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Authors & Literature 

Contemporary Authors
Read biographies of contemporary novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists, and scriptwriters. Includesmore than 120,000 U.S. and international authors including commonly studied literary greats

netLibrary
As the leading provider of eBooks, NetLibrary offers a growing catalog of more than 12,000 titles. You'll find essential reference materials, the latest computer science and IT titles, fiction, and more.

In The Past 

AP Images
Search over a million images selected from the Associated Press image library featuring current and past news events, people, and places. Also includes audio sound bytes, graphics illustrating news events and text articles spanning over 160 years of history.

Magazines & Newspapers 

AP Images
Search over a million images selected from the Associated Press image library featuring current and past news events, people, and places. Also includes audio sound bytes and text spanning over 160 years of history.

InfoTrac Newsstand
Provides millions of full-text articles from more than 1,400 newspapers, including Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Christian Science Monitor, The Financial Times (London), The New York Times, The Times (London), USA Today and many others. Ability to search by specific newspaper section to deliver more precise results. Comprehensive coverage of current events, including national, global and regional perspectives, as well as first-hand accounts of historical events. Listen to articles read using built in player or download MP3 files to listen to on mobile devices.

OmniFile Mega
Provides magazines with full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from thousands of sources. Articles from nearly 4,000 publications and article abstracts and indexing from 3,500 publications +.  Covers Education, General Science, Humanites, Social Sciences and Business.

OmniFile Select
Provides a 100% full-text articles from more than 2,500 publications. It is a multidisciplinary and includes: Art , Applied Science & Technology, Biological & Agricultural Index, Education, General Science, Humanities, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, Library Literature & Information Science, Readers' Guide, Social Sciences, and Business.

Readers' Guide Select
Provides 100% full-text for the most popular general-interest magazines published in the United States and Canada. Subjects Covered include: African-Americans, Aging, Astronomy, Automobiles, Biography, Business, Children, Computers, Consumer Education, Current Events, Education, Environment, Fashion, Film, Fine Arts, Food, Foreign Affairs, Health, History, Hobbies, Home, Journalism, Leisure Activities, Medicine, Music, News, Nutrition, Photography, Politics, Religion, Science, Sports, Television.

Science Full Text Select
Provides full text content from 320 journals with full text articles, indexing and abstracts. Subjects Covered: Applied Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Automotive Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry,Computer Databases & Software, Construction,Energy Resources & Research, Environmental Science, Fishery Sciences, Food Science, Forestry, Genetics, Horticulture, Immunology, Marine Biology, Microbiology, Nutrition, Paleontology, Physiology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife, Zoology.

Homework Sites

Algebra Help
This site covers both basic and advanced algebraic concepts. Worksheets and calculators are also provided .

Awesome Library for Teens
A cool collection of links on all sorts of homework topics.

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
B.J. Pinchbeck, a Pennsylvania teen, created this site with his father in 1996. You'll find over 700 excellent homework web links here.

Chatterbee's Homework Help Center
This site links to homework help sites for the Arts, General Reference, Health/Medicine, Science, and Social Studies.

CoolMath
CoolMath is designed for the pure enjoyment of Math. Lessons on tesselations, polyhedra, fractals, etc. Also, super-cool demos. and brain-benders.

Create a Graph
Using this source enables students and others to quickly devise printable bar graphs, pie charts, line graphs, or area charts using the colors and values of their choosing. Straightforward instructions and a simple interface make this an easy way to illustrate and expand reports or assignments.

Education Resources
Directory of links to homework subjects online. The topic-by-topic breakdown makes this site very easy to use.

Exploratorium
Exploratorium is a museum of art, science, and human perception.

Free Book Notes
Free Book Notes currently lists free book summaries and study guides for over 250 books, and have indexed book notes from all the major study guide sites such as Pinkmonkey, Barrons, and Sparknotes.

Quiz Hub
The Quiz hub features both general and specific resource subject guides, as well as college information and other featured topics.

Teen Resources

Did you Know?

Whenever you need an answer from school or home the Galeton Public Library is there!

Your library has plenty of online tools to help you make the grade. You can use these online search engines free, at any time, just like Google. It's easy to access and use—even if you wait until the night
before your report is due! The answers are accurate, from the trusted
sources that your teachers want and expect you to use.

Find commentary, news, and opinion -articles for reports and debate
-Locate author bios and literary criticism for literature assignments
-Watch science videos that show how things work
-Use interactive quizzes to build math skills
-Get high resolution pictures for PowerPoint and websites
And much, much more!

So don't trust just any website to help you complete your next assignment. Use your Library's online search engines; there's no better way to be smart and ace the grade.