It's now possible to search the 3 e-book collections in POWER Library (E-Book Central, EBSCO eBooks, Gale EBooks)at once. This new e-resource, E-Book Collection, includes the records of over 20,000 e-books available in EBSCO E-Books, GALE E-Books, and ProQuest E-Book Central. 

Coming soon!  We are excited to announce a pilot project that will bring e-book and audiobook OverDrive collections to POWER Library!

Approximately 11,000 e-books and 2,000 audiobooks will be added in the coming months.

Many of the titles are geared to tween and teen audiences, focusing on these subjects:

• Animals and Nature

• Biographies & Autobiographies

• Emotional Well-Being; Fiction

• Hi-Lo

• Science & Nature

• Sports & Recreation

• STEAM

• World & Culture

Provides grades 9–12 with standards-aligned content to help with papers, projects, and presentations, while empowering critical thinking and information literacy skills.  Access hundreds of thousands of topic overviews, primary sources, biographies, and critical essays on core subjects. Periodical coverage includes full-text newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from reputable sources like The Economist, The New York Times, National Geographic, Newsweek, and Popular Science.

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints supports virtually any curricular need, forming the premier online resource covering today's social issues. This cross-curricular research database supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions. 

SIRS Issues Researcher provides insight into the most-studied social issues by delivering the pros and cons from relevant, credible documents and graphics selected by trained editors and curated from over 2,000 global sources. 

AncestryClassroom provides educators with access to classroom resources, professional learning tools, and Ancestry historical record collections at no cost to help students find their personal place in history. Learn more. Use of AncestryClassroom is limited to registered schools serving students ages 3-18. 

Gale Academic OneFile Select covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences. This resource for academic research integrates the full text of publications from across the disciplines and now includes vocational/technical titles used by community college students, filling a specific need for curriculum-oriented collections.  Gale Academic OneFile Select provides indexing for more than 5,000 periodicals, more than 2,800 in full text without any embargo. The combination of full text for scholarly journals and selected general interest titles for smaller academic libraries is ideal.  eCard number:  24777620935103 

View the greatest events in world history with photographs, audio sound bites, video, and graphics, for over 185 years. Over 3,000 photos/images/sound bites/graphics added daily, including audio and visual snapshots of breaking news events, today's hot topics, great moments in news, sports and entertainment, celebrity portraits, and 20 million royalty-free stock images.   eCard number:  24777620935103 

Discover the most 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, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls.   eCard number:  24777620935103 

The Black Freedom Struggle features select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. By centering on the experiences and perspectives of African Americans, it is hoped that this collection imbues the study of Black history with a deeper understanding of the humanity of people who have pursued the quest for freedom.   eCard number:  24777620935103 

Watch videos and read books about Animals and Nature, Earth and Sky, People and Places, ABC’s and 1, 2, 3’s, Family and Community, Music and Rhyme, Adventure, and more. Enjoy read aloud with words highlighting and interactive games. Some films and books are available in Spanish too!   eCard number:  24777620935103 

Britannica School PreK - 5th is a comprehensive source of informational text for younger learners pre-K to grade 5. It includes encyclopedia articles, images, videos, and magazine articles. There is a Britannica Fundamentals section for children Pre-K through grade 2. Tools such as a world atlas, virtual tours, country comparison, etc., allow learners to explore geography and animal kingdom topics. A Britannica Fundamentals provides materials for children Pre-K through second-grade.   eCard number:  24777620935103 

Discover biographical and bibliographical information on more than 160,000 of today's most influential authors.   eCard number:  24777620935103 

This comprehensive e-resource draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.   eCard number:  24777620935103 

Fold3 provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. Original records at Fold3 help you discover and share stories about these everyday heroes, forgotten soldiers, and the families that supported them. 

This magazine covers civil rights, education, entrepreneurship, and other social topics with an African-American focus. It includes more than 800 issues providing a broad view of African-American culture from its first issue in 1945 through 2014.  This fully searchable full-text archive provides analysis on African-American business, history, politics, entertainment, fashion, and culture.   Subjects covered include: African-American culture, business, civil rights, entertainment, ethnic studies, fashion, history, and politics.  eCard number:  24777620935103

Gale Health and Wellness offers 24/7 access to full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more. Perfect for researchers at all levels, this comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices. What dietary habits are associated with developing adult-onset diabetes? Are antioxidants really effective? What new advances have been made in the treatment of HIV/ AIDS? Gale Health and Wellness is your first-stop resource for answers to these and other health-related questions.  eCard number:  24777620935103 

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.   eCard number:  24777620935103

