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Public Resources

  • The POWER Library
    Offered as a service of Pennsylvania's public libraries, school libraries and the State Library, the service allows readers to access thousands of full-text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more. Materials of interest in most subject areas for all age groups from young children to adults can be easily found. Accessible databases cover subject areas such as Art/Music, Auto Repair, Biography, Business, Children's Resources, Education, Find A Book, General Reference, Health/Science, Literature, Newspapers and Magazines. The POWER Library is available on the LCDS network during school hours. Some of the databases can be accessed from your home by linking to your local public library.

    *Unfortunately, you cannot access PowerLibrary off-campus. However, you can if you have a public library card! :)
  • International Children's Digital Library
    The International Children's Digital Library has over 4,643 books in 61 languages. Through an agreement with the various countries, publishers and authors, these titles are available for anyone to access for free. Readers can view books complete with illustrations and text as well as the option to have them read aloud. The ICDL Foundation's goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world.  Ultimately, the Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature from the world community.

Subscription Databases

  • Britannica School (Encyclopedia Britannica Online)
    Encyclopedia Britannica Online provides access to four complete encyclopedias.  In addition, Britannica also features thousands of magazine and journal articles from EBSCO, which includes videos, multimedia, interactive lessons, and thousands of images and illustrations that help bring subjects to life.
  • DiscoveryED
    Through Discovery Education, students create amazing digital poster boards where they post videos, text, and images of content skill sets learned in the classroom K-12 aligned to the standards. DicoveryED Streaming is a high-quality digital video-on-demand library that provides thousands of full videos, images, clip art, interactive, and many other teacher resources. Teachers will enjoy using the creation tools including Board Builder, Assignment Builder, and Writing Prompt Builder.
  • EBSCO: Academic Search Premier
    Academic Search Premier includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 6,136 active global OA journals. Once validated and certified for inclusion, these OA journals are treated with high-quality subject indexing and sophisticated, precise/accurate full-text linking.
  • EBSCO: Explora
    The Explora experience for schools and public libraries ensures that students, educators and library patrons can quickly find the reliable information they need to complete homework and research projects, deliver robust school curriculum, achieve their professional goals and satisfy their intellectual curiosity. Explora offers the following and more:
    • Simple search that quickly delivers relevant results including articles, e-books, essays and primary source documents
    • High-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers, recognized by library professionals and selected for use in a school environment
    • Carefully curated topic categories that provide users with a visual entry point to browse popular research topics and subject areas.
    • Topic overviews that provide students a starting point for research
    • Powerful filters for narrowing search results by source type, date range, Lexile range and content provider
    • A colorful, mobile-friendly design with featured content areas to engage students

    Each topic category brings the user to a Topic Explorer page that lets them dig in and discover topics more serendipitously. Each category breaks down into popular, colloquial or curriculum-based subtopics that are logical for all users and friendlier to younger or novice researchers.

    Clicking on the subtopic brings the user to the Topic Page, a unique, dynamic page that includes:
    • Topic Overview article
    • Other available subtopic categories
    • Related Topic Overview articles
    • A sample of search results on the selected topic (with option to view all results)
    • A carousel of relevant e-books (if available)
  • EBSCO: History Reference Center
    Covering topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century, History Reference Center is a research database containing full-text journals, magazines, reference books and thousands of primary source documents.
  • EBSCO: Science Reference Center
    Science Reference Center provides full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, reference books and high-quality videos. The database also contains science experiments, curriculum-aligned lesson plans, and a vast image collection.
  • EBSCO: Ultra Online Package
    Ultra Online Package includes six databases to support high school student research and classroom instruction:
    • MAS Ultra — School Edition
    • Newspaper Source
    • Health Source: Consumer Edition
    • TOPICsearch
    • Professional Development Collection
    • ERIC

    In addition to full-text magazines, journals, newspapers, and e-books, Ultra Online Package includes:
    • 55,000+ primary source documents
    • 77,000+ videos from the Associated Press
    • 62,000+ biographies
    • 2 million+ photos, illustrations, maps and flags
  • JSTOR
    New as of 2022: You may now search ArtSTOR images in the JSTOR database!

    JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

    We help you explore a wide range of scholarly content through a powerful research and teaching platform. We collaborate with the academic community to help libraries connect students and faculty to vital content while lowering costs and increasing shelf space, provide independent researchers with free and low-cost access to scholarship, and help publishers reach new audiences and preserve their content for future generations.
  • New York Times
    To activate your Pass, please follow these steps:

    • Visit nytimes.com/passes.   Create a free NYTimes.com account using your school email address with the approved domain.  If you already have a NYTimes.com account associated with such email address, log in with those credentials.
    • Check your email inbox for our confirmation message.  Click on the link in your confirmation message to validate your email address and claim your Pass.  If the confirmation email didn’t arrive, check your spam folder. If it isn’t there, send an email to schools@nytimes.com from your school email address to request confirmation.
    • You have successfully claimed a Pass when you see the Start Your Access screen.  Now you can enjoy access to NYTimes.com, INYT.com and NYT mobile apps from any location, on or off campus, just by logging into your NYTimes.com account. You may download NYTimes mobile apps at nytimes.com/mobile.
     
    HINT: Remain logged into your NYTimes.com account to have seamless access to NYTimes.com and our mobile apps for the duration of your Pass. Visit nytimes.com/passes to view your Pass expiration timestamp at any time.
  • PebbleGo
    PebbleGo offers four databases that are some of the best resources for introducing the research process to beginning readers. These research databases contain hundreds of articles each. Features include hundreds of text articles, audio and video components, leveled text, educational games and a wonderful read-aloud capability. There are also basic assessment tools to check student learning and lesson plans for teachers. This Web 2.0 teaching tool site is designed by Capstone Publishers for grades Kindergarten through 3rd grades. Databases that are available are Animals, Earth and Space, Biographies and Social Studies.
  • Teaching Books
    One easy-to-use website, TeachingBooks makes instantly available original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of professional book readings, study guides to thousands of titles and a wealth of multimedia resources on children's and young adult literature.

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