Category: Adult Resources

Online high school and college resources

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Do you have high school and college kids at home, doing online coursework? The word “homework” has taken on a whole new meaning! Here are some great resources from our databases to help them get their work done:

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE:

  • Contemporary Authors – database of more than 135,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, prominent print and broadcast journalists, editors, photojournalists, syndicated cartoonists and screenwriters.
  • LitFinder (POWER Library) – literature content from full-text poems, poem citations and excerpts, full-text short stories and novels, essays, speeches, and plays. Plus biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary.
  • Mango Languages – the fast, easy, and most effective way to learn to speak a foreign language.

NEWS & HISTORICAL RESEARCH:

SUBJECT RESEARCH:

  • Explora – subject overviews, full text magazine articles, images and AP clips on wide variety of subjects.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library (POWER Library) – a collection of reference titles in the arts, biography, business, education, environment, general reference, history, literature, medicine, nation and world, science, and the social sciences.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library (Chester County Library) – a collection of reference titles in the arts, biography, business, education, environment, general reference, history, literature, medicine, nation and world, science, and the social sciences. Includes Business Plans Handbook Series (volumes 1-35).
  • General OneFile (POWER Library) – general-interest periodical resource. Millions of articles available in PDF and HTML full-text, supplemented by reference, newspaper, and audio content.
  • GreenFILE (POWER Library) – information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
  • MasterFile Premier – subject overviews, full text magazine articles, an image collection and AP clips.
  • ONEFILE: High School Edition (POWER Library) – information from magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, and engaging multi-media covering science, history, and literature, political science, sports, and environmental studies.
  • Informe Académico – supports Spanish-speaking researchers with full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America.

SCIENCE RESEARCH:

  • IN CONTEXT: Environmental Studies (POWER Library) – Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources for environment and sustainability studies, materials and resources on energy systems, healthcare, food, climate change, population and economic development.
  • Science Reference Center (POWER Library) – full text science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other reliable sources. More than 280,000 high-quality science images.

Looking for something else? Click here for a full list of our databases by subject.

Stream Free Audio Recordings of Seven Shakespeare Plays

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The Folger Shakespeare has made audio recordings of seven Folger Shakespeare plays available for free streaming until July 1 2020. Choose from Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, Richard III, and Romeo and Juliet, “performed by the professional actors of Folger Theatre, in consultation with the editors of The Folger Shakespeare.”

You can also read free full text of all of Shakespeare’s plays, sonnets, and poems, learn about topics related to Shakespeare, and more.

Enjoy exploring!

Resources for BUSINESSES during the COVID-19 pandemic – PA DCED

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The PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) offers working capital loans that could be of assistance to businesses impacted by COVID-19. Resources and information will be posted to http://dced.pa.gov/resources as they become available.
Businesses seeking guidance from DCED can also contact its customer service resource account at ra-dcedcs@pa.gov or by calling 1-877-PA-HEALTH and selecting option 1.

How to file for Unemployment Compensation during coronavirus

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If you lost your job or your hours were cut because of coronavirus (COVID-19), you
should apply for unemployment compensation at: https://www.uc.pa.gov,
or call the statewide toll-free number: 888-313-7284.

Si has perdido su trabajo o sus horas fueron cortadas debido a coronavirus
(COVID-19), se debe aplicar por la compensación de desempleo a:
https://www.uc.pa.gov, O llamar al número de teléfono: 888-313-7284.

You may be eligible if:
• Your employer temporarily closes or goes out of business because of COVID-19;
• Your employer reduces your hours because of COVID-19;
• You have been told not to work because your employer feels you might get or
spread COVID-19;
• You have been told to quarantine or self-isolate;
• You left work because you were being asked to do unsafe things or lacked
childcare, as long as you told the employer first; or
• You were an independent contractor or self employed.

File a claim: https://www.uc.pa.gov/unemployment-benefits/file/
• File your first claim;
• Reopen a claim (if you filed for unemployment compensation benefits within the
past year, you can reopen your claim);
• File a bi-weekly claim (once every two weeks, you must report any hours you
worked, any paid time off, and pay you received. Also available through 888-255-
4728.) File a bi-weekly claim even if you haven’t received benefits yet.

(NOTE: As of March 16, 2020, the PA government recommends that you file claims online
(https://www.uc.pa.gov) for faster processing. To ask a question about your claim,
email uchelp@pa.gov (suggested due to high call volume and UC Live Chat requests).

If you need help applying, or if your claim is denied:
Contact Legal Aid of Southeastern PA (LASP) at 877-429-5994,
Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

 

PA Photos and Documents

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Interested in exploring Pennsylvania’s history through digitized historical newspapers, postcards, photographs, yearbooks, and more?

Explore thousands of digitized documents and photographs from unique collections in libraries across Pennsylvania through Power Library’s PA Photos and Documents. Visit https://powerlibrary.org/ and select “PA Photos and Documents” in the upper right-hand corner to get started.

You’ll be amazed by what you find!

CCEDC Now Accepting Applications for COVID-19 Working Capital Access Program

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The COVID-19 Working Capital Access Program (CWCAP) is program that supplies working capital to businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC) is the Certified Economic Development Organization for Chester County and is your portal to this funding stream and is currently accepting applications for this program.
For a summary of the program, see this guide.

online workshops for JOB SEEKERS – PA CareerLink Chester County

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PA CareerLink Chester County is currently offering a number of different workshop opportunities to Job Seekers online through Canvas.
Current workshop opportunities available include:
Crafting a Marketable Resume:
This workshop is designed to give you all the tips and strategies that you would need to design a resume that represents you at your very best. Whether you have never created one before or you are looking to update, this workshop can help.
Creating an Effective Cover Letter:
This workshop will explain how employers use cover letters in the hiring process, share best practices, and identify cover letter writing errors to avoid.
Interviewing Workshop Series:
The Interviewing Workshop Series includes Interviewing Basics, The S. T. A. R. Method, and Panel Interviewing. These workshops are designed to prepare you for your next job interview. Craft your 30 second elevator speech and learn how to conduct targeted research to prepare for interviews. Whether you have been on a job interview recently, or are going on your first job interview, these workshops will help you to prepare.
If you have an interest in any of these workshops, please contact Graham Desmond directly at (610) 280-1031 or gdesmond@edsisolutions.com.

Resources for Helping Children Navigate News, Stress, and Education During a Pandemic

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As we’ve discovered, life during a pandemic doesn’t resemble what we’re used to, especially for children of all ages. The Internet, however, is playing a large role in everyone’s experiences – whether it be working from home or doing school work from home. Common Sense Media assembled a useful list of resources for families currently navigating how to explain the world and region’s news to children, how to help children determine fact-based news vs. fake news, how to handle stress and anxiety, and how children can continue education using a variety of hand selected online resources and apps. The information is presented in a user-friendly and easy to digest format.