How to use this resource:

• Use the search bar at the top to locate articles on your topic. 

• You can change the reading level by clicking on the 1, 2, or 3 at the top of each article. 

  • • • 1 to scan for basic info,  

      • 2 to read the article,  

      • 3  for more specific details

• Use the tabs at the top of the article to see videos and related entries.

• Click the check box on the right to create and copy a citation.

How to use this resource:

• Use the search bar at the top of the page or scroll down to search by topic

• After searching, scroll down to see the different types of resources available on your topic. 

• Reference topics will show up first, then biographies. You will find news and primary sources at the bottom. In addition to articles, there are images, videos, and audio files.

Also find:

• Controversial Issues: Over 80 issues including Alien Life and UFOs, Animal Shelters, Coral Reefs, Coronavirus, Cryptozoology, Election 2020, Fake News, Girls and Women in Sports, Honeybee Population, Prisons, Racism, School Lunches, Service and Support Animals, Student-Athlete Compensation, and Transportation.

• Animal Facts: Over 325 animal fact pages including Asian Water Buffalo, Brown Recluse Spider, Elk, Funnel Web Spider, Howler Monkey, Piranha, Quetzal, Quokka, Spider Monkey, Yak.

• Famous People: Over 200 famous people/biographies pages including Bill Clinton, Christa McAuliffe, Chuck Berry, Frida Kahlo, John Lewis, Kobe Bryant, Langston Hughes, Marion Anderson, Pele, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Greta Thunberg, Hank Aaron, Joe Biden, Joy Harjo, and Kamala Harris.

• Country Facts: 200 Country Fact pages with sections including information on population, government type, government official, agriculture, language, and holidays.

How to use this resource:

• Use the search bar at the top of the page, or scroll down to search by topic.

• After searching, scroll down to see the different types of resources available on your topic. 

• Then filter your search further by selecting a 'Source Type': newspapers, magazines, images, books, or other sources.

If you’re not sure where (or how) to start, Let Ben Be Your Guide or Chat directly with a librarian. Experienced librarians are on hand to assist. They may be able to answer your question then and there, email information later, or suggest resources to explore.

Most of the site is open for browsing, but, to use the online e-resources, you must have a library card issued by a library in Pennsylvania or you can obtain an E-Card that will allow you to access the POWER Library E-Resources.

How to use this resource:

• Power Library contains many different databases, many of which are listed above and below. If you haven't found what you need on this page, check the source!

• Use your Google SSO to access resources from home.

Find titles such as:

• Amazing Feats of Biological Engineering

• Arctic Thaw, Climate Change and the Global Race for Energy Resources

• Bioluminescence, Nature and Science at Work

• Blades of Green, Adventures in Backyard Habitats

• Climate Migrants, On the Move in a Warming World

• Drones and Flying Robots

• Fun Experiments with Light, Periscopes, Kaleidoscopes, and More

• Ocean Engineering and Designing for the Deep Sea

• Our Energy Future, Introduction to Renewable Energy and Biofuels

• Space Junk, The Dangers of Polluting Earth’s Orbit

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. 

Capturing the relevant news for a given week, the magazine remains an important resource for researchers studying just about any aspect of 20th-Century history and life. The archive is valuable to researchers and students of 20th-Century current events, politics and culture, as well as those interested in the history of business, advertising, and popular culture.

Subjects Covered Include:

• National and international news

• Current events

• Politics

• Sports

• Celebrity lifestyle

National Geographic is an essential resource for educators and students as well as general readers. This resource includes complete, unlimited access to the magazine main content through 2020 — every article from every issue, each fully searchable through an intuitive interface.

Included are the vivid photographs and historic articles as well as engaging videos and detailed maps. Explore the most recognized name in exploration and discovery, with comprehensive, relevant articles, legendary photographs, maps, and map supplements, the iconic magazine documents life on our planet and beyond, interpreting the world through the lens of personal story and experience. 

With 4,900 issues included, this 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/Economics

• Cultural studies

• Education

• Marketing/Advertising

• Political science

• Science/Technology

• Sociology

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

• Find over 20 million royalty-free stock images

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, and the significance of movements like Black Lives Matter.

The Black Freedom Struggle website presents primary source documents from several of the time periods in American History, and contains approximately 1,600 documents focused on six different phases of Black Freedom:

1. 1. Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860)

   2. The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877)

   3. Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932)

   4. The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945)

   5. The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975)

   6. The Contemporary Era (1976-2000)

The Black Freedom Struggle resource is provided complimentary by ProQuest.

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.

This digital archive provides access to a wide variety of documents – personal narratives, political speeches, sermons, plays, songs, poetic and fictional works, and more – published from the time of the transatlantic slave trade to the post-Civil War period. 

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 1765 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. A wealth of material from a European point of view is included.

The archive tells the whole story of the American Revolution – the experiences of commanders and common soldiers, women and slaves, American Indians and Loyalists are all recorded. A variety of primary source documents – personal narratives and memoirs, political pamphlets and speeches, sermons and poems, legislative journals and popular magazines, maps, and more. 

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.

Included are a variety of primary source documents – personal narratives and memoirs, pamphlets and political speeches, sermons and songs, regimental histories and photograph albums, legal treatises, and children’s books—unveiling a time when friends were enemies, and the United States was torn in half. Every aspect of the Civil War is covered: military, diplomatic, cultural, and legal history as well as special areas of study, including Southern history, African American history, medical history, technology history, and more. 

Content Includes:

1. • More than 19.4 billion historical records from all over the world

   • The U.S. federal census (1790-1950) with images

   • The U.K. census (1841-1901) with images

   • Nearly 5 billion exclusive family tree profiles from MyHeritage and Geni

   • More than 816 million US public records

   • Hundreds of millions of Nordic records

   • More than 100 million gravestone photos

   • More than 500 million historical photographs

   • Military records, immigration records and passenger lists

   • Citizenship and naturalization records

   • Directories, guides, references, biographies and yearbooks

   • Government, land and court records

   • Wills and probate records

   • Exclusive databases

   • Additional content under license including Tributes obituaries, WikiTree, BillionGraves, Canadian Headstones and many others

   • More than 100 million records added every month

1. • Includes more than 150 leading magazines/journals, including The Economist, Harper’s Magazine, The News Statesman, and The Spectator

   • Titles with coverage from 1970 to present

   • Full-text access to The New York Times from 1985 to present

   • More than 1,600 newspapers, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Christian Science Monitor, The Financial Times (London), The Times (London), and USA Today

   • Almost 400 newswires, including Al Jazeera America, AP Online, PR Newswire, United Press International, and CNN Wire in both English and Spanish

   • No embargo for 94% of titles

   • Over 195 million articles

The collections are provided by libraries and other organizations across the Commonwealth, and include collections covering subjects such as:

1. • Art & Architecture

   • Church & Missionary History

   • Genealogy

   • Newspapers

   • PA Civil War History

   • Postcards

   • School and College History

   • Women’s History

   • Yearbooks

   • You’ll be amazed by what you find!