School Tools
High School
Access World News Research
Provides access to over 14,000 news sources in the United States and around the world. Though not a historical collection, the general time period covered is from 1980s to the present.
AP Newsroom
AP Newsroom is AP Images with a new, mobile-friendly delivery platform that allows users to easily search, preview and download the latest Associated Press content. The content, produced by the AP’s network of award-winning journalists and curated by its editors, includes top news stories, photos, audio clips and print graphics.
Black Life in America
Provides “comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from earliest times to today. Sourced from nearly 20,000 American and global newspapers from 1704 to the present, including over 400 African American newspapers.”
Contemporary Authors
Offers searchable access to current biographical and bibliographical data on more than 120,000 modern authors.
Gale In Context: High School
This e-resource provides secondary school students with access to age-appropriate content from magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, and multi-media resources that cover a wide range of subjects.
Driving Tests
Driving-Tests.org is a free resource that provides driver educational resources through the use of practice exams. Practice exams are included for those seeking a license for driving a car, motorcycle, or commercial driving.
Hispanic Life in America
Provides “comprehensive coverage of the Hispanic American experience from earliest times to today. Sourced from nearly 17,500 American and global newspapers from the 1700s to the present, including over 450 Hispanic American newspapers.”
Newsbank/The Patriot News
Newsbank provides full-text access to the Harrisburg Patriot-News from 8/1/1986-present. The database provides basic and advanced searching and can be limited by date.
Newspapers.com Pennsylvania edition
Provides full runs and portions of runs of many current and older/historic Pennsylvania newspapers, some from as far back as the 1700s up to the 2000s. Enjoy viewing a newspaper as it originally looked, since each page is fully scanned.
Newspapers.com Pennsylvania edition
NoveList Plus
Find your next great read! Search by authors and titles you like, track series, read reviews and more.
Book information and recommendations
POWER Teens
POWER Teens provides online resources including full-text research e-resources, collections of photographs and documents, the statewide catalog of materials held in libraries throughout Pennsylvania, and Chat with a Librarian.
Salem Online
Searchable online database of reference titles developed by Salem Press. Online full text content includes Salem’s subjects: health, history, literature and science fields. Includes indexes, illustrations, maps, recommended websites and primary documents.
Science Reference Source
Comprehensive research database that provides full-text science-oriented content, including hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources. Designed to meet every student’s science research needs, with articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards.
Go to Science Reference Source
Transparent Language Online
Whether you’re a true language learning beginner, dusting off your old high school Spanish, or eager to tackle your tenth language—Transparent Language Online will help you get started and stick with it. Learn any of the 120+ languages offered.
