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The Carroll and Madison Library System makes a number of research databases available for use in the library. Registered library card holders may also use most of these databases from home. Unless otherwise noted, please use your library card number to gain access to these databases.
Many of these databases are 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. Additional state funds were provided by the Arkansas Department of Education.
If you need assistance using these databases or finding information, please call the Library.
Databases for children and students.
Books and Book Reviews
NoveList K-8 (Ebscohost) – Includes information on many titles popular with students in grades K-8, arranged by instructional unit, theme or topic. Teachers can find appropriate fiction to complement classroom instruction.
Business & Law
Arkansas Legal Services – Information and free legal aid on matters of Family, Housing, Public Benefits and Consumer Law. Library card not needed to access site.
Business Source Elite (Ebscohost)– Provides full-text articles from more than 1,100 business journals.
Legal Collection (Ebscohost) – A database of full-text articles from scholarly law journals.
Regional Business News (Ebscohost) – Provides indexing and some fulltext from regional business publications. Arkansas Business is indexed from July 1996 through May 2001.
Education/Jobs & Careers
ERIC (Ebscohost) – The Educational Resource Information Center, with digests, citations and abstracts from almost 1,000 education-related journals.
Professional Development Collection (Ebscohost) – A database of full-text journal articles of interest to professional educators.
Teacher Reference Center (Ebscohost) – Provides indexing and abstracts for 270+ of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines.
TOPICsearch (Ebscohost) – Provides information about current events which are likely to be discussed in the classroom. Includes more than 1,000 full-text periodicals.
Vocational and Career Collection (Ebscohost) – Designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public with full-text coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals.
Encyclopedias/Dictionaries
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (Ebscohost) – Over 25,000 records, annually updated, covering an array of topics in addition to images and brief biographies.
World Book Online Reference Center – A powerful refernce tool for advanced reserachers and information seekers, featuring eBooks, articles, primary source document,s and features developed especially for public library patrons such as Computer and Web Tutorials, How To... documents and Government Resources.
Genealogy
AncestryLibrary Edition (Proquest) – Includes census, church, court and immigration records as well as historical maps and many other genealogy resources, from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and other areas. Available in library only.
HeritageQuest (Proquest) - Includes searchable images of the U.S. Federal Census records, digitized family and local history books, an index to genealogical and history periodicals, and other genealogy resources.
Digital Sanborn Maps - The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for the state of Arkansas. Covers the years 1867-1970; not all years are available for all locations. Please call the Library for login and password.
Health
Consumer Health Complete (Ebscohost) – Provides information covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
Health Source: Consumer Edition (Ebscohost) – Information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health from nearly 80 full-text, consumer health magazines..
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (Ebscohost) – This database provides nearly 550 scholarly fulltext journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
MEDLINE (Ebscohost) – Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences from the National Library of Medicine.
History/Geography
World History Collection (Ebscohost) - A global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East, providing cover to cover full-text for 150 titles.
Library & Information Science
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (Ebscohost) - Subjects include librarianschip, classifications, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval and information management.
Newspapers/Periodicals Indexes
Masterfile Premier (Ebscohost) – A general periodicals database with fulltext information from more than 2,050 publications including magazines, reference books, primary source documents and images.
Newspaper Source (Ebscohost) – A database with selected articles from about 30 national and international newspapers, as well as some regional newspapers, and television and radio transcripts. Some articles from The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette October 2000 through September 2002 are indexed.
Reference
Academic Search Elite (Ebscohost) – 2,000+ journals covering computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and more.
EBSCOhost Espanol – Directions and search aides in Spanish language that are produced by machine. The search results are in English.
EBSCOhost Web – Link to entire list of EBSCO databases in the CAMLS subscription.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - 12 eBooks Reference Sets contains full-text to African-American Years, American Civil War Reference Library; Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990; Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World; Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics; Fashion, Costume and Culture; Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library; Middle East Conflict Reference Library; Presidents: A Reference History; Real-Life Math; Reconstruction Era Reference Library; and UXL American Decades.
World Book Advanced – Designed for high school and college students, a powerful reference tool that includes encyclopedic, multimedia, eBook, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search.
World Book Online Reference Center – A powerful refernce tool for advanced reserachers and information seekers, featuring eBooks, articles, primary source document,s and features developed especially for public library patrons such as Computer and Web Tutorials, How To... documents and Government Resources.
WorldCat – Search the collections of 72,000 libraries in this area and around the country to find books, music, movies, documents and more.
Science
GreenFILE (Ebscohost) – A freely accessible source focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Sources include scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports.
Databases for Children and Students
Gale Discovering Collection – A database of information from Gale Group print publications on topics such as history, literature, geography and cultures, and science.
English Language Learner (ELL) Reference Center – The multi-purpose information resource is designed for middle/high school students and those who are new to the English language. It covers a wide range of subject area topics - including Science, History, Civics, Life Skills and Literature - and is written in an age appropriate interest level, using vocabulary and simpified structure helpful to non-native speakers.
Kids Search (Ebscohost) - Articles and other reference materials for students in grades K-5.
MAS Ultra-School Edition (Ebscohost) – Provides full-text articles from hundreds of popular magazines, as well as pamphlets, reference books, biographies, primary source documents and images, all intended for high school students.
Middle Search Plus (Ebscohost) – A database of fulltext magazines, biographies, primary source documents and images, all intended for middle school and junior high students.
NoveList K-8 (Ebscohost) – Includes information on many titles popular with students in grades K-8, arranged by instructional unit, theme or topic. Teachers can find appropriate fiction to complement classroom instruction.
Primary Search (Ebscohost) – A database of full-text magazines intended for elementary school students.
Searchasaurus (Ebscohost) provides an easy to use interface for children to search EBSCO Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, and databases that contain articles written for primary grade or middle grade students.
Student Research Center (Ebscohost) - Articles, primary source documents and other reference materials for researchers in grades 6-12.
World Book Early World of Learning – Offers narrated stories with word-by-word highlighting, interactive games, interactive reference material for beginners, and more to help young learners build vocabulary, comprehension, phonics, and reading fluency.
World Book Online - Kids – Features content especially for young students, with simple navigation, easy-to-read articles, multimedia, comparison tools, interactive games and activities, and teacher tools.
World Book Online - Spanish (Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos) – A student-focused resource that offers World Book's excellent editorial content, rich media, and interactive features in Spanish.
World Book Online Info Finder – A resource for elementary & midle school students at the public library looking for help with their homework and research projects.
World Book Student – Includes the articles of the World Book Encyclopedia, a Biography Center, dictionary, atlas, an extensive multimedia collection, thousands of editor-selected websites, correlations to curriculum standards, and much more.
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