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  • ProQuest Platform
Types:
Academic
Professional
Statistics/ Data Sets
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides academic and professional full-text articles and abstracts that focus on business, management, government and public policy.

This is a great resource if you’re looking for news and trends, company financial information, or management practice and theory.  

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

Available Formats:
Full text is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Featured
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
General Knowledge
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides academic, general knowledge, and news articles and abstracts in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. 

This is a great resource if you are starting your research or if your topic crosses different disciplines. 

Available Formats:
Full text is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Types:
Newspaper
Vendors:
NewsBank

Provides access to local Arkansas news sources including newspaper articles, newswires, news magazines, and broadcast transcripts.
 

Available Formats:
HTML
Coverage Dates:
Mid-1990s to present day
Usage Note:
Access is unavailable when using Safari browser.
Types:
Newspaper
Vendors:
NewsBank

Provides access to newspaper articles, newswires, news magazines, and broadcast transcripts from news sources around the world. 
 

Available Formats:
HTML
Coverage Dates:
1980s to present day
Usage Note:
Access is not available when using the Safari browser.
Types:
Academic
Professional

Provides full-text access to academic and professional articles published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 

Available Formats:
Full-text is available in PDF format.
  • ProQuest Platform
Types:
Academic
Government Information
Professional
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides abstracts and linked full-text to academic, professional and governmental articles on agriculture and related disciplines.

More Info

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

Available Formats:
Full text is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Coverage Dates:
1970 to present.
  • ProQuest Platform
Types:
Academic
Government Information
Professional
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides abstracts and linked full-text to academic, professional and governmental articles on agriculture and environmental science.

More Info

This resource is made available through the Traveler Statewide Resource project which 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.

Available Formats:
Full-text is available in PDF and HTML formats.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides full-text access to academic articles on this history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to present.

Available Formats:
Full-text is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Content Notes:
The resource also includes historical images and maps.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Primary Documents
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides full-text access to digitized historical periodicals published in colonial American and the United States during 1693-1877.

Broad subject areas covered in the collection highlight multiple aspects of American life, including science, literature, medicine, agriculture, women’s fashion, family life, and religion.

Available Formats:
PDF format
Content Notes:
Full-text and full-page content is available

Provides current and archival full-text access to academic articles published in American Chemical Society journals. 

Available Formats:
Full-text is available in PDF format.
Content Notes:
Full archival access is also available to all ACS journals from 1879 to 1995.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Historical Periodical
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides full-text access to digitized historical periodicals published in the United States during 1855-1868.

Available Formats:
Full-text and full-page content is available in PDF format.
Content Notes:
Includes Harper's Weekly, Atlantic Monthly, and abolitionist and secessionists titles.
Coverage Dates:
1855-1868
American National Biography
Limited to one user at a time.
  • Oxford University Press
Limited to one user at a time.
  • Oxford University Press
Types:
Reference
Vendors:
Oxford University Press

Provides full-text reference entries and images of important Americans.
 

This is a great resource for brief background content on specific figures in America. 

Available Formats:
Text is available in HTML format and images are available in JPEG format.
Number of users at a time:
1
  • ProQuest Platform
Types:
Historical Periodical
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides full-text access to digitized historical periodicals published in colonial America and the United States during 1740-1940.

This resource includes titles such as 

  • Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine and America's first scientific journal, 
  • Medical Repository; 
  • popular magazines such as Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal; 
  • regional and niche publications; and 
  • groundbreaking journals like The Dial, Puck, and McClure's.
Available Formats:
Full-text and full-page content is available in PDF format.
Coverage Dates:
1740-1940
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Historical Periodical
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides full-text access to digitized historical political periodicals published in colonial America and the United States from 1715-1891.

Available Formats:
Full-text and full-page content is available in PDF format.
Content Notes:
This collection includes popular political titles of the time, satire, and political cartoons.
Coverage Dates:
1715-1891
Types:
Academic

Provides full-text and abstracts to academic articles from Annual Reviews.

Annual Reviews are published yearly for 48 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, Social Sciences, and Economics. Articles synthesize primary research literature, highlight the major questions that remain to be addressed, and outline the practical applications of research. The selection of topics and writing of articles are done by recognized experts in the field. 

