Electronic Resources for FSS Students, Faculty & Staff at the Ruth Hallowell Gray Library

FSS Online Catalog of Books and Journals
Accessible on most workstations in the school by selecting the Spectrum Patrons Cat or the FSS Library Online Catalog icon on your desktop (look for a big #5 on the icon.)

Power Library
A collection of many databases available at school by clicking on the Power Library icon on the desktops in the library and computer rooms.  Power Library includes full text databases of journals, photo archives, art and music dictionaries, science encyclopedias, biographical databases, poem and story finders. Power Library also can be used from home by using a Free Library of Philadelphia library card.  For information, see Free Library listing below.

Proquest
A database containing the full text of articles from over 1,000 journals covering the arts, history, science, Africa, psychology, physics, computers, world events, philosophy, economics, education, literature, women’s studies, the New York Times and more. Accessible on the FSS network at: http://proquest.com/pqdauto When not at school:  http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb. Note: Contact the Gray librarians for the account name & password when searching away from school.

The Philadelphia Inquirer Online, 1981-present
Accessible on the FSS network at:    http://infoweb.newsbank.com
When not at school, accessible at:  http://infoweb.newsbank.com
Note: Contact the Gray librarians for the username & password when searching away from school.

The Free Library of Philadelphia Electronic Resources
Are available to all with current library cards (contact the Gray librarians if you need a library card). Electronic resources available include databases on art, biography, business, encyclopedias, health, literature, music and dance, newspapers, philosophy, science, social science, Spanish and many others. Accessible at school or from home at: www.library.phila.gov.

To use electronic resources or Power Library away from school, select Advanced Search at the left of the opening screen; Select Additional Free Library resources; scroll down and select Power Library or another resource.  After a moment, a screen will appear asking you for your library card number (found on the back of your Free Library card) and PIN number OR you can use the FSS card information (see the Gray librarians for this).

Science Magazine Online, 1996 - Present
Accessible on the FSS network and away from school at:  http://www.sciencemag.org. Contact the Gray librarians for the username & password when searching away from school.

JSTOR archive of scholarly articles
Accessible on the FSS network via an icon on desktop, or at http://www.jstor.org
When not at school at:  http://www.jstor.org/logon/ Contact the Gray librarians for the username & password when searching away from school.