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Encyclopedia of Arkansas

Offers a definitive, comprehensive, and accurate record of the twenty-fifth state. The online version of the Encyclopedia is the first component of the Project.

  • History, geography, & culture of Arkansas
  • Media Galleries
  • This Day in Arkansas spotlight

 

World Book Timelines

A resource for accessing or creating timelines for projects in the arts, literature, notable people, science & technology, world history, geography and more. Users can select a built timeline and make changes or create new timelines then images and videos.

history

 

World Book Student

A research tool tailored for students in elementary & middle schools with over 40,000 encyclopedia and reference articles, 10,000 biographies, multimedia, videos, animations and student activities. Features include:

  • Games
  • Maps and Atlas
  • Timelines
  • Citation Builder
  • Text-to-speech reader with translations
  • 360 images

history, geography

Research Companion (ProQuest)

Developed to help students do more effective research and assist educators in teaching the information literacy core principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.

research aid, evaluation, organization

 

Research Library (ProQuest)

A mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and other resources covering 150 subject areas: arts, business, education, engineering and technology, health and medical, history, law, literature and languages, multicultural themes, psychology, natural sciences, social sciences, & women's studies.

all disciplines, research guides