Library Research Links

General

Link to the Mary Hutton Biddle Library Catalog

Grolier Online - Searches the Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia and The New Book of Knowledge

Searches the World Book Online Reference Center which includes the World Book Encyclopedia, an interactive atlas and dictionary, and a Spanish-Language encyclopedia. World Book Advanced may also be searched.

Oxford English Dictionary - Searches the most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of the English language. Available through the generosity of the Class of 1948.

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - includes Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Italian and Russian language dictionaries. Made available through the generosity of the Class of 1948.

The CultureGrams database provides concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on the countries of the world.

"The African American Experience (AAE) is a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora."

"The Latino American Experience (LAE) is a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of U.S. Latinos."
"The American Indian Experience (AIE) is a full-text digital resource exploring the histories and contemporary cultures of the indigenous peoples of the United States. "
The American Mosaic database searches the African American Experience, the Latino American Experience and the American Indian Experience databases at one time.

Access PA POWER Library databases

Multimedia Archive An archive of 500,000 current and historical photographs that can be searched by date, place and subject, with more than 800 photographs added daily.

First Gov Information from a wide variety of United States government agencies.