Resources – Youth Services
Resources – Youth Services
Click Here to Access A to Z: The World
175 Country Guides of 100+ topics each. Included is information on Business Culture, Climate and Weather, Communications, Country Profile, Culture and Society, Education, Food Recipes, Health and Medical, Holidays and Festivals, Human Rights, Language Glossaries, Maps, Money and Banking, Music, National Symbols, News Feeds, Points of Interest, Religion, Security Briefing and more! To access using Library Card Log In, enter pt and your library barcode numbers. You must be a Peters Township Public Library cardholder to use this service.
Click Here to access Beanstack
Beanstack is a reading platform that allows the library to create custom reading challenges. PTPL uses Beanstack for 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, Summer Reading, and other challenges throughout the year. To get started, click on the link above and create an account. Beanstack is also available as an app for free.
Click Here to access BookFLIX
Pairing books and videos to enhance the learning experience! Watch videos and read books about animals, celebrations, nature, music, earth, family, community, and more, with some films/books also available in Spanish. Pairings also include interactive games and other activities.
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Click Here to access Britannica School PreK - 5th
Britannica School PreK - 5th is a comprehensive source of informational text for younger learners Pre-K to grade 5. It includes encyclopedia articles, images, videos, and magazine articles. There is a Britannica Fundamentals section for children Pre-K through grade 2. Tools such as a world atlas, virtual tours, country comparison, etc., allow learners to explore geography and animal kingdom topics. A Britannica Fundamentals provides materials for children Pre-K through grade 2.
Click Here to access Cricket Media Collection
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. This unique e-book collection explores a wide range of subjects to help young readers explore and expand their worlds.
Click Here to access Gale Elementary
Gale in Context: Elementary provides elementary-aged students with age-appropriate, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of educational topics such as animals, geography, social studies, technology, and more. Content is continuously updated to include important current and past events.
Click Here to access Gale High School
Secondary school students have access to age-appropriate content from magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, and engaging multimedia covering a wide range of subjects, from science, history, and literature to political science, sports, and environmental studies.
Click Here to access Gale Middle School
Gale In Context Middle School provides middle school students with reliable and trusted information on a variety of topics such as government, U.S and world history, geography, literature, sciences, and social issues. Material is organized visually and topically to help students quickly find the answers they need.
Hoopla is a groundbreaking digital media service that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, eBooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV! Also available as a free app on the Apple and Android app stores. Titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later. We have hundreds of thousands of titles to choose from, with more being added daily. Hoopla is like having your public library at your fingertips. Anytime. Anywhere. You must be a Peters Township Public Library cardholder to use this service.
Stream new and popular films, classics, and documentaries on your computer or device–with new content added weekly. There is even a section just for kids! To access, create an account using your Peters Township library card number. You must be a Peters Township Public Library cardholder to use this service.
Libby by Overdrive is your go-to app to access your library eBooks and audiobooks on the go or at home! Download the app on your phone, tablet, or Kindle Fire. You can also use Libby on any web browser by visiting libbyapp.com. Libby will connect you to your library's eBook and audiobook collection.
Click Here to access ScienceFLIX
Emphasizing the latest STEM thinking, ScienceFlix transforms the way students access science topics, acquire scientific knowledge, and build an abiding interest in science, technology, and engineering. Featuring hands-on projects, videos, multiple text types, interactive features and more.
Click Here to access Science Reference Center
Perform research from hundreds of full text science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other reliable sources. View more than 280,000 high-quality science images from sources such as UPI, Getty, NASA, National Geographic and the Nature Picture Library.
Click Here to access Science Reference eBook Collection
Explore science from over 230 full-text eBooks! This collection of reference titles covers a wide variety of topics such as animals, biology, climate change, computing, engineering, experiments, life science, nature, oceans, physical science, and weather.
Click Here to access SIRS Discoverer
This database provides coverage in areas including 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.
Learn about people, places, nature, history, and science from videos and eBooks on topics such as American Indians, Ancient Civilizations, Farm to Table, The Civil War, Continents, The Thirteen Colonies, U.S. Government, Disasters, Earth Science, Experiments, Extreme Science, Nature, and more.
World Book Encyclopedia Online features the same expert information found in the print version, with a consolidated layout that makes it easier than ever to find research tools, videos, audios and more. To access, enter your Peters Township library card number. You must be a Peters Township Public Library cardholder to use this service.
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