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Browse online resources hand-picked for quality by our reference librarians. See also our Reference Department for valuable information resources available only at the library. Many resources are available from home with the use of your free Lackawanna County Library System library card.

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Genealogy Resources

Library’s Local History Information

Ancestry Library Edition: Genealogy Database with access to historical census data, immigration, and other records.

For Library Use

Associated Press - AP Images: 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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Commonwealth Libraries - PA Electronic Library Catalog: Catalog holdings of almost 3,000 Pennsylvania school, public, academic and special libraries are included in this database. Search by author, title, subject or keyword to locate over 50 million items.

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Auto Repair Reference Center: Supplied by Point 5 Technologies with complete automotive repair information supplied by Nichols Publishing, publisher of Chilton information. Most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles are listed. Repair information is available for most manufacturers as far back as 1945.

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Ask Here PA is Pennsylvania's statewide live chat reference service and is a free service to all residents of Pennsylvania, offering live chat reference 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

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BookFlix An online literacy resource that pairs classic fictional video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic. BookFlix reinforces core reading skills and introduces children to a world of knowledge and exploration.

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Business Source Main Edition: This scholarly business database provides bibliographic and full-text covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This resource contains full text for nearly 2,200 magazines and journals, and indexing and abstracts for over 2,300 titles. The collection includes general business magazines, scholarly journals and trade periodicals with full text dating back to 1985.

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Consumer Health Complete: Provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full-text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.

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CyberSmarts: A unique collection of five interactive eBooks that gives students hands-on experience in navigating the online world in a safe, controlled environment. Titles include Stopping Cyberbulling, Avoiding Predators Online, Protecting Your Privacy Online, Using Social Networks and Playing Games Online.

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eBooks on EBSCOhost: Electronic books (eBooks) are available through this link. eBooks are full text searchable and available for use on personal computers in online formats.

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Financial Literacy: Prepare students in grades 7– 12 to be financially literate with this collection of resources.

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Fold3: History and Genealogy Archives provides historical and genealogical resource.

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Foundation Center: Learn about resources including available grants and grant writing.

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Gale Virtual Reference Library: Offers eBooks on a variety of topics: Literature, History, Business and general reference

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GreenFILE: 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 energy, recycling, and more.

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Job & Career Accelerator: Improve your employment search and skills with information on occupations, job listings, career development and more.

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Kids Search (K-8): Kids Search is EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades K through 8. Kids Search provides elementary school students with an easy-to-use, graphically-appealing interface they can use to search their EBSCO databases. The interface facilitates searching by topic, enabling users to easily enter keywords, or select topics or subtopics to search, from the Basic Search screen.

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Learning Express: Sharpen your math, science and writing skills and prepare for specialized tests like the GED, Military, and SATs.

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Legal Information Reference Center: Provides tools and how-to instructions on a range of legal issues.

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LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts): 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 back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.

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Mango Languages: Want to learn a new language? Choose from a variety of languages to hear it, say it and write it to sharpen your language skills.

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MasterFILE Main Edition: Provides full text for magazines, trade publications and periodicals covering general interest subject areas. Also contains an Image Collection containing photos, maps & flags. Full text for more than 1,350 general reference resources, more than 350 full text reference books and over 910,000 photos, maps and flags.

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MasterFile Premier contains full text for thousands of general reference magazines and publications and covers a wide-range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.

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Middle Search Main Edition: This resource provides full text for popular, middle school appropriate magazines, covering a wide range of topics. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).

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Morningstar Investment Search Center: A premier financial database that allows you to research Stocks, Funds, ETFs, and Company Information.

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Newspaper Source Plus: Provides the latest news from over 1,000 leading full text newspapers including extensive cover to cover for papers such as USA Today, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. In addition, this resource also features hundreds of television and radio transcripts including ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, National Public Radio, PBS and more.

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OneClickdigital: Download audiobooks and listen on your mobile device or computer.

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OverDrive Audiobooks: Download audiobooks and listen on your mobile device, mp3 player or computer.

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OverDrive eBooks: Download eBooks to read on your mobile device, mp3 player or computer.

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Primary Search Main Edition: Provides access to popular full-text magazines for elementary school research. Subjects include Science, Health, Math, Writing, and Geography among others.

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POWER Library: A wealth of resources available to help your research.

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Reference USA: Provides business and consumer research which can be exported to create a personalized list.

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Searchasaurus: Suggested for children, this resource includes an encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches for primary and middle school grade levels, a dictionary, photos, maps and flags. A good homework resource.

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SIRS Discoverer: Includes full text articles and images from over 1,900 domestic and international newspapers, magazines and government documents, along with 9,000+ educational weblinks via the integrated Discoverer WebFind content set. Articles are assigned a reading level -Easy, Moderate or Challenging- based on age-appropriateness, educational content, interest and reading level. This database is an excellent student resource.

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Proquest’s Statistical Abstract: An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics of the social, political, and economic conditions of the US.

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Teacher Reference Center (TRC): This index contains over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals and books. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics and more.

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Tutor.com: Connect with a live tutor between 4 and 9 pm weeknights during the school year. Work on topics where you need some extra practice with the Skills Center.

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WestLaw: Online legal research service for legal and law related materials and services.

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Zinio: Get magazines on your mobile device or to read on your computer.

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