1. Traveler & ASL databases
Sally Hawkes
Network Services/Arkansas State Library

2. Traveler Online Database Project
Began in 1997
Multi-type library project
Provides online research databases to all libraries
Paid for by LSTA funds (84%) and ADE (16%)
Approx. $635/library
Individual libraries would have to pay over $100,000 each to duplicate
Over 1200 sites

3. Better than Google Thousands of licensed resources from known sources
Boy’s Life / Business Week / Christian Science Monitor / Cobblestone / Encyclopædia Britannica /Men’s Health / New Book of Knowledge / New York Times / Prevention / Ride BMX / Outdoor Lifefor Kids / Time / US News & World Report
No ads—No spam or spyware—No “phishing” for personal data.
Safe resources for students of all ages with easy access for younger students
Users can save, print and search results with current citation formats
Lexiles Reading Levels help identify materials for specific ages and/or reading levels
Remote access license allow use from home

4. Works like Google

5. 39 hits

6. Article

7. New Subscription FY2010/2011 From August 1 – July 31

8. EBSCOhost
Academic Search Elite; Business Source Elite; Consumer Health Complete*; ERIC; Health Source:    Consumer Edition; Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition; Legal Collection; MAS Ultra: School Edition; MasterFILE Premier; MEDLINE*; Middle Search Plus; Newspaper Source; Primary Search; Professional Development Collection; Regional Business News; TOPICsearch; Vocational & Career Collection*; World History Collection*
Kid’s Search (K-6)-- Simultaneous searching of Middle Search Plus, Primary   Search, Newspaper Source, TOPICSearch, EBSCO Animals, & Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Searchasaurus -- A child friendly format with access to Middle Search Plus, Primary Search, Encyclopedia of Animals, a general dictionary and encyclopedia
Student Research Center (6-12) -- Simultaneous searching Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra School Edition, Newspaper Source, TOPICSearch, Health Source – Consumer Edition

9. EBSCO -- Listen
BGsuOH7

10. Britannica Academic Edition http://www.search.eb.com
Public Library Edition 
Britannica Online for Kids
 School Edition   
 Learning Zone PreK – Gr. 2
Annals of American History Online   
Spanish Reference Center  (includes Enciclopedia Universal en Español and Enciclopedia Juvenil - elementary level)  -- Enciclopedia Juvenil (elementary level)  
World Data Analyst Online 
Webster's Third International Dictionary, Unabridged Online    

11. Audio functions -- Encyclopedia

12. Encyclopedia - Pronunciation

13. Audio Functions - Dictionary

14. Annals of American History

15. Learning Zone

16. FirstSearch
ArticlesFirst; Clase and Perioddia- Universida National Autonoma de Mexiso (UNAM) Systems: Electronic Collections Online (index only); Electronic Books (ebooks/index only); ERIC – U.S. Dept. of Education; GPO Monthly Catalog; MEDLINE; World Almanac Group; WorldCat (OCLC Online Union Catalog)
Schools primary would use WorldCat – 80 million plus international card catalog

17. CONTENTdm CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software
Entry level --hosted by OCLC
Three Project Clients for building your digital collections
10GB of storage for up to 3,000 digital items
Free Orientation session June 29
epackage/

18. New Subscription continued
Gale
Discovering Collection
General OneFile
Periodical and news information
Content includes more than 7,900 full-text titles
More than 3,000 refereed journals; five newspaper indexes — a total of more than 11,000 titles in all (70% of which are unique to the database)
More than 25 years of back file coverage from 1980 to present
Features more than 500 travel guides, including every Fodor title published
More than 3,000 videos, podcasts, images, every NPR radio broadcast in audio with transcript from 1990 to present
posted Feb. 2009

19. Gale - Listen

20. Gale - Listen

21. Gale - Listen

22. Remote Access Do it yourself (or give it to the IT people)
School page/ Library page
IDs and passwords are provided for students
Faculty as state employees have a different option
Ready-made link for students

23. Try the resources Britannica EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com
School Edition  
Learning Zone PreK–Gr. 2  
Annals of American History Online   
Spanish Reference Center  (includes Enciclopedia Universal en Español and Enciclopedia Juvenil - elementary level) 
Enciclopedia Juvenil (elementary level)  
World Data Analyst Online 
Webster's Third International Dictionary, Unabridged Online      
EBSCOhost
Gale OneFile
FirstSearch – Worldcat

24. State Employee Databases
Do you have an Arkansas State Library card?
If yes, you don’t need to do anything else.
If no, apply for Online Database Remote Access.

25. Click on Remote Login to access the 80+ databases

26. Arkansas State Library databases