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The POWER Library is offered as a service of Pennsylvania's public libraries, school libraries and the State Library.

The POWER Library allows you to access thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young and more.
You will find materials of interest in most subject areas for all age groups from young children to adults.

Below is a list with a description of each database that is available free of charge. 
All that is required is a valid library card from any Beaver County Library.

Adult Resources   Children's Resources

 

	Access Pennsylvania Database 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 44 million items. top
	AP Multimedia Archive More than 500,000 current and historical photographs and graphics can be searched by date, place and subject.  More then 800 photographs are added to the archive daily. top
	Brodart Automation's DartClix Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites designed to enhance curriculum support in schools and patron research in public and academic libraries.  The DartClix records containing multiple fields are loaded into the Access PA Database where they may be searched, and then link users to the websites.  top
	BookSource: Nonfiction A research database containing full text and abstracts for 1,000 popular nonfiction books.  Full text articles on literature, social studies, history and science are available and career, health, sports, adventure and technology information is also included. top
	Business Source Premier Provides 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 PDF full text materials back to 1965 or first issue published.  Over 10,000 company profiles are included.  Topics include accounting, management, marketing, economics, finance, international business and more. top
	Clinical Pharmacology Provides information for all U. S. prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter and new and investigational drugs.top
	EBSCOhost Click on this link to access all the EBSCOhost databases.top
	ERIC The Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) provides full text of 2,200 digests in addition to citations and abstracts from over 980 education or education-related journals.top
	Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia Over 25,000 encyclopedia entries are provided. top
	Health Source Plus: Consumer Edition Search for information on medicine, food, nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health.  Over 200 general health publications and more than 190 journals can be searched, including Consumer Reports on Health and Men's Health.top
	Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Full text articles from nearly 600 medical journals are provided.  Abstracts and indexing is available from nearly 850 medical journals.  top
	MAS Online Plus General interest and current events magazines are indexed and abstracted.  Full text articles are available for nearly 300 publication and 400 pamphlets.  Some full text reference books are also available. top
	MasterFile Premier Covering virtually every general interest subject area, this database provides full text information dating as far back as 1975.  reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and a collection of photos, maps and flags are included.top
	Newspaper Source Selected full text articles are available from over 180 regional U. S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources.  Indexing and abstracts are available for national newspapers.top
	Professional Development Collection Designed for professional educators, 550 full text journals are included in the collection.top
	Regional Business News Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.  R4egianl Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.top
	Auto Repair Reference Center Supplied by Point 5 Technologies with complete automotive repair information provided by Nichols Publishing of Chilton information.  Most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles are listed.  Repair information is available for most manufacturers as far back as 1954.top
	Book Index with Reviews Provides information on over 3.8 million book titles in a wide range of formats, including large print, books on tape, etc. Fiction and non-fiction titles are included in the database, in all genres.  The product contains over 880,000 full text searchable reviews from Library Journal, school Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, CHOICE, and others.top
	EBSCOhost Espanol A Spanish version of the EBSCOhost databases. top
	NoveList Includes fiction authors, titles, and themes.  Provides suggestions of books that are similar to those of a particular author or certain title.  expand your reading horizons with NoveList.  Librarians can use this database as a readers' advisory service to assist patrons who enjoy fiction.  teachers can use this resource for enhancement of curriculum. top
	Grove Art Online Provides access to the complete text of the 34-volume Dictionary of Art.  Newly-commissioned articles and links to images from galleries and museums from around the world are included.top
	Grove Music Online Provides access to the complete text of the 29-volume 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; some examples use Sibelius (music notation software). top
	HW Wilson 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.top
	netLibrary Electronic books (eBooks) are available through this link.  netLibrary eBooks are full text, searchable and available for use on personal computers in online formats.top
	Oxford Reference Online 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.top
	Thomson Gale Contemporary Authors A guide to current writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television.  Biographies of these authors are included. top
	Thomson Gale LitFinder Search for 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 dull text short stores 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.top
	wired.MD streaMED Patient Education Solution (currently available only from within your library) The streaMED Patient Education Solution provides supplemental new media patient education videos, prescribed by the healthcare provider to the patient at the point of care and beyond.  streaMED may be used within a patient education resource center, a medical library, an exam room, a waiting room, and a patient's home to educate patients on diagnoses, treatment plans and procedures in the most effective and engaging format. top

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Children's Resources

Access Pennsylvania Database Bibliographic union catalog and resource sharing guide.	AP Multimedia Archive Photographs and graphics searchable by date, place and subject.	BookSource: Nonfiction Containing full text and abstracts for 1000 popular nonfiction books.	EBSCO Animals Information and the nature and habitat of animals.	Primary Search An Elementary School resource with information from more than 60 magazines.
Middle Search Plus Middle and Junior High School information from more than 150 popular magazines.	NoveList K-8 Suggests fiction titles of interest that are similar to those of a particular author or a certain title.	Facts for Learning Resource on how to ask questions, use resources, understand indexes, choose topics, search online and read charts and graphs.	Searchasaurus Includes an encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches, a dictionary, photos, maps and flags.	SIRS Discoverer Includes articles and images from over 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines and government documents.