What is Traveler www.asl.lib.ar.ustraveler

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What is Traveler?www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler

• Sally Hawkes
• shawkes_at_asl.lib.ar.us
• Arkansas State Library
• www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler

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Remember using Readers Guide in book form?

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Traveler is Better

• Search online
• No really, really thin paper thats hard to use
• No multiple volumes to check
• 85 in full text (html or pdf)
• You can print or e-mail material
• Photographs and videos may be included
• You dont have to be at school to use it

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What is Traveler?

• Traveler is a state-wide project
• Offers online research information to all
  Arkansas residents through academic, public,
  school and special libraries
• Home access is also available
• Free to libraries and users
• Administered by the Office of Library Network
  Services, Arkansas State Library

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Funding

• 87 Federal
• Library Services and Technology Act
• 13 State
• Arkansas Department of Education
• Averages out to approx. 620 per library
• At least 100,000 per library to replicate

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SubscriptionOct. 1 through Sept. 30

• EBSCOhost    
• Encyclopædia Britannica
• Gale Discovering Collection
• New Book of Knowlege
• OCLC/FirstSearch Base Package     

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EBSCOhost

• Academic Search Elite
• Business Sources Elite
• EBSCO Animals
• ERIC
• Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
• Health Source Consumer Edition Health  Source
  Nursing/Academic Edition 
• Legal Collection

• MasterFile Premier
• MAS Ultra School Edition  
• Middle Search Plus
• Newspaper Source
• Primary Search
• Professional Development Collection
• Regional Business News 
• TOPICSearch

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EBSCOhost  

• Academic Search Elite
• Business Sources Elite
• EBSCO Animals
• ERIC
• Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
• Health Source Consumer Edition
• Health  Source Nursing/Academic Edition 
• Legal Collection  

• MasterFile Premier
• MAS Ultra School Edition  
• Middle Search Plus
• Newspaper Source
• Primary Search
• Professional Development Collection
• Regional Business News 
• TOPICSearch

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EBSCO
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Encyclopædia Britannica

• Britannica Online School Edition
• Encyclopædia Britannica
• Compton's Encyclopedia
• Britannica Elementary
• Britannic Learning Zone PreK-2
• Spanish Reference Center
• Planeta Saber
• Enciclopedia Juvenil
• Annals of American History Online  
• World Data Analyst Online
• Websters Third New International Dictionary
  Unabridged Online

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Encyclopædia Britannica

• Encyclopædia Britannica
• Britannica Online School Edition
• Britannica Online
• Britannica Online Library Edition
• Spanish Encyclopedia
• Spanish Reference Center
• Planeta Saber
• Enciclopedia Juvenil
• Reference Books
• Annals of American History Online
• World Data Analyst Online
• Websters Third New International Dictionary
  Unabridged Online
• During the subscription term, Traveler members
  will also receive a 20 discount on any print
  products purchased from Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Gales DISCovering Collection

• Comprehensive coverage in 5 Core Curriculum areas
• Literature
• History
• Biography
• Science
• Social Studies

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New Book of Knowledge

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Access

• Libraries register by IP number
• Access directly from the school/library
• Procedure varies from location to location
• Desktop access
• Web access
• Home Access
• Remote access codes
• Library card authentication

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Setting Up Access

• Go to Traveler page
• Click on Setting Up Access
• Includes vendor icons web addresses
• Remote Access
• Methods
• ID and/or password
• Authenticate through proxy server
• Licensed for Arkansas users only
• No access code on web sites

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From the VendorsAdditional materials

• Guides
• 
  Support Material
• 
  Tutorials, Presentations

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Supplemental Material

• EBSCOs Success Center page
• From Student Success Tools
• Online Citation Maker
• A Student Guide to Persuasive Essays and Debates
  pdf
• How to Avoid Plagiarism psf
• How to Cite Information pdf
• How to Take Good Notes pdf
• How to Write a Bibliography pdf
• How to Write a Thesis Statement pdf

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EBSCO PR extras

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Britannica Learning Materials
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Britannica Learning Materials

• Reading Read stories and test yourself or
  practice readings skills with animated
  exercisesK-5
• Interactive Lessons
• Exercises
• Writing Practice grammar skills and learn about
  writing essays and letters.K-5
• Exercises
• 6-12
• Study Guides
• Web Site Activities
• American Literature Explore novels and plays by
  American authors such as William Faulkner,
  Nathaniel Hawthorne, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker,
  Tennessee Williams, and more.6-12
• Study Guides

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Gale Group

• In-Service Packets
• Biography
• History 
• Literature
• Science
• Social Science
• Program Help
• Black History
• Hispanic History
• Poet's Corner
• Women's History

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www.go.grolier.com click on For Educators

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Scholastic Pages (Grolier)

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Training Information

• http//www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler
• Promoting Traveler
• Vendor Materials
• Training
• Online Opportunities

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Network Advisory Committee

• Kim Koch
• Mayflower High School
• kkoch_at_mayflowerschools.info
• Carol Jo Lambert
• Stuttgart High School Library
• clambert_at_sps.k12.ar.us

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Questions?
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• Sally Hawkes
• shawkes_at_asl.lib.ar.us
• 501-682-6052