U.S. news content from local, regional, and national sources. Its diverse source types include printed and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos. Search local newspapers for specific states or explore specific issues and events.

Tags: Newspaper, Current Events, Current Affairs, Sports, Arkansas

APS publishes journals that embody the society’s mission to advance the knowledge of physics. Databases listed in bold are available to CALS patrons inside the library only.

• Physical Review Letters – brief important papers, all topics in physics.
• Physical Review A – atomic, molecular, and optical physics.
• Physical Review B – condensed matter and materials physics.
• Physical Review C – nuclear physics.
• Physical Review D – particles, fields, gravitation and cosmology.
• Physical Review E – statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics.
• Physical Review Special Topics – Accelerators and Beams.
• Physical Review Special Topics – Physics Education Research
• Physics – highlighting significant papers from APS journals.
• PROLA, the Physical Review Online Archive – archive of APS journals back to 1893.
• Reviews of Modern Physics – in-depth articles, all topics in physics.

Tags: Physics, Thermodynamics, Cosmology, General Relativity, Astrophysics

Includes census, church, court and immigration records, as well as historical maps and many other genealogy resources, from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and other areas.

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Tags: Heritage, Family History, Obituaries, Census, Burial Records

The complete list of over 100,000 Accelerated Reader titles.

Tags: Accelerated Reader, AR Points, Teacher Resources, Elementary, Middle School, Libros en Español

Combines all formats of the newspaper including full-text, online-only articles and page images into one simple search.

Note: There is a 30 day embargo on the image edition of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette for remote access. 

Tags: Local News, Sports, Current Events, Classifieds, Local Business

The official web site for the Arkansas Supreme Court provides information about cases, oral arguments, opinions, orders, dockets, history and technology services that improve public access by supporting Arkansas’s courts and criminal justice agencies. Includes access to downloadable court forms for the Arkansas court system.

Tags: Legal, Arkansas Law, Courts, Court Forms, Legal Forms

AtoZ Food America™ is a single-source digital library reference that covers regional (6), state (50), and ethnic (35) cuisines for the entire country. AtoZ Food America™ also contains large-scale historical, ingredient, and reference modules of great use to cooks, culinary students, and historians.

Tags: Food Culture, American Food, Food History, Recipes, Culinary Arts

AtoZ World Food is a comprehensive database of recipes and food culture articles for 174 countries. Think of it as a world cookbook for 147 countries, although it’s much more. Country information since 1993.

Tags: World Cultures, International Food, Culinary Arts, Recipes, Food Culture

Provided by ProQuest. This collection features expertly selected open primary source documents. Visitors will find historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.

Tags: African American History, US History, Civil Rights, The Civil War, Jim Crow Era

Provides expanded coverage of the achievements and contributions of African American women.

Tags: African-American History, Encyclopedia, Modern History, Civil Rights, Women’s History, American History

An online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. Intended for use by PreK to 3rd grade students. Please note: For the best user experience, it is recommended that the latest version of Edge, Safari, Firefox or the Chrome browsers be used. All of these browsers may be downloaded for free.

Tags: Storybooks, Educator Resources, Teacher Resources, Pre-K, Elementary, Preschool

Brainfuse HelpNow provides on demand, anytime, anywhere eLearning for all ages and levels. HelpNow offers personalized homework help in core subjects (math, reading, writing, science and social studies) including SAT preparation. The Adult Learning Center is included in the HelpNow suite. Live tutors are available online from 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM each day for direct assistance. HelpNow will support the new Count UP math tutoring program but also offers learning assistance in other subjects.

With HelpNow, tutors and students communicate in real time in an online classroom by typing, drawing, and marking-up lessons and web content. Plus, students can use a secure file sharing feature in the writing lab to submit writing assignments to writing tutors any time of the day. The Brainfuse full-service test center offers practice tests for all levels in math, reading, and writing as well as college preparatory tests – including the SAT.

Brainfuse JobNow offers the following services:

Live Interview Coaching: Patrons can brush up on interview techniques or get live online interview practice from trained job coaches. Job coaches and patrons communicate via live chat in our online classroom. In addition to live interview coaching, patrons enjoy 24/7 access to interview tips and career resources. The coaches are available from 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM every day.

Resume Lab: Patrons can submit their resumes any time through the JobNow Resume Lab and a job coach will send it back within 24 hours with detailed feedback and suggestions for improvement. Users are also able to download resume templates, or browse resources for producing better resumes.

