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Pennsylvania Online World of
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Access Pennsylvania was started in 1985 as a way to provide a union catalog across the State of Pennsylvania. It was the first and remains the largest statewide union catalog that includes the holdings of all types of libraries. |
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Ask Here PA is an online chat with a real librarian for help on any topic or information needed. |
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Critical insight into all sides of today's current issues: SIRS Researcher helps students make sense of the world by offering relevant, credible resources aligned to standards that tell the whole story on the major issues of the day. |
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SIRS Discoverer is an award-winning general reference resource which makes learning fun and intuitive. Discoverer helps students develop their research, writing, language, and computer skills. Only the best, most unique and most relevant resources are selected for SIRS Discoverer.
The database includes carefully selected 100% full-text articles and images from more than 1,900 domestic and international newspapers, magazines, and government documents, along with 9,000+ educational web links via the integrated Discoverer Web Find content set. |
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SIRS Renaissance (Current Perspectives on the Arts and Humanities) is a reference database that provides dynamic information related to architecture, design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion, plus visual arts.
Full-text articles are selected from more than 1,000 domestic and international publications. Many articles are accompanied by full-color images, including art reproductions, photographs and illustrations. |
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Access to resources published about the U.S. Federal Government.
SIRS Government Reporter delivers thousands of full-text documents, summaries and graphics concerning a wide variety of topics: health, science, economics, environment, politics, foreign affairs, business and industry. Articles and graphics are carefully selected according to strict criteria with regard to content and age appropriateness.
Additional content provides current and historic government documents; landmark and recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions; information about U.S. Justices, U.S. Presidents, elected leaders, federal departments and agencies. National Archives Documents and Country Profiles are also included. |
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SIRS WebSelect is an online database of carefully selected, reliable and credible Internet resources
on vital issues and topics. WebSelect is dynamically updated and offers Internet resources from
around the globe, including those of leading universities, government agencies and respected organizations. |
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Gale Student Resource Center Silver is aimed at high school students. Each document type fulfills specific information needs. Students will find primary documents from the American Journey series, award winning reference content that includes overview and critical essays, biographies, multimedia features and much more. There are full text articles from more than 900 magazines and newspapers. In addition, there are 21,000 timeline events and 15,000 photographs, maps, and graphics. |
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is one of the best sources for information on today's issues from terrorism, to Endangered Species, Stem Cell Research, or Gun Control. The database features over 9,100 pro and con viewpoints, 5,00 topic overviews, 140 full text magazines, and much more. Opposing Viewpoints also includes a search interface that makes it quick and easy to find relevant information.
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Over 125,000 great, reliable annotations. Compiled by academic librarians from the University of California and elsewhere. |
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From the Library of Congress:
The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress holds more than 4.5 million items, of which Map Collections represents only a small fraction, those that have been converted to digital form. |
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The Internet Public Library is a public library for the world wide web.
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Young Adult Books in Series and Sequels. |
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An online catalog of stories, books, and plays that have been made into movies. |
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Great web searches for kids.
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MLA formatting and style guide. |
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Carnegie Library of McKeesport |
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Teenreads.com brings teens information and features about their favorite authors, books, series and characters. They are a part of The Book Report Network, a group of websites founded in 1996 that share thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more with readers every week. Teenreads.com is THE place online for teens to talk about their fave books --- and find the hippest new titles!
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Pittsburgh Channel 2 News |
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Pittsburgh Channel 11 News |
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Pittsburgh Channel 4 News |
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Online |
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Tribune-Review Online |
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National Periodicals:
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An excellent online resource. |
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Newsweek is the second largest news weekly magazine in the U.S. It is published in four English language editions and 12 global editions written in the language of the circulation region. |
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U.S. News & World Report is an American newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. |
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USA Today is a national American daily newspaper . |
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Links to news media from all over the world. |
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Cable News Network |
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MSNBC combines breaking news, original journalism, extensive resources, advanced technology, and expansive content to provide readers with a "Fuller Spectrum of News." |
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ABC News' slogan, More Americans get their news from ABC News than from any other source, refers to the number of people who watch, listen, and read ABC News programming on television, radio, and the Internet. |
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CBS News provides national hard news, sports highlights, regional spot news, features and live coverage of major breaking news and events. |
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Up to the minute fair and balanced news.
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The Associated Press is the backbone of the world's information system serving thousands of daily newspaper, radio, television and online customers with coverage in all media and news in all formats. It is the largest and oldest news organization in the world, serving as a source of news, photos, graphics, audio and video.
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Indispensable news and information for media and business professionals around the world. |
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| CAREER AND JOB INFORMATION: |
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Principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. |
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The United States Department of Labor is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics.
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A job search guide. |
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Explore vocational and technical careers, check out the skills employers really want, find a trade school, research technical topics and take a look at the current job market. |
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All about majors and careers. |
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A site to evaluate Internet research sources. |
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High quality educational resources from the Verizon Foundation. |
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An online searchable media catalog
from the AIU. |
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Services, resources, and research for education. |
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Discovery Education provides engaging digital resources to schools and homes with the goal of making educators more effective, increasing student achievement, and connecting classrooms and families to a world of learning.
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Internet resource collection with great, reliable annotations. This information is complied by academic librarians from the University of California and elsewhere. |
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Librarians' Internet Index (LII) is a publicly-funded Website serving the nation and the world. This site features high quality Websites which are carefully selected, described, and organized by a team of librarians. There are over 20,000 entries which are maintained and organized into 14 main topics and nearly 300 related topics. |
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Education World is a home for educators on the Internet, a place where teachers can gather and share ideas. It is a complete online resource where educators can start each day to find the lesson plans and research materials they need. The site includes a ssearch engine for educational Web sites only.
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Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a cetegorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. The site is updated to include the best sites for teaching and learning. |
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The Educator's Reference Desk builds on over a quarter century of experience providing high-quality resources and services to the education community. |
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Promethean’s free online community designed to provide Activclassroom teachers around the world the ability to share new and innovative lessons, access a wide variety of professional development materials, and connect with fellow Activclassroom teachers from around the Planet. |
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