Electronic Research Resources - Topics

Automotive

Auto Repair Reference Center

Detailed and diagrammed automotive repair and maintenance information covering most major manufacturers.

Biography

Biography In Context

Comprehensive database of biographical information. Includes full text biographical articles from many popular magazines.

Contemporary Authors

Biographical and critical articles on current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television.

Literature Resource Center

Author information, literary criticism and plot summaries for authors from every age and literary discipline.

Library Access | Remote Access with Mt. Lebanon Library Card

Books & Literature

Gale Virtual Refernce Library -ebooks

Includes access to more than 50 reference ebooks; covering 14 different subject areas: literature, history, health, science etc. Includes The College Blue Book and Scholarships, Fellowships, and Loans. You may access each title individually or search entire collection at one time. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

Literature Resource Center

Author information, literary criticism and plot summaries for authors from every age and literary discipline.

NoveList

Fiction database that helps you find books by subject, read reviews & annotations, get discussion guides and much, much more.

NoveList K-8

Information about 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 in this database. A good resource to expand student reading interest by introducting new authors or additional books in a subject area.

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Play Index

Find citations to some 31,000 plays published individually or in collections from 1949 to the present; Search for plays by title, author, subject, keyword or genre; search for plays by age level or by total cast numbers. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

Poetry Criticism - Literature Criticism Online

Critical essays and biographical information including an introductory biographical sketch, an author portrait, a primary bibliography and sources for additional reading. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

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Zinio -eMagazines

Choose from more than 300 free digital magazines, including Consumer Reports, Cosmopolitan, Forbes, Good Housekeeping, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Seventeen and Us Weekly. Opt in for an email notification when new issues of your selected magazines are available.

Business

Business Insights Global

Find detailed information and compare multiple metrics on global or national businesses, comprehensive overviews on countries, interactive rankings and stats, and quick links to associated news, case studies and articles. Formerly Business and Company Resource Center.

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Legal Forms Library

Fully editable Pennsylvania legal forms, including: divorce, wills & estates, real estate, landlord tenant, etc. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

Lexis Nexis Library Express

Offers news coverage from regional, national, and international newspapers and publications, company profiles of over 50 million companies, case law, statutes, court decisions, and law reviews for legal research. Legal information is only available from inside the library. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

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Morningstar Investment Research Center

Contains mutual fund and stock ratings and reports, including detailed analyst reports, from Morningstar Inc.

Reference USA

This database lists 14 million U.S. Businesses, 4 million U.S. New Businesses, and 100 million households of U.S. residents searchable by multiple parameters.

Consumer Resources

Consumer Search

The writers for this website review print and online reviews of products and services using a set of objective and published ratings criteria. It is also a search engine for consumer product reviews.

Available to Anyone

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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Oxford English Dictionary

Definitions of over 500,000 words; offers the etymological analysis and detailed listings of variant spellings; and traces the usage of words from their first recorded occurrence to the modern period through 2.5 million quotations. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

Library Access | No Remote Access

Oxford Reference Online

Definitions and translations from over 100 full-text dictionaries on foreign languages, art, history, literature, science, and more. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

World Book Online

An online encyclopedia from the industry leader of award-winning encyclopedias, reference sources, and digital products. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

Library Access | Remote Access with Mt. Lebanon Library Card

Library Access | Remote Access with Mt. Lebanon Library Card

Education

Brainfuse

Free Online Homework Help! Chat with a live tutor using a virtual classroom , available 7 days a week, 2pm-11pm. Tutoring is available for elementary, middle, and high school, intro college, and adult education. 24/7 access to practice tests; SAT, ACT, GED and more. Subjects include: English, Language Arts, Writing, Math, Science, Social Studies/History. Funded by a generous grant from Eden Hall Foundation.

LearningExpress Library

An interactive online learning tool featuring over 770 practice tests, tutorials, and eBooks related to job search and workplace skills improvement, career certification and licensing exam preparation, college entrance and graduate school admissions exam preparation, GED exam preparation, and basic skills improvement in reading, writing, and math, for all ages. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. Tests included, but are not limited to, ACT, SAT, AP, CLEP, TOEFL, Praxis, Civil Service, Firefighter, EMT, ASVAB, etc. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

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LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts)

Includes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.

Teacher Reference Center

Provides abstract information from over 260 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals.

Testing & Education Resource Center

Test Preparation, practice tests, ebooks, and college and career information. Includes test prep for GED, ASVAB, SAT, GRE, NCLEX, PRAXIS, Civil Service, and many more.

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Universal Class

Over 500 non-credit continuing education courses for personal enrichment on many subjects from Accounting to Yoga. Access to your course is available 24/7 via the Internet. Attend class and do assignments on your own schedule. Each course has a real instructor who you may communicate with using email. Register and learn something new today! Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

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Genealogy

Ancestry Library

A comprehensive source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research.

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Heritage Quest Online

Digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records, Genealogy, Local History collections with coverage dating back to the late 1700's. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

General Information

Access PA Power Library

Pennsylvania Online World of Electronic Resources, access to 17 of the databases listed here, including Biography Reference Bank, Consumer Health, InfoTrac Newsstand, Readers' Guide Select, and many more!

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Gale Virtual Reference Library -ebooks

GreenFILE

This collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles on environmental issues. Topics include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling.

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Lexis Nexis Library Express

MasterFILE Premier

Contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.

