Author: Tammie Cox

The Truckee Public Library has teamed up with Nevada County’s Community Library to provide a broad range of online educational resources. This little library offers so much more than just your average book. Read on to learn about some of the fantastic options this informational hub has to offer.

College Center – Whether you are thinking of attending college for the first time, or going back for continuing education, this section is geared just for you. Here you will find information about prepping for your G.E.D., college admissions test prep, and skill-building resources for classroom and homework success. They also offer access to both college placement exams and graduate school admissions exams. Your degree is just a click away.

Career Center – Considering a new career? This section will address all the questions you may have about jumping feet first into a new job. Learn about a variety of different careers, prep for any associated exams, and sharpen your interviewing and networking skills in one easy location. Whether you strive to be a policeman or paralegal, nurse or nanny, you have all the tools you need to take your career to the next level.

Britannica School – Here you will find safe, up-to-date, age appropriate informational resource for elementary, middle, and high school students. Discover a multitude of articles, multimedia, primary sources, games and other learning resources to support student research. (Also available in Spanish)

Teaching Books – This link will take you to an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children’s and young adult books. Choose from a selection of book guides and coordinating lesson plans, review literature-based vocabulary lists, and browse award-winning books. There is even a section where your child can either customize their own reading list, or choose from pre-selected ones. If you want more visual stimulation, there are excellent video book trailers and movies where you can meet the actual author. Reading for your child will never be boring with this ideal resource.

Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) – An excellent resource for at-home learning, this links you to over 35 million images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States. One can browse by topic or even access additional information via their partnerships with hundreds of libraries across the states. Educators will love the primary source collections that allow them to explore topics in history, literature, and culture developed by other educators, complete with teaching guides for class use.

Tumblebooks – Have you already exhausted your current library of children’s books? This fantastic section allows kids to download a wide selection of ebooks they can read ranging from story books, read-alongs, videos, non-fiction, and language learning. There is even a puzzles and games section that uses pictures and sayings from current selections chosen by the library.

New York Times – The New York Times believes “that great journalism has the power to make each reader’s life richer and more fulfilling.” What better way to make this happen then keeping up-to-date on current events locally, nationally, and internationally. This link will take you directly to all that the famous newspaper has to offer on a daily basis.

RBdigital Magazines – Can’t make it down to the store or post office to pick up the latest copy of your favorite magazine? Now you don’t have to fret about delayed mail or battling long lines to get the content you are looking for. This is a direct link to over 130 copies of the most recent issues of your favorite periodical, in topics ranging from cooking and fashion, to Kanopy – Watch what you want, when you want, without the annoying commercials. Kanopy is an on-line streaming service that allows you to access thousands of films, documentaries, and T.V. shows straight from your own device. Users will enjoy unique and culturally reliable cinema in just a few clicks by using the free app available through our library. Finally, television done right.

Driving Tests – Keeping you and your loved ones safe before you hit the road is a must. The best way to do this is by taking the California DMV practice tests available on-line. They help you retain knowledge better than studying the manual alone, whether you’re preparing for your permit test, driver’s license test, or senior citizen’s refresher test. This wide range of available practice tests will ensure you are prepped and ready to get your motor running.

Adult Learning Center – Need to brush up on the basics? This section, geared towards adult education, offers busy adults the resources to improve their basic skills in reading, writing, and math, and to prepare for the U.S. Citizenship exam.

Nevada County Community Library link:

https://www.mynevadacounty.com/295/Digital-Resources

Truckee Public Library
10031 Levon Avenue
Truckee, CA 96161
(530) 582-7846

The Truckee Library, adjacent to the Joseph Government Center and Tahoe Truckee Hospital, serves the residential and business community. The library offers a variety of services including public WiFi, a computer area with Internet access, and a wide range of programming for both children and adults.

Practicing social distancing and self-isolation has unfortunately become the norm these days, and it is not always an easy task to stay at home and resist the temptation to wander outside. There is the natural longing for the great outdoors, to inhale fresh air, to sit quietly among the tall trees and grass, or gaze out over broad canyons and vast landscapes. And as tempting as it is to step out and see Mother Nature up close, many do not have the luxury of doing so without running into a neighbor, or two or five. So how do you become one with nature without compromising your own or others health?

Lucky for us, Google Arts & Culture has teamed up with five national parks in the United States so that people can enjoy the wonders of the world from the comfort of their own home. These parks, ranging from the Alaskan wilderness to the volcanic landscape of Hawaii, take us on a virtual adventure amid various environments across the country.

