Duncan Public Library - Electronic Databases

Duncan Public Library - Electronic Databases

Online Databases provided by The Oklahoma Department of Libraries
(please call for passwords and instructions 255-0636)

http://discoverer.sirs.com	Discoverer contains full-text, indexed articles and graphics from more than 1,400 magazines, newspapers and U.S. Government documents. The articles date from 1992 to the present. Articles and graphics are carefully selected for their educational content, interest and level of readability. Based on Flesch Reading Ease scale, each article is assigned to a reading level category: General (Encyclopedia, Almanac entries, and Photo Essays), Easy (grades 1-4), Moderate (grades 5-7), or Challenging (grades 8 and above).
Access from the Library Access from Home, Work, School	Part of EbscoHost and designed for elementary and middle school children. Searchasaurus is an exciting and easy way for young researchers to experience online searching. It is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages young researchers to enhance and develop basic search methodologies. They will be riveted by the colorful, animated interface as they gather information on a wide range of topics. Searchasaurus offers Lexile limiters (reading level), making it easy for young patrons to read and research only appropriately challenging materials.
Access from the Library Access from Home, Work, School	EBSCOhost provides full-text access to articles from hundreds of journal titles. Includes the following databases: MasterFILE Premier Books in Print with Reviews Business Source Elite Health Source: Consumer Edition USP DI Volume II, Advice for the Patient Newspaper Source Academic Search Elite MAS FullTEXT Ultra Middle Search Plus Primary Search Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia EBSCO Animals Professional Development Collection ERIC Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Comp MEDLINE w/ MeSH
http://www.netlibrary.com	NetLibrary offers over 4000 electronic books for checkout, includes Cliffs Notes and Complete Idiot Guides. Visit the library to set up your e-book library card.
Student's Version http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itk12/odl_duncanpub Kid's Version http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/odl_duncanpub	InfoTrac K-12 Kids Edition is a multi- source general interest database designed for elementary schools. It provides indexing, abstracts, and full text children’s and general interest magazines, reference books and thousands of newspaper articles. Student Edition is comprised of a variety of full-text sources that include the leading magazines, newspapers and reference books.
http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org	FirstSearch includes the following databases: ArticleFirst® Database ContentsFirst® Database Electronic Collections Online (ECO) ERIC (U. S. Department of Education) GPO Monthly Catalog (U. S. Government Printing Office) MEDLINE (U. S. National Library of Medicine) NetFirst® Database PapersFirst® Database ProceedingsFirst® Database World Almanac WorldCat™ Catalog
http://odol-iol2.auto-graphics.com/wp2000/signin.asp?cid=odol&lid=YZBS&mode=P	Oklahoma Statewide Catalog holds approximately three million records from more than 500 Oklahoma libraries. Anyone can browse the catalog to find out what's available through any of Oklahoma's libraries. Using the catalog is a quick way to find which library has a book or item that your own library doesn't have on the shelves. After determining who has what you are looking for, you can visit your local library and borrow the item(s) through interlibrary loan.

Duncan Public Library
815 W. Ash Ave
Duncan, OK 73533
(580) 255-0636
1-888-480-9252
http://www.duncan.lib.ok.us
duncanpl@texhoma.net

Last Update: 12/16/04