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Adult Education

GCFLearnFree.org is a free online educational website focusing on technology, job training, reading, and math skills.

JigZone teaches you how to drag and drop with a mouse by putting together online jigsaw puzzles.

Microsoft Office Training Center provides free, self-paced courses on programs like Excel, Word, PowerPoint and more.

MouseProgram.com presents tutorials for practicing and developing your mouse skills.

Mousercise offers computer fundamentals and teaches you how to use a mouse.

Templates to help you create your resume and cover letter using Microsoft Word.

Touch Typing Study helps you learn, practice and improve your typing speed and accuracy, all for free.

Typeracer helps you increase your typing speed while racing against others.

Typing.com offers a free, online typing course, accessible anywhere straight from your web browser. Free registration required to track your progress.

Arts and Music

Use your library card to access thousands of movies and feature films! Available to stream instantly on your smartphone, desktop, tablet, and other popular streaming devices.

Homework Help

Get live one-on-one help with a tutor! Also includes an Adult Learning Center with resources to learn digital literacy, GED help, and US Citizenship resources.

Microsoft Office Training Center provides free, self-paced courses on programs like Excel, Word, PowerPoint and more.

Languages and Culture

Learn a new language today! Free with a library card. Use Mango languages on your desktop, tablet, or smartphone.

Local History

Border Heritage is comprised of three major library collections – Southwest (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, states of Chihuahua and Sonora in northern Mexico), RAZA (Mexican-American collection), and Genealogy (family history) – and includes the library’s archives and special collections. Historic photographs, maps, architectural drawings, documents, newspapers and books are all held within our collections.

Archives, photos, journals, documents, and books about El Paso County.

Archives, resources, and articles of the History of San Elizario.

Descriptions of archives, manuscripts, and museum collections in repositories across the state available to the public.

Archeological archives, documents, journals, about the prehistory of Texas.

Electronic records collections of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Educational material, books, material, and conferences.

Newspapers and Magazines

Enjoy free digital magazines with your library card!

Reference and Research

GCFLearnFree.org is a free online educational website focusing on technology, job training, reading, and math skills.

JigZone teaches you how to drag and drop with a mouse by putting together online jigsaw puzzles.

Microsoft Office Training Center provides free, self-paced courses on programs like Excel, Word, PowerPoint and more.

MouseProgram.com presents tutorials for practicing and developing your mouse skills.

Mousercise offers computer fundamentals and teaches you how to use a mouse.

Templates to help you create your resume and cover letter using Microsoft Word.

Touch Typing Study helps you learn, practice and improve your typing speed and accuracy, all for free.

Typeracer helps you increase your typing speed while racing against others.

Typing.com offers a free, online typing course, accessible anywhere straight from your web browser. Free registration required to track your progress.

Video Streaming

On Hoopla digital, you can access free eBooks, audiobooks, comics, music, movies and TV with your library card!

Use your library card to access thousands of movies and feature films! Available to stream instantly on your smartphone, desktop, tablet, and other popular streaming devices.

eBooks and Audiobooks

Access a variety of ebooks and eaudiobooks from the newest, most popular to classics. All free with your library card.

Read all the comics! With Comics Plus®, you have free, unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from a variety of library-friendly publishers.

On Hoopla digital, you can access free eBooks, audiobooks, comics, music, movies and TV with your library card!