Career Resources: Patrons enjoy 24/7 access to a carefully-selected library of job resources. In addition, Brainfuse job coaches help users strategically target jobs best suited to their interests and qualifications.

Includes repair and maintenance information for many popular vehicles.

Tags: Automotive Repair, Car Repair, Recalls, Car Parts

A collection of historical newspapers containing extensive local and national coverage of American culture, politics, and society from the Antebellum through the Reconstruction periods.

Tags: American History, Antebellum, Reconstruction, Historical Newspapers

Find ratings and reviews on products from household goods to electronics to cars with this free access to ConsumerReports.org.

Tags: Consumer, Reviews, Ratings, Appliances, Electronics

*Formerly ReferenceUSA*

Data Axle includes directory listings for over 12 million businesses and 120 million households in the United States. A great resource for entrepreneurs, small businesses, and start-ups.

Tags: Consumer Database, Lifestyle Database, Business Database, Jobs, Job Search, Employment, Marketing, Yellow Pages

The Dictionary of American Family Names contains more than 70,000 of the most commonly occurring surnames in the United States.

Tags: Heritage, Etymology, Onomatology, Name History, Baby Names

The Central Arkansas Library System has partnered with Driving-Tests.org to provide access to manuals and practice tests for the Arkansas Driver’s Test. The site includes practice tests for car and motorcycle licenses, as well as for the CDL.

Tags: Driving Test, Arkansas Driving, Driver’s License, CDL, Practice Test

Documents the African American experience from the arrival of the first slave ship to the death of Frederick Douglass-and shows how American culture, history, and national identity have been influenced by the experience of African Americans.

Tags: African-American History, American History, Transatlantic Slave Trade, Civil War, Black History, Antebellum, Black Experience

Traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement, up to and including the 2008 election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.

Tags: African-American History, American History, Black History, Jazz, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Segregation

A free, authoritative source of information about the rich history, geography, and culture of Arkansas. The Encyclopedia contains more than 7,000 entries and 11,000 pieces of media related to Arkansas with new material being added weekly.

Tags: Arkansas History, Arkansas Geography, Central High School, Little Rock Nine, Local History

Covering the “long” Enlightenment, from the rise of Descartes’ disciples in 1670 to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1815, these 700 articles by leading scholars range from discussions of mercantilism and democracy to the battlefield to the dissemination of ideas in salons and coffeehouses.

Tags: Age of Reason, British Society, Isaac Newton, Voltaire, Galileo Galilei, Candide

A collaborative work of over 600 scholars from more than forty countries, the Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages provides 3,000 concise and detailed articles on all aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century.

Tags: Medieval, Castles, Chivalry, King Arthur, European History, Medieval Architecture, Medieval Philosophy

An online digital collection of color fire insurance maps, real estate atlases, and similar land use maps for the state of Arkansas. Includes publications by Sanborn, Perris, Hexamer, Whipple, Baist, Bromley, Hopkins, and others.

Tags: Maps, Insurance Maps, Primary Sources, Genealogists, Local History

• Platform for magazines (current and back issues)
• Log in using Tech Card number (14 digits, no spaces)

A collection of over 60 million pages of historical documents and personal histories, including millions of records available from the National Archives and other institutions. Please note: certain features of Fold3 require the use of an Adobe Flash plugin unavailable on some mobile and tablet browsers.

Tags: American History, Military History, Veterans, Primary Sources, Military Records

Available only in the Information Services Department at the Main Library.

As a Funding Information Network Partner of the Foundation Center in New York, CALS provides access to a powerful database of over 120,000 grantmakers & grant recipients. Find the information your nonprofit organization needs to make an impact.

Tags: Grantseekers, Grantseeking, 501c3, Nonprofits, Form 990

Available only in the Information Services Department at the Main Library.

The Foundation Center’s database of funding available to individuals in the form of scholarships, fellowships, grants, and other financial support.

Tags: Grantseeking, Higher Education, Student Aid, Scholarships

Stream or Download Free Music!

CALS digital music library is provided by Freegal, a service from Library Ideas. Freegal allows patrons to sign in with their library card number and PIN, download up to five songs per week, or stream unlimited music all day long.

Downloaded songs are in MP3 format, work with any music-playing device or software, and once you download the songs, you own them, forever!

Freegal apps are available for Apple and Android, but you can also stream and download just by visiting cals.freegalmusic.com.

You can browse by artist or genre, and advanced search allows searching by song, album, composer, and label. Choose from millions of songs from 65 different countries and thousands of labels.

