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Traveler & ASL databases
Sally Hawkes Network Services/Arkansas State Library
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Traveler Online Database Project
Began in 1997 Multi-type library project Provides online research databases to all libraries Paid for by LSTA funds (84%) and ADE (16%) Approx. $635/library Individual libraries would have to pay over $100,000 each to duplicate Over 1200 sites
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Better than Google Thousands of licensed resources from known sources
Boy’s Life / Business Week / Christian Science Monitor / Cobblestone / Encyclopædia Britannica /Men’s Health / New Book of Knowledge / New York Times / Prevention / Ride BMX / Outdoor Lifefor Kids / Time / US News & World Report No ads—No spam or spyware—No “phishing” for personal data. Safe resources for students of all ages with easy access for younger students Users can save, print and search results with current citation formats Lexiles Reading Levels help identify materials for specific ages and/or reading levels Remote access license allow use from home
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Works like Google
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39 hits
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New Subscription FY2010/2011 From August 1 – July 31
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EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite; Business Source Elite; Consumer Health Complete*; ERIC; Health Source: Consumer Edition; Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition; Legal Collection; MAS Ultra: School Edition; MasterFILE Premier; MEDLINE*; Middle Search Plus; Newspaper Source; Primary Search; Professional Development Collection; Regional Business News; TOPICsearch; Vocational & Career Collection*; World History Collection* Kid’s Search (K-6)-- Simultaneous searching of Middle Search Plus, Primary Search, Newspaper Source, TOPICSearch, EBSCO Animals, & Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Searchasaurus -- A child friendly format with access to Middle Search Plus, Primary Search, Encyclopedia of Animals, a general dictionary and encyclopedia Student Research Center (6-12) -- Simultaneous searching Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra School Edition, Newspaper Source, TOPICSearch, Health Source – Consumer Edition
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EBSCO -- Listen BGsuOH7
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Britannica Academic Edition http://www.search.eb.com
Public Library Edition Britannica Online for Kids School Edition Learning Zone PreK – Gr. 2 Annals of American History Online Spanish Reference Center (includes Enciclopedia Universal en Español and Enciclopedia Juvenil - elementary level) -- Enciclopedia Juvenil (elementary level) World Data Analyst Online Webster's Third International Dictionary, Unabridged Online
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Audio functions -- Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedia - Pronunciation
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Audio Functions - Dictionary
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Annals of American History
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Learning Zone
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FirstSearch ArticlesFirst; Clase and Perioddia- Universida National Autonoma de Mexiso (UNAM) Systems: Electronic Collections Online (index only); Electronic Books (ebooks/index only); ERIC – U.S. Dept. of Education; GPO Monthly Catalog; MEDLINE; World Almanac Group; WorldCat (OCLC Online Union Catalog) Schools primary would use WorldCat – 80 million plus international card catalog
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CONTENTdm CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software
Entry level --hosted by OCLC Three Project Clients for building your digital collections 10GB of storage for up to 3,000 digital items Free Orientation session June 29 epackage/
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Gale Discovering Collection General OneFile Periodical and news information Content includes more than 7,900 full-text titles More than 3,000 refereed journals; five newspaper indexes — a total of more than 11,000 titles in all (70% of which are unique to the database) More than 25 years of back file coverage from 1980 to present Features more than 500 travel guides, including every Fodor title published More than 3,000 videos, podcasts, images, every NPR radio broadcast in audio with transcript from 1990 to present posted Feb. 2009
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Gale - Listen
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Gale - Listen
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Gale - Listen
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Remote Access Do it yourself (or give it to the IT people)
School page/ Library page IDs and passwords are provided for students Faculty as state employees have a different option Ready-made link for students
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Try the resources Britannica EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com
School Edition Learning Zone PreK–Gr. 2 Annals of American History Online Spanish Reference Center (includes Enciclopedia Universal en Español and Enciclopedia Juvenil - elementary level) Enciclopedia Juvenil (elementary level) World Data Analyst Online Webster's Third International Dictionary, Unabridged Online EBSCOhost Gale OneFile FirstSearch – Worldcat
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State Employee Databases
Do you have an Arkansas State Library card? If yes, you don’t need to do anything else. If no, apply for Online Database Remote Access.
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Click on Remote Login to access the 80+ databases
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Arkansas State Library databases
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