Library offers free, unlimited access to practice tests online

Taking practice tests to help reach school and career goals used to be expensive and inconvenient. Now it's free and accessible at the local library or from home.

People can visit any one of the six Riverside Regional Library branches located throughout this area, log onto a computer and begin preparing for tests such as the ACT, SAT, GED and ASVAB, or exams for firefighters, police officers, paramedics or EMTs. There are also practice tests available for real estate, cosmetology and civil service careers, U.S. citizenship, reading, writing, math, grammar skills and more.

A Riverside Regional Library card makes it possible to log onto the Internet and make use of this new service from a home computer by visiting www.showme. net/rrl and clicking on the LearningExpress icon.

Riverside Regional Library has made these tests available for its patrons by subscribing to www.LearningExpressLibrary.com, an interactive and comprehensive Web site that features more than 300 online practice tests and courses for students and adults of all ages.

All LearningExpress tests provide high-quality assessment. Test takers get immediate scoring and detailed explanations of all answers. Text results also indicate areas that may require additional practice and include recommendations for free online tutorial courses.

To find out more about this new service, call or stop by any of the Riverside Regional Library branches. Branch libraries are in Jackson at 204 S, Union St., 243-8141; in Perryville at 800 City Park Drive, (573) 547-6508; in Altenburg at 66 Poplar St., (573) 824-5267; in Scott City at 2016 Main St., (573) 264-2413; in Benton on U.S. 61, (573) 545-3581; and in Oran at 120 Mountain St., (573) 262-3745.

Riverside Regional Library's Web site at www.showme.net/rrl also lists the facility's entire library catalog, new books and videos, links, and other information about the library.