resources. Each course consists of several short videos (5–25 min.), activities, and handouts. Learn at your own pace. There are also courses for technology trainers. An email address is required to use this resource.
Gale eBooks, provided by Discus, offers a database of eBooks that can be accessed anytime, anywhere and on any device, with specialized reference sources across a variety of subjects, including business, the environment, health, literature, multicultural studies, and more.
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Drama for Students, a 38-volume collection, features critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures, including discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices, and traditions, as well as cultural and historical context.
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Novels for Students, a 69-volume guide to novels from various cultures and time periods, features discussions of plot, characters, themes, critical overviews, and style, as well as the work’s cultural and historical significance.
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Poetry for Students, a 63-volume collection, features an overview, discussions, and analysis of poems from all time periods, nations, and cultures.
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Short Stories for Students, a 52-volume collection, provides synopses of the story's plot, characters and themes, author biographies, criticisms, and cultural and historical significance.
Gale Presents: Udemy offers thousands of continuously updated, on-demand videos from world-class instructors across 75+ categories in business, technology, design, and more. All courses offer a tailor-made learning experience for those who want to learn new technologies and skills for a changing workforce or further develop a personal interest. (requires a Google or Microsoft account)
Learn360 gives teachers, students, and parents access to more than 148,000 multimedia resources — including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, articles, activities, worksheets, interactives, and more — on any Internet-enabled device, anytime, anywhere.* Provided by Discus.
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LearningExpress Library is a collection of test-preparation tools, skill-building materials, and other career and life skills resources. Provided by Discus.
LearnFree covers more than 300 topics completely free, including over 6,000 lessons, 2,000 videos, and 50 interactives and games.
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Little Pim is an award-winning online language-learning system for children that provides a fun, easy way to learn and follow along with parents, with 12 languages to choose from and a proprietary method for teaching 360 words and phrases.
LOTE4Kids features thousands of multilingual, illustrated digital storybooks in more than 100 languages, frequently adding more. Each book allows kids to enjoy the magic of books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English) and comes with English translations to help them learn new languages. Download the LOTE4Kids App today!
Mango Languages is an online language-learning system for over 70 world languages, often adding more, with lessons that use conversational and grammar goals, cultural notes, intuitive pronunciation, recordable speech, and audio from native speakers.
PebbleGo Next, for students in grades 3–5, provides age-appropriate articles, read-aloud audio, videos, and activities covering earth, life, physical, and computer sciences, as well as biographies of actors, scientists, explorers, women, Native Americans, and social advocates. Provided by Discus.
PebbleGo / Pebble Go Next – eBooks is a 50-eBook collection for students in grades K–5, available for unlimited concurrent use. Readers will find fiction and non-fiction eBooks in English and Spanish, with auto-play and read-aloud features for young learners. Provided by Discus.
Science Online, a resource for middle schoolers through adults, includes brief biographies of leading computer scientists, astrophysicists, inventors, engineers, environmentalists, women scientists, astronauts, and mathematicians. Topic Centers include a series of overview articles, videos and animations, experiments, diagrams, tables and data, a topic timeline, and suggested research ideas. Provided by Discus.
Study SC is an image-rich resource for students of all ages, educators, and parents that supports the study of South Carolina-related topics, including famous people, geography, history, facts, and more. Find multimedia, primary documents, Discus resources, interactive content, subjects in the S.C. curriculum standards, and more links to quality online content. Provided by Discus.
Teach Britannica is a collection of tools and resources for teachers across all ages and subjects. The easy-to-navigate website includes Lesson Minis, Bell Ringers and Exit Tickets, Instructional Strategies, and Graphic Organizers for each Britannica resource included in Discus.
TeachingBooks offers ebooks with voice, "meet the author" videos, games, and puzzles for K–12 students. Educators can filter results based upon grade level, curricular area, cultural experience, author, year published, and special collections, and they can also create classrooms for groups. Provided by Discus.
Today's Science is a topical database that supports Advanced Placement courses and STEM programming for high school researchers and adults. Includes video news briefs and conversations with scientists. Research topic ideas are supported with vetted articles that can be read aloud, saved, shared and added to Google Classroom. Provided by Discus.
TumbleMath features the most comprehensive collection of math stories available anywhere in the TumbleBook format, complete with animation and narration and all accessible from computers or mobile devices. Provided by Discus.
ValChoice lets you estimate your South Carolina car insurance costs customized to your age, location, driving record, vehicle, etc., or your home insurance costs based on home replacement value and location. Your personal information is only used to calculate insurance price. Click here for video tutorials on using the ValChoice calculators and web apps.