We are happy to introduce five new databases from POWER Library, Pennsylvania's Electronic Library, that are now available on our databases page under POWER Library

• Britannica School Edition (for elementary school students) 

This comprehensive source of informational text for pre-K to grade 5 includes encyclopedia articles, images, videos, and magazine articles. There is a Britannica Fundamentals section for children Pre-K - grade 2. Tools such as a world atlas, virtual tours, country comparison, and more, allow learners to explore geography and animal kingdom topics. 

• Cricket Media Collection (for elementary school students)

This collection includes hundreds of e-books from renowned family publisher Cricket Media. It can help build strong literacy skills in students from grades pre-K to 8 by offering digital access to award-winning, short-form fiction and nonfiction titles.

• MyHeritage Library Edition (general public )

This multilingual family history research database includes billions of historical documents from 48 countries, millions of historical photos, public records, indexes, and additional resources that span the past five centuries. Resources include U.S. and U.K. census records, family tree profiles, gravestone photos, military, immigration, and citizenship records, plus school yearbooks and obituaries. New content added monthly.

• ProQuest SIRS Discoverer (for middle school students)

This database provides coverage in history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. All newspaper, magazine, and reference book content is 100% full text, editorially-selected and indexed from over 2,200 reliable, high-quality global sources, including 400 full-text nonfiction books and around 300 full-text book chapters from publishers such as Britannica, World Book, Rosen Publishing Group, Enslow, and ReferencePoint Press. Also included are Controversial Issues, Animal Facts, Famous People and Country Facts.

• Transparent Language Online (general public)

Learn 120+ languages, including American Sign Language, English (ESL/ELL) learning content, and 30+ endangered North American and world languages. Practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing/typing with interactive lessons and courses. Transparent Language has a mobile app, too, for learning on the go.​

Go to our databases page under POWER Library with your Free Library of Philadelphia library card number and PIN to access these new databases. If you don't yet have a Free Library card, you can apply for one today!