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Articles & Databases
Barr Memorial Library offers over 60 Electronic Resources through partnerships with the Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL) and Army Knowledge Online (AKO).
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.
Academic Search Premier contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
Alt-Press Watch is a full text database comprised of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. Alternative newsweeklies, available in most cities, give readers alternative perspectives on politics, government, policy and culture; report on issues of government and education, local, national and international issues; and cover topics such as hunger, abuse, the environment, religion and the arts, including reviews of theater, movies, books, local attractions, etc. The magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press provide in-depth coverage of a broad range of critical issues confronting contemporary society, including ecology and the environment, grassroots organizing, labor, indigenous peoples, public policy, genetics, and much more.
Agricola contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. This database contains more than 4.8 million citations.
Britannica Online Academic Edition delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, coprehensive information. The rich combination of the insighful Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools provides the variety of reliable sources that students need to consult when conductiing thorough research - all from one database.
Britannica Online Public Library Edition contains 4 full encyclopedias: the Encyclopedia Britannica, Compton's by Britannica, Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, and Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, each covering the research needs of a specific age group. Contains full-text magazine articles, web sites that have been reviewed and verified by Britannica editors, a world atlas, a homework help section for students, Merriam-Webster dictionaries and thesauri for children and adults, a Spanish-English dictionary, video and audio content, daily content updates, and more.
Business and Company Resource Center provides access to a wide variety of global business information including competitive intelligence, career and investment opportunities, business rankings, company histories and much more.
Business Searching Interface provides business researchers with the highly refined tools they need, in order to conduct sophisticated searches for the business content that they require.
Business Source Premier the industry's most popular business research database, features the full text for more than 2,100 journals. Full text is provided back to 1965, and searchable cited references back to 1998.
Career and Technical Education is designed for both students and instructors, ProQuest Career and Technical Education is an excellent source of vocational information for community colleges, two-year institutions, public libraries, and high schools offering technical courses. Overall, the database covers more than 400 publications, and ASCII full-text articles-some dating back to 1991-are available from more than 380 of them. Articles in the full-image and/or Text+Graphics formats are available from more than 340 sources, many with coverage dating from 1996. The image article formats include all the charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphics originally published with the text.
Cinahl the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, is the most comprehensive resource for nursing and allied health literature.
Cinahl with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 610 journals indexed in CINAHL. This database also provides indexing for more than 3,000 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health.
Consumer Health Complete is the single-most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content.
FirstSearch connects you to information in a wide range of subjects in 2 databases.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia 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.
Gale Science in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.
Gale Student Resources in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events.
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
General OneFile is a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images.
General Reference Center is a general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface.
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
Grolier includes four encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, and Amazing Animals of the World. Dictionaries and an Atlas are also available.
Grzimek's Animal Life provides students and researchers with a dynamic, interactive resource that fosters more discussion and critical thinking skills.
Health Source - Consumer Edition is a rich collection of consumer health information. This resource provides access to nearly 80 full-text consumer health magazines.
Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL) Open seven days a week, 24 hours a day, the Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL) is dedicated to supplying all Kentuckians with a comprehensive and dynamic collection of information resources.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings.
Literature Resource Center - LRC, Scribner Writers Series Online, Twayne's Authors Online contains up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world, supplemented by the scholarly materials of the Scribner Writers Series and Twayne's World, U.S., and English Authors Series.
LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.
MasterFILE Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
Medline is the National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
Military and Intelligence Database is a custom collection of Journals aimed at Military and Intelligence articles.
National Academies Press allows you to download all PDF versions of their published books for FREE. This includes their current catalog of more than 4,000 books plus future reports published by the NAP.
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc.
Opposing Viewpoints provides a complete one-stop source for information on social issues.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
PsycINFO is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
Regional Business News provides full text for nearly 100 regional U.S. and Canadian business publications.
Small Business Reference Center offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding.
