Lifelong Learning

ABC Mouse is a learning tool for preschoolers and elementary-aged children.

The AP Images Collection database captures the greatest events in history and brings them to life with photographs, audio sound bites, graphics and text. *

Take Control of Your Money Franklin County Library has partnered with F&M Trust and Banzai to bring you clear, in-depth lessons that help you dive into the financial topics you care most about.

Beanstack is used by our libraries to help you keep track of your reading while possibly winning prizes.  Log in and sign up for our challenges throughout the year.

The Black Freedom Struggle resource is provided at no cost to the POWER Library by ProQuest. It features select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African-American history.*

BookFlix® is a digital literacy resource that pairs more than 120 animated stories with a best-selling nonfiction eBook on a similar subject. The pairings are designed to strengthen early literacy skills while exposing young learners to real-world concepts. *

ConnectWell selectively curates health content from trusted sources to provide the latest standard of care guidelines and scientific findings on health, wellness, disease management, and nutrition.

Ebsco eBooks allows you to select from over 16,000 eBooks from the world’s leading publishers across all major subject areas. Perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online.*

Browse and read full-text newspapers from more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, plus leading titles from around the world, or search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields.*

Gale’s PowerSearch allows you to search all the Gale databases at once.  Discover a collection of authoritative periodicals, scholarly journals, newspapers, and reference content *

This comprehensive e-resource draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. *

Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. 

PA Online Learning is a FREE growing collection of tutorials on how to use software, social media, and library resources, such as POWER Library! Explore now and check back later to see how it grows! Selecting the link will take you to directly to PA Online Learning. *

POWER Kids provides quick access to all the state provided e-resources chosen specifically for children.*

POWER Library e-resources provide access to thousands of full-text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, photographs, pictures, charts, maps, and reference material for Pennsylvanians of all ages.*

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.*

This resource includes 112 titles on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and cover subjects such as business, education, fine arts, history, political science, social science, juvenile literature, and sports and recreation. *

This database provides coverage in areas including history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. *

Offering dozens of units to supplement social studies and science core curricula learning, TrueFlix® is a highly-engaging multimedia resource. *

Continually updated, the World Book Online is a great source of accurate and accessible information geared to all age levels.