Gale Business: Plan Builder is a step-by-step online planning tool for starting, managing, and optimizing a business or nonprofit. The program’s intuitive dashboard walks users through five areas of exploration to develop a business plan focused on long-term success. You will be prompted to create a personal account which will allow you to retain all of your information in one place.

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were available only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.

Tags: Research, Homework Help, eBooks, Term Papers, Research Papers

This resource provides fascinating and authoritative art, historical, and cultural information about art forms, artists, rulers, philosophers, architecture, renowned works of art, archaeological sites and stylistic developments.

Tags: Classical, Romanticism, Modernism, Anthropology, Drama

The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts contains over 3,000 entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures.

Tags: Art Deco, Painting, Decoration, Sculpture, Pottery, Illustrations

An index to articles and other information published in county history journals as well as selected statewide magazines, newspapers and books. Check the CALS catalog to see which of the titles are available at CALS and submit an Interlibrary Loan request if the title is not available at CALS.

Tags: Arkansas History, Local History, Historical Newspapers

With nearly 2,000 articles written by scholars from fifty countries, the Encyclopedia covers the full spectrum of dance—theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance.

Tags: Music, Performing Arts, Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Modern Dance, Theater

The Encyclopedia encompasses the full range of topics in linguistics, including such areas as historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics.

Tags: Languages, Syntax, Phonetics, Semantics

Learn technology, business, and creative skills with LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com). LinkedIn Learning offers over 16,000 video courses and tutorials taught by industry experts. Courses are self-paced and offered in 7 different languages (English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and Portuguese). Develop your skills in Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), Adobe Creative Cloud, web development, photography, animation, marketing, and much more!

LinkedIn Learning can be accessed in a web browser and or with Apple and Android devices.

For mobile app use, follow these directions for setup:

1. Download the LinkedIn Learning app from the App Store or Google Play Store
2. Select Sign in
3. Select Sign in with your library card
4. Select the box for Enter your Library ID and type cals at the end of the auto-filled URL
5. Enter your Library card number and PIN and select Continue

Tags: Continuing Education, Online Classes, Career Skills

The complete collections of Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, and Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism in one easily searchable resource.

Tags: Literary Commentary, 19th Century Criticism, 20th Century Criticism, Humanities, Literary Theory

NewspaperARCHIVE is the world’s best resource for historical and genealogical information. Our unique archive spans more than 400 years of family history, small-town events, world news and more. Archived newspaper access is only for Arkansas newspapers.

Tags: Local Newspapers, Historical Newspapers, Local History, Arkansas History, Archives

Due to license restrictions, this research tool is available only to patrons when visiting a CALS location. 

CALS provides access to digital copies of the Arkansas Gazette (starting in 1819) and the Arkansas Democrat (starting in 1878) to 1923 on Newspapers.com.

Tags: Historical Newspapers, Newspaper Archive, Baxter Bulletin, Fort Smith Times, Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, Local Newspapers

Are you looking for a few good books to read? Sign up for our e-newsletters and get great book suggestions by email. We’ll deliver reading lists right to your inbox along with new gems, bestsellers, and related titles. You’ll also be able to check immediately whether the items are available at your local Library or whether they’ve been checked out.

Tags: Newsletter, Book Recommendations, Reader’s Advisory, New Books, Fiction, Nonfiction, New York Times Bestsellers, NYT Bestsellers

Includes subject headings, reviews, summaries and more for over 135,000 fiction titles. Use Novelist to find other books by a favorite author, or similar books to a title you’ve already read.

Tags: Reader’s Advisory, Book Recommendations, Book Reviews, Libros en Español

Includes information on many titles popular with students in grades K-8, arranged by instructional unit, theme or topic. Teachers can find appropriate fiction to complement classroom instruction.

Tags: Teacher Resources, Educator Resources, Book Recommendations, Reader’s Advisory, Libros en Español

• Platform for eBooks & digital audiobooks.
• Choose “Kids” to limit to items for kids and teens.
• Log in using Tech Card number (14 digits, no spaces) and PIN (set to 1234 for all Tech Cards)
• Ten items checked out at a time
• Two-week check-out period, automatic returns

For a list of supported e-book devices, click here »

The complete run of Gale’s Something About the Author reference set, including thousands of illustrated biographical profiles of children’s authors and illustrators.