Sociological Collection indexing full-text articles from 500+ scholarly/peer-reviewed journals back to 1975 in all areas of sociology including social behavior, relationships and social structure.
Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 periodicals. In addition, 96% of journals indexed in TRC are peer-reviewed.
TOPICsearch covers social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in todays classrooms. This current events database includes 40,000 full text documents.
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BUSINESS
Business and Company Resource Center provides access to a wide variety of global business information including competitive intelligence, career and investment opportunities, business rankings, company histories and much more.
Business Searching Interface provides business researchers with the highly refined tools they need, in order to conduct sophisticated searches for the business content that they require.
Business Source Premier the industry's most popular business research database, features the full text for more than 2,100 journals. Full text is provided back to 1965, and searchable cited references back to 1998.
Regional Business News provides full text for nearly 100 regional U.S. and Canadian business publications.
Small Business Reference Center offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding.
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BIOGRAPHY
Gale Biography in Context contains over 300,000 entries, searchable by name, occupation, nationality, gender, and birth or death dates. Entries contain biographies culled from many different print and online sources published by the Gale Group, and many pertinent full-text articles from over 250 periodicals.
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MILITARY RESOURCES
Army Professional Papers is a collection of official publications of the U.S. Army, DOD, & NGOs.
Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) collects and analyzes data from a variety of current and historical sources, including Army operations and training events, and produces lessons for military commanders, staff, and students. CALL disseminates these lessons and other related research materials through a variety of print and electronic media, including this web site. CALL is the Army's principal electronic archive for the operational records of the combat training centers, selected training exercises and contingency operations since 1973.
Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) Digital Library is largely composed of digital versions of paper documents from the Combined Arms Research Library collections and student papers produced at the US Army Command and General Staff College.
Military and Intelligence Database is a custom collection of Journals aimed at Military and Intelligence articles.
MERLIN (the Military Education Research Library Network) is a comprehensive website devoted to international military education outreach.
National Resource Directory provides wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans, their families, families of the fallen and those who support them with a web-based directory of valuable resources. It delivers information on, and access to, the full range of medical and non-medical services and resources needed to achieve their personal and professional goals across the transitions from recovery to rehabilitation to community reintegration.
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Cinahl the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, is the most comprehensive resource for nursing and allied health literature.
Cinahl with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 610 journals indexed in CINAHL. This database also provides indexing for more than 3,000 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health.
Consumer Health Complete is the single-most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content.
Health Source - Consumer Edition is a rich collection of consumer health information. This resource provides access to nearly 80 full-text consumer health magazines.
Medline is the National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
National Resource Directory provides wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans, their families, families of the fallen and those who support them with a web-based directory of valuable resources. It delivers information on, and access to, the full range of medical and non-medical services and resources needed to achieve their personal and professional goals across the transitions from recovery to rehabilitation to community reintegration.
PsycINFO is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
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LITERATURE
Literature Resource Center - LRC, Scribner Writers Series Online, Twayne's Authors contains up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world, supplemented by the scholarly materials of the Scribner Writers Series and Twayne's World, U.S., and English Authors Series.
LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.
Novelist provides access to information on 155,000 fiction titles and offers a wide range of feature content including author read-alikes, book discussion guides, reading lists and more.
What Do I Read Next? includes over 134,300 recommended titles, more than 74,500 plot summaries, and awards information from 568 awards. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more.
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ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia 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.
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Grolier includes four encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, and Amazing Animals of the World. Dictionaries and an Atlas are also available.
Grzimek's Animal Life provides students and researchers with a dynamic, interactive resource that fosters more discussion and critical thinking skills.
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TEST PREP
Peterson's Education Lifelong Learning Center provides information including searching for and selecting and undergraduate, graduate, distance learning or executive education program. Scholarship database will match your profile with grants, scholarships, and prizes. Online practice tests for the ACT, SAT, GRE, SMAT, Praxis and ASVAB. Career guidance is also available. New users must register to take practice tests.
