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Database Help

The title (and logo) links from this page lead to videos, PowerPoint, and other media to help you navigate your way in the selected database (or platform) and learn all of the features available.

While all databases are listed here, some work in a similar fashion under one unique platform. The links may then lead to tutorials on how to use the platform, independently on the selected database. Find your database using

Accessible Archives Accessible Archives Inc.

Developed by dedicated instructors and students of American history, Accessible Archives' databases contain the rich, comprehensive material found in leading historic periodicals and books in a user-friendly online environment.

Databases: African American Newspapers [collection] / American County Histories [collection] / The Charleston Mercury / The Christian Recorder / The Civil War Part I. A Newspaper Perspective [collection] / The Civil War Part II. The Soldiers' Perspective [collection] / The Civil War Part III. The Generals' Perspective [collection] / The Civil War Part IV. A Midwestern Perspective [collection] / The Civil War Part V. Iowa's perspective [collection] / The Civil War Part VI. Northeast Regimental Histories [collection] / The Civil War Part VII. Abraham Lincoln Library Abolitionist Books [collection] / The Colored American / Frederick Douglass Paper / Douglass Monthly / Freedom's Journal / Frank Leslie's Weekly / Godey's Lady's Book / History of Woman Suffrage / The Liberator / The Lily / The National Era / National Citizen and Ballot Box / National Anti-Slavery Standard / News of the Day / The New York Herald / The North Star / Old Post Union / The Pennsylvania Gazette / The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalog [collection] / Pennsylvania Newspaper Record [collection] / The Pennsylvania Packet / Provincial Freeman / The Revolution / Richmond Enquirer / Scenes from the Life of Harriet Tubman / The South Carolina Gazette / The Gazette of the State of South Carolina / The South Carolina Gazette and Country Journal / The South Carolina and American General Gazette / The Stars and Stripes and Old Post Union / Twelve Years a Slave / Vincennes Courant / Vincennes Weekly Courant and Patriot / Vincennes Gazette / Vincennes Weekly Gazette / Weekly Vincennes Gazette / Vincennes Times / The Virginia Gazette / Weekly Advocate

AccessEngineering Access Engineering

Online engineering reference containing full-text handbooks, as well as instructional, faculty made videos, calculators, interactive tables and charts.

ACLS Humanities E-Book

ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB) is an online, fully searchable collection of approximately 5,000 books of high quality in the humanities and related social sciences. Frequently cited in the literature, these titles are recommended by scholars and learned societies and include many prize-winning works. Users may also access online book reviews from leading journals.

ACS Publications (American Chemical Society)

ACS Publications publishes 50 journals for the world's largest and most influential scientific society, providing the worldwide scientific community with cutting-edge research from the most-cited, peer-reviewed publications in the chemical and related sciences.

African American Heritage

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

American Civil War Collection

Featuring more than 13,500 works published between 1860 and 1922, this collection of the American Antiquarian Society offers printed items addressing all facets of the Civil War and its aftermath. These diverse materials include broadsides, lithographs, maps, books, pamphlets, photographs, political cartoons, stereographs, and more.

Access American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography

The stories of American slaves as told by the former slaves themselves.

Digital Sanborn® Maps, 1867-1970: Arkansas

Property and land-use maps of everyday life from 1867-1970. The library has access to the ARKANSAS maps only.

Early World of Learning

Produced with advice from experts in early childhood development and education, Early World of Learning is an online resource for young children, offering three interactive learning environments designed for easy integration into classroom and library programming: Trek’s Travels, Welcome to Reading, and Know It.

eBook Collection (EBSCO)

eBook Collection

EBSCO eBooks are online versions of print books that your library has either purchased with a perpetual license or via an annual subscription. eBooks that are owned will be available to the library in perpetuity, with provisions being made for long term access and preservation. eBooks available via subscription are renewed annually for the library to retain access. EBSCO eBooks are available from all major academic publishers in virtually all academic disciplines

EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost offers customizable basic and advanced searching supported by Boolean logic, natural language, enhanced subject indexing and journal searching. With links from the full record display to related articles by subject, magazine issue or author, users can further explore their topic. In addition, EBSCOhost allows patrons to print, email or download multiple articles.

