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PCL Learning Center
Welcome to the PCL Learning Center! Your library card grants you access to many online learning resources! Our staff has compiled an educational list by age to help you and your family prepare for school and thrive through the school year and semesters. Whether you are preparing a child to start school, it is your child’s first day of school, a teen that knows the drill, a college-bound student, or you are gaining career skills, try out these helpful databases and tools.
Our online databases are great for research. Some are full of articles from well-known newspapers and magazines, feature videos, audio, and maps.
Need a card? Fill out our online form here to get started. A library staff member will contact you to complete your application.
Share Card (My First Library Card)
It’s never too early to start visiting the library! The LCLC Share Card is an early literacy program for children ages birth through 5. It is accepted at all LCLC libraries.
Teens can access this helpful list of e-Resources for test prep, online tutoring, research, study aids, and more, all FREE with your library card.
This list features some of our favorite back-to-school books. These titles show young learners that school can be fun and exciting while tackling common fears like first-day jitters and fitting in.
All programming is sponsored by The Friends of the Parkland Community Library.
Learn more about The Friends on their webpage.
Find the tools you need to keep learning, studying, and growing!
Try out our online study aids, test prep, and more, all free.
Launchpads
Our Collection
Have you heard about our Launchpads? Launchpads are pre-loaded learning tablets with apps, ebooks, and no Wi-Fi required! The ones below focus on early literacy and reading skills.
Gale Middle School
Database
Gale informational topics that provide content that supports national and state curriculum standards for grades 6 to 8 in English language arts, social studies, and science. To support learning, it features nonfiction and informational formats, including images, audio, video, newspapers, primary sources, and more.
Gale High School
Database
Access thousands of topic overviews, primary sources, biographies, and critical essays on core subjects. Periodical coverage includes full-text newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from reputable sources like The Economist, The New York Times, National Geographic, Newsweek, PopularScience, and Smithsonian.
Brainfuse Tutoring
Online Tutoring
Your library card grants you access to free LIVE online homework help from a professional tutor.
Brainfuse LearnNow
Database
Prepare for upcoming tests by taking a practice test online. Continue building your skills with lessons and videos.
Brainfuse HelpNow
Help for All Ages
With your Parkland Community Library card, students of all ages can log in to Brainfuse HelpNow for free access to study tools and more!
Teen Power Library
e-Resource for Teens
POWER Teens provides online resources, including full-text research e-Resources, collections of photographs and documents, the statewide catalog of materials held in libraries throughout Pennsylvania, and Chat with a Librarian.
Power Library
e-Resource
Access thousands of full-text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, photographs, pictures, charts, maps, and reference material for all ages.
Britannica
Available for All Ages
Get free access to 3 comprehensive databases, including the Encyclopedia Britannica, articles, Merriam-Webster Dictionary in English/Spanish, images, and more!
hoopla
Hoopla is a free at-home streaming courtesy of your library for Parkland School District and Northwestern residents only!
This groundbreaking digital media service allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics, and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV! With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later.
Download the hoopla app to get started, or contact the reference desk if you need help at 610-298-1361×106 or info@parklandlibrary.org.
Please note these limits: Patrons can have up to five monthly borrows. Items listed as “bonus borrows” do not count toward the monthly limit. This resource is only available to Parkland School District residents.
Top 5 Challenged Books of 2023
These are the top 5 challenged books in the U.S. in 2023. The complete list is below. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools. Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship by focusing on efforts to…
Food Collection Site
The Parkland Community Library is a dropbox location assisting Parkland CARES Food Pantry as a food collection site! We will collect the four items below to support our Parkland Snack Pack program. The program currently serves over 450 monthly students, aiming to reach 900. Please consider donating to this worthy cause! 2024 Mac and CheeseChicken…
September News
2024 National Library Card Sign-Up Month Autobots, roll out…to the library! Whether upgrading your skills, scouting for knowledge and information, or connecting with other heroic readers, a library card is your key to an arsenal of resources. Spark your creativity as a builder or programmer by tinkering in our crafting and builder programs; mine the…