Online Resources

The Upper Merion Township Library offers entry to thousands of articles and images from journals, newspapers, and online resources. You will need your library card to access the information from home.

Antiques & Collectibles		General Reference
Art		Health & Science
Auto Repair		Legal Forms
Biography		Literature
Business		Magazines
Children's Resources		Music
Education		Newspapers
Find A Book		Photographs
Genealogy		Web Sites

Antiques & Collectibles

Price It! allows the user to identify, research and price art, antiques and collectibles. It provides integrated information solutions to businesses and individuals allowing user to just type in key words for the item being valued. Prices are based on actual sales from several reliable sources, namely, eBay, professional antique dealers and antique auction houses.

Art

Grove Art provides access to the complete text of the 34-volume Dictionary of Art. Newly-commissioned articles and links to images from galleries and museums from around the world are included.

Auto Repair

Auto Repair Reference Center - Supplied by Point 5 Technologies with complete automotive repair information supplied by Nichols Publishing, publisher of hilton© information. Most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles are listed. Repair information is available for most manufacturers as far back as 1954.

Biography

	AP Multimedia Archive has over 500,000 current and historical photographs and graphics searchable by date, place and subject.
	Biography Reference Bank links to biographical articles on over 470,000 individuals. Full text articles, abstracts and photographs are available from periodicals, feature articles, interviews, essays, performance reviews, speeches and obituaries.
	Contemporary Authors (Thomson Gale) is a guide to current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television. Biographies of these authors are included.

Business

	Business Searching Interface (BSI) is EBSCO's highly focused user interface created especially for the business searcher. BSI provides an easy way to both browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research.
	Business Source Premier provides full text articles from general business magazines, trade publications, business journals and business publications with an international scope. Some titles start as far back as 1985 and more than 200 journals have PDF full text materials back to 1965 or first issue published. Over 10,000 company profiles are included. Topics include accounting, management, marketing, economics, finance, international business and more.
	Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
	Business Newsbank has business articles from 1993 to the present. (UMT card required)
	ReferenceUSA has directories of companies and residential data. (MCLINC card required)
	LearningExpressLibrary.com - Take practice tests for Civil Service, GED, GRE, U.S. Citizenship and many more. (MCLINC card required)

Children's Resources

	AP Multimedia Archive has over 500,000 current and historical photographs and graphics searchable by date, place and subject.
	EBSCO Animals has information on the nature and habitat of animals.
	Facts for Learning elementary school level teaches students how to ask questions, use resources, understand indexes, choose topics, search online and read charts and graphs. The Middle school module provides content designed for students able to use a more sophisticated format.
	Kids Search (K-5) is designed for students in grades K - 5. It provides elementary school students with an easy-to-use, graphically-appealing interface they can use to search their EBSCO databases. The interface facilitates searching by topic, enabling users to easily enter keywords, or select topics or subtopics to search, from the Basic Search screen.
	Searchasaurus, suggested for children, includes an encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches for primary and middle school grade levels, a dictionary, photos, maps and flags. A good homework resource.
	Middle Search Plus - Middle and Junior High School information from more than 150 popular magazines. Articles are assigned a Lexile (reading level) indicator.
	NoveList K-8 - Fiction read-alikes for K-8. Has full text reviews and book talks for selected titles.
	Primary Search is an elementary school resource with information from more than 60 magazines from as far back as 1990. Articles are assigned a Lexile (reading level) indicator.
	SIRS Discoverer includes articles and images from over 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines and government documents. Articles are assigned a reading level -Easy, Moderate or Challenging- based on age-appropriateness, educational content, interest and reading level. This database is an excellent student resource.

Education

	ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center) provides full text of 2,200 digests in addition to citations and abstracts from over 980 education or education-related journals.
	LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts) has information on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports and proceedings
	Professional Development Collection is designed for professional educators, 550 full text journals are included in the collection.
	Teacher Reference Center (TRC) - This index contains over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals and books. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics and more.

Find A Book

	Access Pennsylvania Database catalog has holdings of almost 3,000 Pennsylvania school, public, academic and special libraries are included in this database. Search by author, title, subject or keyword to locate over 50 million items
	Next Good Book Get information about books and authors, discuss Books with other people, build online bookshelves, share your favorite books, and see who's reading a book.
	Book Source: Nonfiction contains full text and abstracts for 1000 popular nonfiction books. Full text articles on literature, social studies, history and science are available and career, health, sports, adventure and technology information is also included.
	netLibrary eBooks are full text searchable and available for use on personal computers in online formats.
	NextReads is a readers' advisory newsletter service providing monthly and bimonthly lists for library patrons.
	NoveList includes fiction authors, titles and themes. Provides suggestions for read-alikes. Librarians can use this database as a readers' advisory service for fiction readers.

