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Women and Social Movements Library - Alexander Street (ProQuest)Links to an external site.

The Women and Social Movements collection of products constitute a resource for students and scholars of U.S./World history and U.S./World women's history. Organized around the history of women in social movements between 1600 and the present, the collection seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding at the same time that it makes the insights of women's history accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools.

ProQuest Databases - Traveler Project provided by Arkansas State Library

ASU-Newport Library System Databases listed by Category

Arts

Art & Humanities Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Providing online access to 400 contemporary specialist art titles.

BBC Horizon Video CollectionLinks to an external site. (ProQuest)
Includes comprehensive run of the BBC Horizon television series from 2009-2023. The acclaimed show explores a broad range of topics including astronomy, physics, math, and the environment and makes science accessible and engaging to students.

BBC Landmark Video CollectionLinks to an external site. (ProQuest)
Access ground-breaking, high-definition nature series such as Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Big Cats, and Dynasties.

Bibliographies & Indexes

AGRICOLA
Literature citations for journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture. (AGRICultural OnLine Access).

ERIC Links to an external site.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC provides extensive access to education-related literature, including coverage of journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.

MEDLINE Links to an external site.
Abstracts of authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more from the National Library of Medicine. For full text to materials abstracted in MEDLINE, access the Health and Medical Collection or Nursing & Allied Health databases.

Books & eBooks

eBooks CentralLinks to an external site.
Collection from ProQuest providing access to authoritative ebooks from the world's top publishers on a range of subjects: arts, business management, education, general knowledge, health & medicine, history & political science, law, literature & language, religion & philosophy, science & technology, and social science.

World Book eBooks Links to an external site.
A collection of 25 classic and 25 additional proprietary World Book non-fiction titles. Desktop computer and tablet users may access the site via browser or checkout content for offline use. The checkout function allows an unlimited number of simultaneous users.

Business

ABI/INFORM Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Provides information on company and market research: company profiles; annual, industry, market & commodity reports. Also includes current business & economic conditions, management techniques & corporate strategies.

Accounting, Tax & Business Collection Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Information on accounting policies and standards, state and national tax legislation, corporate and individual taxation, compensation and pension plans, and corporate financial management, as well as profiles of accounting firms, CPAs, and management consulting firms.

Asian & European Business Collection Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Covers Asian (Eastern Hemisphere) business and financial information from key international publications including Far Eastern Economic Review, Asiaweek, and many more.

Business Market Research Collection Links to an external site.
A new database that was part of ABI/Inform and also includes Hoover’s, Ox Research Country Reports and the Snapshots Series Industry Reports.

Canadian Business & Current AffairsLinks to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
A Canadian focus on current events, business, education, science and medicine, arts, law, academia, and lifestyles.

Entrepreneurship Database Links to an external site.
Designed for entrepreneurs wanting quick access to the latest information on business topics, quick access to useful toolkits, and recommendations from experts in Editor’s Picks.

One BusinessLinks to an external site. (ProQuest)
One Business is designed to support the unique needs of business professionals including entrepreneurs, accountants, tax professionals, and academic faculty and students. This newly upgraded platform provides access to the ProQuest Entrepreneurship and Business Market Research collections, as well as JPMORGAN, Business eBooks, and Business Video.

Career & Vocational

Career and Technical Education (Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
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.

PronunciatorLinks to an external site.
Pronunicator is a language learning platform with step-by-step lesson plans for 163 languages, ESL courses for 146 native languages, American Sign Language courses, and classes for children. First time users are encouraged to create a profile in order to take full advantage of this resource.

Education & Library Science

Education Database (Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Access to over 1,090 top educational publications, including more than 800 titles in full text.

ERIC Links to an external site.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC provides extensive access to education-related literature, including coverage of journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.

Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) Links to an external site.

Contains abstracts from over 300 periodicals from around 40 countries and 20 languages, providing comprehensive bibliographic coverage of the scholarly literature related to library science.

Library Science Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Access to over 150 top publications in library and information science. Specifically designed to provide full-text support for core titles included in the Library & Information Science Abstracts database.

Research Companion Links to an external site.
Developed to help students do more effective research and assist educators in teaching the information literacy core principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.

School Library Connection Links to an external site. (Libraries Unlimited)
Learning resource center for school library professionals. Includes self-paced professional learning and curriculum resources to support teaching and professional development. Funding provided by Arkansas Department of Education.

Genealogy

African American Heritage Links to an external site.
A groundbreaking digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research.

HeritageQuest Online Links to an external site.
Combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular ProQuest Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content.

MyHeritage Library Edition (EBSCO)Links to an external site.

MyHeritage Library Edition enables libraries to provide their patrons with the best genealogy research experience available, with a collection of more than 12 billion records and 4 billion individual family tree profiles. Featuring remote access to our entire database, MyHeritage is the world’s most convenient and easy-to-use resource to help anyone learn more about their family history. For help in navigating the resource, there is a tutorial located in the upper right corner that is recommended viewing before starting any search.

