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OUR SPECIAL ONLINE PROGRAMS
LEARNING EXPRESS ~ Skill-Building Tools for Students & Adults

Learning Express
Library is an innovative, web-based learning solution that provides
patrons, from elementary students to adult learners, with instant
access to the most comprehensive collection of test-preparation
tools, skill-building materials, and career resources available.
Over 770 online practice tests and interactive skill-building
tutorials are available, along with more than 130 e-book titles
developed by expert academic and industry professionals. Whatever
your goal, Learning Express Library's resources will help you
succeed. Each of our Learning Centers offers the practice tests,
exercises, skill-building courses and information you need to
achieve the results you want at school, at work or in
life.
Learning Centers
include:
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- High School
- College Preparation
- College Students
- GED Preparation
- Job Search & Workplace Skills
- Jobs & Careers
- Skill Building for Adults
- US. Citizenship
Click HERE to enter LEARNING EXPRESS. Enter your four-digit library card number for BOTH username and password.
HERITAGE QUEST ~ Genealogical & Historical Database
This online database is a collection of unique material for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Researchers can find their ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled.
With Heritage Quest you can
- Search the Census to find ancestors in the complete set of U.S. Federal Census images from 1790-1930, including name indexes for many years.
- Search Books to find information on people and places described in over 22,000 family and local histories.
- Search PERSI to find information about people and places from the index of over 2.1 million genealogy and local history articles.
- Search selected Revolutionary War records from the Revolutionary War Era Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files.
- Search Freedman's Bank (1865-1874) for individuals. The bank was founded to serve African Americans.
- Search U.S. Serial Set, specifically the Memorials, Petitions and Private Relief Actions of the U.S. Congress in the LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set.
Ask for the prefix code at the library and enter it with your library barcode number on the login page.
Click here to reach the login page.
OVERDRIVE ~ Download Audio Books, Music & Videos

Uniontown Public Library members can now download best selling audio books, music and videos 24/7 to a PC and PDA at home, in the office or from anywhere in the world. Now our library never closes! All you need is a valid Uniontown Public Library card.
Clicking on this
logo will link you to the Monessen District Center Library and a
wonderful service that we're sure you will
enjoy.What's available?
- An eBook is the digital, onscreen version of a published physical book. The format of the title is text-based, and some eBooks are interactive, with sound and hyperlinks. eBooks from OverDrive can be transferred to a variety of portable devices, such as PDAs, Pocket PCs, and Smartphones (depending on publisher permissions and device specifications).
- An OverDrive Audiobook is the digital version of a book on tape or book on CD. Patrons may listen to a spoken word audiobooks on their computers or transfer to a variety of portable devices, including the iPod (coming soon). Many audiobooks can also be burned to CD. OverDrive Audiobooks are specifically engineered to provide the best audiobook listening experience.
- OverDrive Download Video is video that has been optimized for download and can be watched on a computer or transferred to a compatible mobile device.
- OverDrive Music titles usually consist of an entire album, and many music titles include a supplementary PDF with liner notes or the libretto.
The first time that you check out materials, you will be provided with instructions to download the software that you need. For your convenience, the Library Center has compiled a list of compatible devices.
It's
easy:
Step 1: Download
and install the free Media Console software.
Step 2: Browse
and check out titles.
Step 3: Download and transfer titles to supported
devices.
ASK HERE PA ~ Fast answers to your questions 24/7
Ask
Here PA is a service for Pennsylvania residents, Pennsylvania
students, and/or Pennsylvania-related questions.
Ask
Here PA is designed to
provide fast answers to your questions, using information found on
the Internet and in proprietary databases funded by libraries. In
most cases,
Ask Here PA Librarians will
provide an answer online in 15 minutes or less!
If your question involves lengthy research, we'll get you started
and/or provide a referral for you or your question and/or offer to
do additional research and follow-up with you via
e-mail.
Click here to reach Ask Here PA.
POWER LIBRARY ~ Online World of Electronic Resources
The Uniontown Public Library is proud to bring the
POWER Library to our patrons. The POWER
Library is Pennsylvania's Online World of Electronic
Resources. Power Library has more than forty
diverse databases for use by adults and children.You can access the POWER Library by clicking the logo above and entering the code you can get at the library + your library card number. (Do not use quotes or leave spaces.)
The Uniontown Public Library is proud to offer
you, our patrons, these exciting programs
that will enable you to bring unique library services
right into your homes.
Just click on the titles above to learn
more about them and then click the titles again
or choose another, either will close the open topic.
These services can be accessed
here or on the home page
of the Uniontown Public Library website.

will find useful and interesting information and entertainment with these special online programs. These unique programs can be accessed from your home computers, too.
Be sure to ask at the circulation desk for the codes needed to open these resources. Just add your four-digit library card number and, voila, you are linked to a world of specialized knowledge.
For those residing in the Uniontown
or Laurel Highlands School districts
with pre-school children,
please sign up for the
Imagination Library Program
that provides each qualifying child
with a free book every month
until the age of five.
Click the logo for more information.



