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Consumer Reports
Kanopy
Libby
Pennsylvannia Job Resources
Power Library - Cambridge
Universal Class

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Arts and Music
Craftsy is an online resource for all creative makers from basic instruction to advanced techniques for fabric and yarn crafts, baking, drawing, and much more.
Stream thousands of films for free, thanks to the generous support of your public library or university.
This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2020 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable from 1880-2020.
POWER library gives you access to thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more.
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, including 400 full-text nonfiction books and around 300 full-text book chapters from publishers such as Britannica, World Book, Rosen Publishing Group, Enslow, and ReferencePoint Press.
This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2000 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable from 1923-2000.
Universal Class brings libraries lifelong learning courses in over 30 subject areas, many of which offer continuing education units (CEUs).
Home School Resources
Britannica School Elementary is a comprehensive source of informational text for younger learners pre-K to grade 5.
This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2020 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable from 1880-2020.
POWER library gives you access to thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more.
This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2000 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable from 1923-2000.
Homework Help
This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2020 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable from 1880-2020.
POWER library gives you access to thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more.
This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2000 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable from 1923-2000.
Languages and Culture
This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2020 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable from 1880-2020.
POWER library gives you access to thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more.
This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2000 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable from 1923-2000.
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.
Library Services
LawDepot offers legal forms in minutes with high-quality, easy-to-use, and completely customizable legal documents and templates.
PA Online Learning is a FREE growing collection of tutorials on how to use software, social media, and library resources, such as POWER Library!
Discover job resources for Pennsylvania job seekers and employers.
Lifelong Learning
Discover the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles.
Consumer Reports is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
Craftsy is an online resource for all creative makers from basic instruction to advanced techniques for fabric and yarn crafts, baking, drawing, and much more.
This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2020 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable from 1880-2020.
PA Online Learning is a FREE growing collection of tutorials on how to use software, social media, and library resources, such as POWER Library!
This resource includes 112 titles on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and cover subjects such as business, education, fine arts, history, political science, social science, juvenile literature, and sports and recreation.
Find detailed repair guides for all types of small engines.
This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2000 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable from 1923-2000.
Universal Class brings libraries lifelong learning courses in over 30 subject areas, many of which offer continuing education units (CEUs).
Local History
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.
Newspapers and Magazines
Consumer Reports is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
Libby is an app where you can read or listen to thousands of books for free with your library card!
This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2020 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable from 1880-2020.
Explore millions of digitized photographs, documents, and newspapers from Pennsylvania's rich and varied history.
POWER library gives you access to thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more.
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, including 400 full-text nonfiction books and around 300 full-text book chapters from publishers such as Britannica, World Book, Rosen Publishing Group, Enslow, and ReferencePoint Press.
This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2000 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable from 1923-2000.
Reference and Research
Discover the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles.
Consumer Reports is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
LawDepot offers legal forms in minutes with high-quality, easy-to-use, and completely customizable legal documents and templates.
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.
This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2020 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable from 1880-2020.
Explore millions of digitized photographs, documents, and newspapers from Pennsylvania's rich and varied history.
Discover job resources for Pennsylvania job seekers and employers.
POWER library gives you access to thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more.
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, including 400 full-text nonfiction books and around 300 full-text book chapters from publishers such as Britannica, World Book, Rosen Publishing Group, Enslow, and ReferencePoint Press.
Find detailed repair guides for all types of small engines.
This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2000 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable from 1923-2000.
Video Streaming
Stream thousands of films for free, thanks to the generous support of your public library or university.
eBooks and Audiobooks
This collection includes hundreds of e-books from renowned family publisher Cricket Media. It can help build strong literacy skills in students from grades pre-K to 8 by offering digital access to award-winning, short-form fiction and nonfiction titles. This unique e-book collection explores a wide range of subjects to help young readers explore and expand their worlds.
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. Additionally, you may download selected eBooks to portable devices.
Libby is an app where you can read or listen to thousands of books for free with your library card!
POWER library gives you access to thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more.