Hershey Public Library

Access is Everything

E-Resources for Research

POWER Kids	ReferenceUSA - CLICK HERE	Career Transitions

POWER Kids is a collection of e-resources for young children on subjects that include animals, art, biography, history, science, and so much more.	Information on U.S. and Canadian businesses, new movers and home owners, U.S. jobs/internships.	Find help to create resumes, on writing cover letters and applying for positions.

Gale Courses	Health & Wellness Resource Center	Ebook Collection

Over 375 instructor-led interactive courses on many topics from Accounting and Finance to Writing and Publishing.	Accurate and authoritative information on a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative and complementary medical practices.	eBooks in a wide range of subject areas and topics in fiction and nonfiction for adults, young adults and children.

eBooks for Reference	Science Reference Center	MyHeritage

Access a collection of more than 50 reference e-books covering a variety of subjects from Arts to Technology. Collaborative tools to enable users to share, save, and download content—including highlights and notes.	Topics covered include biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.	Internationally diverse genealogy database. It includes billions of historical documents from over 48 countries, millions of historical photos, public records, indexes and additional resources.

LearningExpress Library	Power Search	LegalForms Library

Skill building for grade school math, English, science and social studies. College test preparation. Career Center and occupational test preparation. GED and U.S. Citizenship.	Search many of the Gale e-resources available in POWER Library in one place! Find articles and information from Academic OneFile, General OneFile, InfoTrac Newsstand.	Access legal online documents you can customize. No special skill or extensive knowledge of the law is required.

NoveList Plus	Morningstar	POWER Library

Recommended reading lists. Find fiction and nonfiction books by genre, mood, age group, read-alike and listen-alike titles and featured award winners.	From a respected and reliable source. Investment information and analysis for all levels of fund and stock investors on companies, markets, ETFs and portfolio of planning tools.	Thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for adults and young people.

Racial and Social Justice Resources for Families

The library has assembled resources for parents/caregivers that may help to explain this sensitive topic to younger members of the family.

Embrace Race has several recorded webinars and other resources for parents and caregivers.

Common Sense Media is a good resource for parents and caregivers, covering a wide range of topics. Click here for tips on talking to your children about racism and racial violence. Media such as books and movies can be useful tools for parents striving to raise anti-racist children.

Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, published an article on the impact of racism on child and adolescent health.

Sesame Street Workshop, in conjunction with CNN, will host a townhall for families on racism, the recent nationwide protests, embracing diversity and being more empathetic and understanding. Familiar characters such as Big Bird, Ernie, and Abby Cadabby will participate with CNN anchor Erica Hill.

Jennifer Harvey, professor of religion at Drake University, Iowa, wrote a recent column for CNN on raising anti-racist children. In her article, she notes that it can be difficult to start a conversation about diversity and racism with our children. What follows is a list of library resources that parents and caregivers may use to spark conversation with their children. All resources are in the library’s physical collection and many are available on Hoopla and Overdrive. Physical resources will be available for lobby pick-up beginning June 8, 2020.