Available Formats:
Content is available in PDF and HTML format.
Types:
Newspaper
Vendors:
NewsBank

Provides full-page, with images, access to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette from today's edition back to 2017. Text-only access is available from 1994 to present.  

Available Formats:
Full-text and full-page PDFs and full-text HTML depending on date.
Coverage Dates:
1995-2016 (text only), 2017 - present full-text and full page.
Usage Note:
Access is unavailable when using Safari browser.
Types:
Historical Periodical
Provides full-text access to historical Arkansas Newspapers, including the Arkansas Gazette.
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Content is available in full-text and full-page PDF and is fully searchable. Coverage dates from 1819-1922 though dates of available content are sporadic.
  • Images
  • EBSCO Platform
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides full-text and abstracts to academic articles in the arts and humanities.

Available Formats:
Full text is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Content Notes:
Content includes images, photographs, diagrams, illustrations, and maps.
Coverage Dates:
1865-Present

B

Types:
Reference
Provides bibliographic citations for books containing materials on noteworthy individuals from all time periods, geographic locations, and fields of endeavor.
  • ProQuest Platform
Types:
Academic
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides academic citations and abstracts for biology-related topics and research.

More Info

This resource is made available through the Traveler Statewide Resource project which 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.

Available Formats:
Full text is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Types:
Academic

Provides access to full text articles from bioscience research journals focused on biology and environmental science.

Available Formats:
Full-text content available in PDF and HTML format.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Book Reviews
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides excerpts from and citations to book reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and nonfiction.

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Includes reviews from Library Journal, the New York Times, TLS, Booklist, Saturday Review, Choice, etc.

Coverage Dates:
1903-1982
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Professional
Statistics/ Data Sets
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides full-text and abstracts to academic articles and professional writing in the business fields. Business data is also included.

This database not only includes articles from scholarly journals, magazines, trade publications, and newspapers. It also has case studies, company profiles, country economic reports, market research reports, SWOT analyses, and conference papers/proceedings.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML.
Coverage Dates:
1886-Present

C

Types:
Statistics/ Data Sets

Provides publishing information and data for academic journals in most disciplines.

This directory provides manuscript submission criteria, review process guidelines, and impact/influence metrics. It can be searched by journal title, paper title, publisher, discipline, or topic. It also includes a listing of preditory journals. 

Available Formats:
Information is displayed in HTML.
Types:
Newspaper

Provides access to the current issues of the Chronicle of Higher Education and past issues back to 1989. 
 

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in HTML.
Coverage Dates:
1989 to present.
Usage Note:
For full access off-campus, create an account with the Chronicle using your UCA email address.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Professional
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to academic and professional articles and abstracts in nursing and health sciences.

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Access includes complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association. In addition to academic journals, content includes health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisual, and book chapters.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML formats.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Professional
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to academic and professional articles and abstracts about communication, linguistics, and communication disorders. 

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML formats.
  • EBSCO Platform
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to consumer-oriented articles about health and wellness.

This database contains articles written for the information needs of patients.  Topics include mainstream, complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Types:
Reference

Provides access to reference and topic overview articles covering U.S and international history and politics.

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Full-text content is available in HTML format.

Types:
Reference

Provides access to topic overview articles about current issues.

This resource can be browsed by topic and each topic includes an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con views, and resources for additional research.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Types:
Reference

Provides access to tables of data sets and current international recommendations on nomenclature, symbols, and units.

Available Formats:
Content is available in HTML format and can be downloaded into Microsoft Excel.
Alternate Name(s):Salem Press Critical Insights
Types:
Ebook
Vendors:
Salem Press

Provides access and searching capability to the Critical Insights book series comprised of classic and current literary criticism.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in HTML format.

D

Types:
Statistics/ Data Sets

Provides access to archival (1979-2010) competitive industry benchmarking data for public and private companies.

This resource displays the fourteen key business ratios of business performance.  Content can be searched by SIC or NAICS code, line of business, asset range, and year.

Available Formats:
HTML
Content Notes:
Reports can be exported in to Microsoft Excel CSV files.
Coverage Dates:
1979-2010
Types:
Statistics/ Data Sets

Provides access to recent (2009-2022) competitive industry benchmarking data for public and private companies.

