General Reference

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Access PA POWER Library		Remote Access
Pennsylvania Online World of Electronic Resources, access to 35 of the databases listed here, including Ebscohost, Grove Art, Grove Music, Litfinder and many more!
DartClix		Remote Access
Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites.
Expanded Academic		Remote Access
Full-text articles and citations on all topics, from accounting to zoology.
Facts for Learning		Remote Access
A variety of reference sources for elementary and middle school students including magazines, timelines, and almanacs.
MAS Online Plus		Remote Access
Full text coverage provided for general interest and current events magazines.
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)		Remote Access
Full text coverage of the most popular magazines and journals. Also includes many reference books, photographs and maps.
Middle Search Plus		Remote Access
Search for articles from more than 150 magazines for middle school aged children.
Newspaper Source		Remote Access
Provides selected full-text coverage for more than 240 newspapers and other sources.
Oxford Reference Online		Remote Access
Definitions and translations from over 100 full-text dictionaries on foreign languages, art, history, literature, science, and more.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette(News Bank)		Remote Access
Complete full-text content of local and regional news, 1990-present.
SIRS Discoverer		Remote Access
Full-text articles and graphics from newspapers and magazines for elementary and middle school students.
Student Research Center (6-12)		Remote Access
All-in-one search tool to find magazine & newspaper articles, encyclopedia entries, primary sources and images on a wide variety of topics.

Art &Antiques

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Grove Dictionary of Art		Remote Access
Encyclopedia of art, architecture & design.

Other Resources

Kovels
Kovels is an established print publisher of information about antiques. This website surveys antiques and collectibles and includes recent values for items. An online newsletter and other resources are available. A free registration process is required to obtain item prices.

Auto Information

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Auto Repair Reference Center		Remote Access
Detailed and diagrammed automotive repair and maintenance information covering most major manufacturers.

Other Resources

Kelly Blue Book
Kelley Blue Book, the country’s largest vehicle valuation company, has made the term “blue book value” synonymous with a vehicle’s market vehicle value. Their website contains new and used vehicle pricing and information. Mobile homes, RVs, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and personal watercrafts are also included.

Biography & Genealogy

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Ancestry Library		In Library Use Only
A comprehensive source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research.
Biography Reference Bank		Remote Access
Contains full text biographical articles from hundreds of reference sources. Includes citations for magazine articles (some are available in full text).
Biography Resource Center		Remote Access
Comprehensive database of biographical information. Includes full text biographical articles from many popular magazines.
Contemporary Authors		Remote Access
Biographical and critical articles on current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television.
DartClix		Remote Access
Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites.
Literature Resource Center		Remote Access
Author information, literary criticism and plot summaries for authors from every age and literary discipline.
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)		Remote Access
Full text coverage of the most popular magazines and journals. Also includes many reference books, photographs and maps.

Other Resources

Cyndi’s List
A genealogy website that indexes thousands of Internet resources. Categories such as official records, research and reference tools, ethnic groups, religions and more are organized for ease in searching.
FamilySearch
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provides genealogy information free of charge. A research guidance service on the site is an interactive wizard that offers detailed help. Research guides are also available to read, and in many cases, to download.

Books & Reading

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Access Pennsylvania Database		Remote Access
Shared catalog for materials owned by most PA libraries.
Book Source: Nonfiction		Remote Access
Full text and summaries of nonfiction books covering social studies, science & other research topics.
Bookflix		Remote Access
Read or listen to a book online.
DartClix		Remote Access
Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites.
netLibrary		Remote Access
For Remote Access you must create an account on netlibrary.com from within the library. Full text electronic books.
NoveList		Remote Access
Fiction database that helps you find books by subject, read reviews & annotations, get discussion guides and much, much more.
NoveList K-8		Remote Access
Use the title of your favorite books or your favorite author to find similar books.
NoveList K-8 Plus		Remote Access
Includes over 50,000 nonfiction titles in addition to the 160,000 fiction titles.
NoveList Plus		Remote Access
Includes over 50,000 nonfiction titles in addition to the 160,000 fiction titles and Pearl's Picks.

