These resources are available to use at no cost with your library card. Need some help? Watch tutorials on our YouTube channel for step-by-step demonstrations!
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Borrow eBooks and audiobooks – anywhere, anytime. All you need is a library card! OverDrive provides access to the most digital content available anywhere. Check out items from our collection or search the entire OverDrive collection for titles to recommend.
With the motto of “thoughtful entertainment,” Kanopy showcases more than 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award–winning documentaries, rare and hard–to–find titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, and world cinema.
Newspaper Archive is a great resource for historical & genealogical information. A compilation of Pennsylvania newspapers include access to articles from as early as the 1600’s up to modern times. Local historic newspapers include “The Blizzard”, “The Derrick” & “Oil City Register”.
Prenda is a self-paced, cloud-based learn-to-code software that can be used by kids at home, and in ORLA's Code Club programs. Whether a coder wants to learn how to make a website for their favorite band, or an app that makes sound effects, Prenda has the roadmap to get them there. It’s fun, engaging, gamified, & ultimately helps kids take ownership over the entire experience.
Mango Languages creates lovable language-learning experiences for libraries, schools, corporations, government agencies, and individuals. Learning with Mango is organized, practical, and totally painless. And the most important part? It actually works.
Are you ready to use technology to make the world a better place? These self-paced, online courses include the same content taught by Cisco experts in classrooms around the world. The Networking Academy offers a comprehensive learning experience that includes online curriculum, assessments, case studies, games and simulations that are all delivered through their cloud-based learning and collaboration platform.
Explore the selection of resources on POWER Library 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.
Access Gale Virtual Reference Library for all of your reference needs. Available anytime, easy to access and search material, plus citation support and exporting capabilities! There are a wide variety of subjects including education, health/medicine, history, environment, business and much more!
Access Gale Legal Forms for all of your form needs! Whether it’s for real estate, power of attorney, custody, name change or more! Gale is here to provide for all of your legal form needs.
With more than 9,000+ learning activities and more than 850 lessons, ABC Mouse teaches numbers, addition and subtraction, shapes, patterns, measurements, and more! Games and creative activities make math fun while giving young learners the practice they need to build a strong foundation for success. *Use inside the library for full access.
Gale Courses offers a wide range of highly interactive, instructor led courses that you can take entirely online. As a library card holder in good standing, you are entitled to these courses at no cost. Courses run for 6 weeks and new sessions begin every month.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all ORLA buildings will be closed to the public beginning December 14th, 2020. For more information on curbside pick-up and other service changes, visit ourCOVID-19 updates page.