This resource displays the fourteen key business ratios of business performance.  Content can be searched by SIC or NAICS code, line of business, asset range, and year.

Available Formats:
HTML
Content Notes:
Reports can be exported in to Microsoft Excel CSV files.
Coverage Dates:
2009-2022
  • Video
Types:
Video

Provides access to streaming video of live performances, documentaries, and instructional content about classic, contemporary, and international theater productions.

Available Formats:
Streaming Video, text content is available in HTML.
Content Notes:
Also provides access to written content including essays and study guides.
  • ProQuest Platform
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides full-text access to UCA graduate dissertations and theses from 2012 to present.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is in PDF format.
Coverage Dates:
2012 to present

E

  • ProQuest Platform
Types:
Ebook
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides access to academic and general knowledge ebooks covering most fields of study.

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

Available Formats:
Ebooks are available in PDF and EPUB formats.
Usage Note:
The ebooks can be read online and chapters/book sections can be printed or emailed.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Ebook
General Knowledge
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides full-text access to academic and general knowledge ebooks covering most fields of study.

Available Formats:
Ebooks are available in PDF and EPUB formats.
Usage Note:
The ebooks can be read online and chapters/book sections can be printed or emailed.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Professional
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to academic and professional abstracts and full text articles in all aspects of education.

This database covers all levels of education from early childhood to higher education. It also includes educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in HTML and PDF formats.
  • ProQuest Platform
Types:
Professional
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides access to academic and professional full-text articles on entrepreneurship and business management.

More Info

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

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Content Notes:
Includes articles, business plans and cases, video clips, company profiles, and market research.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Government Information
Professional
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to academic, professional, and governmental full-text articles and abstracts in education.

Available Formats:
Users are linked to full-text which is available in PDF and HTML formats.
  • ProQuest Platform
Types:
Academic
Newspaper
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides full-text access to news and academic articles published by ethnic and minority presses.

More Info

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

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML formats.
On-campus Use Only
  • On Campus Access Only
Types:
Language

Provides access to reference information on all of the world’s known living languages. 
 

This resource is a catalog of the world’s known living languages and can be searched by language or geography. 

Available Formats:
HTML
Usage Note:
On-campus access only.

F

  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
General Knowledge
Reference
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides full-text access to a general knowledge reference articles.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in HTML.

G

  • Gale Platform
Types:
Reference
Vendors:
Gale
Provides access to a master index of literature which combines and cross references author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and titles of works of literature.
  • Gale Platform
Types:
Ebook
Reference
Vendors:
Gale
Provides access to reference books ebooks including dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, etc. in multiple disciplines.
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Full-text content is available in HTML format.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to academic abstracts and full-text articles in the sciences.

Available Formats:
Full-text content available in HTML and PDF formats.
Coverage Dates:
1984 to the present.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
General Knowledge
Government Information
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to academic, governmental, and general knowledge abstracts and open-access full-text articles in the environmental sciences.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML formats.
  • Images
Alternate Name(s):Oxford Art Online
Types:
Image
Reference
Vendors:
Oxford University Press

Provides access to reference articles, topic overviews, and images of fine art. 
 

This resource includes timelines of world art, MoMA lesson plans, and full-text access to the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and the Oxford Companion to Western Art.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in HTML and images in JPEG format.
Number of users at a time:
3
Alternate Name(s):Oxford Music Online
Types:
Reference
Vendors:
Oxford University Press

Provides access to reference articles and topic overviews in music. 

This resource includes linking from Grove articles to RILM and the full text of 

  • The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition 
  • The New Grove Dictionary of Opera
  • The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition,
  • The Oxford Companion to Music
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Music
Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in HTML format.
Number of users at a time:
8

H

  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
General Knowledge
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to full-text general knowledge articles consumer health and current health pamphlets.

This database includes Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish) and Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available PDF and HTML formats.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Professional
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to full-text and abstracts to academic and professional articles covering topics in the nursing and allied health fields.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Types:
Academic
Professional

Provides access to full-text legal content including academic articles, federal and state statutes, court decisions, attorney general reports and opinions, federal legislative history materials, treaties, foreign & international law material, and specialized legal collections.