Genealogy

	Ancestry.com (in-library use only)
	HeritageQuest Online (Use this link if in library)
	HeritageQuest Online (Use this link if at home)

General Reference

	EBSCOhost - Click on the icon to gain access to all the EBSCOhost databases.
	EBSCOhost Español - Una versión en español de los bases de datos EBSCOhost.
	Facts for Learning elementary school level teaches students how to ask questions, use resources, understand indexes, choose topics, search online and read charts and graphs. The Middle school module provides content designed for students able to use a more sophisticated format.
	New World Encyclopedia (Funk & Wagnall's) - Over 25,000 encyclopedia entries are provided.
	History Reference Center is a history reference database that features cover-to-cover full text for more than 750 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction books, full text for nearly 60 leading history periodicals, 58,000 historical documents, 43,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 12,000 historical photos and maps and 87 hours of historical film and video.
	LearningExpressLibrary.com - Take practice tests for Civil Service, GED, GRE, U.S. Citizenship and many more. (MCLINC card required)
	Oxford Reference Online provides information on many subjects including general reference, language and quotations, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, business and professions. Bilingual dictionaries provided in English/French, English/German, English/Spanish, and English/Italian.
	SIRS Discoverer includes articles and images from over 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines and government documents. Articles are assigned a reading level -Easy, Moderate or Challenging- based on age-appropriateness, educational content, interest and reading level. This database is an excellent student resource.
	Student Research Center (6-12) - EBSCO search designed for students in grades 6 through 12. Provides the most appropriate research tools to easily obtain the information that students need from their EBSCO databases. Students can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels.
	World Book Online - The online reference source containing every article from the 22 volume print set, plus multimedia, Web sites, and more. (UMT card required)

Health & Science

	Clinical Pharmacology provides information for all U.S. prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs.
	Consumer Health Complete (CHC) - Convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles. Also in Spanish Salud en Español (CHC in Spanish)
	EBSCO Animals has information on the nature and habitat of animals.
	Facts for Learning elementary school level teaches students how to ask questions, use resources, understand indexes, choose topics, search online and read charts and graphs. The Middle school module provides content designed for students able to use a more sophisticated format.
	Health Source Plus: Consumer Edition - Search for information on medicine, food and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Over 200 general health publications and more than 190 journals can be searched, including Consumer Reports on Health and Men's Health.
	Salud en Español (Consumer Health Complete in Spanish)
	Today's Science Facts On File - Learn about the latest developments in the world of science. Content is searchable and indexed, and includes a glossary and links to other online science websites. Upper Merion Township Library barcode required. (UMT card required)

Legal Forms

Legal Forms (Thomson Gale) contains over 1000 standard legal forms specific to Pennsylvania in Microsoft Word and PDF formats. Most forms can be completed online before being printed. Contains summaries on the uses of most forms, as well as a glossary of legal terms and concepts written specifically for the layperson. (UMT card required)

Literature

	Next Good Book Get information about books and authors, discuss Books with other people, build online bookshelves, share your favorite books, and see who's reading a book.
	Contemporary Authors (Thomson Gale) is a guide to current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television. Biographies of these authors are included.
	netLibrary eBooks are full text searchable and available for use on personal computers in online formats.
	NoveList includes fiction authors, titles and themes. Provides suggestions for read-alikes. Librarians can use this database as a readers' advisory service for fiction readers.
	NoveList K-8 - Fiction read-alikes for K-8. Has full text reviews and book talks for selected titles.
	Oxford Reference Online provides information on many subjects including general reference, language and quotations, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, business and professions. Bilingual dictionaries provided in English/French, English/German, English/Spanish, and English/Italian.
	LitFinder (Thomson Gale) allows search for full text poems, citations and excerpts using Poem Finder. Poet biographies, a Kids' Korner, and the Year's Best Poetry are included. Story Finder provides thousands of full text short stories with explanations, biographies, and more. Use Essay Finder to locate full text essays and discursive writing based on books published in the 20th century. The essays focus on humanities and social sciences and include biographies and literary criticisms.
	Reader's Advisor Online is a guide to readers interests. (UMT card required)

Magazines

	EBSCOhost - Click on the icon to gain access to all the EBSCOhost databases.
	MAS Ultra - School Edition - Full text from more than 550 popular general interest and current events publications covering general reference, health, science, and other areas, with information dating as far back as 1975 for key magazines. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 650 titles.
	SIRS Discoverer includes articles and images from over 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines and government documents. Articles are assigned a reading level -Easy, Moderate or Challenging- based on age-appropriateness, educational content, interest and reading level. This database is an excellent student resource.
	Kids Search (K-5) is designed for students in grades K - 5. It provides elementary school students with an easy-to-use, graphically-appealing interface they can use to search their EBSCO databases. The interface facilitates searching by topic, enabling users to easily enter keywords, or select topics or subtopics to search, from the Basic Search screen.
	Searchasaurus, suggested for children, includes an encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches for primary and middle school grade levels, a dictionary, photos, maps and flags. A good homework resource.
	Business Newsbank has business articles from 1993 to the present. (UMT card required)

Music

Grove Music Online provides access to the complete text of the 29-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and the New Grove Dictionaries of Opera and Jazz. Links are available to musical sites on the Internet; some examples use Sibelius (music notation software.)

Newspapers

	EBSCOhost - Click on the icon to gain access to all the EBSCOhost databases.
	Newspaper Source - Selected full text articles are available from over 180 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources. Indexing and abstracts are available for national newspapers.
	Philadelphia Inquirer - Articles from 1981 to the present. (UMT card required)

Photographs

	AP Multimedia Archive has over 500,000 current and historical photographs and graphics searchable by date, place and subject.
	Searchasaurus, suggested for children, includes an encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches for primary and middle school grade levels, a dictionary, photos, maps and flags. A good homework resource.
	SIRS Discoverer includes articles and images from over 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines and government documents. Articles are assigned a reading level -Easy, Moderate or Challenging- based on age-appropriateness, educational content, interest and reading level. This database is an excellent student resource.

Web Sites

DartClix - (Brodart Automation) Over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites designed to enhance curriculum support in schools and patron research in public and academic libraries. The DartClix records containing multiple fields are loaded into the Access PA Database where they may be searched, and then link users to the websites.