Shortcuts to the Internet services have been placed on all Library computers with Internet access. Information on remote access for certain of the resources is available in the library.
The CD-Rom resources can only be
used in the library. The disks are kept
at the circulation desk.
EBSCO Host, except for CINAHL; the
Grolier Encyclopedias; and the Traveler version of FirstSearch are provided by
the Arkansas State Library using Library Services and Technology Act funds.
A.D.A.M. InterActive Physiology CD-Rom
A five (5) CD set covering the Cardiovascular System; Muscular System;
Nervous System; Respiratory System and the Urinary System.
Current Biography CD-Rom
This annually
updated database provides in-depth biographies of more than 13,500 living
persons and obituaries for an additional 8,500. It covers politicians, business people, journalists, actors,
sports figures, artists, scientists, and others prominent from 1940 to the
present. Information can be retrieved
using, name, profession, place of origin, gender, ethnicity, date of birth or
key word.
EBSCO Host
Is the gateway to 17 databases and information resources in a variety of
fields, including Academic Search Elite, Business Source, Legal Collection, and
Newspaper Source. The CINAHL, Clinical
Pharmacology, the academic and consumer versions of Health Source are of
particular benefit to Nursing and Allied Health students.
Encyclopedia Americana and the Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Britannica
First Encounters CD-Rom
Funded by the
National Endowment for the Humanities and produced by the Arkansas
Archeological Survey and members of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Department of Foreign Languages, this CD provides ‘an extensive collection of
historical texts, maps, art works and artifact images’ dealing with the first
encounters between Native Americans and Europeans in the Mississippi Valley.
FirstSearch
Available in
two (2) versions (Traveler and OCLC), First Search provides access to over 70
databases or information sources, including abstracts and/or full text articles
from 35,000 magazines, journals and research collections. Additional information on what is included
and how to use the First Search service is available in the library.
Literature Online (LION)
Literature
Online provides direct access to over 260,000 texts spanning 1,400 years,
including comprehensive material for the study of almost every period and genre
of English and American literature.
This database integrates all primary and secondary sources, making them
accessible from a single search. It
also links to additional web resources, selected for their quality and range of
useful literary materials.
LawChek
LawChek is a
basic law information package which includes a global search function,
attorney’s lists, pre-drafted letters, and state specific legal forms in the
areas of bankruptcy, contracts, domestic, education, intellectual property and
others.
Math Advantage 2000 (High School)
CD-Rom
A seven (7) CD
set covering: pre-algebra; algebra-I;
algebra-II; geometry; pre-calculus & calculus; trigonometry; and
statistics.
Multi-Educator CD-Roms
American
History 1004-1929
American
History 1929 - 1996
World History
until 1400
World History
1400 – 1900
We the People,
Civics 101
ProQuest Periodical Database
Indexing
approximately 6,000 general interest magazines and academic journals, this
service is a rich source of information for all programs and areas of
study. With approximately 75% of its
coverage full text, ProQuest provides immediate access to information for class
assignments and research projects.
U. S. Department of Justice
CD-Roms
Crime in the
United States, 1995 – 1996 and 1997
Sourcebook of
Criminal Justice Statistics, 1994 – 1998 Annual Editions