This database includes original footnotes, charts, and images and is fully searchable, with tools to browse or find items by citation provided.

More Info

Content is available in PDF format with original footnotes, charts, and images preserved. Content is fully searchable and tools to browse or find items by citation are provided.

Available Formats:
Content is available in PDF format.
  • Open to Arkansas Residents
Types:
Primary Documents

Provides access to digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records and the ProQuest Genealogy & Local History collections.
 

More Info

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

Usage Note:
Access is available to all Arkansas residents.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides abstracts of academic articles and books covering world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.

Available Formats:
Full-text content available in PDF and HTML formats.
Content Notes:
Content is searchable by time period.
Coverage Dates:
1863 to the present.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides full-text and abstracts of academic articles, reviews, and creative works covering all areas of humanities including fine arts, drama, dance, and literature.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML formats.

J

Provides access to publishing data on academic journals. Content includes analysis on citation data, impact and influence matrices for journals in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.

JSTOR
Featured
Featured
Types:
Academic

Provides full-text access to academic articles from core journals in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and mathematics.

With this resource, coverage is provided in most cases back to a journal's first date of issue but most recently published issues are not available.

UCA Library currently has access to JSTOR Arts and Sciences 1-14, Jewish Studies, and Life Sciences.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF format.

K

  • Video
Types:
Video

Provides access to streaming films. Only titles purchased and licensed by the UCA Library are available for viewing.

More Info

New titles activation may be requested on an individual basis by instructors only. Instructors may contact Renee LeBeau-Ford at reneeL@uca.edu to request that a film be activated. Please allow a minimum of three days for streaming activation.

Available Formats:
Streaming video.

L

  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Professional
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to full-text and abstracts of academic and professional articles in the discipline of law and legal topics.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML formats.
  • ProQuest Platform
Types:
Academic
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides full-text and abstracts of academic articles in the library science discipline.

More Info

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

Available Formats:
Full-text content available in PDF and HTML formats.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Book Reviews
Professional
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access full-text articles and abstracts of academic and professional articles in the library science discipline.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Content Notes:
Content is multilingual and multinational in scope.
  • Open to All
Types:
Ebook

Provides access to full-text ebooks about the peoples and nations of the Iberian peninsula from the 5th to 17th centuries.

More Info

Content includes recent but out-of-print university press monographs, basic texts, and sources in translation. The collection is a joint open-source project of the American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain and the University of Central Arkansas.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in HTML format.
Content Notes:
Includes recent out-of-print university press monographs, basic texts, and sources in translations.

M

  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to indexing, abstracts and articles of general knowledge and academic content in business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML format.
Types:
Academic

Provides access to abstracts and reviews of academic writing in mathematics.

Content Notes:
This resource does not include full-text content.
Coverage Dates:
1940 to the present.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Professional
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to academic and professional abstracts and articles in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and other topics in the health care fields.

Available Formats:
Full-text content available in PDF format.
Content Notes:
Content is indexed using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
Coverage Dates:
1857-present.
Alternate Name(s):Mergent Online
Types:
Statistics/ Data Sets

Provides access to financial data and information on businesses and companies.

Available Formats:
Content is available in PDF, MS Word or MS Excel formats.
Content Notes:
Includes company financials, descriptions, history, property, subsidiaries officers, and directors.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
General Knowledge
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to general knowledge full-text articles covering a wide range of topics and designed specifically for middle school students.

This resource is designed for middle school students. It includes primary source documents, an image collection, and assigned reading level indicators (Lexiles) for articles.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF format
  • EBSCO Platform
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to publishing data on journals and book series that fall within the scope of the MLA International Bibliography.

Content includes editorial addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, frequency of publication, descriptions of scope, circulation figures, subscription prices and addresses, advertising information, links to online content, peer review, and submission guidelines. Also included are statistics on the number of articles and book reviews published each year, and how many are submitted.

  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to a subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literature, folklore, and linguistics.

N

  • Music
Types:
Audio
Vendors:
Naxos

Provides access to streaming audio of contemporary jazz. 

Available Formats:
Streaming audio
Content Notes:
Content is fully searchable and includes records from a number of recording labels.
Number of users at a time:
2
  • Music
Types:
Audio
Vendors:
Naxos

Provides access to streaming audio of classical recordings, world music, jazz, and national anthems. 