Other Resources

Amazon
Online marketplace which offers books, movies, music, house wares, clothing and more. User reviews of items are often listed.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress website is a vast resource for information of all kinds and provides access to the online catalog of the Library of Congress. Worldcat is the world’s largest network of library content and services. Users can search the Worldcat library catalog which contains the collections of libraries throughout the world. Research articles and digital items can be directly viewed and downloaded. There are links to “Ask a Librarian” and other services.

Business

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Business & Company Resource Center		Remote Access
Company profiles, industry descriptions, association information, investment reports, full-text articles and citations.
Business Source Premier		Remote Access
Full text articles with an international scope on such topics as accounting, management, marketing, economics, finance, and international business.
DartClix		Remote Access
Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites.
MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost)		Remote Access
Full text coverage of the most popular magazines and journals. Also includes many reference books, photographs and maps.
Morningstar Investment Research Center		Remote Access
Contains mutual fund and stock ratings and reports, including detailed analyst reports, from Morningstar Inc.
PROMT		Remote Access
Provides comprehensive, reliable, and global coverage of companies, products and technologies including market data.
Ref USA		Remote Access
This database lists 12 million U.S. businesses searchable by multiple parameters.
Regional Business News		Remote Access
Full text coverage for regional business publications around the U.S.

Other Resources

Yahoo Finance		Remote Access
Covers all finance topics, from investing to insurance, from news to company profiles. Information found here can be customized into charts and reports, and can be incorporated into web pages.

Consumer Resources

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Other Resources

Better Business Bureau
Contains information about businesses and charitable organizations throughout the country to help consumers make informed decisions.
Kelly Blue Book
Kelley Blue Book, the country’s largest vehicle valuation company, has made the term “blue book value” synonymous with a vehicle’s market vehicle value. Their website contains new and used vehicle pricing and information. Mobile homes, RVs, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and personal watercrafts are also included.
ConsumerSearch
The writes for this website review print and online reviews of products and services using a set of objective, published ratings criteria. It is also a search engine for consumer product reviews.

Current Topics & Controversies

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DartClix		Remote Access
Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites.
Expanded Academic		Remote Access
Full-text articles and citations on all topics, from accounting to zoology.
Facts.com		Remote Access
Articles, images, and historical documents covering key issues in the news, from 1940 to the present.
MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost)		Remote Access
Full text coverage of the most popular magazines and journals. Also includes many reference books, photographs and maps.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center		Remote Access
Full text of books that cover both sides of social issues.

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

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EBSCO Animals		Remote Access
Information on animals for school-aged children.
Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia		Remote Access
Contains over 25,000 articles on various topics.
Oxford Reference Online		Remote Access
Definitions and translations from over 100 full-text dictionaries on foreign languages, art, history, literature, science, and more.

Other Resources

Wikipedia
An online encyclopedia which is a wiki whose contributors are users from all over the world who write and edit the content.

Education

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DartClix		Remote Access
Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites.
ERIC		Remote Access
Citations, abstracts, and full text articles from education and education-related journals.
Expanded Academic		Remote Access
Full-text articles and citations on all topics, from accounting to zoology.
LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts)		Remote Access
Includes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
Professional Development Collection		Remote Access
Full text articles for professional educators.
Teacher Reference Center (TRC)		Remote Access
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
Testing & Education Resource Center		Remote Access
Test Preparation and Practice Tests.

Other Resources

Peterson's
This website from a leading print publisher of education information contains school information from kindergarten through graduate programs. Also included are career information, resume help, and strategies for planning for and financing an education.

Government & Law

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DartClix		Remote Access
Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites.

