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What is available on POWER Library?

(Resources listed alphabetically below)

 Access Pennsylvania Database - NO Library card needed for this.
Catalog holdings of almost 3,000 Pennsylvania school, public, academic and special libraries are included in this database. Search by author, title, subject or keyword to locate over 44 million items.

AP Multimedia Archive
More than 500,000 current and historical photographs and graphics can be searched by date, place and subject. More than 800 photographs are added to the archive daily.

Auto Repair Reference Center

bulletContains complete automotive repair information supplied by Nichols Publishing, publisher of the popular Chilton Repair manuals.
bulletInformation on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1954.
bulletIncludes approximately 25,000 vehicles covered from 1954 to present.
bulletOver 100,000 factory drawings and step-by-step photographs
bulletOver 60,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer
bulletWiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing.
bulletSpecifications & maintenance schedules
bulletLabor Time Guide & Estimator
bullet Quick Tips

Biography Reference Bank
Links to biographical articles on over 470,000 individuals. Full text articles, abstracts and photographs are available from periodicals, feature articles, interviews, essays, performance reviews, speeches and obituaries.

Book Index with Reviews
Provides information on over 3.8 million book titles in a wide range of formats, including large print, books on tape, etc. Fiction and non-fiction titles are included in the database, in all genres. The product contains over 800,000 full text searchable reviews from Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, CHOICE, and others.

BookSource: Nonfiction
A research database containing full text and abstracts for 1000 popular nonfiction books. Full text articles on literature, social studies, history and science are available and career, health, sports, adventure and technology information is also included.

Business Source Premier
contains over 3,600 full text business journals, magazines, books and newspapers. It also has SWOT Analysis, white papers on business issues, and helps users research items such as economic or country analyses, investigate market trends or potential, and find current competitive information or landscape analysis information. See how easy it is use by watching our short How to Search Tutorial

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Clinical Pharmacology
Provides information for all U.S. prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs.

Contemporary Authors
A guide to current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television. Biographies of these authors are included.

EBSCOhost Espaņol
A Spanish version of the EBSCOhost databases.

EBSCO Animals
Find in-depth information including the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Indexes, abstracts and full text formats are available. This database is designed for children’s interest in the world of animals.

ERIC
The Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) provides full text of 2,200 digests in addition to citations and abstracts from over 980 education or education-related journals.

Facts For Learning
The Elementary School Module teaches younger students how to ask questions, use core reference resources, understand indexes, choose research topics, search online, and read charts and graphs. The Middle School Module provides content written for students in grades 5-8 and is designed for students able to use a more sophisticated format.

Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. This encyclopedia is updated annually. You can find this also in Searchasaurus in a more user friendly format.

Grove Art Online
Provides access to the complete text of the 34-volume Dictionary of Art. Newly-commissioned articles and links to images from galleries and museums from around the world are included.

Grove Music Online
Provides access to the complete text of the 29-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and the New Grove Dictionaries of Opera and Jazz. Links are available to musical sites on the Internet; some examples use Sibelius (music notation software.)

Health Source Plus: Consumer Edition
Search for information on medicine, food and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Over 200 general health publications and more than 190 journals can be searched, including Consumer Reports on Health and Men’s Health.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Full text articles from nearly 600 medical journals are provided. Abstracts and indexing is available from nearly 850 medical journals.

History Reference Center
. . is the world's most comprehensive full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. The database features cover-to-cover full text for more than 750 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction books, including award winning titles from many top publishers. The database contains 58,000 historical documents; 43,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 12,000 historical photos and maps; and 87 hours of historical film and video.

Kids Search (for grades K-5)
Easy to use all-in-one search tool to find magazines & newspapers articles, dictionary & encyclopedia entries, and images on a wide variety of topics.

LitFinder
Search for full text poems, citations and excerpts using Poem Finder. Poet biographies, a Kids’ Korner, and the Year’s Best Poetry are included. Story Finder provides thousands of full text short stories with explanations, biographies, and more. Use Essay Finder to locate full text essays and discursive writing based on books published in the 20th century. The essays focus on humanities and social sciences and include biographies and literary criticisms.

MAS Online Plus
General interest and current events magazines are indexed and abstracted. Full text articles are available for nearly 300 publications and 400 pamphlets. Some full text reference books are also available.

MasterFILE Premier
Covering virtually every general interest subject area, this database provides full text information dating as far back as 1975. Reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and a collection of photos, maps and flags are included.

Middle Search Plus
Suggested for middle and junior high research, full text information is available from more than 150 magazines – some from as far back as 1990. All articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexile.)

netLibrary
Electronic books (eBooks) are available through this link. netLibrary eBooks are full text searchable and available for use on personal computers in online formats.

Newspaper Source
Selected full text articles are available from over 180 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources. Indexing and abstracts are available for national newspapers.

NoveList
Includes fiction authors, titles and themes. Provides suggestions of books that are similar to those of a particular author or a certain title. Expand your reading horizons with Novelist. Librarians can use this database as a readers’ advisory service to assist patrons who enjoy fiction. Teachers can use this resource for enhancement of curriculum.

NoveList K-8
Information about more than 38,000 fiction titles of interest to students in grades K-8. Full text reviews from professional journals and book talks for selected titles are available in this database. A good resource to expand student reading interest by introducing new authors or additional books in a subject area.

Oxford Reference Online
Provides information on many subjects including general reference, language and quotations, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, business and professions. Bilingual dictionaries provided in English/French, English/German, English/Spanish, and English/Italian.

Primary Search
Suggested for elementary school research, full text information is available from more than 60 magazines – some from as far back as 1990. All articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexile.)

Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, 550 full text journals are included in the collection

Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Searchasaurus
Suggested for children, this resource includes an encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches for primary and middle school grade levels, a dictionary, photos, maps and flags. A good homework resource.

SIRS Discoverer
Includes full text articles and images from over 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines and government documents. Articles are assigned a reading level – Easy, Moderate or Challenging- based on age-appropriate, educational content, interest and reading level. This database is an excellent student resource.

Student Research Center (for grades 6-12)
Easy to use all-in-one search tool to find magazines & newspapers articles, dictionary & encyclopedia entries, and images on a wide variety of topics.