Available Formats:
Streaming audio
Content Notes:
Includes full-text of overviews of music history, program notes, and libretti of operas.
Number of users at a time:
20
  • Audio
Types:
Audio
Vendors:
Naxos

Provides access to streaming audio versions of many classic novels, plays, and poetry. 

More Info

Content includes works from medieval times to the twenty-first century including Children's Classics, Classic Fiction, and Shakespeare's Plays.

Available Formats:
Streaming audio.
Number of users at a time:
1
  • Video
Types:
Video
Vendors:
Naxos

Provides access to streaming video of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts, and documentaries.

Number of users at a time:
2
  • ProQuest Platform
Alternate Name(s):ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index (1851-2013)
Types:
Newspaper
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides access to searchable index and full-page issues of the New York Times from 1851-2013.

Available Formats:
Content is available in PDF and full-page PDF.
Content Notes:
Current New York Times content is available in ProQuest Central.
Coverage Dates:
1851-2013
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Newspaper
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to cover-to-cover full text of U.S. and international newspapers.

Available Formats:
Content is available in HTML format.
Content Notes:
Includes national and regional U.S. newspapers and transcripts of radio news shows.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Book Reviews
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access listings of books for younger readers based on reading level and interests.

Content Notes:
Content includes book descriptions and reviews.
Types:
Reference

Provides access to nutrition care information for specific diseases and medical conditions.
 

Available Formats:
Content is available in HTML format.
Content Notes:
Includes both research and evidence-based information.
Number of users at a time:
6

O

  • EBSCO Platform
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to academic and general knowledge articles on applied sciences, art, education, humanities, law, social sciences and technology.

Available Formats:
Full-text content available in PDF and HTML formats.
  • ProQuest Platform
Alternate Name(s):Literature Online (LION)
Types:
Academic
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides access to full-text primary and critical texts for literary research.

Content includes full-text works of poetry, drama, and prose and covers the 8th century to the present day. Other content includes biographies, bibliographies, key criticism, and reference resources.

More Info

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

Coverage Dates:
8th century to present.
  • Gale Platform
Types:
Academic
General Knowledge
Vendors:
Gale

Provides access to general knowledge and academic articles and other media covering current issues.

Available Formats:
Content is available in HTML format.
Content Notes:
Includes government reports, television and radio broadcasts, and viewpoint articles.
Types:
Academic
Professional

Provides access to academic and professional articles and abstracts in the fields of clinical medicine, behavioral and social sciences, life sciences, and nursing.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF format.
Usage Note:
Some journals and articles are restricted to one user at a time.
Types:
Ebook
Image
Tutorials/ Test Prep

Provides access to an interactive ebook with comprehensive male and female 3D gross anatomy models. 

Content includes select microanatomy of tissues and organs, cadaver slices, and diagnostic images that are paired with 3D cross-sections and animations of muscles and bones. Also included are study resources such as quizzes and lab activities.

Usage Note:
The resource may take a few minutes to load and a mobile app is available.
  • Oxford University Press
Types:
Reference
Vendors:
Oxford University Press

Provides access to the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

Available Formats:
Content is available in HTML format.
Content Notes:
Includes current and historical definitions, work origins, timelines, and famous quotes.
  • Oxford University Press
Types:
Ebook
Reference
Vendors:
Oxford University Press

Provides access to digitized entries from reference resources.
 

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Full text content is available in HTML format
Content Notes:
In additional to text, this resource Includes images and graphs.
Number of users at a time:
5

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Types:
Reference

Provides access to nutrition care information for pediatric patients and clients. 

Available Formats:
Content is available in HTML.
Content Notes:
Includes both research and evidence-based information.
Number of users at a time:
4
  • ProQuest Platform
Types:
Historical Periodical
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides access to a digital archive of journals in the humanities and social sciences.

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

Available Formats:
Content is available full-text PDF and full-page PDF.
Content Notes:
Coverage is from volume 1 issue 1 of each journal and issues are digitized from cover to cover.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Primary Documents
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides full-text access to digitized historical periodicals published in the British Empire during 1702-1879 with a focus on colonial North America.

