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The POWERLibrary is offered as a service of Pennsylvania's public libraries, school libraries, and the State Library. The POWER Library allows you FREE access to thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more. You will find materials of interest in most subject areas for all age groups from young children to adults.  The POWERLibrary can be accessed by clicking on the POWERLibrary icon. To get to the POWERLibrary you must have a library card and your browser must be set to accept "cookies". At the log-in screen enter our library's ID number and the six-digit bar code from your library card. The ID number you need can be obtained by contacting the Degenstein Library. If you would like to take some quick tutorials on how to use POWERLibrary, click this link: http://www.powerlibrary.info/ and you will be taken to a series of links. Just choose your tutorial and it will begin using the Flash player. Don't forget to turn on your speakers or use headphones. If you would like more detailed information about all that POWERLibrary has to offer, click HERE for a four page printable brochure.
Ask Here PA is a live online interactive reference service, available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Click on the icon above to get there. Ask Here PA combines the speed and convenience of the internet with the information savvy of experienced reference librarians. Save time and let us help. The librarian who answers your question may not be located in your local area. When you get to Ask Here PA, you will find three ways to get your answers. You can initiate a chat session, use your email account, or simply use your telephone. Instructions are clearly presented on the web site. Why not give it a try the next time you need information.

LearningExpress Library provides practice tests, online tutorials, and general advice for school, college, and career building. Take the tests as many times as you want and explore all the tools available to help you improve your scores.

Start by clicking the LearningExpress icon

At the LearningExpress Library web page, click the "New User" button to create your account

Pick a user name and password that you will remember

Verify your password

Start taking tests!


ProQuest Information and Learning's HeritageQuest Online provides libraries with a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture. Beginning or professional genealogists can now use this powerful online library, with original page images for all documents, from the convenience of their home or at the library. Indexes and original page images mean no additional trips, inter-library loan requests or work by researchers or staff.

HeritageQuest Online is the marriage of ProQuest's Genealogy & Local History Online, a collection of over 20,000 family and local histories, and content from HeritageQuest, the largest genealogical data, products, supplies and equipment provider to consumers and institutions in the United States. In August 2001, ProQuest acquired HeritageQuest. Founded in 1983, HeritageQuest has been in business for over 20 years and brings a wealth of genealogy data to ProQuest.

HeritageQuest Online is designed specifically for patrons in public libraries who are either just beginning their family research or who after years of work are still uncovering their past. With over 20,000 books currently available, the entire U.S. Federal Census, PERSI™, Freedman’s Bank Records, Revolutionary War Pension Records, and other expanding collections, HeritageQuest Online gives any library the opportunity to tap into one of the largest collections of genealogy material in the country.