Below is a list of the national parks that are currently offering stunning virtual tours:

Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii: 

One of the most popular national parks in Hawai’i is now totally accessible online. Take a trip back in time and explore the lands shaped by the world’s most active volcano, and see how the islands around it are constantly changing and growing. Learn about the vibrant ecosystem that is home to many native plants, birds, and insects that are not found anywhere in the world. Take flight over an active volcano, explore a lava tube, and look out across alien-like volcanic cliffs.

https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/hawaii-volcanoes/nahuku-lava-tube-tour

Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico:

Located in southern New Mexico in the Guadalupe Mountains, this national park’s foreign and mysterious formations are millions of years in the making. It offers visitors a glimpse into an infinite number of forms and textures, and has one of the largest single cave chambers in North America. You will be able to fly with thousands of bats, explore incredible formations, and trek by headlamp through a cave.

https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/carlsbad-caverns/natural-entrance-tour

Bryce Canyon, Utah:

Come and explore the wonders of this stunning, southwestern national park, home to the largest collection of red rock pillars. Park rangers will take visitors on a journey of the fastest changing geologic landscapes on the planet that spans from daytime to nighttime. Gaze dreamily up at the night sky, ride horseback through a canyon, and see towering stone hoodos up close.

https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/bryce-canyon/sunset-point-tour

Kanai Fjords National Park, Alaska:

Take a trip up north to explore rugged mountains, gigantic glaciers and sparkling lagoons in this stunning tour of the Alaskan wilderness. Engross yourself as you rappel into a crevasse, kayak through icebergs, witness a Humpback whale breach, and watch a glacier recede through the years.

https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/kenai-fjords/exit-glacier-tour

Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida: 

This national park is located in one of the southernmost points of the United States. Explore and learn a bit of history on land and the hidden world beneath the sea. Experience diving to a shipwreck, swim through the third largest coral reef in the world, and tour a Civil War-era fort.

https://artsandculture.withgoogle.co犀利士 m/en-us/national-parks-service/dry-tortugas/near-little-africa-tour

The Coronavirus has many people stuck inside and unable to go about their everyday lives. Fortunately, Google Arts & Culture has aligned with over 2,500 museums and galleries around the world to bring virtual tours and exhibits straight to you. You no longer have to sacrifice education and culture when it is available in the comfort of your own home. Here are a few museums where you can dive into exploring via virtual tours:

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles:

The J. Paul Getty Museum features works of art dating from the eighth through the twenty-first century, showcased against a backdrop of dramatic architecture, tranquil gardens, and breathtaking views of Los Angeles. The collection includes European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European, Asian, and American photographs.

https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-j-paul-getty-museum?hl=en

Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy:

This small gallery houses the art collection of one of Florence, Italy’s most famous families, the de'Medicis. The building was designed by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 specifically for Cosimo I de'Medici.

https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/uffizi-gallery?hl=en

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.:

This famous American art museum features a variety of art from periods ranging from Baroque, Modern, Realism, and Renaissance. There are two virtual exhibits: the first showcases American fashion from 1740 to 1895, including many renderings of clothes from the colonial and Revolutionary eras. The second is a collection of works from Dutch Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer.

https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/national-gallery-of-art-washington-dc?hl=en

British Museum, London:

This iconic museum located in the heart of London allows virtual visitors to jump through time, continents and cultures, to explore and learn about some of the most fascinating objects in human history. The Museum of the World tour allows visitors to select specific objects from across diverse cultures in time, and hear curators’ insights.

https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam:

This museum houses the largest collection by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890). The permanent collection includes over 200 paintings, 200 drawings, and more than 750 letters, in addition to exhibitions on various subjects from 19th century art history.

https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/van-gogh-museum?hl=en

Musee d’Orsay, Paris:

This beautiful museum was installed in the former Orsay railway station, built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900. The building itself could be seen as the first “work of art” in the Musee d'Orsay, which displays collections of art from the period 1848 to 1914.

https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/musee-dorsay-paris?hl=en

Guggenheim Museum, New York City:

Google’s street view feature lets visitors tour and discover works of art from the Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary eras.

https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/solomon-r-guggenheim-museum-interior-streetview/jAHfbv3JGM2KaQ?hl=en&sv_lng=-73.95902634325634&sv_lat=40.78285751667664&sv_h=45.327895611409005&sv_p=1.299291794065141&sv_pid=MfnUmHRyOSzMtY3vtYU05g&sv_z=0.9645743015259166