Research & Learn

Databases

ABC Mouse

[In library only] ABCmouse.com helps kids learn to read through phonics, and teaches lessons in math, social studies, art, music, and much more.

Ancestry

[In library only] Ancestry Library Edition brings the world’s most popular consumer online genealogy resource to your library. It’s an unprecedented online collection of individuals from North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and more.

Ask Here PA

Ask Here PA is Pennsylvania's new statewide live chat reference service and is a free service to all residents of Pennsylvania, offering live chat reference 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

AtoZ Food America

With thousands of recipes, hundreds of fascinating culture and ingredient articles, and essential culinary resources, Food America brings United States cuisines to you!

AtoZ Maps Online

The world's largest database of royalty-free, downloadable maps for academic use.

AtoZ the USA

Library patrons and students will find unmatched coverage of the country’s people, history, economy, geography, symbols, culture, and society.

AtoZ the World

Curious about the world? AtoZ the World has you covered. With AtoZ the World, information about world history, cultures, languages, foods, religions, and much more is just a click away. With 175 Country Culture Guides covering over 60 topics each, AtoZ the World offers a breadth and depth of content that is unmatched by any other single resource. What will you learn today?

AtoZ World Culture

With AtoZ World Culture, information about world history, cultures, languages, foods, religions, and much more is just a click away, including 174 Country Culture Guides covering more than 60 topics each.

AtoZ World Food

AtoZ World Food is the only food database that contains traditional recipes for 174 countries of the world in all course categories. Explore national and regional cuisine, daily meals, dining etiquette, special occasion foods, and food trivia.

Brainfuse HelpNow

Brainfuse HelpNow offers a comprehensive suite of online academic services designed to support many learning needs and styles. Features include Live Tutoring, Skills-Building, 24/7 Help Center, Foreign Language Lab, Writing Lab, Test Center, Flashcards, MEET, Brainwave.

Brainfuse JobNow

Brainfuse JobNow provides live interactive online help combined with online resources to guide you through the necessary tasks to get a job.

Brainfuse LearnNow

Find eLearning solutions to master professional and tech skills, with tools for all learning styles!

Fold3

Fold3 provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.

HeritageQuest

HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more.

Hoopla

Want more media? This database, open only to adult residents of Whitehall Township, offers movies, tv, music, books, comics, and more! You can get up to seven checkouts per month.

LearningExpress Library

LearningExpress Library helps libraries improve the lives of their patrons every day through a highly-acclaimed eLearning solution that provides support to students and professionals for academic skill-building, standardized test prep, career certification test prep and more.

The Morning Call

The Morning Call newspaper online, powered by NewsBank.

Niche Academy

View video tutorials to help you use the library databases and a few other websites.

NoveList K-8 Plus

This database, like NoveList (see below), helps readers find new books to read based on their likes and dislikes. This one is focused on kids' books.

NoveList Plus

NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers' advisory resource. In addition to the fiction database that NoveList has offered, NoveList Plus adds nonfiction to provide a complete solution for your readers. With NoveList Plus, you can find titles, articles, and lists for both your fiction and nonfiction needs.

OverDrive

OverDrive digital library is a digital collection of eBooks, eAudiobooks, and eMagazines that is open 24/7. Each library builds their individual digital collection from a catalog of millions of titles from over 30,000 publishers.

Note: OverDrive uses the app Libby. (If you had the old OverDrive app, please switch to Libby to keep your access to your account. It uses the same barcode and password to sign in, and you'll still have your books, holds, etc.)

POWER Library

The e-resources in POWER Library are free access to newspapers, magazines, journals, image databases, STEM resources, resources for very young readers, eBooks, and much more! Many articles are full-text.

Reference Solutions

Reference Solutions provides industry-leading business and consumer data for use by library patrons.

TeenBook Cloud

The growing collection features over 1000 titles, including student-favorite Graphic Novels, enhanced e-books with full audio narration and highlighted text, classic literature, national geographic videos, and more!

TumbleBook Library

TumbleBookLibrary Premium has over 1100 titles for grades K-6, and includes our unique animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, national geographic videos, non-fiction books, playlists, as well as books in Spanish and French. Plus, the collection features Graphic Novels - a student favorite - as well as Math Stories!