Power+Library

**YOU'VE GOT THE POWER, NOW USE IT!

What is the POWER Library? **       The POWER Library is a collection of databases available through a single Website that Pennsylvanians access from their local or school library. Or, using their current local library card and the Internet, can connect anywhere, anytime. Each of the databases housed within the POWER Library offers credible, easily searched information useful for individuals, business people and students. It's a one-stop source for information on everything from astrophysics to zebras! Click on the links below to access POWER Library database tutorials.
 * //K-8 Tutorials: //**

**EBSCO Publishing - Kids Search (K-5)** Kids Search is EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades K through 5. Kids Search provides elementary school students with an easy-to-use, graphically-appealing interface they can use to search their EBSCO databases. The interface facilitates searching by topic, enabling users to easily enter keywords, or select topics or subtopics to search, from the Basic Search screen. [|Kids Search: Basic, Advanced and Teacher Resources Tutorial (runtime 4.25 min)]

**EBSCO Publishing - Searchasaurus** Suggested for children, this resource includes an encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches for primary and middle school grade levels, a dictionary, photos, maps and flags. A good homework resource. **Weekly Reader - Facts for Learning** The Elementary School Module teaches younger students how to ask questions, use core reference resources, understand indexes, choose research topics, search online, and read charts and graphs. The Middle School Module provides content written for students in grades 5-8 and is designed for students able to use a more sophisticated format. 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 introducing new authors or additional books in a subject area. [|NoveList K-8 Tutorial]
 * EBSCO Publishing - NoveList K-8 **

EBSCO Publishing - NoveList K-8 Plus ** Online database with over 78,000 fiction and nonfiction titles for juvenile readers making this a powerful and creative educational tool for media specialists, teachers and students. Grab and Go Book Lists, BookTalks, Recommended Reads book lists, and Book Discussion Guides are just some of the additional features available with this database. Ideas for integrating reading into a variety of content areas at multiple grade levels is available through the Curricular Connections section.
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A readers' advisory newsletter service providing monthly and bimonthly lists for library patrons, including both fiction and nonfiction genre coverage, plus two lists created just for library staff. Customers subscribing from the POWER Library or Access PA web sites will see Access PA branding. Libraries may also purchase a discounted and customizable version which will contain their library's branding and is easily customizable to the library's needs, holdings, and customer tastes.
 * EBSCO Publishing - NextReads **

**//9-12 and Adult Tutorials://**

**EBSCO Publishing - EBSCOhost** 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. http://support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/BasicSearchingK-12Tutorial.html

The Student Research Center (SRC) is EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades 6 through 12. SRC provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools to easily obtain the information that they need from their EBSCO databases. Students can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and even limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels. http://support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/SRCInterface.html Electronic books (eBooks) are available through this link. netLibrary eBooks are full text searchable and available for use on personal computers in online formats. http://www.oclc.org/netlibrary/demo/ Lots of other **Power Library Tutorials** can be accessed here: [|ONLINE LIBRARY TUTORIALS]
 * EBSCO Publishing - Student Research Center (6-12) **
 * OCLC - netLibrary **