Other Resources

Allegheny County Offical Website
Links to services and information for county residents. Property assessments, recreation information, links to county services and agencies, forms, court records and more.
Allegheny County Bar Association
Serves Allegheny County residents through legal information, lawyer referrals, and a listing of services offered free to the public by the Bar Association.
U.S. Census Bureau
Complete census information for the U.S.  Special census products can be purchased, but much of the information from the website can be downloaded at no charge.
Firstgov
The official portal of the U.S. federal government.  First.gov puts users in touch with elected officials and government agencies.
IRS
Federal tax information and planning help for individuals, business, tax professionals, charitable and non-profit organizations and government entities.
State of Pennsylvania Official Website
Pennsylvania residents will find services such as driver’s licensing and vehicle registration, state tax forms and instructions, tourism information and links to state agencies and officials.

Health

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Consumer Health Complete (CHC)		Remote Access
Consumer Health Complete (CHC) is an interface designed for the everyday consumer of health care information. CHC provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
DartClix		Remote Access
Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites.
Health Source Plus: Consumer		Remote Access
Information on health and medicine, food and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and alternative health from consumer health publications and magazines.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic		Remote Access
Abstracts and selective full text articles from scholarly nursing and medical journals.
MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost)		Remote Access
Full text coverage of the most popular magazines and journals. Also includes many reference books, photographs and maps.

Other Resources

MedlinePlus
The National Institutes of Health maintains MedlinePlus for those interested in reliable information on prescription and over-the-counter drugs.  Many other health-related resources are also listed.
Healthfinder.gov
A U.S. government site with links to health and medical news, databases, journals and other information from government, non-profit and academic sources.

Images

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AP Multimedia Archive		Remote Access
Current and historic photos and graphics from the Associated Press.
EBSCO Image Collection		Remote Access
A collection of images found in the EBSCO databases.

Job & Career

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Testing & Ed Reference Center		Remote Access
Test Preparation and Practice Tests.

Kids' Resources

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AP Multimedia Archive		Remote Access
Current and historic photos and graphics from the Associated Press.
Bookflix		Remote Access
Read or listen to a book online.
DartClix		Remote Access
Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites.
EBSCO Animals		Remote Access
Information on animals for school-aged children.
Facts for Learning		Remote Access
A variety of reference sources for elementary and middle school students including magazines, timelines, and almanacs.
Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia		Remote Access
Contains over 25,000 articles on various topics.
Kids Search (K-5)		Remote Access
All-in-one search tool to find magazine & newspaper articles, dictionary & encyclopedia entries, and images on a wide variety of topics.
Middle Search Plus		Remote Access
Search for articles from more than 150 magazines for middle school aged children.
NoveList K-8		Remote Access
Use the title of your favorite books or your favorite author to find similar books.
Primary Search		Remote Access
Search for articles from more than 60 magazines for elementary school aged children.
Searchasaurus		Remote Access
Searches multiple reference sources for children, including an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches, photos, maps, and more.
SIRS Discoverer		Remote Access
Full-text articles and graphics from newspapers and magazines for elementary and middle school students.
Student Research Center (6-12)		Remote Access
All-in-one search tool to find magazine & newspaper articles, encyclopedia entries, primary sources and images on a wide variety of topics.

Other Resources

Funology
A site for kids’ activities, experiments, games, magic tricks, jokes and more.  For ages 9 and up.

Library Catalogs

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Access Pennsylvania Database
Shared catalog for materials owned by most PA libraries.

Library of Congress
The Library of Congress website is a vast resource for information of all kinds and provides access to the online catalog of the Library of Congress.  Worldcat is the world’s largest network of library content and services.  Users can search the Worldcat library catalog which contains the collections of libraries throughout the world.  Research articles and digital items can be directly viewed and downloaded.  There are links to “Ask a Librarian” and other services.
The Catalog
This is a Website that patrons can search through all Allegheny County public Libraries' collections.