OmniFile Full Text Select

100% full-text multi-disciplinary database Art, Education, Social Science, the Humanities, Business, Science, Current Events, and more.

OmniFile Mega

Multi-disciplinary full-text database covering Art, Education, Social Science, the Humanities, Business, Science, Current Events, and more. Contains Indexing and Abstracting of 4000 journals, with Full Text from more than 2500 journals. Includes Full Text from 1995 forward, and Indexing from 1982 forward.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context

Full text of books that cover both sides of social issues.

LIbrary Access | Remote Access with Mt. Lebanon Library Card

Oxford Reference Online

Definitions and translations from over 100 full-text dictionaries on foreign languages, art, history, literature, science, and more. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

Readers' Guide Select

Full-text database containing indexing, abstracting, and full text of 200 of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada.

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Universal Class

Zinio -eMagazines

Grants

Foundation Directory Online

Provides details on over 98,000 U.S. foundations and corporate donors, 1.7 million recent grants, and more than 400,000 key decision makers. This resource is only available while inside the library with a username and password. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

Library Access -Please see staff at the Reference Desk to get logged in. | No Remote Access

Health

Consumer Health Complete

This full-text database covers health topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.

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Health Reference Center

Provides comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health, and the human body. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library

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History & Social Studies

CultureGrams

Contains concise and up-to-date cultural information on the countries of the world. It goes beyond mere facts and figures to deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

MyGovernment

Provides key information on how the U.S. Government functions, representative contact info, and where representatives stand on key issues. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

Library Access | No Remote Access

Opposing Viewpoints In Context

Full text of books that cover both sides of social issues.

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Salem History

Provides online access to the printed version of Salem Press' history reference works, including the American Decade series 1950s through 1990s, and biographical profiles. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library

U.S. History In Context

One-stop source for U.S. including primary documents, full-text articles, images, maps and more.

World History In Context

One-stop source for world history, including primary documents, full-text articles, images, maps and more.

Images

AP Multimedia Archive

Current and historic photos and graphics from the Associated Press.

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Job & Career

Brainfuse

Career Transitions

Helps you plot a course to a new career through career exploration, interviewing tips, networking help, resume building, and job searching that incorporates your career, industry, and location. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

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Ferguson's Career Guidance Center

Career information on more than 1,200 careers and over 50 industries. Including: description, job duties, salary range, employment prospects, education and training requirements, job hunting tips, and more. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library

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LearningExpress Library

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Testing & Education Resource Center

Test Preparation, practice tests, ebooks, and college and career information. Includes test prep for GED, ASVAB, SAT, GRE, NCLEX, PRAXIS, Civil Service, and many more.

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Universal Class

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Kids Resources

Brainfuse

CultureGrams

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Muzzy Online

Interactive online language course for children. Learn English, French, Italian, German, or Spanish. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library

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NoveList K-8

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Science Online

School curriculum-oriented content with essays on topics and issues in science and technology, including; diagrams, illustrations, images, and video; over 1100 science experiments and activities; biographies and timelines. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

SIRS Discoverer

Full-text articles and graphics from newspapers and magazines for elementary and middle school students.

TumbleBook Library

A collection of animated, talking picture books. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.

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WorldBook Online

An online encyclopedia from the industry leader of award-winning encyclopedias, reference sources, and digital products. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

Languages

Mango Language

An online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages.

Library Access | Remote Access with Mt. Lebanon Library Card

Muzzy Online

Interactive online language course for children. Learn English, French, Italian, German, or Spanish. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library

Library Access | Remote Access with Mt. Lebanon Library Card

Law

Legal Forms Library

Fully editable Pennsylvania legal forms, including: divorce, wills & estates, real estate, landlord tenant, etc. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

LexisNexis Library Express

Offers news coverage from regional, national, and international newspapers and publications, company profiles of over 50 million companies, case law, statutes, court decisions, and law reviews for legal research. Legal information is only available from inside the library. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library

Library Access | Remote Access with Mt. Lebanon Library Card

MyGovernment

Provides key information on how the U.S. Government functions, representative contact info, and where representatives stand on key issues. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

Library Access | No Remote Access

Maps and Directions

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Music

Oxford Music Online

Encyclopedia of music of all kinds, especially classical, ethnic, opera and jazz. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

News

America's Newspapers

Search current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, government, sports and more with the largest collection of full-text U.S. newspapers. Includes staff-written articles, obituaries, editorials, announcements, real estate and other sections. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.
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InfoTrac Newsstand

This full-text newspaper resource allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section or other fields, eliminating random searching through newspaper archives. InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to more than 1,000 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Database

Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues from 1/1/1990 to current. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate and other sections. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Website

Local news, weather, sports, book reviews, obituaries and more. Includes articles posted on post-gazette.com since 1998. Does not include the entire archives of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Available to Anyone

Pittsburgh Tribune Review Database

Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues from 1/19/2005 to current. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate and other sections. Funded by Mt. Lebanon Public Library.

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Pittsburgh Tribune Review Website

Local news, weather, sports, book reviews, obituaries and more. Limited to articles published on the website since 2001. Includes only select articles and content published by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

Available to Anyone

Zinio -eMagazines

Science & Technology

GreenFile

Science Full Text Select

100% full-text database covering the sciences. Includes the full text from 360 journals from Wilson's Applied Science, Biological & Agricultural, and General Science databases, as well as science related articles from other Wilson databases.

Science In Context

Magazine & journal articles, reference books, websites and more on science topics from biology to polymorphism.

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Science Online