On Line Resources
Finding Missouri: Our history and
heritage
"This video series, for students and teachers in Missouri's
elementary and secondary schools, was funded by the Missouri
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the
Historical Preservation Section of the Missouri Department of
Natural Resources. Each of the 18 digitized videos focuses on a
single topic and lasts approximately 10-15 minutes."
Gale Group
Databases
Gale®, part of Cengage Learning,
is a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for
libraries, schools and businesses. Best known for its accurate and
authoritative reference content as well as its intelligent
organization of full-text magazine and newspaper articles, the
company creates and maintains more than 600 databases that are
published online, in print, as eBooks and in microform.
Discovering Collection
Thousands of overview essays, critical analyses, biographies,
primary sources, creative works and multimedia elements make it easy
for students to research papers and class assignments in five core
subject areas: history, literature, biography, science and social
studies.
infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=DC
Academic OneFile
A source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's
leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of
the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the
arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes over 7,300
peer-reviewed journals, more than 5,000 journals in full-text and
access to major Gale reference sets.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=AONE
General OneFile
Comprehensive general interest resource providing periodical and
news information. Also includes Fodor travel guides, NPR programs
and more than 20 reference sets on a wide range of topics.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=ITOF
Business & Company Resource Center
Source for business, company and industry information. Locate
company profiles, periodical articles, financial data, market
research as well as up-to-date stock and financial information.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=BCRC
Small Business Resource Center
Covers areas of starting and operating a business including
financing, management, marketing, human resources and franchising.
Also includes business journals and a wide selection of sample
business plans crated by real-life entrepreneurs.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=SBRC
Health & Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health
Specialized reference tool that offers a vast collection of medical
information to academic, medical and public libraries. Offers
hundreds of health/medical journals, newsletters and thousands of
pamphlets and hundreds of streaming videos from medical experts.
Provides access to many encyclopedias including Clinical Reference
Systems, PDR guides, Medical and Health Information Directory, Gale
Encyclopedia of Childhood & Adolescence and much more. Includes
Alternative Health module which provides a rich collection of books,
journals, magazines on alternative and complimentary therapies.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=HWRC
Health Reference Center Academic
Integrates the full text of respected nursing, allied health and
medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters topical
overviews; and reference books. It offers more than 2,000 full-text
sources and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and
live surgeries.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=HRCA
InfoTrac Student Edition
Specifically designed for secondary school students, this database
provides age-appropriate and reliable content from magazines,
newspapers and reference books to meet student’s curriculum needs.
Over 1,000 full-text titles, thousands of newspaper articles,
hundreds of maps and images and full text content from 14 reference
books including Columbia Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of American
Facts and Dates and many others. Also search by Lexile reading
levels.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=STOM
InfoTrac Junior Edition
Designed for junior high and middle school students, provides access
to 300 full-text general interest magazines, thousands of newspaper
articles, more than 300 maps and reference books including the
Columbia Encyclopedia and World Almanac and Book of Facts and much
more. Also search by Lexile reading level.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=STOJ
Kids InfoBits
Designed for students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a
developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface, a
subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age appropriate,
curriculum related magazine and reference content.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=ITKE
InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
Coverage of more than 150 cover-to-cover titles and selected
full-text news and business coverage from another 280 sources.
Search by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other fields.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=SP26
Informe
Created exclusively for Spanish-speaking users, this reference tool
provides full-text of popular Hispanic magazines - not just
translations.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=IFME
Annenberg
Media
Annenberg Media provides access to professional
development materials for educators. The resources are free, and
include video-on-demand, live streaming video events, and other
materials available for purchase. The site also provides access to
the Annenberg Channel, a free satellite channel for schools,
libraries, colleges, universities, and other public access channels.r />
Learning Express Library
Learning Express Library is designed to help
people succeed on the tests they must pass to gain citizenship,
improve their testing skills or to further their education or
career. Over 300 online academic and licensing practice tests
including SAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT, Advanced Placement, civil service,
military, real estate, law enforcement, citizenship, TOEFL, ESL and
basic skills for elementary, middle and high school skills
improvement and much more. Test preparation materials span ages from
elementary through adult. This testing resource also provides
instant scoring and customized feedback.
NewsBank
"NewsBank provides the full text of news features, special interest
stories, editorials, daily columns, letters to the editor, sports
reports, death notices, obituaries and more from Missouri
publications Kansas City Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and
Springfield News-Leader. A broad spectrum of nationwide newspapers
are also available: Chicago Tribune, New York Post, Wichita Eagle,
Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Des Moines Register, Louisville
Courier Journal, Tulsa World and Christian Science Monitor."
National Library of Medicine Databases and Electronic Resources
Virtually Missouri
"Access to a wide variety of digitized collections from Missouri libraries, archives, historical societies and museums."