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.

• Digital Media
• Digital Learning
• Free Library Catalog

Awarded “Best Library Digital Resources” by Philadelphia Magazine

• Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library)

  Explore over 500 nonfiction, fully searchable reference titles. Access accurate information on science, literature, history, business, and more.
  Use the following video to learn more about this resource

  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.

  • ebooks
  • Homework Help & Study Aids
  • Music
  • General Research
  • Business and Entrepreneurs
  • Adults
  • Teens
  • Children
  • Digital Media

• 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.

  • Biography and Autobiography
  • Health and Fitness
  • Homework Help & Study Aids
  • Literature
  • Movies & Television
  • Music
  • Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals
  • General Research
  • Social Science
  • Sports & Recreation
  • Technology
  • Children
  • Animals and Nature

• 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 clips

  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.

  • Health and Fitness
  • Homework Help & Study Aids
  • Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals
  • General Research
  • Adults
  • Teens
  • Children

• 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.

  • Biography and Autobiography
  • Government Information
  • Homework Help & Study Aids
  • Literature
  • Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals
  • General Research
  • Science
  • Social Science
  • Teens
  • Children
  • History

• Homework Help Online

  Live, online tutoring every day from 10 a.m. - midnight for K-12, college, and adults. (Spanish 2 p.m. - 2 a.m.) Upload a writing sample and get feedback.
  Use the following video to learn more about this resource

  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.

  • Homework Help & Study Aids
  • Job Seekers
  • Online Learning
  • Adults
  • Teens
  • Children
  • Job Seekers

• 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!

  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.

  • Children
  • Homework Help & Study Aids
  • Literacy
  • General Research
  • Children

• TumbleBooks

  TumbleBooks is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. Check out our home user guide

  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.

  • Children
  • ebooks
  • Homework Help & Study Aids
  • Literacy
  • Children
  • Digital Media

denotes POWER Library resource

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.