Lebanon Library Research Help
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 Power Library Resources |
Free online information! There is a wealth of free information available online when you use your Lebanon library card! From our website, you can link to a great information source – POWER Library! (Click on the Power Logo to learn more.) |
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Click (on the LDNews icon) to search the archive of the Lebanon Daily News or to read today’s news. Use this resource to easily search, browse, print, save and email articles from the archive of the Lebanon Daily News (2001 – current). |
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Ancestry Library Edition It’s a genealogy research database that is available at all of the Lebanon County Libraries. Note: This database is only available for use in the library. (Click on the ancestry.com logo to learn more). |
 Newspaper Information |
The Library subscribes to: The Lebanon Daily News, The Harrisburg Patriot News, Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, Reading Eagle Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. The library keeps back issues of all of these newspapers for one month, and The Lebanon Daily News for three months. (For info. on finding articles such as obituaries click on the newspaper at left). |
 Magazines |
The Library subscribes to over 110 Magazines! Art, music, writing, general entertainment, home computing, consumer guides, outdoor life, Pennsylvania history, and more are represented in our collection. To find your favorite subject and a complete listing of all our titles click on the magazine icon to the left of this text. |
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Best Lists, Genre Suggestions, and More! Click on the reader icon to the left for more information. |
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The tree icons on the computer center computers will take you directly to the search page. Type in the names of your ancestors and any other info you have (year of birth, country, state, etc.) and it will bring up all the records that contain that information.
Ancestry Library Edition contains: U.S. Federal Census 1790-1930, U.K. Census Collection 1861-1901, U.S. Immigration Collection, Vital Records and Social Security Death Index, Military Collection, Major genealogy books, Over 700 historic and modern maps and Downloadable ancestral chart and research logs
For more genealogy information check out these websites:
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites
http://www.cyndislist.com
Family Search Internet Genealogy Service
http://www.familysearch.org/
Find A Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/index.html
A Barrel of Genealogy Links
http://www.genealogytoday.com/barrel
U.S. National Archive & Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov
Native American Ancestry
http://www.intl-research.com/native.htm
Vital Records Information for the U.S.
www.vitalrec.com/
Newspaper Information
Obituary Newspaper Information
If you are looking for an obituary older than three months, please contact The Lebanon County Historical Society Library by calling 717-272-1473 or visiting their archives at 924 Cumberland Street, Lebanon, PA 17042 (please note there is a monetary fee involved for non-member research at this facility) or contact The Lebanon Daily News by calling 717-272-5611 or visiting their archives at 718 Poplar St., Lebanon, PA 17042.
Please call for hours and resource availability before planning a visit to either the Historical Society or the Daily News!
Magazines You’ll Find at the Library:
American Artist
American Heritage
American History
American Patchwork & Quilting
American Philatelist
Arthritis Today
Atlantic
Automobile
Aviation Week
“B” Magazine
BBC History
BBC Knowledge
Better Homes & Gardens
Bon Appetit
Bottom Line Personal
Brides
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Cat Fancy
Central PA
Consumer Reports
Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (Espanol)
Country
Cycle World
Discover
Ebony
The Economist
Entertainment Weekly
ESPN
Essence
Every day with Rachael Ray
Expedition
The Family Handyman
FamilyFun
Field & Stream
Find Gardening
Food & Wine
GamePro
Glamour
Good Housekeeping
Gourmet
Health
Home Business Magazine
Home Education Magazine
Homeschooling Today
Horn Book
Horticulture
Hot Rod
In Touch
Jack & Jill
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Ladies’ Home Journal
Latina
Library Journal
Life & Style Weekly
Martha Stewart Living
Men’s Health
Modern Bride
More
NASCAR Illustrated
National Geographic
National Geographic Traveler
National Geographic Kids
National Review
Needle Arts
The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Book Review
New Yorker
Newsweek
O: The Oprah Magazine
OK!
Organic Gardening
Outdoor America
Outside
PA Game News
Parents
Pennsylvania Heritage
Pennsylvania History
Pennsylvania Magazine
People
People en Espanol
Poets & Writers
Popular Mechanics
Popular Photography
Popular Science
Prevention
Psychology Today
QST Amateur Radio
Quiltmaker
Reader’s Digest
Redbook
Self
Seventeen
Smart Money
Smithsonian
Southern Living
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated for Kids
Star
Starlog
Taste of Home
Taste of Home Healthy Cooking
Taste of Home Simple & Delicious
Teen Vogue
Time
Treasures (formerly Antiques & Collecting)
Tricycle
US Weekly
Utne Reader
Vanidades
Vanity Fair
Vogue
Wise Traditions
Woman’s Day
Writers Digest
Yankee
Zoobooks
Other subscriptions:
Value Line
National Catholic Register
NADA Official Used Car Guide
NADA Official Older Used Car Guide
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POWER Library
Free online information! In case you hadn’t heard, there is a wealth of free information available online when you use your Lebanon library card! From our website, www.lclibs.org/lebanon, you can link to a great information source – POWER Library! POWER Library has lots of databases that let you search for newspaper, magazine, and journal articles, auto repair info, art and music information, photographs, biographies, author information, business information, books available to borrow throughout Pennsylvania, health information, and a lot more! Check them out in the library or on your own computer at home – we are sure you’ll find something interesting!
What do you need?
1.Your library card barcode number.
2.A computer with Internet access
(Internet Explorer 6.0 or Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or higher preferred).
3.Web Address: www.lclibs.org/lebanon.
That’s it! Happy browsing!
Some of the databases included in POWER Library are: AP Images, Automobile Repair Ref Center, Consumer Health Complete, eBooks on EbscoHost, OmniFile (general interest magazine articles), and SIRS Discoverer (for kids).
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What do I read next?
Recommended African American Authors
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Beverly Lewis’ Series Listing
Jeanette Oke’s Series Listing
Left Behind Series
Tax Information
Lebanon County Earned Income Tax Form