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  • Academic Search Main Edition: Discover full-text scholarly content for major college courses.
  • Access Pennsylvania Catalog: Search a single catalog reflecting the holdings of over 1,500 Pennsylvania libraries and their combined collections of over 41 million books, audio materials, reference materials, movies, and much more.
  • AP Newsroom: View the greatest events in world history with photographs, audio sound bites, video, and graphics, for over 185 years.
  • Auto Repair Source: Discover the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles.
  • Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: This features select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history.
  • BookFLIX: Watch videos and read books. Enjoy read-aloud with words highlighting and interactive games.
  • Britannica School Elementary: This is a comprehensive source of information for younger learners (PreK to Grade 5). It includes encyclopedia articles, images, videos, and magazine articles.
  • Chat with a Librarian: In this 24/7 virtual reference service, experienced librarians help Pennsylvanians find factual answers and provide them with research guidance.
  • Contemporary Authors: Discover biographical and bibliographical information on more than 160,000 of today's most influential authors.
  • EBSCO E-Books: Select from over 16,000 eBooks from the world's leading publishers across all major subject areas. Perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online.
  • Elementary: Elementary students in kindergarten through grade five will find age-appropriate content covering a broad range of educational topics such as animals, arts, geography, health, literature, people, social studies, technology, etc.
  • Gale E-Books: Explore encyclopedias and specialized reference sources on a variety of topics from history, government, environment, math, and more!
  • GreenFILE: This comprehensive e-resource draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
  • High School: Secondary school students will have access to age-appropriate content from magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, and engaging multi-media covering a wide range of subjects.
  • Introduction to U.S. History: The American Revolution: This resource documents the revolution and war that created the United States Of America, from the Paris peace treaty in 1763 through the early protests in 1765 to the Paris peace treaty of 1783.
  • Introduction to U.S. History: The Civil War: This resource documents the war that transformed America, ended slavery, and unified the nation around the principles of freedom.
  • Introduction to U.S. History: Slavery in America: This resource provides a significant account of the issue of slavery and its impact on American society and culture.
  • Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts: LISTA provides indexing and abstracting for hundreds of key journals, books, research reports.
  • Middle School: Discover reliable and trusted information on a variety of topics to support middle school student research.
  • MyHeritage Library Edition: This multilingual family history research database includes billions of historical documents from 48 countries, millions of historical photos, public records, indexes, and additional resources that span the past five centuries.
  • National Geographic Magazine Archive 1888-2020: This iconic monthly publication provides unparalleled, in-depth coverage of society, cultures, nature, science, technology, travel, geography, and more -- making it an essential resource for educators and students as well as general readers.
  • News: Browse and read full-text newspapers from more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers.
  • PA Online Learning: PA Online Learning is a FREE growing collection of tutorials on how to use software, social media, and library resources, such as POWER Library!
  • PA Photos and Documents: Explore millions of digitized photographs, documents, and newspapers from Pennsylvania's rich and varied history.
  • Pennsylvania Job Resources: Discover job resources for Pennsylvania job seekers and employers. These Pennsylvania government provided resources are designed to help you find a good career, review job openings, and match you with employers.
  • ProQuest E-Book Central: This resource includes 112 titles.
  • Science Reference Center: Perform research from hundreds of full text science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other reliable sources.
  • Science Reference eBook Collection: Perform research from hundreds of full text science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other reliable sources.
  • SIRS Discoverer: This database provides coverage in areas including history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. All newspaper, magazine, and reference book content is 100% full text, editorially-selected and indexed from over 2,200 reliable, high-quality global sources.
  • Small Engine Repair Reference Center: Find detailed repair guides for all types of small engines.
  • Teacher Reference Center: This e-resource for teachers provides indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals.
  • Time Magazine Archive 1923-2000: This archive presents an extensive collection of the prominent weekly news magazine dating back to its first issue in March 1923 through December 2000.
  • Transparent Language Online: Whether you're a true language-learning beginner, dusting off your old high school Spanish, or eager to tackle your tenth language, Transparent Language Online will help you get started and stick with it.
  • TrueFLIX: Learn about people, places, nature, history, and science from videos and eBooks.