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Learning Express Library
Learning Express is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorials designed to help students and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You will get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. If you need help in school then this is perfect for you. Grades K through adult. (Create your own user name and pass word).

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POWER Library

The premium subscription online resources found on POWER Library gives you immediate and unlimited access to thousands of magazines, ebooks, car repair manuals, health information , full text articles, newspapers, , photographs (AP Images),  maps,  pictures.

How do I use the Online Resources?

All you need is an internet connection and your Library Card.  (Log in in using PL2770 + the last 4 digits on your library card). You can also visit the library and use these without a library card.

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What is Available on POWER Library?

Access Pennsylvania
Catalog holdings of 3,000 + Pennsylvania school, public, academic and special libraries are included in this online resource. Search by author, title, subject or keyword to locate over 44 million items.

AP Images
More than a million + current and historical photographs and graphics can be searched by date, place and subject. More than 800 photographs are added to the archive daily. Also contains newspaper text and audio files.


Ask Here PA
Want a professional librarian to find your answer?  We're here to help you get answers to your questions, any time and anywhere you have internet access. Unlike other expert sites on the web, there is no charge to use our free service. We'll be doing what libraries have always done best; quickly getting you the accurate, unbiased information you need. Available 24/7.


Auto Repair Reference Center  | Video Tutorial
Find auto repair and service information for most car models starting in 1954. Factory drawings and step-by-step photographs. Technical service bulletins and recall information. Wiring diagrams for easy viewing printing. Specifications, maintenance schedules and "Care & Repair Tips" with a complete troubleshooting section. Estimate repair costs before visiting the mechanic. Learn more about how your car works, visit the Auto IQ section for videos and animated demonstrations.

Awesome Stories
Awesome Stories takes the stories of history, biographies, movies, religion, and trials and links them to the actual manuscripts, paintings, historical maps, illustrations, data, and graphics that make them come alive for users. Each of the eight channels offers the stories behind the events or people. Users are encouraged to read the stories, examine the primary source material, and draw their own conclusions.

Cybersmarts
Interactive multimedia eBooks with audio narration teach children, teens and their parents how to stay safe on the internet. eBooks titles include:
Avoiding Predators Online, Playing Games Online, Protecting Your Privacy Online, Stopping Cyber bullying, Teens Stopping Cyberbullying and Using Social Networks.



eBooks by EBSCOhost
Electronic books (eBooks) are available through this link. eBooks by EBSCOhost are full text searchable and available for use on personal computers in online formats. Over 12,000 subject based non-fiction books.

GreenFILE
Focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology.

Kids Search

Kids Search provides access to books and encyclopedias, magazine and newspaper articles, and photos and video clips for KIndergarten through grades school students. Kids Search provides elementary school students with an easy-to-use, graphically-appealing interface they can use to search. Lexile limiters (reading level) are included.

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LISTA (Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts)
Bibliographic online resource that provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, online information retrieval, information management and more. LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports and proceedings. With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced online resource covering the field of information science.

MasterFILE Main Edition
Provides full text for magazines, trade publications and periodicals covering general interest subject areas including business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. Content Includes: Full text for more than 1,350 general reference resources. Full text for more than 350 reference books. Image Collection containing over 910,000 photos, maps & flags


Middle Search Main Edition
Designed specifically with middle school students in mind, this resource provides full text for popular, middle school appropriate magazines, covering a wide array of topics. All full-text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Content Includes:  Full text for thousands of  biographies and historical essays, primary source documents, image collection of over 910,000 photos, maps and flags.The content in Middle Search: Main Edition is updated on a weekly basis.Built in translation and audio reader to speak the content of articles.

 

Access News from Around the World with Newspaper Source Plus…
Providing the latest news from the leading national (U.S.) and international news sources,
Newspaper Source™ Plus contains over 1,000 leading full-text newspapers, providing users with access to millions of full-text articles. The database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers, including extensive cover-to-cover full text for many of the top-tier newspapers.

OmniFile Mega
Provides magazines with full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from thousands of sources. Articles from nearly 4,000 publications and article abstracts and indexing from 3,500 publications +.  Covers Education, General Science, Humanities, Social Sciences and Business.

OmniFile Select
Provides a 100% full-text articles from more than 2,500 publications. It is a multidisciplinary and includes: Art , Applied Science & Technology, Biological & Agricultural Index, Education, General Science, Humanities, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, Library Literature & Information Science, Readers' Guide, Social Sciences, and Business.

Primary Search: Main Edition -Written and Created for Kids.
Designed specifically with elementary school students in mind, Primary Search: Main Edition provides access to popular full-text magazines for elementary school research.  All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), this allows users to read along at their own pace. In addition to magazines, this database provides access to full-text biographies and books, as well as an Image Collection of over 910,000 photos, maps and flags.  Primary Search: Main Edition is updated weekly, and contains full-text information dating as far back as 1990.  Subjects Include: Science, Health, Math, Writing, Geography, and much more.

Readers' Guide Select
Provides 100% full-text for the most popular general-interest magazines published in the United States and Canada. Subjects Covered include: African-Americans, Aging, Astronomy, Automobiles, Biography, Business, Children, Computers, Consumer Education, Current Events, Education, Environment, Fashion, Film, Fine Arts, Food, Foreign Affairs, Health, History, Hobbies, Home, Journalism, Leisure Activities, Medicine, Music, News, Nutrition, Photography, Politics, Religion, Science, Sports, Television.

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Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals. Teacher Reference Center provides many subjects for teachers needs, including:
Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, Teacher Education