Available Formats:
Full-text and full-page content is available in PDF format.
Coverage Dates:
1702-1879
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to indexing and abstracts of academic articles in philosophy.

Content Notes:
Not a full text resource but does link to full-text when available.
  • EBSCO Platform
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to general knowledge full-text articles covering a wide range of topics and designed specifically for primary school students.

The articles in this resource are written for primary school students and may assist users in elementary education or library media studies. 

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF format.
Content Notes:
Includes primary documents, images collection, and assigned reading level indicators (Lexiles).
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Professional
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to academic and professional abstracts and full-text articles on the professional development of educators.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Types:
Academic

Provides access to academic full-text articles humanities and social sciences.

Available Formats:
Full text content is available in PDF format.
Usage Note:
UCA Library subscribes to the Standard Collection.
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  • ProQuest Platform
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides academic, general knowledge, and newspaper articles and abstracts in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

This is a great resource if you are starting your research or if your topic crosses different disciplines. 

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

Available Formats:
Full text is available in PDF and HTML formats.
  • ProQuest Platform
Alternate Name(s):New York Times with Index: 1851-2013
Types:
Newspaper
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides access to indexing and full-page coverage of the New York Times.

Available Formats:
Full-page coverage in PDF format.
Content Notes:
Current New York Times content is available in ProQuest Central.
Coverage Dates:
Full-page coverage from 1851-2013.
  • ProQuest Platform
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides access to academic full-text articles on wide range of academic subjects.

Available Formats:
Full-text content available in HTML and PDF formats.
Coverage Dates:
1971 to present.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Professional
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to full-text academic articles within the field of psychology.

Coverage includes a full backfile on most APA journals. Content is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms®.

Available Formats:
Full-text content available in PDF and HTML formats.
  • Video
Types:
Video

Provides access to streaming psychotherapy videos for teaching, training, self-study, and continuing education.

Available Formats:
Streaming video with transcripts in HTML and PDF formats.
Content Notes:
Users have the ability to make and share clips of the videos.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Professional
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to academic indexing and abstracts of writings in psychology.

Content Notes:
This is not a full-text resource but includes links to full-text content when available.
  • Open to All
Types:
Academic
Professional

Provides access to open access indexing and abstracts in the subjects of medicine and health sciences.

Content Notes:
This is not a full text resource but includes links to full-text content when available.

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Types:
Ebook

Provides access to ebooks covering the subjects of medicine, nursing, and allied health.

Available Formats:
Content is available in HTML format.
Number of users at a time:
1
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
General Knowledge
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to general knowledge indexing and full-text articles in a wide range of subjects.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML format.
Coverage Dates:
Full-text coverage from 1994 to the present with Indexing dating back to 1983.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
General Knowledge
Historical Periodical
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to academic, general knowledge, and historical indexing and articles in a wide range of subjects.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Coverage Dates:
Coverage dates for indexing are 1890-1982.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
General Knowledge
Newspaper
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Content Notes:
Includes newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, trade publications, magazines, and newswires.
Coverage Dates:
1985 to the present.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to academic citations, abstracts, and subject indexing for all areas of study in music.

Content includes original-language titles with title translations in English, full bibliographic information, and abstracts in English, as well as author, journal, and in-depth subject indexes. 

Coverage Dates:
1835 to the present.

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Types:
Academic

Provides abstracts and full-text articles in a wide range of subject areas. 

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF format.
Content Notes:
Full-text is limited and available for subscribed journals only.
  • Video
Types:
Video

Provides access to streaming videos on wide range of topics including business & management, counseling and psychotherapy, education, nursing, political science, and social sciences.

Available Formats:
Streaming video with full transcript in HTML and PDF format.
Content Notes:
Users can create and share clips of videos.
  • Open to All
Types:
Image
Primary Documents

Provides access to the Library of Congress' searchable database and full-color fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company.

Maps include information on buildings, including size, construction details, and function for cities and towns throughout the U.S., including Arkansas. Street names, sidewalks, and other structures such as railroads, utilities, and parks are included. 