Tutor.com is the world's largest online tutoring service. Online homework help and career assistance is available at all military installation libraries and from any computer with internet access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Authorized users must follow instruction on the website for password and login information.
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HOMEWORK HELP
Gale Science in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.
Gale Student Resources in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events.
Grolier includes four encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, and Amazing Animals of the World. Dictionaries and an Atlas are also available.
Junior Edition - K12 designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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).
Peterson's Education Lifelong Learning Center provides information including searching for and selecting and undergraduate, graduate, distance learning or executive education program. Scholarship database will match your profile with grants, scholarships, and prizes. Online practice tests for the ACT, SAT, GRE, SMAT, Praxis and ASVAB. Career guidance is also available. New users must register to take practice tests.
Primary Search contains full text for more than 80 popular elementary school magazines.
Searchasaurus makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results.
Student Edition - K12 designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
TOPICsearch allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.
TumbleBooks features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Read, listen, play games with your beginning reader.
Tutor.com is the world's largest online tutoring service. Online homework help and career assistance is available at all military installation libraries and from any computer with internet access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Authorized users must follow instruction on the website for password and login information.
Universal Class Over 500 online courses on a wide range of subjects/levels. Courses are available 24/7, instructor led, and self-paced. Some courses offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
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HISTORY
Gale Biography in Context contains over 300,000 entries, searchable by name, occupation, nationality, gender, and birth or death dates. Entries contain biographies culled from many different print and online sources published by the Gale Group, and many pertinent full-text articles from over 250 periodicals.
Gale Student Resources in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events.
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Grolier includes four encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, and Amazing Animals of the World. Dictionaries and an Atlas are also available.
Kentuckiana Digital Library contains millions of primary source
historical information about Kentucky - in the form of newspapers, images, manuscripts, audio recordings, and more. Back to Top
eBOOKS & AUDIOBOOKS
Accessed through Army Knowledge Online (AKO) or My Army One Source:
Army Digital Media Library, sponsored by Army Europe Libraries, offers a digital library collection of books and audiobooks for download. Audiobooks & ebooks can be downloaded and transferred to a portable device. Click here for a tutorial on how to download audiobooks & ebooks from the Army Digital Media Library.
Books 24X7 Referenceware is the largest online book resource offering unobstructed access to the complete unabridged contents of thousands of the latest and best business and technology books.
myilibrary provides a unique offering to the military community , the Department of Defense is making over 400 e-books, including 95 books covering legal issues, 24 foreign language guide and 169 "For Dummies ..." books.
myilibraryaudio lets you listen to the audiobooks on your home computer and then transfer them to Android, Blackberry, Apple devices (iPad/iPod) and MP3 players after downloading the MyiLibrary software.
National Academies Press allows you to download all PDF versions of their published books for FREE. This includes their current catalog of more than 4,000 books plus future reports published by the NAP.
EBSCOhost eBook Collection can be read on either the military network or home computer and can be downloaded to your computer & transferred to a portable device such as a Nook. Click here for a tutorial on eBook Collection searching. Click here for a tutorial on eBook Collection downloading.
EBSCOhost Audiobooks can be downloaded to your computer and transferred to a portable device. Click here for a tutorial on Audiobooks Collection downloading.
Safari Books Online is an e-reference library where you can search across thousands of books from O'Reilly, Addison-Wesley, Cisco Press, Microsoft Press and more. Read books cover to cover or flip directly to the section you need in seconds.
TumbleBooks features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Read, listen, play games with your beginning reader.
Zinio is the world's largest online newsstand! With Zinio, Library patrons gain free access to over 450 magazine titles on their computer, tablet, or smartphone. Zinio's collection covers a wide variety of topics and genres including: Home, Entertainment, Sports, News, Automotive, Art, and many more!
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HOME & AUTO
Auto Repair Reference Center contains repair and maintenance information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. New repair procedures, TSBs and updates are added to the product on a regular basis.
Chilton Library represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center is the definitive online tool for small engine repair assistance.
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