Tags: Biography, Autobiography, YA Authors, Young Adult Authors, Modern Authors, Contemporary Authors

The Great Courses: Library Collection gives you access to the best college and university courses from around the world. Learn new skills; build your knowledge of history, philosophy, and science; and improve your life. To access The Great Courses, look under the “Extras” category of Libby and click on “The Great Courses Library Collection.” For more information on downloading the Libby app to your preferred device, click here. Click on the link below to access Libby in your browser.

Tags: Continuing Education, Online Classes, Careers, Job Skills

A daily newspaper serving Conway and Faulkner County and some surrounding areas.

Tags: Local News, Current Events, Community News, Arkansas News

Public library access to The New York Times offers many key features including breaking news coverage, video and multimedia access, international news coverage, mobile phone and tablet apps and of course the book review that you can access any day of the week without waiting until Sunday for the print copy. Access requires an active account with the New York Times.

Please use the link below to register for an account with The New York Times if you are in the library.
The New York Times

• Create your account by choosing an option provided or entering your email.
• If you already have an account, choose “log in” at the bottom of the page.

To access The New York Times at home please use the following link:
NYT At Home

• After clicking the link, click “redeem” for your 24-hour access code.
• Register for an account by choosing one of the options or entering your email.
• If you already have an account, choose “log in” at the bottom of the page.

Access to The New York Times at home is limited. Please call us at 501-918-3000 if access is being denied.

NOTE: the crossword puzzle app and the cooking app are NOT included in this subscription.

Tags: Newspaper, International News, American News, NYT Book Review, NYT Crossword

From Antarctica to the North Pole, The Oxford Companion to World Exploration offers information on all topics of exploration worldwide, including advances in navigation, the discovery of the New World, polar expeditions, and the space age.

Tags: World History, Navigation, Exploring, Expedition, New World, Old World

With more than 5,000 entries by an international group of eminent historians, this is the standard research tool on 1,100 years of Byzantine history.

Tags: Early History, Byzantine, Middle Ages, Antiquity, Medieval

his dictionary provides rich detail on all aspects of the Renaissance in 14th to 17th century Europe.

Tags: Intellectual Revival, Humanism, Renaissance Art, Renaissance Literature, Early Modern History

This volume contains over 2,000 biographical profiles of important American authors (with information regarding their style, subjects, and major works) and influential foreign writers as well as other figures who have been important in the nation’s social and cultural history.

Tags: Age of Reason, Gothic, Beat Generation, American Contemporary, Harlem Renaissance, Transcendentalism, Post Modernism, Native American Literature

Featuring 600 original articles written by leading scholars, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt goes far beyond the records of archaeology to make available what we know about the full social, political, religious, cultural and artistic legacy of this 5,000-year civilization.

Tags: Egyptian Art, Egyptian Language, Hieroglyphics, Pyramids, Sphinx, Pharaohs

The Encyclopedia provides comprehensive coverage of literature from the Abbey Theatre to Israel Zangwill, covering the entire history of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the major literary languages (Anglo-Saxon, English, Welsh, Scots, Irish, and Latin).

Tags: Old English Period, Anglo-Saxon Period, Neoclassical, Edwardian, Victorian, Lake Poets, Metaphysical Poets, Romantic Period

Written by an international roster of more than 300 authors, the Encyclopedia comprehensively documents and interprets the books read by children throughout the world.

Tags: Folk Tales, Nursery Rhymes, Literary Awards, Children as Authors, Children’s Theater

International in scope and spanning all time periods of human history, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History includes 900 original articles by noted scholars from more than thirty-five countries.

Tags: Money, Banking, Finance, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Markets

A comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology, these entries by leading experts survey essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, and discuss both the history of the field and current controversies.

Tags: Darwinism, Charles Darwin, Natural Selection, Jane Goodall, Cultural Evolution, Creationism, Galapagos

In 700 original, intriguing articles—from “Apple Pie” to “Zombie”— The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America covers the significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, and consume food and drink.

Tags: History of Food, Cultural Food, Culinary Arts, American Food, Food Writing, Food Education

Encompassing tsunamis, elephant conservation, ocean pollution, mining regulation, and permafrost melt, the 300 authoritative articles in this unique and wide-ranging encyclopedia investigate all types of phenomena that change life on Earth.