General Research

eLibrary: Academic Links to an external site.
General reference collection of periodical and digital media content specifically tailored for K-12 schools and libraries of all kinds, covering a variety of subjects including business, education, general interest, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.

eLibrary: Guided Research Interface Links to an external site.
Provides access to eLibrary’s periodical and digital media collection through a user interface specifically designed for student researchers.

Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos Links to an external site.
World Book’s content, rich media, and interactive features in Spanish for young learners.

ProQuest Central Links to an external site.
A cross-disciplinary research tool with 39 databases that can be searched together or individually.

Research Library Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
A mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and other resources covering 150 subject areas: arts, business, education, engineering and technology, health and medical, history, law, literature and languages, multicultural themes, psychology, natural sciences, social sciences, & women’s studies

SIRS Discoverer Links to an external site.
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.

SIRS Issues ResearcherLinks to an external site.
Background and analysis on 350+ leading issues, providing pros and cons on social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues.

World Book Links to an external site.

Portal to World Book products available through the Traveler program: World Book AdvancedLinks to an external site., World Book DiscoverLinks to an external site., World Book Early LearningLinks to an external site., World Book eBook CollectionLinks to an external site., World Book KidsLinks to an external site., World Book StudentLinks to an external site., World Book TimelinesLinks to an external site., and Banco de Contenidos aulaPlanetaLinks to an external site..

World Book Advanced Links to an external site.
A reference tool for 8th grade and up that includes an encyclopedia, multimedia, e-books, and primary source databases all fully integrated in a single search interface.

World Book Banco de Contenidos aulaPlanetaLinks to an external site.
World Book's new comprehensive Spanish database with more than 170, articles, images, and videos designed for native Spanish-speaking researchers and advanced bilingual and ESL students.

World Book Discover Links to an external site.
Reference resource with content and tools specifically tailored for students reading below grade level because of language or learning difficulties.

World Book eBooks Links to an external site.
A collection of 25 classic and 25 additional proprietary World Book non-fiction titles. Desktop computer and tablet users may access the site via browser or checkout content for offline use. The checkout function allows an unlimited number of simultaneous users.

World Book Kids Links to an external site.
General reference tool 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.

World Book Student Links to an external site.
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.

World Book Timelines Links to an external site.
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.

Health & Medicine

Family Health DatabaseLinks to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Includes journals and magazines covering an enormous range of health subjects, from sports injuries to women’s health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry.

Health and Medical Collection Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Provides reliable, comprehensive journal coverage of clinical and biomedical topics, consumer health, health administration and more.

Healthcare Administration Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full-text access to journals covering all aspects of health administration, including hospitals, insurance, law, health economics, public health administration and more.

Medical Database Links to an external site.
Provides access to over 1,400 essential publications in full text covering topics across all areas of the medical sciences. The content is diverse enough to support the needs of medical students, faculty, and clinicians.

MEDLINELinks to an external site.
Abstracts of authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more from the National Library of Medicine. For full text to materials abstracted in MEDLINE, access the Health and Medical Collection (Links to an external site.) or Nursing & Allied Health (Links to an external site.) databases.

Nursing & Allied Health DatabaseLinks to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and more. Suitable for researchers at healthcare facilities in addition to students of nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions.

Public Health Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Provides access to core literature in the field of public health, including new and periodical coverage. Includes access to full-text dissertations covering topics such as biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, health services administration, international public health, maternal and child health, and occupational safety and health.

History

ABC-Clio Search PlatformLinks to an external site. (ABC-Clio)
Unified search platform ABC-Clio student resource databases American History and the African American Experience.

African American ExperienceLinks to an external site. (ABC-Clio)
Provides student learning modules on African American studies that include biographies, scholarly articles, primary sources, and images.

American HistoryLinks to an external site. (ABC-Clio)
Surveys American history from the Colonial era to the nation’s rise to eminence as a global superpower and providies analysis of American political conflict, economic development, and changing culture.

History Study CenterLinks to an external site. (ProQuest)
Collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present.

World Book Student Links to an external site.
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.

World Book Timelines Links to an external site.
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.

International Resources

Australia & New Zealand Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full-text, academic journals locally published in Australia and New Zealand. Subjects cover major areas of study: business, science, technology, medical, social sciences, political science, and humanities.

Continental Europe Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Provides access to full-text academic journals locally published in European countries such as France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, and Portugal.

CultureGrams Links to an external site.
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.

East Europe, Central Europe Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full-text, academic journals locally published in the East and Central Europe region. Subjects cover major areas of study: business, science, technology, medical, social sciences, political science, and humanities.

East & South Asia Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full-text, academic journals locally published in the East and South Asian countries. Subjects cover major areas of study: business, science, technology, medical, social sciences, political science, and humanities.

India Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full-text, academic journals published locally in India. Subjects cover major areas of study: business, science, technology, medical, social sciences, political science, and humanities.

Latin America & Iberian Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full-text, academic journals locally published in Latin American countries including: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, Spain and Portugal. Subjects cover major areas of study: business, science, technology, medical, social sciences, political science, and humanities.

Middle East & Africa Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full-text, academic journals published in a number of Middle Eastern and African countries. Subjects cover major areas of study: business, science, technology, medical, social sciences, political science, and humanities.

Turkey Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full-text, academic journals locally published in Turkey. Subjects cover major areas of study: business, science, technology, medical, social sciences, political science, and humanities.

U.K. & Ireland Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full-text, academic journals locally published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Subjects cover major areas of study: business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

Literature

Learning: Literature Links to an external site. (ProQuest)
Students can find author biographies, contemporary criticism, reviews, and multimedia resources from medieval times to the present.

One Literature Links to an external site.
Primary and critical text database for literary research at all levels. Provides full text access to more than 500,000 works of poetry, drama and prose stretching from the 8th century through the present day, including primary resource collections from diverse and modern authors.

News & Newspapers

Canadian Newsstream Complete Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Canadian newspaper coverage from Prince Edward Island to Yukon Territory.

Ethnic NewsWatch Links to an external site.
Bilingual, English and Spanish, comprehensive full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses.

Global Breaking NewswiresLinks to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Provides timely access to the newswire content from around the globe.

International Newsstream Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Provides the most recent news content outside of the US and Canada. Collection includes African Newsstream, Asian Newsstream, Australia & New Zealand Newsstream, European Newsstream, Latin American Newsstream, Middle East Newsstream.

U.S. Newsstream Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Provides the most recent premium U.S. news content, including archives as far back as the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. For academic and public libraries, US Newsstream offers exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and co-exclusive access (with Factiva) to The Wall Street Journal. US Newsstream also offers one of the largest collections of local and regional newspapers, and is cross-searchable on the ProQuest platform

Newspaper Source PlusLinks to an external site. (EBSCO)

Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.

Science & Technology

AGRICOLA Links to an external site.
Literature citations for journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture.(AGRICultural OnLine Access).

Agricultural & Environmental Science Database Links to an external site.
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.

BBC Horizon Video CollectionLinks to an external site. (ProQuest)
Includes comprehensive run of the BBC Horizon television series from 2009-2023. The acclaimed show explores a broad range of topics including astronomy, physics, math, and the environment and makes science accessible and engaging to students.

BBC Landmark Video CollectionLinks to an external site. (ProQuest)
Access ground-breaking, high-definition nature series such as Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Big Cats, and Dynasties.

Biology Science Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.

Computer Science Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full text research on subjects such as database design, software development, web commerce, LANs, WANs, Intranets, and the Internet.

Science Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full text and images for the leading periodicals in science and technology, covering computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, transportation and more.

Science OnlineLinks to an external site. (Infobase) Provides expertly researched content on core science subjects and in-depth overview essays on key science topic. Includes more than 1600 resources including images, videos, experiments and self-paced learning objects.

STEM Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Composed of more than 500 full-text scholarly journals and popular science magazines covering research and instruction in earth, life, physical, medical and applied sciences; and technology, engineering, and math.

Telecommunications Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full text of top telecommunications industry publications. Includes magazines, journals, and newsletters, including graphics and images.

Today’s ScienceLinks to an external site. (Infobase) Includes thousands of original articles written by scientists covering important advances in biology, chemistry, environmental science, space, physics, and technology. Bridges the gap between the science taught in the classroom and the science students read and hear about in the news.

Social Sciences

CultureGrams Links to an external site.
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.

Linguistics Database (ProQuest Central)
Comprised of index and full-text articles covering all linguistics subject areas, including the Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) and Linguistics Database.

Political Science Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full-text of leading political science and international relations journals. Provides full-text coverage of many core titles from Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.

Psychology Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full-text coverage from top psychology publications; suitable for both students and mental-health care professionals.

Religion Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Comprehensive collection of journals covering religious issues and perspectives, including news and commentary on topics of general interest from the perspective of a particular religion, and formal theological studies.

Social Science Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full-text access to journals and publications covering sociology, social work, anthropology, politics and related fields.

Sociology Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full-text coverage of many core titles indexed in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts (SASSA). Includes full-text doctoral dissertations on sociology.

United States Government

Criminal Justice Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Comprehensive collection of U.S. and international criminal justice journals including information for professionals in law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security.

Military Database Links to an external site. (ProQuest Central)
Full-text access to a comprehensive collection covering military subjects including defense, aeronautics and space flight, civil engineering, political science, and more.

The Traveler Statewide Resource project is made possible by a grant from U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services to the Arkansas State Library under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.