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 age-based educational list to help you and your family prepare for school and thrive throughout the school year and semesters. Whether you are preparing a little one to start school, priming a child for those first few days of kindergarten, encouraging a teen who “knows the drill,” readying a college-bound student, or bolstering your career skills, try out these helpful databases and tools.
Our online databases are great for research. Some include articles from well-known newspapers and magazines, plus 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.
Library of Things
Explore the newest selection of helpful educational resources! Feel free to borrow a laptop, a hotspot, tablets, and much more to support your learning journey.
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 provides informational topics that support 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, Popular Science, 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 an online practice test. 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.
Libby & POWER Library
PA
Not your parents, Encyclopedia!
Explore this smooth digital reference system, which contains accurate information for your research. With your library card, you can access it 24/7 for free!
Content you can trust
Trust Britannica Library as a reliable source of objective, fact-checked, unbiased content written by experts and vetted through a rigorous editorial process.
Features
Magazines & Journals: Explore thousands of magazine and journal articles related to search topics.
School Support: Find how-to documents for book reviews, research papers, science reports, and presentations.
Save & Share: Use “My Britannica” to save and share articles, images, and videos in a personal account.
ELL Tools: Help ELLs and emerging readers with read-aloud and other reading support tools.
hoopla
Hoopla is a free at-home streaming app, courtesy of your library, available only to Parkland School District and paying non-residents with PCL as their home library.
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, you can stream titles immediately or download them to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later.
Download the Hoopla app to get started, or contact the reference desk at 610-298-1361×106 or email reference for help.
Please note these limits: Patrons can borrow up to five items each month. Items listed as “bonus borrows” do not count toward the monthly limit. This resource is only available to Parkland School District residents.
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