About Lynx
The public libraries of Lancaster County are pleased to announce the launch of Lynx eResources for Everyone.
Lynx offers a wide range of premium content, including e-books, audiobooks, magazines, newspaper archives, business and academic research databases, tools for students and teachers, and job-seekers. Library card holders can access anything from genealogical records to car repair manuals and it all comes from reliable sources.
Lynx has something for everyone, whether your interest is reading the latest issue of a popular magazine, working on your own car, researching your genealogy, or doing your homework! All you need is a library card, and library cards are free to residents of Lancaster County. (Don’t have a library card? Simply visit ELANCO Library with a photo ID and get one.)
Questions? Call the library at 717-354-0525 or email adagostino@elancolibrary.org. Tutorials on how to use Lynx: eResources for Everyone can be found at https://learn.lancasterlibraries.org.
New and Featured eResource: Introducing Mometrix eLibrary!
November 2024: ELANCO Library is pleased to offer access to Mometrix eLibrary, a vital test preparation resource for students, job seekers, and professionals! Mometrix eLibrary offers study materials such as practice tests, flash cards, study guides, and other interactive tools for over 1,500 standardized exams including college entrance, graduate school, finance, nursing and medical, civil service, K-12, teacher certification exams, and many more. Popular and common tests such as the ASVAB, CDL Exam, Civil Service Exam, GED Exam, NCLEX, Praxis, SAT, TOEFL (and more) are covered, as are a variety standardized tests for K-12. Specialized and specific tests for many industries and a wide variety of careers, are included; examples are the Athletic Training Exam, Auctioneer Exam, Civil Engineering PE Exam, Cosmetology Exam, LEED Green Associate Exam, Master Plumber’s Exam, Multistate Bar Exam, Real Estate exams, Six Sigma exams, and numerous others. To get started using Mometrix eLibrary, click https://lynx.lancasterlibraries.org/resources/mometrix and sign in with your library card!
Other eResources
Click the links below and sign in with your library card.
eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and Newspapers
- BookFlix
- Cricket Media Collection
- EBSCO eBooks
- Flipster (eMagazines)
- Gale eBooks (encyclopedias and reference sources)
- Gale OneFile News
- Libby
- Proquest eBook Central
- Science Reference eBook Collection
- TumbleBooks (Animated picture books for children)
- TrueFlix
Business information and Research Databases
Workforce Development
- Brainfuse Jobs Now
- Pennsylvania Career Link
- Pennsylvania Job Resources
- PA Online Learning
- SkillUp PA
- Transparent Language Online
Academic Research and Student Resources
- Academic Search Main Edition
- Black Freedom Struggle in the US (Primary Sources)
- BookFlix
- Brainfuse Help Now (tutoring, study aids, language learning)
- Britannica School: Elementary
- Contemporary Authors
- EBSCO eBooks
- Elementary
- Gale eBooks
- Greenfile
- Library Information, Science & Technology Abstracts
- Middle School
- PA Photos and Documents
- Power Kids (resources geared to elementary students)
- Power Search – Gale
- Power Teens (resources geared to teens)
- Science Reference Center
- SIRS Discoverer
- Teacher Reference Center
- TrueFlix
Genealogy
- MyHeritage: Library Edition
- S. Northeast Newstream (Current and archived Newspapers)
General Interest
- ABCMouse
- Access PA Library Catalog – Access to the collections of over 2,600 Pennsylvania Libraries
- AP Newsroom (AP photos, graphics and videos)
- AutoRepair Source
- ConnectWell
- Driving Tests
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Small Engine Repair
- Transparent Language Online