Research

Academic Search Main Edition

Designed specifically for academic institutions, this tool provides scholarly content from over 2,000 full-text and peer-reviewed journals.

Black Freedom Struggle

“Black Freedom Struggle” by ProQuest features select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. 

Digital Public Library of America

Explore the DPLA’s collection of digitized resources from all across America. With exhibits, documents, photos, videos, and maps, history is alive and accessible to everyone!

Gale eBooks

Explore topic collections from 29 e-resources. Subjects include business information, communications, diversity, environment, fine arts, hospitality, military, nursing, pop culture, psychology, religion, and more.

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GreenFILE

Draw connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology with this e-resource.

HeritageHub

Explore genealogical records from 1704 – today, including hard-to-find obituary content from the mid 1900’s, coverage from all 50 states, and original obituary images from historical newspapers. Access is available 24/7.

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High School Edition (Gale in Context)

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, from science, history, and literature to political science, sports, and environmental studies.

LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts )

Review more than 700 journals in library science & technology plus books, research reports, and proceedings that date back to as far as the mid-1960’s.

Middle School (Gale in Context)

Discover trusted information to support middle school student research. Topics include government, history, geography, literature, science, and social issues.

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! Explore now and check back later to see how it grows! Selecting the link will take you to directly to PA Online Learning.

PA Photos and Documents

Explore thousands of digitized documents and photographs from unique collections in libraries across Pennsylvania.

PADigital

Showcases historical collections and resources from PA’s libraries, historical societies, museums, and cultural heritage institutions.

Power Search (Gale)

Search many of the Gale e-resources available in POWER Library in one place! Find articles and information from Academic OneFile, General OneFile, News, and more!

POWER Teens

Curated POWER Library research resources especially for teens.

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ProQuest eBook Central

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.

Teacher Reference Center

Teachers can read indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals in this e-resource.