Available Formats:
Image files are available in JPEP, GIF, and TIFF formats.
Coverage Dates:
1840 to 1970.
Types:
Academic

Provides access to a search tool for Chemical Abstracts and other chemistry-related databases
 

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First-time users must register using the SciFinder Registration Link while on campus and with a uca.edu or cub.uca.edu email address. After registration is complete, the tool can be accessed on or off campus.

  • ProQuest Platform
Types:
General Knowledge
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides access to general knowledge and news articles covering current issues.

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

Available Formats:
Content is available in HTML format,
Content Notes:
Content is organized by topic.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Historical Periodical
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides full-text access to digitized historical periodicals published in the United States during 1789-1887.

This collection chronicles the African-American experience in the 19th century. It includes titles such as Freedmen's Record, Genius of Universal Emancipation, the Liberator, and other abolitionist and successionist titles.

Available Formats:
Full-text and full-page content is available in PDF format.
Coverage Dates:
1789-1887.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides academic abstracts and full-text articles in the social sciences.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in PDF and HTML format.
Coverage Dates:
1972 to the present.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to indexing, abstracts, and full-text academic articles covering all areas of sociology.

Available Formats:
Full-text content provide in PDF and HTML format.
Coverage Dates:
Full-text 1908 to the present with indexing from 1895 to the present.
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Professional
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to academic full-text articles covering sport, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, sports science, physical education, and health sciences.

Available Formats:
Full-text content available in PDF and HTML format.
Types:
Reference

Provides access to sports nutrition fact sheets for clients and current trends in athletic performance and nutrition.

Available Formats:
Content is available in HTML.
Content Notes:
Includes both research and evidence-based information.
Number of users at a time:
4
  • ProQuest Platform
Types:
Statistics/ Data Sets
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides access to summary of statistics, data sets, and tables on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

Data sources include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other federal agencies and private organizations with dates ranging from 1878 to the present.

Available Formats:
1878 to the present.

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  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Academic
Professional
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides access to indexing and abstracts for academic and professional articles covering education topics for K-12 teachers and librarians.

Available Formats:
Full-text content available in HTML and PDF formats.
  • Open to Arkansas Residents

Provides access to digital resources including databases, ebooks, reference materials, and other resources. 

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

Content Notes:
Links to resources for students at every level, from early education to post-graduate studies.
Usage Note:
Access is available to all Arkansas residents.

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Types:
Academic
Professional

Provides access to academic, professional, and evidence-based content for patient care.

Available Formats:
Full-text content available in HTML format.
Content Notes:
Graphs, charts, and images can be downloaded to Microsoft PowerPoint.
Usage Note:
UCA login is required on and off-campus. Registration is required for mobile device access.
  • ProQuest Platform
Types:
Newspaper
Vendors:
ProQuest
Provides full-text news content from publications within the United States. Content includes newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites.
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Full-text content available in HTML format with coverage dates from 1980-present.

Please Note: This resources is made available through the Traveler Statewide Resource project which 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.

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  • Oxford University Press
Types:
Ebook
Vendors:
Oxford University Press

Provides access to academic ebooks which are short introductions to a wide range of academic subjects.

Available Formats:
Ebooks are available in HTML format and can be read online.
Content Notes:
Selections of the ebook can be printed.

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Types:
Academic

Provides access to citations and abstracts of academic articles in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Includes the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index.

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Citations include current and retrospective coverage dating back to 1900.

Content Notes:
This is not a full-text resource but does include links to full-text if available.
Coverage Dates:
1900 to the present.
  • Images
  • Alexander Street Press
Types:
Image
Primary Documents
Vendors:
Alexander Street Press

Provides access to primary and secondary documents concerning history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000.

This resource includes books, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies. Images and streaming video are also included.

Available Formats:
Full-text content is available in HTML format.
Coverage Dates:
1600-2000
  • EBSCO Platform
Types:
Historical Periodical
Primary Documents
Vendors:
EBSCO

Provides full-text access to digitized historical women's periodicals of the published between 1733-1844.

Some titles included are: 

  • The Lady's Monthly Museum or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction, 
  • the Ladies' Companion, 
  • the Lady's Book, and 
  • Margret Fuller's Transcendentalist publication, The Dial.
Available Formats:
Full-text and full-page content is available in PDF format.
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Alternate Name(s):FirstSearch

Provides access to a database of local, regional, national, and international library collections.

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