Databases: Academic Search Complete / AHFS Consumer Medication Information / America: History & Life with Full Text / American Civil War, 1855-1868 / American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933-1955 / American Political and Social Movements, 1815-1884 / Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson) / Business Source Complete / CINAHL Complete / Commercial Periodicals from the Southern U.S., 1811-1877 / Communication Source / Consumer Health Complete (EBSCOhost) / Cultural Periodicals from the Southern U.S., 1797-1877 / eBook Academic Collection / eBook Business Collection / eBook Clinical Collection / eBook Collection / eBook Education Collection / Education Source / Engineering Source / European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 / Fish, Fisheries & Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide / Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia / GreenFile / Health Source: Consumer Edition / Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition / Historical Abstracts with Full Text / Hospitality & Tourism Index / Legal Collection / Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts / MAS Ultra - School Edition / MasterFILE Premier / MEDLINE / Middle Search Plus / MLA Directory of Periodicals / MLA International Bibliography / Music Index / Newspaper Source / Philosopher's Index / Primary Search / Professional Development Collection / PsycARTICLES / PsycINFO / Regional Business News / Slavery and Abolition, 1789-1887 / SPORTDiscus with Full Text / Teacher Reference Center / TOPICsearch / Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide

Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos (World Book Spanish-language Encyclopedia)

A colorful, fun reference site for Spanish-language beginners. There are 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.

ERIC Documents

Government site containing ERIC education literature.

HeritageQuest Online

HeritageQuest Online provides genealogical and historical sources for more than 60 countries, with coverage dating back as early as the 1700s.

Naxos Music Library

Classical, folk and jazz streaming audio.

Nursing Reference Center Plus

Nursing Reference Center Plus™ is an evidence-based information resource designed specifically for nurses. With Nursing Reference Center Plus™, you get all the content in Nursing Reference Center and much more including videos, images and new topics covering nursing management and leadership.

Oxford English Dictionary

Information on the meaning and history of words.

Project Muse

Project MUSE offers full-text current and archival articles from 600+ scholarly journals covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, education, philosophy, political science, and more. Updated continually.

ProQuest

ProQuest databases provides a single source for scholarly journals, newspapers, reports, working papers, and datasets along with millions of pages of digitized historical primary sources and more than 450,000 ebooks. Renowned abstracting and indexing makes this information easily navigable, while content tools, including instant bibliography and citation generators, simplify management and sharing of research.

Databases: ABI/INFORM Collection / Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection / Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database / African Newsstream / AGRICOLA / Agricultural & Environmental Science Database / Aqualine / Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources / Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 2: Ocean Technology, Policy & Non-Living Resources / Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality / Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 4: Aquaculture Abstracts / Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 5: Marine Biotechnology Abstracts / Arts & Humanities Database / Asian & European Business Collection / Asian Newsstream / Australia & New Zealand Database / Australia & New Zealand Newsstream / Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) / Biological Science Database / Biology Database / Biotechnology Research Abstracts / Business Market Research Collection / Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database / Canadian Newsstream / Career & Technical Education Database / Computing Database / Continental Europe Database / COS Conference Papers Index / Criminal Justice Database / Dissertations & Theses @ Arkansas Tech University / Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database / East & South Asia Database / East Europe, Central Europe Database / Ecology Abstracts / Education Database‎ / Entrepreneurship Database / Environment Abstracts / Environmental Engineering Abstracts / Environmental Impact Statements: Digests / Environmental Impact Statements: Full Text / ERIC / Ethnic NewsWatch / European Newsstream / Family Health Database / Health & Medical Collection / Health & Safety Science Abstracts / Health Management Database / India Database / Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) / Latin America & Iberian Database / Latin American Newsstream / Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) / Library Science Database / Linguistics Database / Materials Science & Engineering Database / Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts / Medical Database / MEDLINE / Middle East & Africa Database / Middle East Newsstream / Military Database / Nursing & Allied Health Database / Oceanic Abstracts / Physical Education Index / Political Science Database / Pollution Abstracts / ProQuest Aquatic Science Collection / ProQuest Aquatic Science Journals / ProQuest Central / ProQuest Environmental Science Journals / Psychology Database / Public Health Database / Religion Database / Risk Abstracts / Science Database / Social Science Database / Sociology Database / Sustainability Science Abstracts / Telecommunications Database / Toxicology Abstracts / TOXLINE / Turkey Database / UK & Ireland Database / US Newsstream / Water Resources Abstracts

Research Companion

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.