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Reference Desk: Online Databases by Subject
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Auto Repair
- Auto Repair Reference Center
Contains complete auto repair infomation for almost 60 years of vehicles.
- Biography
Reference Bank
Thorough periodicals coverage of Biography Index, plus full text articles, page images, and abstracts from the full range of Wilson databases. Remote access - Biography Resource Center - Gale Group
Comprehensive database of biographical information. Includes full text biographical articles from many popular magazines. - Literature Resource Center - Gale Group
Author information, literary criticism and plot summaries for authors from every age and literary discipline.
- Access Pennsylvania On-Line Catalog
Shared catalog for materials owned by most PA libraries. - netLibrary
Read selected books online or download an entire book to your computer to read off-line. Now offers downloadable audiobooks (downloadable audiobook guide). - NoveList
Fiction database that helps you find books by subject, read reviews & annotations, get discussion guides and much, much more. (Select EBSCOhost, then Novelist)
- Business and Company Resource Center - Gale Group
Company profiles, industry descriptions, association information, investment reports, full-text articles and citations. - Business Source Premier
Full text articles with an international scope on such topics as accounting, management, marketing, economics, finance, and international business. - Morningstar
Information about stocks and mutual funds. Remote access - PROMT - Predicast's Overview of Markets and Technology - Gale Group
Provides comprehensive, reliable, and global coverage of companies, products and technologies including market data. - Regional Business
News
Full text coverage for regional business publications around the U.S.
- Grove Dictionary of Art Online - POWER Library
A 34-Volume Dictionary of Art. - Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Online - POWER Library
A 29-Volume Dictionary of Music and Musicians. - Oxford Reference Online
Definitions and translations from over 100 full-text dictionaries on foreign languages, art, history, literature, science, and more. Remote Access - SIRS Discoverer
Full-text articles and graphics from newspapers and magazines for elementary and middle school students.
- CollegeSource Online
A virtual library representing 26,900 college catalogs in various formats. Remote access - ERIC
Citations, abstracts, and full text articles from education and education-related journals. - Expanded Academic ASAP - Gale Group
Full-text articles and citations on all topics, from accounting to zoology. - Testing & Education Reference Center - Gale Group
Database of college, graduate & vocational schools that also offers test preparation & practice exams.
- EBSCO Animals
Information on animals for school-aged children. - Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Contains over 25,000 articles on various topics.
- Ancestry
A comprehensive source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research. No remote access. - Heritage Quest Online
Searchable images of U.S. federal census records and digitized books containing family and local histories from around the country. Residents of our five supporting municipalities can access HeritageQuest Online from home. You must register in person at the Reference Desk to use this added service.
- DartClix
Searchable collection of links to professionally selected, high quality web sites on a variety of subjects. Remote access - Ask Here PA
Don't search... Find. Connect online with a real librarian -- one-to-one in real-time -- for help with any topic or information need. - Reference USA
Searchable directory of 14 million businesses and 210 million residents.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition and Consumer Edition
Information on health and medicine, food and nutrition, childcare, and sports medicine from consumer health publications and magazines. Abstracts and selective full text articles from scholarly nursing and medical journals.
- Facts.com
Articles, images, and historical documents covering key issues in the news, from 1952 to the present. Remote access - Facts.com - Issues
and Controversies on File
In-depth, full-text coverage of current issues and controversies. Remote access - History Reference
Center
- PA POWER Library
A comprehensive full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research.
- Access Pennsylvania On-Line Catalog
Pennsylvania Online World of Electronic Resources, access to 35 of the databases listed here, including Ebscohost, Grove Art, Grove Music, Litfinder and many more! - AccuNet/AP Photo Archives
Current and historic photos and graphics from the Associated Press. - EBSCO Animals
Information on animals for school-aged children. - Facts for Learning
Provides younger students with core reference resources, indexes, research topics, charts and graphs. Remote access - Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Contains over 25,000 articles on various topics. - Middle Search Plus
Search for articles from more than 150 magazines for middle school aged children. - NoveList K-8
Use the title of your favorite books or your favorite author to find similar books. - Primary Search
Search for articles from more than 60 magazines for elementary school aged children. - Searchasaurus - PA POWER Library
Searches multiple reference sources for children, including an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches, photos, maps, and more. - SIRS Discoverer - PA POWER Library
Full-text articles and graphics from newspapers and magazines for elementary and middle school students.
- Biography Resource Center - Gale Group
Comprehensive database of biographical information. Includes full text biographical articles from many popular magazines. - Contemporary Authors - Gale Group
Biographical and critical articles on current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television. - Literature Resource Center - Gale Group
Author information, literary criticism and plot summaries for authors from every age and literary discipline. - LitFinder
Full text of poems, stories, essays, plays & speeches. Remote access - NoveList
Fiction database that helps you find books by subject, read reviews & annotations, get discussion guides and much, much more. (Select EBSCOhost, then Novelist) - Poem Finder-POWER Library
Complete coverage of world poetry from antiquity to the present. Includes over 70,000 full text poems and over 750,000 poem citations and excerpts.
- Expanded Academic ASAP - Gale Group
Full-text articles and citations on all topics, from accounting to zoology. - MAS Online Plus
Full text coverage provided for general interest and current events magazines. - MasterFILE Premier (EbscoHost)
Full text coverage of the most popular magazines and journals. Also includes many reference books, photographs and maps.
- Grove Dictionary of Art Online - POWER Library
A 34-Volume Dictionary of Art. - Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Online - POWER Library
A 29-Volume Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
- Newspaper Source
Provides selected full-text coverage for more than 240 newspapers and other sources. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Newsbank
Complete full-text content of local and regional news, 1990-present. Remote access
- AP Multimedia Archives
More than 500,000 current and historical photographs and graphics that can be searched by date, place and subject. Remote access
- EBSCO Animals
Information on animals for school-aged children. - PROMT - Predicast's Overview of Markets and Technology - Gale Group
Provides comprehensive, reliable, and global coverage of companies, products and technologies including market data.
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