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October 2025

This issue featured:

  • Voices of History: Learning from the Past and featured the Black Freedom Struggle E-Resource.
  • The People Behind the Page featuring the Contemporary Authors E-Resource.
  • Understanding a Divided Nation featuring the Introduction to U.S. History: Slavery in America E-Resource.

September 2025 Supplement

This issue featured e-books available on the following:

  • Black Holes : The Weird Science of the Most Mysterious Objects in the Universe by Sara Latta
  • Folding Tech: Using Origami and Nature to Revolutionize Technology by Karen Latchana Kenney
  • De-Extinction: The Science of Bringing Lost Species Back to Life by Rebecca E. Hirsch.

Your curiosity hub featuring the POWER Library E-Book Collection
Inventors & Inventions featuring related titles.

September 2025

The September 2025 issue of the POWER Library News featured featured resources for K-12 students, and included:

  • From first questions to final reports (Featuring Britannica School Elementary)
  • Building skills in middle school (Featuring Gale In Context: Middle School)
  • Confident research for high school (Featuring Gale OneFIle: High School Edition)

August 2025 Supplement

This issue featured e-books available on the following:

Explore the Great Outdoors

  • Hiking Pennsylvania by Rhonda and George Ostertag
  • Backpacking Tips: Trail-Tested Wisdom from FalconGuide Authors
  • The Survival Handbook: Essential Skills for Outdoor Adventure by DK Publishing

Science Behind the Scenery featuring the Science Reference Center E-Resource.

August 2025

The August 2025 issue of the POWER Library News featured featured resources for getting ready for school, and included:

  • Get kids excited about reading (BookFLIX)
  • Grow environmental literacy (GreenFILE)
  • Planning with trusted resources (Teacher Reference Center)

July 2025 Supplement

Can you handle the truth?

  • Organized Crime in Chicago: Beyond the Mafia by Robert M. Lombardo
  • Team Killers: A Comparative Study of Collaborative Criminals by Jennifer Furio
  • Dead and Gone by Manly Wade Wellman

Uncover the Crimes of the Past — Right Here in PA and Dig deeper into Pennsylvania’s own true crime past with PA Photos and Documents!

July 2025

  • Explore the Wild with National Geographic Virtual Library
  • Every big discovery starts with a curious question (Britannica School Elementary)
  • Summer is a great time to focus on feeling your best—mentally and physically (Health & Wellness)

June 2025

  • Get hands-on this summer! Whether you’re fixing a lawn mower, maintaining your ATV, or just curious how small engines work, the Small Engine Repair Reference Center has step-by-step guides, diagrams, and instructions to walk you through it.
  • Planning a trip or just want to try something new? This summer, explore the world without leaving home through Transparent Language.
  • Take a summer reading trip through history. With the TIME Magazine Archive, you can flip through over 100 years of iconic journalism.

May 2025

  • End-of-School Power Up (Featuring Elementary Gale In Context)
  • Discover and Share: A Digital Time Capsule (Feature MyHeritage Library Edition)
  • Young Minds, Big Discoveries (SIRS Discoverer)

April 2025

  • Spring Into Science for Earth Day (Featuring Science Reference Center)
  • Stay Informed (Featuring AP Newsroom)
  • Celebrate National Poetry Month (Featuring Contemporary Authors)

March 2025

  • Pro/Con – Understanding Two Perspectives (Featuring SIRS Discoverer)
  • Women’s History Month (Featuring TrueFLIX)
  • Graduation Fast Approaching? (Featuring PA Job Resources)

February 2025 Supplement

  • Bury My Heart in a Free Land: Black Women Intellectuals in Modern U. S. History by Hettie V. Williams
  • The Women of Hip-Hop by Sheila Llanas
  • Black Oscars: From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us about African Americans by Frederick W. Gooding Jr.
  • Family Origins (Featuring MyHeritage Library Edition)

January 2025 Supplement
Celebrate National Hobby Month – Featuring these titles:

  • Woodwork Step by Step: More Than 100 Tools and Techniques with Inspirational Projects to Make by DK
  • Creative Flower Arranging: Floral Design for Home and Flower Show by Betty Belcher
  • The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Knitting and Crocheting by Gail Diven Passionate About Lifelong Learning? Dive deep into the Revolutionary War this year! (Featuring Introduction to U.S. History: The American Revolution)

January 2025

  • Resolutions – Learn a Language in 2025 (Featuring Transparent Language)
  • Ready for Winter – Maintain Your Vehicles at Their Best (Featuring Auto Repair Source)
  • New Year, New Job – Featuring Pennsylvania Job Resources