Research
Find answers to your questions -- from medical information to homework help -- using our online databases. Instead of searching the Internet being unsure about the source of the information, use The Library's resources to get accurate information quickly and easily.
tutor.com
Tutor.com provides on-demand tutoring, homework help, test preparation and writing assistance for students in grades K-Adult in over 60 subjects. No appointment is necessary! Tutors are available 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm. You can also use their drop-off reviews, practice quizzes, video lessons, and The Princeton Review® SAT®/ACT® Essentials for self-study, 24/7.
Newsbank / The Patriot-News
For full-text searching from 8/1/1986 to present, choose the first option listed. For a full-color Image edition of the Patriot-News that offers a virtual experience of viewing the print newspaper, including classifieds, job listings, obituaries and advertisements, from late 2018 to present, choose the second option listed.
Weiss Financial Ratings
The Weiss Financial Rating Series provides:
⦁ Details on stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and exchange traded funds.
⦁ Strength ratings for banks, credit unions, and insurance companies
⦁ Information about Medicare Supplemental insurance – specifically Medigap – with comparisons on rates and plan benefits
⦁ Links to e-book titles on Financial topics of all kinds, such as:
⦁ Consumer Guides
⦁ Planning for the Future
⦁ How to Become an Investor
⦁ Financial Literacy Basics
⦁ Articles from Weiss Ratings on timely investment, banking, and insurance topics.
EBSCOhost Web
Simultaneously search a variety of EBSCO databases. Contains millions of articles, abstracts, and indexes for over 3,000 publications.
Journal and Information Access, full text
Reference USA
Data Axle is a robust tool that offers up-to-date data for business and residential information plus mapping and visualization features. Locate companies, find jobs and business opportunities, track down addresses and phone numbers, research market trends, and assemble data for business-related analysis.
Data Axle | Reference Solutions
AP Newsroom
AP Newsroom is AP Images with a new, mobile-friendly delivery platform that allows users to easily search, preview and download the latest Associated Press content. The content, produced by the AP’s network of award-winning journalists and curated by its editors, includes top news stories, photos, audio clips and print graphics.
Driving Tests
Driving-Tests.org is a free resource that provides driver educational resources through the use of practice exams. Practice exams are included for those seeking a license for driving a car, motorcycle, or commercial driving.
Newspapers.com Pennsylvania edition
Provides full runs and portions of runs of many current and older/historic Pennsylvania newspapers, some from as far back as the 1700s up to the 2000s. Enjoy viewing a newspaper as it originally looked, since each page is fully scanned.
Newspapers.com Pennsylvania edition
NoveList Plus
Find your next great read! Search by authors and titles you like, track series, read reviews and more.
Book information and recommendations
Contemporary Authors
Offers searchable access to current biographical and bibliographical data on more than 120,000 modern authors.
Salem Online
Searchable online database of reference titles developed by Salem Press. Online full text content includes Salem's subjects: health, history, literature and science fields. Includes indexes, illustrations, maps, recommended websites and primary documents.
Power Kids
Power Kids offers access to the POWER Library resources offered to children, as well as quick links to other POWER Library tools students will find useful.
Medline Plus
MedlinePlus directs you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus also contains extensive information about drugs and supplements, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive tutorials, the latest health news, and surgery videos.
Science Reference Center
Comprehensive research database that provides full-text science-oriented content, including hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources. Designed to meet every student’s science research needs, with articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards.
Go to Science Reference Center
Auto Repair Source
Provides accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles. All content comes from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and includes step-by-step repair information, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls, and more. From the automotive experts at MOTOR.
Power Library Network
E-Resources provides access to thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, and reference materials for people of all ages. The POWER Library is a service of Pennsylvania’s public libraries, school libraries, and the State Library.
Mango Languages
Learn a new language with this interactive database that provides step by step lesson plans for over 70 different languages. This database also features English lessons for over 20 native tongues. A text translator is provided. First time users must create a profile in order to access the resource.
Health & Wellness
Discover reliable health information through access to full-text articles of nursing and allied health journals, pamphlets, newsletters, periodicals, newspapers, encyclopedias, and more.