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The premier resource for students and researchers at the university level with comprehensive reference tool that includes encyclopedia, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search. (Optimized for tablets)

A groundbreaking digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research.

This database includes the renowned AGRICOLA, TOXLINE, ESPM (Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. This database includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources covering such topics as the effects of pollution on people and animals and environmental action and policy responses.

This database features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies. It is designed to complement the following indexes: ABM, Avery, BHA, BHI, DAAI, Index Islamicus, MLA, Philosopher's Index and RILM.

This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in Australia and New Zealand. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

Wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.

Research on accounting, auto mechanics, building trades, computing science, graphic design, healthcare, photography, sales and retail & more in the Vo/Tech curriculum for both students and instructors.

Provides access to cultural reports, statistics, and primary source material for countries across the globe, including the United States and Canadian provinces. Includes unique information such as native recipes, interviews, photos and videos. Contains four modules: Kids, Provinces, States and World.

An online Arkansas Driver Education program with car, motorcycle, & CDL practice tests, online driver’s manuals, & a FAQ section.

An online resource for preschoolers & children in the early elementary grades that includes three interactive learning environments. Trek's Travels offers narrated stories, interactive games, and original videos that teach critical early childhood themes, including numbers, shapes, colors, opposites, and more. Welcome to Reading provides leveled readers to develop and strengthen phonics, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, and comprehension skills. The Lexile Framework® for Reading ensures that early readers use text at their level. Know It offers a richly visual first encyclopedia that will captivate early learners with non-fiction topics of interest and importance to them.

Find scholarly ebooks in multiple subjects from world-renowned publishers.

Access to over 1,090 top educational publications, including more than 800 of the titles in full text.

A massive collection of multidisciplinary periodical and digital media content, designed for middle and high school students, undergraduates at community colleges and universities, instructors, and librarians. Editorially created pages provide valuable context for both common and more unusual topics of research. All content is 100% full-text, including documents from books, magazines, journals, newspapers, photographs, transcripts, and videos. The collection covers a wide range of subjects.

Provides access to eLibrary's periodical and digital media collection through a user interface specifically designed for student researchers.

Provides access to education literature and resources, providing access to journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index  1.4 million + records and links to more than 337,000 full-text documents from ERIC back to 1966.

With eBooks on GVRL, you can turn research into results. Optimized for search and discovery, the GVRL platform enables you to search through more than fifty nonfiction eBooks on business, literature, science, and more within a single search. Once you’ve pinpointed the exact content you want, download content to Drive and Docs with G Suite for Education integration

Gale In Context: Biography offers authoritative reference content alongside magazine and journal articles, primary sources, videos, audio podcasts, and images. Covering a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day newsmakers, it’s continuously updated to ensure researchers have access to the very latest information.

Gale Literature brings together all of Gale's literary databases into one seamlessly cross-searchable research and study environment. Whether you're researching authors and their works, literary movements or genres, or trying to find book reviews of bestsellers, you can search across all of your library's Gale literary databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism and analysis, reviews, author biographies, and a rich collection of expertly written work overviews

Gale takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Gale Literature Criticism. Includes centuries of analysis - the  from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals - delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.

Gale Literature: Something About the Author provides comprehensive online access to all volumes ever printed in Gale's acclaimed and long-standing Something About the Author series, which examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people. Content is delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.

Collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present.

Find author biographies, contemporary criticism, reviews, and multimedia resources from medieval times to the present.

Provides a comprehensive selection of educational resources—including interactive tutorials, practice exams, flashcards, articles and e-books—for basic skills mastery, academic success, job preparation, and career advancement. *First time users must create a profile in order to use this resource.

Full-text access to a selection of publications relevant to library and information science. It covers a range of titles and topics relevant to the theoretical and applied study of library science, including trade publications aimed at the library profession as well as scholarly journals.

An online learning site that hosts a constantly growing library of over 3,000 courses that include over 130,000 videos. Courses cover a variety of topics (including business, design, web development and multimedia skills) and software (Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite and open source applications) that can help you pursue personal and professional goals.

An international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists

Primary and critical text database for literary research at all levels. The collection includes full text of more than 350,000 works of poetry, drama, and prose stretching back to the 8th century through the present day.

Learn a new language in the comfort of your own home! Choose from 70 foreign languages and 20 English as second languages. Popular courses include: French, German, Italian and Spanish. Use the translate tool, start learning immediately or set up a profile to track your progress. Mango Languages offers a free mobile app.

Comprehensive collection of material on military subjects such as defense, aeronautics and space flight, civil engineering, political science, and more.

Provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more, as well as meeting the needs of researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions.