Tags: Animal Conservation, Ecosystems, Climate Change, Global Warming, Food Supply, Water Supply, Population Control, Anthropology

This landmark scholarly work offers comprehensive, reliable, and accessible information about the fastest growing minority population in the United States. With an unprecedented scope and cutting-edge scholarship, the Encyclopedia draws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Tags: American History, Latinx, Immigration, Integration, DACA, Dreamers, Citizenship

The Encyclopedia covers the entire history of seafaring, from ancient Egyptian shipbuilders to the nuclear submarines and supertankers of today.

Tags: Naval History, Shipbuilding, Navigation, Pirates, Cartography, Maritime Law, Ports

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures is the first comprehensive reference source to chronicle Pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern Mesoamerica, defined as the lands stretching from Mexico to the southern tip of Central America.

Tags: Aztecs, Mayans, Colonial Period, Postcolonial Period, Spanish Conquest, Yucatan

The Encyclopedia of Rhetoric is a comprehensive survey of one of the Western world’s oldest disciplines. Its 150 entries, written by leading scholars, bring together expertise in classical studies, philosophy, literature, literary theory, cultural studies, speech, and communications in a comprehensive treatment of the art of persuasion.

Tags: Public Speaking, Hermeneutics, Ethics, Alliteration, Analogy, Language, Syntax, Poetry, Tropes, Debate

Provides information about major world developments from 1750 to the present, with close attention to social, economic, cultural, and political topics.

Tags: World History, Industrial Revolution, Meiji Restoration, World War I, World War II, Rwandan Genocide

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation is the definitive source for information about the entire range of religious and social changes that altered the face of Europe in the sixteenth century, encompassing not only issues of church polity and theology but also developments in politics, economics, demographics, art and literature.

Tags: Calvinism, Mating Luther, 99 Theses, Pilgrimages, Catholic Reformation, Protestantism, Jesuits, Transubstantiation, Saints, Religion

This encyclopedia provides authoritative and up-to-date information about theatre and performance from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe.

Tags: Theater, Broadway, Musicals, Circus, Drama, Tragedy, Comedy, Playhouse, Opera, Stagecraft, Costumes, Set Design, Performing Arts

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, edited by Bonnie G. Smith, captures the experiences of women throughout history in a far-reaching, four-volume work. Although there has been extensive research on women in history by region, no other text or reference work has comprehensively covered the role women have played throughout world history.

Tags: World History, American History, Women’s History, Feminism, Antifeminism, Gender Studies, Reproductive Rights, Inventors, Scientists, Women’s Education, Motherhood

BIBLIOTECA DIGITAL INFANTIL Y JUVENIL

¡Disfruta este gran viaje por el mundo de la imaginación!

· Tripulantes de la lectura es una plataforma que ofrece a los niños, docentes, y padres de familia un acervo bibliográfico para preescolar y primaria que puede ser disfrutado en cualquier lugar y momento.

· Tripulantes de la lectura incorpora estrategias para apoyar el desarrollo lector de los niños, acordes con su edad y nivel escolar.

· Los títulos de esta biblioteca son parte del acervo del Consejo Nacional de Fomento Educativo en México. (CONAFE)

Palabras clave: Comprensión de Lectura, Alfabetización, Biblioteca Digital, Libros, Imaginación

CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH DIGITAL LIBRARY

Enjoy this great journey through the world of imagination!

· Reading Crew is a platform that offers girls and boys, teachers and parents a bibliographic collection for K-6 that can be enjoyed anywhere and at any time.

· Reading Crew incorporates strategies to support the reading development of girls and boys, according to their age and school level.

· The titles in this library are part of the collection of the National Council for Educational Development in Mexico. (CONAFE)

Tags: Reading Comprehension, Literacy, Digital Library, Books, Imagination

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Access more than 500 lifelong learning courses in over 30 subject areas, many of which offer continuing education units (CEUs). All classes are designed and led by professional instructors and include videos, assignments, quizzes, tests, and options for social media interaction with other learners. Patrons may take multiple classes and learn at their own pace.

Tags: Continuing Education, Online Learning, GED, Computer Basics, ESL, Research Skills, Web Design, Test Preparation, Programming Languages

Value Line Library Elite is a research tool with searchable stocks, investment research, and investment education. Value Line Library Elite provides access to approximately 3,400 stocks, data, expert analysis, and unbiased commentary with a time-tested and performance-proven Ranking System. Reports are updated weekly.

This research tool is limited to 5 simultaneous users. Please log out when you are finished. 

Tags: Finance, Economics, Stocks, Investment Research

Search the collections of libraries in this community and around the country to find books, music, movies, etc.

Tags: ILL, Interlibrary Loan, Resource Sharing, Library Collections