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richland community library
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Art/Music
| Grove Art Online - Provides access to the complete text of the Dictionary of Art. Newly-commissioned articles and links to images from galleries and museums from around the world are included.(Library Card Needed) |
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| Grove Music Online - Provides access to the complete text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and the New Grove Dictionaries of Opera and Jazz. Links are available to musical sites on the Internet. (Library Card Needed) |
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Automotive
| Auto Repair Reference Center - Complete automotive repair information supplied by Nichols Publishing, publisher of Chilton©. Most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles are listed. Repair information is available for most manufacturers as far back as 1954. (Library Card Needed) |
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| Fuel Economy.gov – information on gas mileage, alternative fuel vehicles, and safety information for new and used cars and trucks. Includes a gas mileage calculator. |
| Office of Defects Investigation - allows you to see consumer complaints, recalls, and safety bulletins |
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Books and Reading
| Access PA Database - Catalog holdings of almost 3,000 Pennsylvania school, public, academic and special libraries are included. Search by author, title, subject or keyword to locate over 50 million items. (Library Card Needed) |
| Book Index with Reviews - information on over 3.8 million book titles in a wide range of formats. Fiction and non-fiction titles are included in all genres. Contains over 800,000 full text searchable reviews from Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, CHOICE, and others (Library Card Needed) |
| BookSource: Nonfiction- full text and abstracts for 1000 popular nonfiction books. Full text articles on literature, social studies, history and science, career, health, sports, adventure and technology information. |
| Contemporary Authors - A guide to current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television. Biographies of these authors are included (Library Card Needed) |
| LitFinder - Full text poems, citations and excerpts using Poem Finder. Poet biographies, a Kids’ Korner, and the Year’s Best Poetry are included. Story Finder provides thousands of full text short stories with explanations, biographies, and more. Use Essay Finder to locate full text essays and discursive writing based on books published in the 20th century. The essays focus on humanities and social sciences and include biographies and literary criticisms. (Library Card Needed) |
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| netLibrary - Electronic books are available, full text searchable and available for in online formats. (Library Card Needed) |
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| NextReads - A readers' advisory newsletter service providing monthly and bimonthly lists, including both fiction and nonfiction genre coverage.(Library Card Needed) |
| NoveList - Includes fiction authors, titles and themes. Provides suggestions of books that are similar to those of a particular author or a certain title. Teachers can use this resource for enhancement of curriculum. (Library Card Needed) |
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Business
| Business Searching Interface - Created especially for the business searcher. BSI provides an easy way to both browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research. (Library Card Needed) |
| Business Source Premier- full text articles from general business magazines, trade publications, business journals and business publications with an international scope. Some titles start as far back as 1985 and more than 200 journals have materials back to 1965. Over 10,000 company profiles are included. (Library Card Needed) |
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| Regional Business News - Coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires (Library Card Needed) |
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Careers
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Children
| Ask Jeeves for Kids - fast, easy and kid-friendly way for kids to search online. |
| Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids- Guide for students in grades K-12 to the United States Government as a service of the Government Printing Office. Resources are aimed at teaching how government works and also locator services for various government sites. |
| Citation Maker –Fill in an online form to create MLA citations for a variety of sources |
| EBSCO Animals- in-depth information including the nature and habitat of familiar animals. This database is designed for children’s interest in the world of animals. (Libarary Card Needed) |
| Facts For Learning - teaches younger students how to ask questions, use core reference resources, understand indexes, choose research topics, search online, and read charts and graphs. (Library Card Needed) |
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| Kids Search (K-5) - designed for students in grades K through 5. Provides an easy-to-use, graphically-appealing interface and facilitates searching by topic, enabling users to easily enter keywords, or select topics or subtopics to search, from the Basic Search screen (Library Card Needed) |
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| NoveList K-8 - 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. (Library Card Needed) |
| Primary Search - for elementary school researchers, full text information from more than 60 magazines (Library Card Needed) |
| Searchasaurus - includes an encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches, a dictionary, photos, maps and flags. (Library Card Needed) |
| SIRS Discoverer – Includes articles and images from over 1,600 newspapers, magazines and government documents. Articles are assigned a reading level –Easy, Moderate or Challenging- based on age-appropriateness, educational content, interest and reading level. (Library Card Needed) |
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| Thinfinity.org - homework help, book lists, games and activites for students K-12. |
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Consumer Information
Consumer Reports - provides ratings, buying guides, product reviews and consumer information
In the publication box, type Consumer Reports to limit your search. (Library Card Needed) |
| Federal Consumer Information Center - answers to your questions about the Federal government and common consumer issue. |
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Educators
| Dartclix – Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites designed to enhance curriculum support in schools and patron research. (Library Card Needed) |
| Edsitement - provides links to twenty online humanities learning guides as well as links to outside humanities Web sites |
| ERIC - full text of 2,200 digests in addition to citations and abstracts from over 980 education or education-related journals. (Library Card Needed) |
| The Horn Book: Resources for Educators - articles for teachers and an updated array of booklists for classroom use and home sharing. |
| Learning Express – PRAXIS practice tests, along with practice tests for students in reading, math, vocabulary and spelling (Library Card Needed) |
| National Geographic Expeditions - a large selection of maps, virtual expedition and museum, forums, and lesson plans |
| NoveList - Includes fiction authors, titles and themes. Provides suggestions of books that are similar to those of a particular author or a certain title. Teachers can use this resource for enhancement of curriculum. (Library Card Needed) |
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| NoveList K-8 - 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. (Library Card Needed) |
| Professional Development Collection - Designed for professional educators, 550 journals included (Library Card Needed) |
| Read Write Think - Providing educators and students access to quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction |
| Teacher Reference Center - over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals and books. 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. (Library Card Needed) |
| Thinkfinity - contains more than 55,000 authoritative educational and literacy resources for teachers, including standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools and web sites. |
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Genealogy
Ancestry.com – (only available from within your library) - family history site online with over 4 billion names in worldwide historical records, family tree services and genealogy
Harrisburg Newspaper Index - index of personal names in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania newspaper announcements of marriages and deaths published from 1799 to 1827.
