| Resource & Link | Description |
|---|---|
 | BookFLIX * Watch and read nonfiction video storybooks about Animals and Nature, Earth and Sky, People and Places, ABC’s and 1, 2, 3’s, Family and Community, Music and Rhyme, Adventure, and more. Enjoy read aloud with words highlighting and interactive games. Some films and books are available in Spanish too! Topics: literacy, eBooks, children, elementary level, student |
 | Books & Authors * Discover fiction and non-fiction books that match your interests! Books and Authors (powered by Gale's popular What Do I Read Next? series) is for readers from every level of reading proficiency and enables users to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics from more than 240,000 titles. Topics, books, reference, reviews |
 | Books, movies, and more in a PA library (Access PA catalog) * Search a single catalog reflecting the holdings of over 1,500 Pennsylvania libraries and their combined collections of over 41 million books, audio materials, reference materials, movies, and much more. Topics: catalog |
 | Contemporary Authors * A guide to current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television. Discover biographical and bibliographical information on more than 145,000 of today's most influential authors. Topics: authors, reference, research, students |
 | eBooks on EBSCOhost * Select from over 16,000 eBooks from the world's leading publishers across all major subject areas. Perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. Topics: eBooks, all ages, reference, entertainment |
 | Fine Arts * Over 10.4 million articles for serious students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. More than 250 journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) index are available in full text. Topics: art, reference, research, student, high school, adults |
 | Freegal A free music and streaming movie service. All you need is your library card number. Freegal offers access to about 9 million songs, to download and keep or stream, including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists, and over 15,000 music videos. In total the collection is comprised of music from over 28,000 labels with music that originates in over 100 countries, also thousands of feature films and television episodes from major content providers. There is no software to download, and there are no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. Topics: music, entertainment, all ages |
 | Gale E-Books * Explore encyclopedias and specialized reference sources on a variety topics from history, government, environment, math, and more! Topics: eBooks, reference, research, student, all ages |
 | Hoopla MTPL patrons can instantly borrow free digital movies, music, eBooks, eAudiobooks and eComics 24/7 with your library card. 3 downloads a month per patron. Topics: eBooks, movies, music, entertainment, all ages |
 | LitFinder * Discover literature content from more than 150,000 full-text poems, 840,000 poem citations and excerpts, 7,100 full-text short stories and novels, 3,800 full-text essays published in the 16th-20th centuries, 2,400 full-text speeches, and 1,250 full-text plays. It also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary. Within LitFinder's collection, users can access works from over 80,000 authors from 660 nationalities. Topics: books, reference, research, student, high school, adults |
 | News * Browse and read full-text newspapers from more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, plus leading titles from around the world, or search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. InfoTrac Newsstand also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts, and transcripts. Topics: news, newspapers, reference |
 | NewsBank America's News Access Local newspapers including the Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era, LNP, Sunday News. News of local interest happens everywhere, from small towns to big cities across the United States. America's News provides access to information on people, issues and events in the local area and around the country. Topics: news, newspapers, reference, Lancaster, adults |
 | NewsBank World News NewsBank consolidates current and archived information from thousands of newspaper titles, as well as newswires, web editions, blogs, videos, broadcast transcripts, business journals, periodicals, government documents and other publications. Using these online resources, researchers in libraries around the world can easily explore tens of millions of current and archived news articles and obituaries in order to pinpoint information from primary sources at the local, state, regional, national and international levels. Topics: news, newspapers, reference, world, adults |
 | Overdrive Browse, borrow, and enjoy eBook and eAudiobook titles from the Library System of Lancaster County digital collection. Online users can use OverDrive and mobile users can check out the Libby app. MTPL patrons have access to additional exclusive titles. Topics: eBooks, audio, entertainment, all ages |
 | Rb digital The world's largest library newsstand, brings the very best in magazine publishing to thousands of libraries worldwide. Patrons select both new and back issues, adding them to their personal reading libraries with no holds, no checkout periods, and no limit to the number of magazines checked out and downloaded. Topics: magazines, entertainment, all ages |
 | TrueFlix * Learn about people, places, nature, history, and science from videos and eBooks on topics such as American Indians, Ancient Civilizations, Farm to Table, The Civil War, Continents, The Thirteen Colonies, U.S. Government, Disasters, Earth Science, Experiments, Extreme Science, Nature, and many more. Topics: reference, research, student, elementary school, middle school |
 | TumbleBooks The TumbleBook Library is a fun and interactive library of animated, talking story books for preschoolers, beginner readers and older independent readers. Read along and listen, or read on your own. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing story books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic (e-book) story book. TumbleBooks will help teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love! Topics: reference, research, student, elementary school, middle school |
 | Wowbrary Wowbrary is a free newsletter that provides you with weekly emails and RSS feeds about MTPL's most recent acquisitions. See our newest books, audiobooks, DVDs and more! Topics: newsletter, all ages, catalog |
