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The POWER Library provides access to thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, and reference materials for people of all ages. .
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Access Pennsylvania Database
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Shared catalog for materials owned by most PA libraries.
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Allegheny County Bar Association
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Serves Allegheny County residents through legal information, lawyer referrals, and a listing of services offered free to the public by the Bar Association.
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Allegheny County Official Website
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Links to services and information for county residents. Property assessments, recreation information, links to county services and agencies, forms, court records and more.
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Amazon
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Online marketplace which offers books, movies, music, house wares, clothing and more. User reviews of items are often listed.
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Ancestry Library
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A comprehensive source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research.
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AP Images
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More than 500,000 current and historical photographs and graphics can be searched by date, place and subject. More than 800 photographs are added to the archive daily.
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Auto Repair Reference Center
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Detailed and diagrammed automotive repair and maintenance information covering most major manufacturers.
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CIA World Factbook
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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.
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Consumer Health Complete
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Provides content covering all areas of health and wellness.
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Consumer Search
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The writers 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.
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Contemporary Authors | | |
This resource is no longer available but its content can be found within the Literature Resource Center.
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Cyndi’s List
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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.
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FamilySearch
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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.
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Firstgov
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The official portal of the U.S. federal government. First.gov puts users in touch with elected officials and government agencies.
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Funology
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A site for kids’ activities, experiments, games, magic tricks, jokes and more. For ages 9 and up.
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GreenFILE
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Offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental
effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments and what can be done at each level to minimize
these effects. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energe, recycling and more.
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Healthfinder.gov
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A U.S. government site with links to health and medical news, databases, journals and other information from government, non-profit and academic sources.
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How Stuff Works
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Easy to read explanations of how things work. The site lets you upload photos and videos to help supplement the written content.
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Influenza Evidence-based Information
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Designed to inform patients and their families and provide information to clinicians to help them with H1N1 diagnosis and H1N1 treatment by making up-to-date diagnosis and treatment
information available.
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InfoTrac Newsstand
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This full-text newspaper resource allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section or other fields, eliminating random searching through newspaper archives. InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to more than 1,000 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers
as well as leading titles from around the world.
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Internet Movie Database
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A comprehensive, fact-filled site about movies and television shows.
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IRS
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Federal tax information and planning help for individuals, business, tax professionals, charitable and non-profit organizations and government entities.
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Kelly Blue Book
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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.
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Kovels
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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.
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Library of Congress
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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.
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LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts)
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A world-class bibliographic database that provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging,
bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports and proceedings. With coverage dating bak to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information
science.
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Literature Resource Center
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Author information, literary criticism and plot summaries for authors from every age and literary discipline.
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Mango Languages
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An online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages.
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MasterFILE Premier
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Contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
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MedlinePlus
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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.
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Morningstar Investment Research Center
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Contains mutual fund and stock ratings and reports, including detailed analyst reports, from Morningstar Inc.
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National Geographic
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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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NoveList
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Includes fiction authors, titles and themes. Provides suggestions
of books that are similar to those of a particular author or a certain title. Librarians can use this database as a readers’ advisory service to assist patrons who enjoy fction. Teachers can use this resource for enhancement of curriculum.
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NoveList K-8
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Information about more than 38,000 fiction titles of interest to students in grades K-8. Full text reviews from professional
journals and book talks for selected titles are available
in this database. A good resource to expand student reading interest by introducting new authors or additional books in a subject area.
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OmniFile Mega
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Multi-disciplinary full-text database covering Art, Education,
Social Sciences, the Humanities, Business, Science, Current Events, and more. Contains Indexing and Abstracting
of 4000 journals, with full text from more than 2500 journals. Includes full text from 1995 forward and indexing from 1982 forward.
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OmniFile Select
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100% full-text multi-disciplinary database covering Art, Education,
Social Sciences, the Humanities, Business, Science, Current Events and more.
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Readers' Guide Select
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100% full-text database containing indexing, abstracting and full text of 200 of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada. Among the topics covered are current events, hobbies, politics, business, sports, recreation, news, cooking, popular music, entertainment, transportation, travel and more.
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Science Full Text Select
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100% full text database covering the sciences. Includes the full text from 360 journals from Wilson’s Applied Science, Biological & Agricultural, and General Science databases, as well as science related articles from other Wilson databases.
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Science in Context
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Magazine & journal articles, reference books, websites and more on science topics from biology to polymorphism.
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SIRS Discoverer
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Provides carefully selected full text articles and images from over 1600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines, and government documents.
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State of Pennsylvania Official Website
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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.
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Teacher Reference Center (TRC) | Mobile Access |
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Provides abstract information from over 260 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals.
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The Catalog
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This is a Website that patrons can search through all Allegheny County public Libraries' collections.
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TumbleBook Library |
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The TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of animated, talking picture books. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
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U.S. Census Bureau
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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.
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U.S. History in Context
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One-stop source for U.S. including primary documents, full-text articles, images, maps and more.
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Wikipedia
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An online encyclopedia which is a wiki whose contributors are users from all over the world who write and edit the content.
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World History in Context
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One-stop source for world history, including primary documents, full-text articles, images, maps and more.
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Yahoo Finance
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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.
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