INSPIRE Indiana’s Virtual Library inspire



Indiana’s Virtual Library INSPIRE inspire.

Indiana residents can use INSPIRE from school or the public library.

It is also free to access from home once you’ve registered.

-Student Research Center-

• Magazines, newspapers, biographies, reports, primary documents, transcripts, and more

• Search by topic, keyword, date, publication, full text, Lexile reading level

• Notes: always click “full text” – can limit results – after searching, it shows different source tabs – can narrow by subject on left side – can create account/research folder for students to use

-Kids Search-

• Magazines, newspapers, biographies, reports, primary documents, images, and more

• Search by picture and topic

• Contains dictionary, encyclopedia, and teacher resources

-Testing & Education Reference Center-

• Students and professionals have access to in-depth information on colleges and universities, graduate and professional programs, distance learning, corporate training, available scholarships and awards, preparatory entrance tests, and much more. This free online education resource provides everything one needs to further his or her education and make informed decisions on his or her future.

• High School – includes ASVAB and GED prep (with practice tests)

• College – includes PSAT, SAT, and ACT prep (with practice tests)

• Careers – career research and resume builders

-Links-

• Explore library-approved links, categorized by subject:

Art, BMV, Business/Non-profit, Consumer Info, Cultural/Ethnic, Education, Entertainment, Genealogy, Health/Medicine, Indiana Bios, IN Environment/Nature, IN Facts/Maps, IN History, IN Library Links, IN Law/Legal System, IN Local Government, IN State Government Agencies, IN Taxes/Forms, Jobs/Careers, Kids Links, Media/News, Music/Dance, Reference, Sports, Travel/Tourism, US Government

-Databases-

• Can search using basic or advanced search – by category (type of source), date, or specific database – click “full text only” under advanced search

• Must narrow before clicking ‘search’ – otherwise search will take an extremely long time

• Best used when you have a specific database in mind for students to use

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INSPIRE Databases

|[pic]|Academic Search Premier - The world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full text database designed |

| |specifically for academic institutions. This scholarly collection provides full text journal coverage for|

| |nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences,|

| |engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic |

| |studies, etc. and currently counting 3,834 full text scholarly publications. |

|[pic]|: Great Books Online Web site - is an electronic text archive, headquartered in |

| |New York and named after Herman Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener. It was founded under the name "Project|

| |Bartleby" in January 1993 by Steven H. van Leeuwen as a personal, non-profit collection of classic |

| |literature on the website of Columbia University. In 1997 it moved to its own domain, , and |

| |was called "The New Bartleby Library". In September 1999 was incorporated and started to |

| |focus on reference works, including the contemporary 6th edition of the Columbia Encyclopedia. Access to |

| |the collection is free to all Internet users. |

|[pic]|Biography in Context |

|[pic]|Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic Edition - This database provides access to more than 100 full text|

| |journals covering such disciplines as clinical medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pre-clinical |

| |sciences and the health care system. |

|[pic]|Business Source® Premier - Business Source Premier aims specifically at business schools and libraries, |

| |containing 2,966 full text scholarly journals and business periodicals covering management, economics, |

| |finance, accounting, international business, and much more. Business Source Premier contains full text |

| |from the world's top business journals and is particularly strong in both management and marketing. |

|[pic]| Website |

|[pic]|Contemporary Authors |

|[pic]|Corporate ResourceNet - Designed to meet the diverse information needs of today’s companies. Full text |

| |articles from over 1,300 magazines and journals. Full text information dates as far back as 1985. |

| |Directory of Open Access Journals |

|[pic]|eBooks on EBSCOhost |

|[pic]|ERIC® - ERIC®, the Educational Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and |

| |resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of |

| |Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. |

|[pic]|Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia - The Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over |

| |25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double |

| |clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as|

| |well as information in a variety of subject areas. This database is updated annually. |

|[pic]|Gale Virtual Reference Library |

| |Google Scholar |

|[pic]|GreenFILE |

|[pic]|Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module) |

|[pic]|Health Business™ FullTEXT - This database provides full text coverage of nearly 130 well-known |

| |administrative journals such as H&HN: Hospitals & Health Networks, Health Management Technology, Modern |

| |Healthcare, and many others. |

|[pic]|Health Reference Center Academic |

|[pic]|Health Source: Consumer Edition - This is the richest collection of consumer health information available|

| |to libraries worldwide. This resource provides access to nearly 300 full text, consumer health |

| |periodicals, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard Health Letter, |

| |HealthFacts, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others. |

|[pic]|Health Source®: Nursing/Academic Edition - This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals|

| |focusing on many medical disciplines. |

|[pic]|Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center |

|[pic]|Home Improvement Reference Center |

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| |Indiana History Online |

| |Indiana Memory |

|[pic]|Informe Academico |

|[pic]|KidsClick! |

|[pic]|Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts |

| |Litfinder |

| |MarketLine Company Profiles Authority - This collection is part of the Business Source Premier |

| |collection, and 360 Search results for this resource will be found by searching that database. |

|[pic]|MAS Ultra™ - High School Edition - This comprehensive database, designed specifically for high school |

| |libraries, contains full text for more than 700 popular high school magazines. |

|[pic]|MasterFILE™ Premier - Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text |

| |for more than 1,900 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science,|

| |multicultural issues and much more. |

|[pic]|McClatchy-Tribune Collection - 90-day archive of approximately 100 newspapers from the McClatchy-Tribune |

| |Collection. Titles include: The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The Orlando Sentinel, and The Sacramento |

| |Bee. |

|[pic]|MedlinePlus - MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus |

| |brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other |

| |government agencies and health-related organizations. |

|[pic]|MEDLINE® - MEDLINE® provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, |

| |veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. |

|[pic]|Middle Search® Plus - Middle Search® Plus contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school |

| |magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). |

|[pic]|Military & Government Collection™ - The Military & Government Collection™ provides full text for nearly |

| |300 journals and periodicals. The database also includes full text for 245 pamphlets and offers indexing |

| |and abstracts for nearly 400 titles. |

|[pic]|Military and Intelligence Collection |

|[pic]|Newspaper Source™ - Newspaper Source™ provides cover-to-cover full text for 20 national (U.S.) & |

| |international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The |

| |Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. |

|[pic]|Nursing & Allied Health Collection |

|[pic]|Nursing Resource Center |

|[pic]|Primary Search® - Primary Search® contains full text for nearly 70 popular, elementary school magazines. |

| |All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). |

|[pic]|Professional Development Collection™ - The Professional Development Collection™ includes full text for |

| |nearly 550 high quality education journals. |

|[pic]|Project Gutenberg Online Catalog |

|[pic]|Regional Business News™ - Corporate libraries that purchase Business Source® Corporate or Corporate |

| |ResourceNet® (CRN) will also receive access to Regional Business News™. |

|[pic]|Science in Context |

| |Searchasaurus |

|[pic]|Small Business Resource Center |

|[pic]|Statistical Abstract of the United States |

| |Student Research Center |

|[pic]|TeachingBooks |

|[pic]|Testing & Education Reference Center: TERC |

|[pic]|TOPICsearch - This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic |

| |issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including |

| |controversial opinions and viewpoints. |

|[pic]|WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch) |

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