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Switching careers can feel daunting. For many people, beginning a new career path involves starting from scratch–and that often means investing a substantial amount of time and money into education and training.
The good news is that these days you don't necessarily need to pursue a two- or four-year degree to rewrite your career track. Instead, you can enroll in a coding bootcamp. Bootcamps are becoming increasingly common, and they allow students to quickly enter a new field.
Your library’s go-to resource for bestselling digital magazines, Flipster is an easy-to-use digital magazine newsstand for libraries.
Now available for patrons on desktop or the app! Look for FRANKLIN CO LIBRARY and then choose Patron ID Login under the Sign In button to log on.
Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Resume Builder
A Quick and Easy Way to Create Your Professional Resume. 30+ Professional Resume Templates Choose from over thirty modern and professional templates. All of which can be customized to your liking. Fast and Easy to Use Our resume builder lets you easily and quickly create a resume using our resume wizard.
Full Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
There are 9 million people with hearing difficulties in the USA with somewhere around 20,000 of them applying to post-secondary educational institutions annually. At this point, they face one of the most challenging periods in their life.
While regular students take common learning modes for granted, the latter becomes a real challenge for those who have hearing difficulties of any level. Hearing loss of any type impacts students’ academic performance severely, so education services do their best to prevent academic setbacks and meet the special needs of the deaf community. Fortunately, they seem to succeed.
Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete supports the information needs of patients and fosters an overall understanding of health-related topics. This resource provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine.
High School Search for Power Library
Explora, EBSCO's new interfaces for K12 schools and public libraries is now! Student Research; Middle School Student Research; Public Library Search.
Middle School Student Research
Preparing middle school students and educators for success.
NoveList K-8 Plus
NoveList K-8 Plus is a trusted source of read-alike recommendations specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.
EBSCO eBooks
Forge a clear path to success and support the digital needs of students, remote learners and faculty with access to high-quality academic e-books.
Large Selection of E-Books
Choose from more than 1.5 million e-books, including 225,000+ DRM-free titles.
EBSCO eBooks High School Subscription Collection
Give students, educators and administrators on-the-go access to popular e-books. This robust collection is an easy and cost-effective way for libraries to provide full-text e-books that align with their school’s curricula. It includes a selection of classic literary works, important historical documents and general reference materials.
EBSCO eBooks K-8 Subscription Collection
This cost-effective e-book collection supports a quality learning experience for K-8 students across all subject areas taught in elementary and middle schools. It’s an effective way to provide educators with full-text e-books to support their curricula.
EBSCO eBooks Public Library Subscription Collection
Give your patrons access to high-quality e-books covering a wide range of topics such as self-help, fitness, games, hobbies and cooking. This general reference e-book collection features titles for both adults and juveniles, as well as best-selling and recommended titles from leading publishers.
EBSCO eBooks Cricket Media Subscription Collection
Build strong literacy skills in students from pre-K to 8th grade by offering digital access to award-winning, short-form fiction and nonfiction titles by Cricket Media. This unique e-book collection explores a wide range of subjects to help young readers explore and expand their worlds.
GreenFILE
GreenFILE is a free research database covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts. It provides thousands of open access full-text records from scholarly, government and general interest sources.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) is a free research database for library and information science studies. LISTA provides indexing and abstracting for hundreds of key journals, books, research reports. It is EBSCO's intention to provide access to this resource on a continual basis.
Teacher Reference Center
A complimentary research database for teachers, Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 230 peer-reviewed journals.
Academic Search: Main Edition
This resource provides full-text scholarly content for major college courses. Designed specifically for academic institutions, this database provides full-text and peer-reviewed journals essential for undergraduate and graduate studies.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center
This reference database provides detailed yet user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines. All of the content is organized in a powerful, easy-to-use manner so that users can quickly find the information they need.
Student Loan Refinancing
If you’re saddled with student loan debt and worried about making payments on your federal loans during the coronavirus pandemic, you can breathe a sigh of relief. A coronavirus aid bill passed in March pauses payments on federal loans and sets interest rates at 0% from March 13 through Sept. 30, 2020. Private lenders may offer their own special relief programs, or you can refinance your private student loans to save money.
Whether you have federal, private or both types of student loans, consolidating or refinancing them might help you reduce your debt, better manage payments and work toward other financial goals. Too much student loan debt can affect your ability to save for retirement, increase disposable income or qualify for other loans, such as a mortgage. This guide explains the differences between refinancing private student loans and consolidating federal student loans, the pros and cons of each, and the best options for different situations.
Methodology: National student loan refinance companies in this guide are selected based on consumer ratings and availability of products.
No private student loan refinancer is perfect for every borrower. These lenders are a good starting point for most people, but you should research each company on your own.
Private Student Loans
Many college students need student loans to pay for educational expenses. Although federal student loans are typically the most affordable, they may not be a complete solution for every student.