Literature

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Biography Resource Center		Remote Access
Comprehensive database of biographical information. Includes full text biographical articles from many popular magazines.
Contemporary Authors		Remote Access
Biographical and critical articles on current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television.
Literature Resource Center		Remote Access
Author information, literary criticism and plot summaries for authors from every age and literary discipline..
LitFinder		Remote Access
Full text of poems, stories, essays, plays & speeches.
MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost)		Remote Access
Full text coverage of the most popular magazines and journals. Also includes many reference books, photographs and maps.
NoveList		Remote Access
Fiction database that helps you find books by subject, read reviews & annotations, get discussion guides and much, much more.
NoveList K-8		Remote Access
Use the title of your favorite books or your favorite author to find similar books.
Oxford Reference Online		Remote Access
Definitions and translations from over 100 full-text dictionaries on foreign languages, art, history, literature, science, and more.

Magazines

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Expanded Academic		Remote Access
Full-text articles and citations on all topics, from accounting to zoology.
MAS Online Plus		Remote Access
Full text coverage provided for general interest and current events magazines.
MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost)		Remote Access
Full text coverage of the most popular magazines and journals. Also includes many reference books, photographs and maps.

Other Resources

National Geographic
Information about animals, world adventures, the environment, the sciences, space, and more.  Also content and sections for kids and teens.  From publishers of National Geographic magazine.

Music & Film

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Grove Dictionary Music Online		Remote Access
Encyclopedia of music of all kinds, especially classical, ethnic, opera and jazz.

Other Resources

Internet Movie Database
A comprehensive, fact-filled site about movies and television shows.
Amazon
Online marketplace which offers books, movies, music, house wares, clothing and more.  User reviews of items are often listed.

Newspapers

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Newspaper Source		Remote Access
Provides selected full-text coverage for more than 240 newspapers and other sources.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette (News Bank)		Remote Access
Complete full-text content of local and regional news, 1990-present.
Regional Business News		Remote Access
Full text coverage for regional business publications around the U.S.

Other Resources

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Local news, weather, sports, book reviews, obituaries and more.

Science & Technology

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DartClix		Remote Access
Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites.
EBSCO Animals		Remote Access
Information on animals for school-aged children.
Facts for Learning		Remote Access
A variety of reference sources for elementary and middle school students including magazines, timelines, and almanacs.
MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost)		Remote Access
Full text coverage of the most popular magazines and journals. Also includes many reference books, photographs and maps.
PROMT		Remote Access
Provides comprehensive, reliable, and global coverage of companies, products and technologies including market data.
Science Resource Center		Remote Access
Magazine & journal articles, reference books, websites and more on science topics from biology to polymorphism.

Other Resources

National Geographic
Information about animals, world adventures, the environment, the sciences, space, and more.  Also content and sections for kids and teens.  From publishers of National Geographic magazine.
How Stuff Works
Easy to read explanations of how things work.  The site lets you upload photos and videos to help supplement the written content.

Social Studies & History

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DartClix		Remote Access
Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites.
Expanded Academic		Remote Access
Full-text articles and citations on all topics, from accounting to zoology.
Facts for Learning		Remote Access
A variety of reference sources for elementary and middle school students including magazines, timelines, and almanacs.
Facts.com		Remote Access
Articles, images, and historical documents covering key issues in the news, from 1940 to the present.
History Reference Center		Remote Access
History Reference Center is a comprehensive full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research.
History Resource Center: U.S.		Remote Access
One-stop source for U.S. including primary documents, full-text articles, images, maps and more.
History Resource Center: World		Remote Access
One-stop source for world history, including primary documents, full-text articles, images, maps and more.
MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost)		Remote Access
Full text coverage of the most popular magazines and journals. Also includes many reference books, photographs and maps.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center		Remote Access
Full text of books that cover both sides of social issues.
SIRS Discoverer		Remote Access
Full-text articles and graphics from newspapers and magazines for elementary and middle school students.

Other Resources

CIA World Factbook
Published by the Central Intelligence Agency of the U.S., the website contains statistics for countries around the world.  There are images of flags and reference maps in a variety of formats.
National Geographic
Information about animals, world adventures, the environment, the sciences, space, and more.  Also content and sections for kids and teens.  From publishers of National Geographic magazine.

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