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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Asian Life in America
This primary source collection offers an expansive window into centuries of Asian American history and daily life – as well as the ways popular culture has portrayed and perceived people of Asian descent.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Black Life in America
This primary source collection offers an expansive window into centuries of African American history, culture and daily life—as well as the ways the dominant culture has portrayed and perceived people of African descent.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: 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: Religion and Philosophy
A comprehensive collection of periodical content covering topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Hispanic Life in America
This primary source collection offers an expansive window into centuries of Hispanic American history, culture, and daily life – as well as the ways the dominant culture has portrayed and perceived people of Hispanic descent.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Indigenous Life in America
This primary source collection offers an expansive window into centuries of Indigenous history, daily life, traumas, and triumphs.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection
Includes 19th Century British Pamphlets, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, and World Heritage Sites: Africa.Available To: All Free Library locations
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Newsbank Selected America's Historical Newspapers
Articles from selected American newspapers covering many topics from 1690-1922.Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is an authoritative, comprehensive Web-based reference work about philosophy, useful to scholars of all levels as well as the general public.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.