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Access World News Research

Access World News Research Collection | Provides access to over 14,000 news sources in the United States and around the world. Though not a historical collection, the general time period covered is from 1980s to the present.

Provides access to over 14,000 news sources in the United States and around the world. Though not a historical collection, the general time period covered is from 1980s to the present.

Access World News

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.

AP Newsroom >

 

Black Life in America

Black life in america | Provides “comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from earliest times to today.  Sourced from nearly 20,000 American and global newspapers from 1704 to the present, including over 400 African American newspapers.”

 

Provides “comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from earliest times to today.  Sourced from nearly 20,000 American and global newspapers from 1704 to the present, including over 400 African American newspapers.”

Black Life in America

 

 

Contemporary Authors

Contemporary Authors

Offers searchable access to current biographical and bibliographical data on more than 120,000 modern authors.

Go to Contemporary Authors

Gale In Context: High School

Gale in context high school

This e-resource provides secondary school students with access to age-appropriate content from magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, and multi-media resources that cover a wide range of subjects.

Gale in Context: High School

 

Driving Tests

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.

Take a practice test.

 

Hispanic Life in America

Hispanic Life in America |

Provides “comprehensive coverage of the Hispanic American experience from earliest times to today.  Sourced from nearly 17,500 American and global newspapers from the 1700s to the present, including over 450 Hispanic American newspapers.”

Hispanic Life in America

 

Newsbank/The Patriot News

Newsbank / Patriot News

Newsbank provides full-text access to the Harrisburg Patriot-News from 8/1/1986-present. The database provides basic and advanced searching and can be limited by date.

Go to NewsBank

 

Newspapers.com Pennsylvania edition

newspapers.com

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

 

POWER Teens

Power Teens

POWER Teens provides online resources including full-text research e-resources, collections of photographs and documents, the statewide catalog of materials held in libraries throughout Pennsylvania, and Chat with a Librarian.

Go to POWER Teens

 

Salem Online

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.

Go to Salem Online

 

Science Reference Source

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 Source

 

Transparent Language Online

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. Learn any of the 120+ languages offered.

Transparent Language Online