A definitive and accurate record of Arkansas history, culture and geography. Maintained and updated by the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies.

Provides a complete overview of U.S. history covering the most-studied events, issues and current information. Includes primary sources and journal articles.

Combines a comprehensive and unique global collection of resources with easy-to-use searching for undergraduate and high school research and curriculums.

Digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research and is a comprehensive mix of resources, records, and tools specifically pertaining to African Americans. 

Experience the world through detailed cultural information on more than 200 countries.

Check out narrated stories, interactive games, interactive reference material for new readers, and more! 

World Book's content, rich media, and interactive features in Spanish for young learners.

Ethnic NewsWatch includes current journals, magazines, and newspapers from ethnic and independent presses. Content covers 1990-present, with specialized coverage of the following ethnic categories: African American/Caribbean/African; Arab/Middle Eastern; Asian/Pacific Islander; European/Eastern European; Hispanic; Jewish; Native People. It is updated daily with new content and contains over 2 million full text articles.

Online resource providing a vast collection of digitized primary and secondary sources for the study of history.

This database serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels. Covering more than 160 subject areas, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database of periodical content. This award-winning online reference resource features a highly-respected, diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos.

ProQuest Research Companion is ProQuest’s flagship information literacy product. It was built to help students do more effective scholarly research and to support educators as they teach the core information literacy principles of finding, evaluating, and using information. More than 80 short videos are organized into nine Learning Modules that answer questions like "How do I choose a topic?" "Where do I find information?" and "How do I evaluate sources?" Different kinds of "pre" and "post" assessment questions make the viewing experience more interactive, while allowing educators to measure students’ learning and identify gaps in their understanding. 

Background and analysis on 350+ leading issues, providing pros and cons on social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues.

This database's detailed indexing helps users quickly find the news information they need. Each issue of each newspaper is indexed thoroughly, so researchers have access to not only top news stories but also the information contained on the various sections of the papers. The indexing covers not only complete bibliographic information but also companies, people, products, etc.

A single link for all 11 Traveler World Book databases.

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Enjoy full access to the New York Times Online. Please note that this link will only provide access on library computers or via the Library's wifi. Click the blue "Login" link in the top right corner to register for a free account to get started.

Search current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, government, sports and more with the largest collection of full-text U.S. newspapers, including the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas (2004-2009), the Springdale Morning News (2009-2015), and the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (2006-current). Includes staff-written articles, obituaries, editorials, announcements, real estate and other sections.