Databases
Use our subscription databases to find citations and full text articles. To get started, just click on the database that you would like to search. If you're outside the library, you may need to enter your library card number and PIN in order to access the database.
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Academic OneFile
Find peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals in the areas of the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, literature, and more. More than 20,000 peer-reviewed journals and more than 10,900 in full text.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Academic Search Main Edition
Provides full-text and peer-reviewed journals essential for undergraduate & graduate studies. Subjects include biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, & religion from over 1,800 full-text and more than 1,200 full-text peer-reviewed journals.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Access PA
An access portal to a suit of resources provided by the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaAvailable To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Free Library of Philadelphia Online Public Access Catalog
Catalog of The Free Library of Philadelphia's CollectionAvailable To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Explore over 1,200 nonfiction, fully searchable reference titles. Access accurate information on science, literature, history, business, and more.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Gale in Context | Elementary (formerly Kids InfoBits)
Students in K-5th grade will find kid-friendly content covering topics such as animals, arts, geography, health, literature, people, social studies, technology, and more! Includes more than 16,600 images and over 600 high-quality educational videos.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Gale in Context | Middle School (formerly Research in Context)
Gale in Context | Middle School provides support for middle grade students working on papers and projects. Includes full-text magazine & news articles, multimedia, biographies, and primary sources.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Gale In Context: Biography
Comprehensive online biographical reference database containing 414,000 biographies.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Gale In Context: High School
Primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of 800 magazines, photographs and illustrations, audio and video clipsAvailable To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Examine the many sides of today's hottest social issues. Explore pro/con viewpoints, articles, and infographics.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Gale OneFile | High School Edition (formerly InfoTrac Student Edition)
Content for high school students from magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, and rich media (images, audio, video) covering a range of subjects, from science, history, and literature to political science, sports, and environmental studies.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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General OneFile
A broad collection of news articles, magazines, reference books, images, audio, and video that support general interest research and exploration. Offering more than 8,800 full-text titles, with millions of articles available.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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JSTOR
Digital archive to back issues of over 2,800 journals. Available at all Free Library locations. JSTOR no longer provides remote access to public libraries as of September 2023. *Chrome browser not supportedAvailable To: All Free Library locations
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Kid's POWER Library
Access all of Power Library's great resources for kid'sAvailable To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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NewsBank Hot Topics
Trending news and topics for your next assignment! Covers current events, business & economics, civics, government, & politics, social issues, science, technology & health, sports, arts & literature, and people in the news. *Chrome browser not supported.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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NewsBank Main Menu
The main portal to Newsbank Inc.'s databases, providing international, national, local, and historical news coverage.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Newsbank Special Reports
NewsBank's Special Reports focus on topics of current interest. They include content from sources throughout the world to provide a global perspective, current and background information, statistics, maps, images, websites, and suggested search terms.Available To: All Free Library locations.
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POWER Library
Pennsylvania Online World of Electronic ResourcesAvailable To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982
Search more than 3 million articles from 375 leading magazines from 1890 to 1982.Available To: All Free Library locations.
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Salem Press Reference
Searchable database of reference titles developed by Salem PressAvailable To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Student Search: General Encyclopedia
Search across a range of digital encyclopedias to find information on any topic.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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TDNet
Listing of full-text journals available electronically at the Free Library. Replaces JournalWebCite.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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TrueFlix
Read the book and watch the movie! TrueFlix provides a selection of digital books from Scholastic Publishing and pairs each with a film for a fun, new way to learn for Grade 3 and up.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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This project is made possible in part by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and through Library Access Funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor.