Articles & Databases

Articles & Databases

Tutorials

Niche Academy

Provides tutorials that inform and educate patrons about library resources and how to use them

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Business and Financial

Morningstar

Comprehensive financial information on stocks, funds, ETF’s, and more.

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Children & Teens

ABC Mouse

ABCMouse.com offers the most comprehensive online curriculum for children ages 2-8+, including reading and language arts, math, beginning science, social studies, art and music.

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Fiero Code

Through fun and engaging activities, Fiero Code helps students learn the coding skills necessary to build websites, video games, apps, and more!

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Power Kids

Offers access to photos, documents, writings of people and places and Chat with a Librarian for elementary school aged children.

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Power Teens

Provides online resources including full-text research e-resources, collections of photographs and documents, the statewide catalog of materials held in libraries throughout Pennsylvania, and Chat with a Librarian.

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eBooks & Audiobooks

CloudLibrary

Offers eBooks and Audiobooks for children, teens, and adults.

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CloudLibrary NewsStand – Browser Only

View digital magazines in your browser. To use on mobile devices open the cloudLibrary app.

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Comics Plus

Digital comics, graphic novels and manga.

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Hoopla

Borrow free video, music, eBooks and audiobooks with your library card. 4 downloads per month are permitted.

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(Bucks County residents only)

Libby by OverDrive

Offers 600+ adult titles. Compatible with IOS, Android, web browsers, and Amazon devices including Kindle Paperwhite.

Brought to you by the Community Library e-Cooperative (CLE) of Bucks County and available to patrons whose home libraries are Feasterville, Grundy, New Hope, Northampton, Pipersville, Southampton, and Warminster.

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(Grundy Library cardholders
only residents of zip codes 19007 & 19021)


Employment & Career

BrainFuse

Live online tutoring.

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JobNow

Online live help for job seekers with resumes, interviews, and job applications. Live online coaching is available every day from 2pm to 11pm.

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Linkedin Learning

Access to a library of over 14,000 courses.

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Resume Builder

Access to multiple resume resources, including an easy-to-use resume builder, sample resumes, a video tutorial, and resume FAQs.

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Genealogy

Ancestry.com

Census and other historical records.

Use @ Bucks County Public Libraries

HeritageQuest Online

Census data, name catalogs, Revolutionary War records, & more.

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HistoryMosaic

An online research platform created by Historical Information Gatherers with millions of electronic files that tell the history of land use in modern America — through aerial photographs, street directories, topographic maps, fire insurance maps and city and county atlases, some dating back to the mid-1800s.

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(Grundy Library cardholders
only residents of zip codes 19007 & 19021)

Literature

NoveList

Search tool for finding new and recommended books for adults, teens, and children.

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Select Reads

Get news about new titles in our collection, suggested genre reads, and book recommendations on subjects and topics you’ve selected for yourself.

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Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals

Access Newspaper Archive

Contains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700’s, including the Bristol Courier Times (1925-1965) & the Bucks County Gazette (1873-1926).

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(Grundy Library cardholders
only residents of zip codes 19007 & 19021)

America’s Historical Newspapers

The Historical Philadelphia Inquirer contains full-text issues spanning June 1829 through December 1922.

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(Grundy Library cardholders
only residents of zip codes 19007 & 19021)

America’s News

Full-text articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer (1981-present), the Bucks County Courier Times (Nov. 2002-present), & the Intelligencer (Nov. 2002-present) as well as other American newspapers.

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(Grundy Library cardholders
only residents of zip codes 19007 & 19021)

Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports tests, rates, and reviews thousands of consumer products and services.

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Flipster

Access leading digital magazines on your mobile device with this digital magazine newsstand from EBSCO.

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NewsBank Black Life in America

The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today. Content sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.

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(Grundy Library cardholders
only residents of zip codes 19007 & 19021)

NewsBank Bristol Pilot

Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from archived issues of The Bristol Pilot.

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(Grundy Library cardholders
only residents of zip codes 19007 & 19021)

NewsBank Bucks County Courier Times Collection

Search Full Text Editions or browse replicas of the Bucks County Courier Times print edition online, with full-color layouts of all news articles, graphics, advertisements, classifieds, weather reports, box scores, puzzles, cartoons and more. Available as soon as print editions.

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(Grundy Library cardholders
only residents of zip codes 19007 & 19021)

NewsBank Hispanic Life in America

The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media. Content sourced from more than 17,000 American and global news sources, including over 700 Spanish-language or bilingual publications.

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(Grundy Library cardholders
only residents of zip codes 19007 & 19021)

NewsBank Philadelphia Inquirer Collection

Search Full Text Editions or browse replicas of the Philadelphia Inquirer print edition online, with full-color layouts of all news articles, graphics, advertisements, classifieds, weather reports, box scores, puzzles, cartoons and more. Available as soon as print editions.

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(Grundy Library cardholders
only residents of zip codes 19007 & 19021)

NYT: Home Use

Direct access to real-time news and archives dating back to 1851.

Each session will expire after 24 hours.

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NYT: In Library Only

Direct access to real-time news and archives dating back to 1851.

Use @ Bucks County Public Libraries

Power Library Network Databases

Sponsored by the Pennsylvania state library, a comprehensive collection of research databases.

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Value Line

Investment research platform with has financial data, news, and in-depth analyses. 

Please note: Value Line is limited to 20 simultaneous users. If a 21st user attempts to access the service, they will be notified that all seats are currently in use and that they should try back in a few minutes.

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Wall Street Journal

Access to unlimited articles and a four-year archive of the paper. Includes an e-replica of the day’s paper and informative videos and podcasts.

Each session will expire after 72 hours.

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Nonprofit Information

For more information on nonprofits please visit the Nonprofit Resource Center

Foundation Directory Online

Provides the most comprehensive & accurate information on U.S. grantmakers & their funding activities.

Use @ Grundy

Foundation Directory Online: Individual Grants

An online database containing detailed records of nearly 10,000 foundation & public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, & other individual grant-seekers.

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GuideStar

Search 2 million+ nonprofits through GuideStar’s intuitive search functionality. GuideStar Charity Check included provides the easiest due diligence available. You can determine the charitable status of a nonprofit with just one click. Charity Check can be accessed at https://www.guidestar.org/guidestar-charity-check/.

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Streaming Music & Movies

Hoopla

Borrow free video, music, eBooks and audiobooks with your library card. 4 downloads per month are permitted.

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(Bucks County residents only)

Kanopy

Stream films anytime, anywhere on your preferred devices
free for you—brought to you by your library.

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(Grundy Library cardholders
only residents of zip codes 19007 & 19021)

CloudLibrary and Hoopla are funded by Bucks County Free Library.

The following resources are funded by Bucks County Free Library through the support of the Hamilton G. Disbrow Trust: Brainfuse HelpNow and JobNow, Consumer Reports, Lynda.com, Morningstar, NewsBank, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.