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Live Homework help from tutor.com
  Live, Online Tutoring and Career Help
Free Help with Homework, Resume Writing and More

The McBride Memorial Library has a new program that offers students of all ages live, one-to-one help from certified tutors online. Any patron with a valid McBride Memorial Library card can access the new online services from the library or right from home. The K-12 Student Center, College Center and Adult Career Center from Tutor.com includes live, one-to-one tutoring, a real-time writing center and 24/7 access to worksheets, videos and tutorials in just about any subject. A live, online tutoring and resume writing service is also available. The service is completely free for our community.

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This service has been made possible by the V. I. P. Group (Volunteers in Philanthropy) of the Central Susquehanna Community Foundation. We are very happy to be able to offer this valuable service to our users.

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eBranch2Go 
You can download hundreds of audio books and listen on your computer or transfer books to a portable device, like an iPod or MP3 player.  You can also download e-books! Download the latest best sellers, fiction, and nonfiction to your e-reader today!  E-books are available for the Kindle.   Try it, it's easy! It's free! (Login in using your library card. Don't enter any spaces.
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The FREE premium subscription online resources found on Pennsylvania's POWER Library  and our own premium resources gives you immediate and unlimited access to thousands of magazines, books, car repair manuals, health information, full text articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, photographs, charts, maps, a book advisory service, pictures, reference materials for young people, online courses and test practice and much more

How do I use the Online Resources?

All you need is an internet connection and your Library Card. You can also come to the library and use them without a library card.
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What is available?


ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry
Is a source researchers rely on for major trade and industry news. It includes in-depth coverage of companies, products, executives, trends, and other topics for more than 1,250 publications, with over 1,140 in full-text. With ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, users can study and compare specific trades and industries, including telecommunications, computing, transportation, construction, petrochemicals, and many others.

Access Pennsylvania
Catalog holdings of almost 3,000 Pennsylvania school, public, academic and special libraries are included in this online resource. Search by author, title, subject or keyword to locate over 44 million items.

AP Images
More than one million current and historical photographs, news stories, audio files and graphics illustrating news stories can be searched by date, place and subject. More than 800 photographs are added daily.

 

Ask a Health Librarian - Do you need more information about an illness or medication? Click on the Ask a Health Librarian link to submit your request.  Geisinger Medical Center's Community Health Librarian will mail or e-mail you personalized, up-to-date health information.   All requests are confidential and the service is free of charge.  The information is not intended to replace talking with your doctor or as a diagnosis

Ask Here PA
Is available to help you get answers to your questions, any time and anywhere you have Internet  access. Unlike other "expert" sites on the Web, there is no charge to use the service. They do what libraries have always done best -- quickly getting you the accurate, unbiased information you need.  Online chat with Librarians 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Get an answer fast to your question.

Auto Repair Reference Center
Find auto repair and service information for most car models starting in 1954. Factory drawings and step-by-step photographs. Technical service bulletins and recall information. Wiring diagrams for easy viewing printing. Specifications, maintenance schedules and "Care & Repair Tips" with a complete troubleshooting section. Estimate repair costs before visiting the mechanic. Learn more about how your car works, visit the Auto IQ section for videos and animated demonstrations.

Consumer Health Complete
Provides easy to use content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full-text online resource covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.

Contemporary Authors
A guide to current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television. Biographies of these authors are included.


eBooks by EBSCO
Over 12,000 Electronic books (eBooks) are available through this link. EBSCO eBooks are full text searchable and available for use on personal computers in online formats. Click on the eBooks link on the top menu to see the graphical interface.

GreenFILE
Focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology.

InfoTrac Newsstand
Provides millions of full-text articles from more than 1,400 newspapers, including Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Christian Science Monitor, The Financial Times (London), The New York Times, The Times (London), USA Today and many others. Ability to search by specific newspaper section to deliver more precise results. Comprehensive coverage of current events, including national, global and regional perspectives, as well as first-hand accounts of historical events. Listen to articles read using built in player or download MP3 files to listen to on mobile devices.


eBranch2Go
 
You can download hundreds of audio books and listen on your computer or transfer books to a portable device, like an iPod or MP3 player.  You can also download e-books! Download the latest best sellers, fiction, and nonfiction to your e-reader today!  E-books are available for the Kindle.   Try it, it's easy! It's free! (Login in using your library card. Don't enter any spaces.

 
LISTA
(Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts)
Bibliographic online resource that provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, online information retrieval, information management and more. LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports and proceedings. With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced online resource covering the field of information science.


OmniFile Mega
Provides magazines with full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from thousands of sources. Articles from nearly 4,000 publications and article abstracts and indexing from 3,500 publications +.  Covers Education, General Science, Humanites, Social Sciences and Business.

OmniFile Select
Provides a 100% full-text articles from more than 2,500 publications. It is a multidisciplinary and includes: Art , Applied Science & Technology, Biological & Agricultural Index, Education, General Science, Humanities, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, Library Literature & Information Science, Readers' Guide, Social Sciences, and Business.

Readers' Guide Select
Provides 100% full-text for the most popular general-interest magazines published in the United States and Canada. Subjects Covered include: African-Americans, Aging, Astronomy, Automobiles, Biography, Business, Children, Computers, Consumer Education, Current Events, Education, Environment, Fashion, Film, Fine Arts, Food, Foreign Affairs, Health, History, Hobbies, Home, Journalism, Leisure Activities, Medicine, Music, News, Nutrition, Photography, Politics, Religion, Science, Sports, Television.

Science Full Text Select
Provides full text content from 320 journals with full text articles, indexing and abstracts. Subjects Covered: Applied Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Automotive Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry,Computer Databases & Software, Construction,Energy Resources & Research, Environmental Science, Fishery Sciences, Food Science, Forestry, Genetics, Horticulture, Immunology, Marine Biology, Microbiology, Nutrition, Paleontology, Physiology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife, Zoology.

SIRS Discoverer 2 Minute Demo 

Quick Start User's Guide

SIRS Discoverer, an award-winning general reference resource for learners and researchers in grades 1-9, makes learning fun and intuitive. Discoverer helps students develop their research, writing, language, and computer skills. Only the best, most unique, and most relevant resources are selected for SIRS Discoverer. Now with Science Fair Explorer and Skills Discoverer.


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