Many online resources are provided through the Bucks County Public Libraries.
Go to their e-Library page for even more web resources.
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Niche Academy Provides tutorials that inform and educate patrons about library resources and how to use them |
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Business and Financial |
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Morningstar Comprehensive financial information on stocks, funds, ETF’s, and more. |
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Gale Business: Plan Builder Offers an engaging, step-by-step guided experience complete with the information and tools needed to move through the entire five essential steps of business planning. |
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Children & Teens |
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ABC Mouse
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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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Offers access to photos, documents, writings of people and places and Chat with a Librarian for elementary school aged children. |
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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 |
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CloudLibrary Offers eBooks and Audiobooks for children, teens and adults.
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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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Employment & Career |
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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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Genealogy |
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Ancestry.com Census and other historical records.
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HeritageQuest Online Census data, name catalogs, Revolutionary War records, & more. |
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America's Genealogy Bank Quickly find your ancestors in over four centuries of rare documents and records. |
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America's Obituaries & Death Notices A searchable archive of obituaries drawn from U.S. newspapers |
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Legal |
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Gale LegalForms Take the law into your own hands and create accurate, reliable legal documents with no hassle with Gale LegalForms. It offers Pennsylvania-specific “attorney forms” – officially approved forms actually used by law firms. |
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Literature |
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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 |
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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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America's Historical Newspapers The Historical Philadelphia Inquirer contains full-text issues spanning June 1829 through December 1922. |
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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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Britannica Library Carefully curated browses, data tables, and maps make it easy and fun to explore a variety of topics. Explore using Britannica Library for Children, Britannica Library for Young Adults, or Britannica Library Reference Center. |
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Courier Times Image Edition |
Search or browse replica 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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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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Philadelphia Inquirer Image Edition |
Search or browse replica 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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NYT: In Library Only |
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NYT: Home Use |
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Power Library Network Databases Sponsored by the Pennsylvania state library, a comprehensive collection of research databases. |
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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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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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Nonprofit Information |
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For more information on nonprofits please visit the Nonprofit Resource Center | ||
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Foundation Directory Online Provides the most comprehensive & accurate information on U.S. grantmakers & their funding activities. |
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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 grantseekers. |
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Streaming Music & Movies |
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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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Kanopy Stream films anytime, anywhere on your preferred devices |
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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.
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