International in scope and spanning all time periods of human history, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History includes 900 original articles by noted scholars from more than thirty-five countries. Articles range from 500-word entries on inventors, theoreticians, and industry leaders to overarching, 8,000-word essays on markets, industries, and labor. With coverage ranging from accounting and advertising to zoning and zoos, this landmark works stands at the busy intersection of history and the social sciences.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology represents a new way of conceiving of the relationship between archaeology and biblical studies that allows the results of a wide cross-section of excavations and regional studies to contribute to the interpretation of the biblical text through an elucidation of the lifeways of the ancient world.

Words and definitions online from the Oxford English Dictionary.  The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.

A cross-disciplinary research tool with 30 databases that can be searched together or individually.

Full-text coverage from top psychology and related publications, this database meets the needs of both students and mental-health professionals.

Developed to help students do more effective research and assist educators in teaching the basics for information literacy core principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.

A mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and other timely sources across the top 150 subject areas, including the arts, business, education, engineering and technology, health and medical, history, law, literature and languages, multicultural themes, psychology, natural sciences, social sciences, & women’s studies.

Digital reference collection of literature, history, science, & health. Titles included: Critical Survey of Graphic Novels: Manga; Critical Survey of Graphic Novels: Heroes & Superheroes, First Edition; Magill’s Literary Annual 2014; Defining Documents in American History: Exploration & Colonial America (1492-1755); Defining Documents in American History: The American Revolution (1754-1805);  Great Events from History: Renaissance & Early Modern Era, 1454-1600; Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 c.e.; Great Events from History: The Eighteenth Century; Great Events from History: The Middle Ages, 477-1453; Great Events from History: The Nineteenth Century; Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1901-1940; Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1941-1970; Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1971-2000; Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 c.e.; Great Lives from History: The Middle Ages; Great Lives from History: The Seventeenth Century; Earth Science: Earth Materials and Resources; Earth Science: Earth's Surface and History; Earth Science: Earth’s Weather, Water, and Atmosphere; Earth Science: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth; Magill's Medical Guide, Seventh Edition

Full text and images for the leading periodicals in science and technology, covering computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, transportation and more.

General reference database for elementary and middle school learners, researchers, and educators covering curriculum areas and content sets such as reading, language arts, current events, science, social studies, history, health, and technology. SIRS Discoverer provides editorially-selected, indexed, and curated materials from over 2,100 newspapers, magazines, and websites offering guided research for young researchers.

Background and analysis on 350+ leading issues, providing pros and cons on social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues.

Covering various aspects of economics, politics and society.

Full-text results from of leading sociology journals as well as full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts.

The database is comprised of more than 500 scholarly journals and popular science magazines. These publications support research and instruction in science, technology, engineering, and math. All coverage is front-to-back full-text, with images and graphics reproduced exactly as they appear in the original editions. ProQuest's STEM database offers something for students and educators at multiple grade levels.

Full text of top telecommunications industry publications. Includes magazines, journals, and newsletters, including graphics and images.

Get on-demand tutoring, homework help, test preparation and writing assistance for students in grades K-12 in over 40 subjects. No appointment is needed. Use practice quizzes and Skills Center Resource Library to study 24/7. Connect online with an expert Job Search Coach to receive one-on-one, on-demand assistance with your job search. Job search experts are available to help navigate online job sites, complete applications, write/review resumes and cover letters, and even practice for interviews. Tutors & Coaches are available 12-9PM. Login from anywhere to get help today.

A reference tool for 8th grade and up that includes encyclopedia, multimedia, e-books, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search World Book Advanced is a powerful reference tool that includes encyclopedia, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search.

A single link that goes to all 11 Traveler World Book database for selection.

Reference resources for students reading below grade level because of language or learning difficulties, with content and tools specifically developed for these students.

A collection of 25 classics and an additional 25 proprietary World Book non-fiction titles.  Desktop computer and tablet users may access the site via browser or checkout for offline.  Simultaneous checkout makes eBooks available for an unlimited number of users.

A beginner’s Spanish-language reference tool, the site offers all the best elements ofKids—thousands of easy-to read articles packed with stunning illustrations, videos, interactive maps, and a wealth of engaging games and activities—designed to build key language and research skills.

A general reference Web site developed especially for young students with easy-to-read articles, thousands of illustrations, videos, comparison tools, and a wealth of engaging games and activities, including an atlas, interactive maps, flags, and over 200 game and activities.

A resource for elementary & middle school students at the public library looking for help with their homework and research projects. This includes over 40,000 encyclopedia and reference articles, over 10,000 biographies, an atlas, interactive maps, outline maps, science projects and more.

A customizable interface tailored to the needs and skills of the public library users, high school age & above, providing a reference tool that has an encyclopedia, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases in a fully integrated a single search.

A research tool  tailored for students in elementary & middle schools with over 40,000 encyclopedia and reference articles, 10,000 + biographies, multimedia, videos, animations and student activities.

A resource for accessing or creating timelines for projects in the arts, literature, notable people, science & technology, world history, geography and more. Users can select a built timeline and make changes or create new timelines then images and videos.