Pennsylvania

The State Library's collections reflect its basic mission to preserve the stories of Pennsylvania and provide assistance to state government.

These collections of digitized State Library of Pennsylvania materials are freely available to all visitors.

the State Library has been working with Internet Archive to digitize and make available additional items from our collections. This collection includes extensive numbers of World War I material as well as an increasing number of our 19th and 20th century pamphlet volumes.

The mission of the Free Library of Philadelphia is to advance literacy, guide learning, and inspire curiosity. Its vision is to build an enlightened community devoted to lifelong learning.

The Penn Libraries provides a network of information resources and knowledge services that are vital to teaching, research, and learning at the University of Pennsylvania. This network includes 19 physical libraries, recognized for their collections, and a digital library known for innovation and richness of content.

POWER Library is the online portal to all that Pennsylvania libraries offer. This is the place to find trustworthy answers to questions about healthcare, consumer purchases, personal finances, and much more. Enjoy 24/7 access to newspapers, magazines, journals, historical documents and photos, online databases, and eBooks. Research a subject.

Most of the Power Library site is open for browsing, but, to use the online e-resources, you must have a library card issued by a library in Pennsylvania or you can obtain an eCard that will allow you to access the POWER Library e-resources.

PA Digital is the Pennsylvania service hub for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). We work with libraries, historical societies, museums, and related cultural heritage institutions in the Commonwealth to showcase their historical collections and resources through the DPLA portal. Our mission is to make the digital collections of the Commonwealth’s cultural heritage institutions widely discoverable.