This document provides information on various online research databases and resources available through the library including: Searchasaurus for elementary students, SIRS Discoverer for elementary through middle school, Oxford Scholarship Online for high school through college, Kids InfoBits for elementary students, GreenFILE, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Book Collection: Nonfiction, Newspaper Source, Twayne's Authors Series, and AlabamaMosaic. Each database is briefly described including target audience and website URL.

1. Created by: Tambra King-Clark
LEM: 508
Instructor: Hope Davis

2.  Searchasaurus
 SIRS Discoverer
 Oxford Scholarship
Online
 Kids InfoBits
 GreenFILE
 Gale Virtual Reference
Library
 Book Collection:
Nonfiction
 Newspaper Source
 Twayne's Authors
Series
 AlabamaMosaic

3.  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
students to enhance and develop
basic search methodologies.
Students will be riveted by the
colorful, animated interface,
complete with erupting volcanoes
and a dinosaur guide, as they
gather information on a wide range
of topics. Searchasaurus offers
Lexile limiters (reading level),
making it easy for students to read
and research only appropriately
challenging materials. Audience:
elementary school
 http://www.scdiscus.org/searchasa
urus

4.  Selective, interactive reference
tool of full text articles, many
with images, from 1,100
magazines for young readers.
Discoverer helps students
develop their research, writing,
language, and computer skills.
Site resources include Spotlight
of the Month topics, The World
Almanac for Kids, Merriam-
Webster's Dictionary and
Thesaurus and the Funk &
Wagnalls New Encyclopedia.
Audience: elementary through
middle school
 http://ars.sirs.com/discoverer.ht
ml

5.  Oxford Reference
Online offers full-text
access to 89 academic
monographs in
Business &
Management,
Mathematics, Public
Health & Epidemiology,
and Social
Work. Audience: high
school through college,
general public
 http://global.oup.com/academic/product/o
xford-scholarship-online-
9780199272334;jsessionid=DF7283026E
2122EF970D38F48B0FFE00?cc=us&lan
g=en

6.  Kids InfoBits features a
developmentally
appropriate, visually graphic
interface, a subject-based
topic tree search and full-
text, age-appropriate,
curriculum-related
magazine, newspaper and
reference content for
information on current
events, the arts, science,
health, people, government,
history, sports and more.
Audience: elementary
school
 http://www.gale.cengage.co
m/InfoBits/

7.  GreenFILE offers well-
researched information. Its
collection of scholarly,
government and general-
interest titles includes content
on the environmental effects of
individuals, corporations and
local/national governments,
and what can be done at each
level to minimize these effects.
Multidisciplinary by nature,
GreenFILE draws on the
connections between the
environment and a variety of
disciplines such as agriculture,
education, law, health and
technology.
 http://www.ebscohost.com/aca
demic/greenfile

8.  A database of
encyclopedias and
specialized reference
sources for
multidisciplinary
research. These
reference materials
once were accessible
only in the library, but
now you can access
them online from the
library or remotely 24/7.
 http://www.cengage.com/search/sh
owresults.do?N=197+4294904997

9.  Book Collection: Nonfiction is a
rich research database for school
and public libraries. A cross-
curricular database, it provides
content representing a wide
spectrum of works, including
popular series from top book
publishers such as Allosaurus
Publishers, Bess Press, Inc.,
Branden Publishing, Capstone
Press, Compass Point Books,
Fulcrum Publishing, Lerner
Publishing Group, Mason Crest
Publishers, Millbrook Press, Inc.,
Morgan Reynolds, Inc., Morning
Glory Press, Oliver Press, Rourke
Publishing, LLC and Stackpole
Books.
 http://www.ebscohost.com/us-high-
schools/book-collection-nonfiction

10.  Newspaper Source
provides selected full text
for over 200 regional U.S.
newspapers, international
newspapers, newswires,
newspaper columns and
other sources as well as
indexing and abstracts for
national newspapers. This
database is updated daily.
Audience: middle school
through college, general
public.
 http://www.ebscohost.com/public
/newspaper-source

11.  These series offer literary
criticism and in-depth
introductions to the lives
and works, history and
influence of literary
movements, and the
development of literary
genres. The electronic
publications contain the
full text of lengthy articles
for 600 authors, 200 each
for individual World, US,
or English authors.
 http://gdc.gale.com/gale-
literature-collections/

12.  AlabamaMosaic (Alabama's
Digitization Project) is a work in
progress. A number of
collections are available for
browsing and searching. More
collections will be added in the
near future. The purpose of
AlabamaMosaic is to make
unique historical treasures from
Alabama's archives, libraries,
museums, and other
repositories electronically
accessible to Alabama
residents as well as scholars
throughout the world.
http://www.alabamamosaic.org/