Pennsylvania Genealogy Collection -- Digitized materials from newspapers and other sources of interest to family researchers
Pennsylvania Necrology Scrapbook - Microfilmed scrapbooks of obituaries clipped from Pennsylvania newspapers from 16 October 1891 to 3 March 1904. Many Civil War veterans included.
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Government Resources
Lebanon County
Lebanon County League of Women Voters
Lebanon County Township Maps
Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania's main homepage for state government.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives - includes online welcome center and visitor's guide.
Pennsylvania State Senate – Home page of the Pennsylvania State Senate
Social Security Social Security Online. The official website of the U.S. Social Security Administration.
USA.Gov – Official U.S. government search engine for all federal government information
VotesPA – Department of State's online voter information center
The White House – official website of the White House
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Health and Medicine
| Clinical Pharmacology- Provides information for all U.S. prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs. (Library Card Needed) |
| Consumer Health Complete -provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles. (Library Card Needed) |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic - articles from nearly 600 medical journals are provided. Abstracts and indexing is available from nearly 850 medical journals. (Library Card Needed) |
| Health Source Plus: Consumer - Information on medicine, food and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Over 200 general health publications and more than 190 journals can be searched. (Library Card Needed) |
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| Medline Plus - Offers high quality health information chosen by trained professionals. Created for consumers by the National Library of Medicine. (Library Card Needed) |
| National Library of Medicine - information and research in all areas of biomedicine and health care. |
| wired.MD - streaMed Patient Portal (only available from within your library) - Comprehensive video, handout, animation, and website database for consumer health information. Includes 365 multimedia videos, 1,385 associated text handouts, and numerous anatomical animations and peer-reviewed health websites. Includes consumer health and patient education videos that present important information regarding the most common health conditions, diagnoses, procedures, and treatments in video format (Library Card Needed) |
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History
| Ben Franklin – Digitized Collection – includes digitized materials by and about Ben Franklin from the collection of the State Library of Pennsylvania |
| Biography Reference Bank - Links to biographical articles on over 470,000 individuals. Full text articles, abstracts and photographs are available from periodicals, feature articles, interviews, essays, performance reviews, speeches and obituaries. (Library Card Needed) |
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| Food Timeline - food history research |
| History Reference Center - history reference database that features full text for more than 750 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction books, nearly 60 leading history periodicals, 58,000 historical documents, 43,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 12,000 historical photos and maps and 87 hours of historical film and video (Library Card Needed) |
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| Lebanon County Historical Society |
| Oxford Reference Online - Provides information on many subjects including general reference, language and quotations, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, business and professions. (Library Card Needed) |
| Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission - research collections in a variety of formats: cataloged objects and documents, digital images of same, databases of historic and cultural resources, and written histories |
| Pennsylvania Capital Centennial Collection - Historic descriptions, explanations, and illustrated visitors' guidebooks to the State Capitol Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Pennsylvania Capitol Building. |
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Journals and Professional Resources
| ERIC - full text of 2,200 digests in addition to citations and abstracts from over 980 education or education-related journals. (Library Card Needed) |
| Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts - provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. It indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports and proceedings. (Library Card Needed) |
| Professional Development Collection |
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Libraries Online
American Library Association
Bishop Library at LVC
Hershey Public Library
George T. Harrell Library at the Hershey Medical Center
Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress
Lois High Berstler Community Health Library the Hershey Medical Center
National Archives
Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries
Pennsylvania Library Association
State Library of PA
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Magazines
| Business Source Premier- full text articles from general business magazines, trade publications, business journals and business publications with an international scope. Some titles start as far back as 1985 and more than 200 journals have materials back to 1965. Over 10,000 company profiles are included. (Library Card Needed) |
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| EBSCOhost - Click on this link to access all the EBSCO host databases (Library Card Needed) |
| History Reference Center - history reference database that features full text for more than 750 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction books, nearly 60 leading history periodicals, 58,000 historical documents, 43,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 12,000 historical photos and maps and 87 hours of historical film and video (Library Card Needed) |
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| MAS Online Plus - provides full text from more than 550 popular general interest and current events publications covering general reference, health, science, and other areas. (Library Card Needed) |
