This database offers access to rare digitized collections from institutions around Pennsylvania. The content of these collections is Pennsylvania focused ranging from geology to genealogy. Locally, collections from the University of Scranton are included.

Have you ever wondered whether the website you're using is any good? Look no further! This database offers access to thousands professionally selected and cataloged websites. To search, click on the Modify Search button and then select Web Site on the Material Type drow-down menu.

Offers basic reference sources in a wide variety of subject areas.

Provides content pertaining to a wide variety of medical topics from mainstream as well as alternative perspectives. Also available in Spanish.

Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on modern writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama.

ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources, and now contains links to more than 100,000 full text documents.

The most comprehensive full text history database for college research.

LISTA, or Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, covers all subjects from the field of library and information science.

An e-mail subscription service that recommends new fiction and nonfiction books on a weekly basis. For librarians, it is a good collection development tool.

A guide to fiction for readers of all ages.

A guide to fiction for younger readers.

Provides full text articles from a highly specialized collection of education journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles.

The Spanish version of Consumer Health Complete, this database offers content pertaining to a wide variety of medical topics from mainstream as well as alternative perspectives.

Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

Choose the type of library you would like to search, and then perform Keyword searches to search the thousands of items held by the hundreds of Access PA member libraries. These searches cover the entire state of Pennsylvania.

Choose a county, then choose the type of library you would like to search, and then perform Keyword searches to find the items held by Access PA member libraries near you.

This resource is so useful we just had to list it here. As described on the website itself "The POWER Library allows you to access thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more. You will find materials of interest in most subject areas for all age groups from young children to adults."

Once you have a public library card, please click on the link to the left and choose the county of your home library. From there, you will be prompted to choose the link to this library that issued you your card. Clicking on the name of that library will take you to your home library's home page. Once there, click on the POWER Library icon and enter your public library barcode number (usually found on the back side of the library card) in the box offered. This will take you to the main web page where you may access the resources described.

PLEASE NOTE: You must use a public library card in order to access this very useful resource. If you do not have one, please visit your local public library to obtain one.