Resources - Beaver County Library System

The Beaver County Library System is proud to offer many different resources to our patrons. Most of which can even be accessed at home with a valid library card.

Online Catalog

You can explore our collection from anywhere in the world. You can also request items to be held at your nearest Beaver County Library or renew items you've already checked out.

Dear Reader / Book News Newsletters

New Book Alerts: New Book Alerts is a free online service that showcases the newest titles purchased by your local library. You can select to receive alerts via email and/or RSS feeds. If you see a new title that you are interested in, just click "check catalog" to place a hold on the item right away.
Select Reads: Discovering books that match your interests just got easier with SelectReads.
Online Book Clubs: Sign up for one, or several book clubs, depending on what you like to read. By the next morning, you'll start receiving your daily "dose of book" in your email. By the end of the week you'll know whether or not you want to continue with the book. Online discussion groups available for each book.

Book Reviews

Here is a collection of book reviews written by Beaver County librarians for the Beaver County Times.

Overdrive Digital Collection

Download eBooks and eAudio Books from our digital collection!

Beaver County Times, powered by NewsBank

Search an archive of the Beaver County Times, 2001 to present.

Tumble Books

Animated childrens books and interactive games.

Universal Class

Free online courses on a large number of topics including: Office Skills, Parenting, Accounting, Crafts, Career Training, Computers, etc.

AtoZdatabases is the Premier Job Search, Reference & Mailing List Database including 30 million business & executive profiles & 220 million residents. Ideal for sales leads mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more!

Authorized library card number is required for access. Please contact your library for instructions.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Explore the Encyclopedia Britannica Online.

RBDigital - Digital Magazines

The World's largest newstand. Borrow and Read popular magazines.

One Click Digital - Recorded Books

In 1979, Henry Trentman, desperately searching for an alternative to standard radio programming to fill his hours on the road, came up with the idea of listening to recordings of all the great books he couldn't find time to read. Since the offerings of audiobook companies at the time were sparse and of uneven quality, Henry decided to take matters into his own hands and record books for himself. From this decision has grown Recorded Books, the world's largest independent publisher and distributor of unabridged audiobooks on cassettes, CDs, and downloadable.
Recorded Books, LLC, is a division of Haights Cross Communications, a premier educational and professional publisher dedicated to creating the finest books, audio products, periodicals, software and online services, serving the following markets: K-12 supplemental education, public and school library publishing, audiobooks, and legal and medical publishing.

Learning Express

Whatever your goal, LearningExpress Library's resources will help you succeed. Each of our Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information you need to achieve the results you want-at school, at work, or in life. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you.

Power Library

The POWER Library is offered as a service of Pennsylvania's public libraries, school libraries and the State Library.

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.

Power Library KIDS

The POWER Library is offered as a service of Pennsylvania's public libraries, school libraries and the State Library.

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.