Virtual Libraries

• Pennsylvania:

  The POWER Library is offered as a service of Pennsylvania's Public Libraries, school libraries and the State Library. The POWER library allows people to access thousands of full text periodical articles, major newspapers, an encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more. You will find materials of interest in most subject areas for all age groups from young children to adults. www.powerlibrary.net

• Delaware:

  The University of Delaware and the State of Delaware provide access to networked electronic resources and related teacher training for all Delaware public middle and high schools through UDLib/SEARCH.

  UDLib/SEARCH provides state-funded, centralized access via the Web to more than 15 full text online encyclopedias and periodical databases. The UDLib/SEARCH databases are recommended and selected by school librarians. The UDLib/SEARCH databases are available at all computers connected to the Internet via the state network which includes classrooms, libraries, computer labs and offices in all Delaware public middle and high schools. This also includes all district offices and the Delaware Department of Education. www2.lib.udel.edu/udlib-srch

• Maryland:

  Sailor is a project of the Maryland Public Libraries, intended to provide free access to information in digital formats in Maryland public libraries and on the Internet to Maryland residents. Sailor is a web site devoted to helping people find information in Maryland and on any topic about Maryland, and subscriptions to web-based educational resources. It also features a statewide Intranet, which connects public libraries to each other and the Web. www.sailor.lib.md.us

• State Library Resource Center(SLRC):

  The Central Library of Baltimore's public library system, the Enoch Pratt Free Library, was designated the State Library Resource Center (SLRC) by the General Assembly in 1971.

  This designation and accompanying state support has allowed all Maryland citizens to have access to a public library. Acting in place of the state library, which exists in most states, SLRC works cooperatively with regional, local, public, school, special and academic libraries in a network, which allows materials and information to be shared statewide. SLRC provides services to Marylanders and serves as a back-up information resource for local libraries and their customers. wnw.pratt.lib.md.us/slrc