In addition to research tools, the Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center has a variety of tools to help you put together your final project:
What can you do to help solve the problems in your community? Here are a few sources of successful community projects and volunteer service opportunities:
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.
Databases provided by the Arkansas State Library [ASL] Traveler project are funded by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (Grant LS-00-14-0004-14) and the Arkansas Department of Education.
Below are some optional research resources to help you identify, understand, and create solutions for social problems in your community, state, or the world. Some of these include academic resources only available to you on campus at Arkansas Tech University, while others will be available to you freely from anywhere in the state or world. These sources have been curated by librarians and experts in their field or they may be comprised of government data, verified and used by agencies to make policy decisions. As with any resource, however, use your critical thinking skills to help you identify the most relevant, timely, and accurate materials for your project.
Multi-disciplinary database with full text journals, indexing /abstracts, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and more.
America’s News provides full text content from thousands of local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers, news video, and news blogs. Find information on business and economics, international events, political issues, social issues, STEM, and other topics.
Included in America’s News is the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock), The Courier (Russellville), Times Record (Fort Smith), Log Cabin Democrat (Conway), the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and 56 more Arkansas newspapers.
Databases provided by the Arkansas State Library [ASL] Traveler project are funded by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (Grant LS-00-14-0004-14) and the Arkansas Department of Education.
Database focused on the physical and social aspects of environmental issues.
Articles, ebooks, and conference papers covering early childhood to higher education.
Most statistical information about Arkansas can also be found in the general statistical sources for the nation. The links below are often summaries from federally collected statistics that can include tools for data visualization and mapping.