| SIRS Discoverer – Includes articles and images from over 1,600 newspapers, magazines and government documents. Articles are assigned a reading level –Easy, Moderate or Challenging- based on age-appropriateness, educational content, interest and reading level. (Library Card Needed) |
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Newspapers
| AP Multimedia Archive - More than 500,000 current and historical photographs and graphics can be searched by date, place and subject. More than 800 photographs are added daily (Library Card Needed) |
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| Harrisburg Newspaper Index - index of personal names in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania newspaper announcements of marriages and deaths published from 1799 to 1827. |
| Lebanon Daily News |
| Merchandiser |
| EBSCO Newspaper Source - full text articles from over 180 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources. (Library Card Needed) |
| Patriot News |
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Reference
| Dartclix – Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites designed to enhance curriculum support in schools and patron research. (Library Card Needed) |
| Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia - Over 25,000 encyclopedia entries are provided |
| Librarian’s Internet Index – Searchable and annotated subject directory of Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries |
| MasterFILE Premier - Reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and a collection of photos, maps and flags are included. (Library Card Needed) |
| Oxford ReferenceOnline - Provides information on many subjects including general reference, language and quotations, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, business and professions. Bilingual dictionaries provided in English/French, English/German, English/Spanish, and English/Italian (Library Card Needed) |
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| RefDesk.com - One-stop Internet reference directory. Use RefDesk to search through thousands of online sources. |
| SIRS Discoverer – Includes articles and images from over 1,600 newspapers, magazines and government documents. Articles are assigned a reading level –Easy, Moderate or Challenging- based on age-appropriateness, educational content, interest and reading level. (Library Card Needed) |
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Science
| The Accidental Scientist: The Science of Cooking - Explore recipes, activities, and Webcasts that will enhance your understanding of the science behind food and cooking |
| Chemical Elements.com – an interactive Periodic Table of the Elements |
| Common Trees of PA - selection of 57 native, and 5 introduced trees organized according to leaf shape and arrangement. Each tree is identified by popular name familiar to Pennsylvanians and complete scientific name. |
| EBSCO Animals- in-depth information including the nature and habitat of familiar animals. This database is designed for children’s interest in the world of animals. (Library Card Needed) |
| How Stuff Works - explains hundreds of subjects, from car engines to lock-picking to ESP, using clear language and tons of illustrations |
| Oxford Reference Online - Provides information on many subjects including general reference, language and quotations, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, business and professions (Library Card Needed) |
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| Science Fair Center- A laboratory of ideas |
| Science Fair Project Resource Guide - a useful resource for those trying to participate in or run a science fair. |
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Seniors
Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging - serves clients age 60 and over who are residents of Lebanon County.
AARP: Pennsylvania – information on aging, health, money and travel for those over 50.
Senior Centers - Providing Pennsylvania’s seniors with opportunities to exchange information and ideas on topics of vital interest
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Spanish Language
| EBSCOhost Español - Una versión en español de los bases de datos EBSCOhost (Library Card Needed) |
| Salud en Español - interfaz hecha para el consumidor común de información sobre la salud. Salud en Español provee acceso conveniente a información médica y a información sobre la salud que es fácil de entender. Los consumidores pueden buscar y navegar por enciclopedias médicas, libros de consulta populares, y artículos de revistas (Library Card Needed) |
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Taxes (Federal, State and Local)
Federal Tax Forms – Internal Revenue Service
Lebanon County Earned Income Tax Form - If you haven't yet received a barcoded tax form in the mail, you can download tax forms and instructions from the
Keystone Municipal Collections website
Pennsylvania Tax Forms
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Technology
GCF Global Learning - free, beginning computer courses and other learning opportunities
In Pictures – computer tutorials on office and weblayout based on pictures.
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Teens
| Citing sources – Fill in an online form to create MLA or APA citations for a variety of sources. |
| Cliff Notes – literature study guides with summaries, character analyses, essay suggestions and important quotes. |
| Facts For Learning - Provides content written for students in grades 5-8 and is designed for students able to use a more sophisticated format. (Library Card Needed) |
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| MAS Online Plus –provides full text from more than 550 popular general interest and current events publications covering general reference, health, science, and other areas. Designed for high school students (Library Card Needed) |
| Middle Search Plus - for middle and junior high research, full text information from more than 150 magazines. (Library Card Needed) |
| NoveList K-8 - 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. (Library Card Needed) |
| PA Driver’s Manual |
| Science Fair Center- A laboratory of ideas |
| Science Fair Project Resource Guide - a useful resource for those trying to participate in or run a science fair. |
| Student Research Center - designed for students in grades 6 -12, providing students with tools to obtain information they need. Students can choose which content sources (Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included. They can search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels. (Library Card Needed) |
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