Regardless of your credit, grades or financial need, you may be eligible for federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans. But there are limits on how much you can borrow each year, ranging from $5,500 for dependent undergraduate students to $20,500 for graduate or professional students. There are also total loan limits.
Private student loans can cover the gap between what you need for school and any federal student aid you receive, including grants, loans and work-study pay, as well as how much you can afford to pay toward your school expenses. This guide explains how private student loans work, their advantages and drawbacks, and what you should look for when you’re shopping for private student loans.
Best Student Credit Cards
Student credit cards are designed for college students who have no or limited credit. These cards usually offer low credit limits, and most don't charge annual fees. If you're new to credit cards and want to learn how to use them responsibly, you're in the right place.
GALE Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is your single source for eReference aimed at the needs of students, researchers, professionals and general readers. Now you can offer more than 7,000 authoritative, full-text titles—from Gale and a host of premier publishing partners —within 18 subject areas researchers study most.
Auto Repair Source
Discover the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles.
PA Job Resources
Pennsylvania's Electronic Library Pennsylvania's Electronic Library PA's. Electronic. Library. PA CareerLink. Resume Builder. Pennsylvania Career Guide. Education Planner.
BookFlix
Scholastic BookFlix logo Scholastic BookFlix. Close. Home; Discover; Classroom; Library; Login · Free Trial. Where Stories and Nonfiction Connect. Play Video.
Health & Wellness
Science Reference Center
Designed to meet every student researcher's needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias, reference books and a vast collection of images.
AP Newsroom
Multimedia content anywhere, anytime, on any device. Access all the assets you need surrounding every AP story.
TrueFlix
TrueFlix® helps students improve literacy skills, build content-area knowledge, and cultivate the critical skills necessary for academic success and college and career readiness. TrueFlix helps students: Comprehend and evaluate a range of texts. Build strong content knowledge.
Public Opinion on NewsBank
Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of the Public Opinion. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Excel Easy
Want to learn much more about Excel? Check this site out – offering free tutorials on how to use Excel. This site provides related examples and features (300 examples!) on the right side of each chapter. They keep it easy!
ancestry.com
A FREE resource while in the library – not accessible from computers outside the AHMFL. Discover your family history and start your family tree. Try free and access billions of genealogy records including Census, SSDI & Military records.
Novoresume: Career Guide for People With Disabilities
A disability doesn’t prevent you from having the job of your dreams. The job market accommodates people with a wide range of qualifications, passions, talents, and abilities. Opportunities can be found in all fields: nursing, business, media, technology, law, social sciences – you name it. There are people with disabilities working in almost all industries. Read on to find everything you need to know about navigating the pathway to employment as an individual with a disability.
Power Library
POWER Library is a state provided collection of databases. To access from home, please go to the library from where your library card was obtained and click on the POWER Library tab. You will need your library card to access it from home. It includes the following resources: General Periodical Resources, Newspaper Resources, Business Resources, Contemporary Authors, Bookflix & AP Photo Archive.
Novelist
NoveList has been helping readers find their next favorite book for more than 20 years, and continues to develop innovative solutions for connecting readers, books, and libraries. By helping libraries help readers, NoveList empowers libraries to engage and inspire their communities.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Available in Franklin & Fulton Counties: Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office)
The World Book Web
Available in Franklin & Fulton Counties: The World Book Web is a suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites.
Mango Languages
Available in Franklin & Fulton Counties: Mango is an online language learning system that can help you learning languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian, Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and More.
Ask Here PA
Ask Here PA is designed to provide fast answers to your questions, using information found on the Internet and in proprietary databases funded by libraries. In most cases, Ask Here PA Librarians will provide an answer online in 15 minutes or less! If your question involves lengthy research, we’ll get you started and/or provide a referral for you or your question.
Best Colleges
With college enrollment increasing year over year, there is a more diverse assortment of populations attending Pennsylvania universities. In order for students to thrive, it is pertinent for universities to provide students with inclusive environments.
The team at BestColleges.com concentrates and streamlines the information into a bundle of simple, accurate guides to aid present and future students with disabilities. Their guides have narrowed down information relating to schools that have intentional resource centers, specific scholarship opportunities, and delve into specific environment information that could be beneficial for those with disabilities. Please take a look below:
Resources for Students with Disabilities
Financial Aid & Scholarships:
College Resources:
Networking & Career Guide:
College Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
Physical Disabilities:
Hard of Hearing:
Learning Disabilities:
Psychiatric Disabilities:
Visual Impairments:
Funding and Support Attribution
ACCESS PENNSYLVANIA’S POWER Library services are funded primarily by:
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s “Library Access” budget line item; and
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.
These funds are administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor. Notice of these funding sources must be provided on all printed or electronic presentations of POWER Library resources as listed below. This project is made possible in part by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and through Library Access Funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor. OCL reserves the right to change or terminate the ACCESS PENNSYLVANIA POWER Library program based on the availability of funding, program needs, or the availability of vendors that can provide qualified services.