Electronic Services

• The media center uses Atriuum Book Systems, and automated system to check out all materials. The OPAC (online public access catalog) link is available on the Home Page.
  
  
• EBSCOhost http://search.epnet.com (magazine and newspaper articles, most full-text) (Funded through Arkansas State Library Traveler Project/LSTA) Home access is available with password.
  
  
• Gale Discovering Series http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/arstate (Discovering Authors, Biography, Multicultural America, Science, U. S. History and World History) (Funded through Arkansas State Library Traveler Project/LSTA) Home access is available with password.
  
  
• OCLC FirstSearch http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org (magazine articles and books) (Funded through Arkansas State Library Traveler Project/LSTA) Home access is available with password.
  
  
• NetLibrary - http://www.netlibrary.com (Collection of Ebooks)(Funded through Arkansas State Library Traveler Project)
  Encyclopedia Britannica- (Encyclopedia articles) Funded through Arkansas State Library Traveler Project
  http://www.search.eb.com (Academic Edition)
  http://www.school.eb.com (School Edition)
  www.spanish.eb.com (Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol)
  www.america.eb.com (Annals of American History Online)
  www.world.eb.com (World Data Analyst Online)
  www.mwu.eb.com (Webster's Third International Dictionary, Unabridged Online)
  
  
• Grolier Online Passport/New Book of Knowledge (Encyclopedia articles, weblinks, magazine articles, world newspapers) Funded through the Arkansas State Library Project. http://go.grolier.com
  

STUDENT RESOURCES

ACT http://www.act.org/

FAFSA on the Web http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

FastWeb (scholarship search) http://www.fastweb.com/

Federal Student Aid http://www.studentaid.ed.gov/

Peterson’s—college search, test prep, financial aid http://www.petersons.com/

Student Gateway to the U. S. government http://www.students.gov

READY REFERENCE

Reference Desk http://www.refdesk.com/

FirstGov official gateway to U. S. government http://www.firstgov.gov

CIA World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

National Geographic Online http://www.nationalgeographic.com

Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/

Awesome Library http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

http://www.dictionaries.com

Information Please Almanac http://www.infoplease.com

Merriam-Webster Online http://www.m-w.com

Library of Congress (American Memory Collection, Today in History, Reference Tools) http://www.loc.gov/

Using APA Format- http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

Using MLA Format- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Bibliography Helper- http://www.easybib.com/

APA Citation Samples: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/library/apa.htm

ARKANSAS LINKS

Arkansas Activities Association http://www.ahsaa.org/

Arkansas Department of Education http://arkansased.org/

State of Arkansas http://www.state.ar.us/

Western Arkansas Education Service Cooperative http://www.wsc.k12.ar.us/coopcms/

Fort Smith Public Library http://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/

UAFS Library http://www.uafortsmith.edu/

Arkansas State Library http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/

SEARCH ENGINES

Google http://www.google.com

AltaVista http://www.altavista.com

Ask Jeeves http://www.aj.com

Beaucoup http://www.beaucoup.com

Expedia http://www.expedia.com

Hotbot http://www.hotbot.com

Infoseek http://www.go.com

Lycos http://www.lycos.com

Mapblast http://www.mapblast.com

Mapquest http://www.mapquest.com

Webcrawler http://www.webcrawler.com

NEWS

Southwest Times Record http://www.swtimes.com

Arkansas Democrat Gazette http://www.ardemgaz.com

Newspapers http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html

KHBS-TV (ABC) http://www.thehometownchannel.com

KFSM-TV (CBS) http://www.kfsm.com/

KPOM-TV (NBC) http://www.nbc24-51.com

PBS Online http://www.pbs.org

Local Weather http://www.weather.com/weather/local/72941

PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES

Ask ERIC http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/

Blue Web’n http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

Cable in the Classroom http://www.ciconline.org/

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence http://ed.gov/free/

From Now On—The Educational Technology Journal http://www.fno.org/

Gateway to Educational Materials http://www.thegateway.org/

Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Library of Congress (American Memory Collection, Today in History, Reference Tools http://www.loc.gov/

marcopolo Internet Content for the Classroom http://www.marcopolo-education.org

PBS TeacherSource http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/

THOMAS Legislative Information on the Internet http://thomas.loc.gov/