This resource provides a significant account of the issue of slavery and its impact on American society and culture. It documents key aspects of the history of slavery in the United States, from its origins in Africa to its abolition, including materials on the slave trade, plantation life, emancipation, pro-slavery and anti-slavery arguments, religions views on slavery, and other related topics.   eCard number:  24777620935103 

This resource documents the revolution and war that created the United States Of America, from the Paris peace treaty in 1763 through the early protests in 1785 to the Paris peace treaty of 1783. The collection examines the political, social, and intellectual upheaval of the age, as well as the actual war for American independence through its eight long years of conflict.   eCard number:  24777620935103 

This resource documents the war that transformed America, ended slavery, and unified the nation around the principles of freedom. The collection examines the war and all its complexity – its causes and consequences and its leaders and common soldiers, the home front, and the military campground, and more.    eCard number:  24777620935103 

JSTOR is a highly selective digital library of academic content in many formats.  The collections include top, peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, research reports from trusted institutions, and primary sources.  Burrell students are limited to open access and free content.  We do not pay for more access.  Register for a personal account here to access more content.

Learn French words and phrases suitable for learners' age, needs, and interests.  More than 40 activities, puzzles, and songs guide to young learners through the basics, along with a cartoon "friend" who speaks the language.  eCard number:  24777620935103 

Learn Spanish words and phrases suitable for learners' age, needs, and interests.  More than 40 activities, puzzles, and songs guide to young learners through the basics, along with a cartoon "friend" who speaks the language.  eCard number:  24777620935103 

This e-resource indexes more than 700 journals in library science & technology plus books, research reports and proceedings. Coverage extends back as far as the mid-1960's.   eCard number:  24777620935103 

It is a digital record of American history and creativity that provides free and open access to maps, photographs, letters, diaries, and newspapers.  Hear personal accounts of events, listen to sound recordings, and watch historic films.

The Library of Congress's E-Resources Online is a catalog of licensed resources like databases and free resources on the web recommended by the LOC staff.  Source types include databases, e-journals, e-books, and websites.

Discover reliable and trusted information on a variety of topics to support middle school student research for government, U.S and world history, geography, literature, sciences, and social issues.  Middle School offers cross-curricular content aligned to national and state standards, and presents material organized into a highly visual and topic portal approach to quickly find answers.  eCard number:  24777620935103 

This multilingual family history research database includes billions of historical documents from 48 countries, millions of historical photos, public records, indexes, and additional resources that span the past five centuries.   eCard number:  24777620935103 

This iconic monthly publication provides unparalleled, in-depth coverage of society, cultures, nature, science, technology, travel, geography, and more -- making it an essential resource for educators and students as well as general readers. This resource include complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2020 -- every article from every issue, each fully searchable through an intuitive interface.   eCard number:  24777620935103 

Browse and read full-text newspapers from more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, plus leading titles from around the world, or search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. News also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts, and transcripts.  eCard number:  24777620935103 

Newspapers.com is an extensive database that provides online access to historical newspapers from nearly 60 locations in the U.S. and worldwide. 

Explore millions of digitized photographs, documents, and newspapers from Pennsylvania's rich and varied history. The collections are provided by libraries and other organizations across the Commonwealth.  eCard number:  24777620935103 

Perform research from hundreds of full text science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other reliable sources. View more than 280,000 high-quality science images from sources such as UPI, Getty, NASA, National Geographic and the Nature Picture Library.  eCard number:  24777620935103 

This database provides coverage in areas including history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. All newspaper, magazine, and reference book content is 100% full text, editorially-selected and indexed from over 2,200 reliable, high-quality global sources, including 400 full-text nonfiction books and around 300 full-text book chapters from publishers such as Britannica, World Book, Rosen Publishing Group, Enslow, and ReferencePoint Press.  eCard number:  24777620935103 

Find detailed repair guides for all types of small engines. Offers assistance in providing routine maintenance (tune-ups, brake service) as well as extensive repairs such as engine and transmission disassembly. Search by product type, brand, model/engine type, specific area of model/engine type and model numbers.  eCard number:  24777620935103 

This e-resource for teachers provides indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals.  eCard number:  24777620935103 

This archive presents an extensive collection of the prominent weekly news magazine dating back to its first issue in March 1923 through December 2000, presented in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format. The 4,000 issues include reports of national and international current events, politics, sports, and entertainment.   eCard number:  24777620935103 

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.  eCard number:  24777620935103 

This magazine features a broad variety of topics in current events, politics, and business, and is well known for its ranked lists of businesses and institutions. With 4,900 issues included, the Archive is valuable to researchers of 20th-century current events, politics and business, as well as those interested in the history of journalism, advertising, and popular culture.  Research areas include:  20th-century history, business, cultural studies, education, marketing/advertising, political science, sociology, and technology.  eCard number:  24777620935103