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Heritage Quest Online (Login in using PL2862 + 4 digits from your library card) Use Heritage Quest Online to find your ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled. Provides over 25,000 family and local history books, the complete U.S. Federal Census 1790-1930, PERSI (the Periodical Source Index), a subject index to over 6,500 genealogy and local history periodicals and Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files. Users can search the material in a number of different ways.  Take a product tour  | Genealogy 101

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Learning Express Library provides an interactive online learning source of practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help students and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. Math, Reading and Writing courses will help you succeed in all areas. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. The Learning Express Library service provides access to many kinds of practice exams ranging from the GED to Cosmetology to the Civil Service.  Also included are full basic courses in writing, reading and mathematics skills for all ages and skill levels. Academic tests available range from Adult Basic Skills Tests and the GED to college and graduate school entrance exams including the ACT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCat, and the SAT. Advanced Placement and TOEFL tests are also included. Before using this service for the first time you must create your own  user name and password. Do this on the opening screen. The service saves your tests under your logon ID, so you can return to your tests at your convenience.

We are pleased to offer our patrons access to Pennsylvania's POWER Library from any computer connected to the internet. The POWER library allows you to access thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major 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. You can access the resources of the POWER Library from home or by coming to our library. Use the code PL2862 +4 digits from your library card to use outside the library. If you experience problems accessing the databases, please check:    Trouble Shooting Your Web Browser.  See our POWER Library page for more information.

Books: The library has over 27,000 volumes, including bestsellers, fiction, nonfiction, children’s and young adults.

Periodicals: There are 40 subscriptions available plus many donated magazines.

Videotapes and DVDs: The library has over 700 children’s, family and how-to-do videotapes and DVDs. There are also rotating collections of feature films in both videotape and DVD format available.

Audiotapes and CDs: There are over 500 audiotapes and CDs for children and adults. The majority of the collection is audio books with a few music CDs.

Backpacks, Totes, Etc.: There are backpacks, storyboxes, totes and bags available in the children’s room. They contain books, activities, puppets and many more items for the children to enjoy. Some are designed for groups and some for individuals.

Reference: The library contains a core collection of print encyclopedias, almanacs, atlas, medical references, music and art encyclopedias and much more.

Local History and Genealogy: The library has local history reference books covering the Sayre – Athens, PA and Waverly, NY “Valley” area, Bradford County, and many surrounding counties. Information on many of the cemeteries in the county are available. Family genealogies donated by the families are available for reference.

Microfilm: The Evening Times is available on microfilm from the late 1800s. Some years are missing due to loss in a newspaper fire many years ago. A few issues of the other early local papers are also available.

Computers: The library has computers with public access to the Internet through a high speed cable connection. A laser printer and color inkjet printer are available. The computers are content filtered to meet CIPA standards. Internet users must sign a usage agreement and receive a computer patron card before using the computers.

Computer Classes: The library is offering computer classes on a variety of subjects (basic computer, internet, Word, & Excel). If you are interested in a class on a specific subject not offered, please let the staff know. If enough people are interested, we will try to set up a class.

Copiers: There are 2 copiers available to the public. The cost is $.25 per page.

Fax: The library has a fax machine available. The cost is $1.00 for the first page and .50 per page for additional pages.

Meeting Room: There is a handicapped-accessible meeting room in the lower level of the building. It is free for non-profit group programs, tutoring and library activities. There is a small rental fee to for-profit groups. See our Policies page for more information.

Inter-Library Loan:
See our Access Pennsylvania information.