Traveler Resource Guides & Trainings

Current Traveler Subscriptions

Libraries and schools are welcome to distribute the Traveler program’s current list of available resources to their patrons and students. The current subscription package is valid from August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2027.

All titles are accessible from the Arkansas State Library’s website, but Arkansas schools and libraries can also register to provide onsite access at their institutions.

ABC-Clio

• ABC-Clio Webinar (45 minutes)
  Bloomsbury’s Alice Bryant demonstrates ABC-Clio’s American History and the African American Experience platforms.

Infobase

• Science Online and Today’s Science Webinar (26 minutes)
  Demonstration of Science Online and Today’s Science; presented by InfoBase trainer Michelle Faber.
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• Science Online Educator’s Guide
  Includes helpful product information and highlights for educators and librarians using Science Online for the first time.
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• Science Online Overview (5 minutes)
  Brief video demonstration of resources in Science Online.
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• Today’s Science Educator’s Guide
  Includes helpful product information and highlights for educators and librarians using Today’s Science for the first time.
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• Today’s Science Overview (8 minutes)
  Brief video demonstration of resources in Today’s Science.

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Proquest

• Comprehensive resource guide on all ProQuest products, including ProQuest Central.
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• ProQuest Education Coursepack; focuses on eLibrary, CultureGrams, SIRS Issues Researcher, and SIRS Discoverer. Excellent resource for teachers and includes scavenger hunts on the databases.
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• ProQuest Webinar recordings.

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Pronunciator

• Pronunciator Demonstration (54 minutes) by Robert Savage on the language learning platform.

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World Book

• Comprehensive resource guide on all World Book products; individual guides available for all modules, Early Learning, Kids, Student, Advanced, Discover, and eBooks.
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• Distance-Learning Resources cover ways to use World Book in support of distance learning. It includes additional information about each product, video tutorials, at home lesson ideas, and resources for parents.
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• World Book Educator Starter Kit contains links to key areas in World Book that facilitate in-person learning in the classroom as well as distance learning.
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• World Book Online Training Webinar (54 minutes)
  Demonstration of World Book resources available through the Traveler program; presented by Shea Thayer, Training Coordinator for World Book. Email regsitration with World Book required prior to viewing.
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• How to Locate Materials by Standard contains instructions on how educators can find materials within the Early Learning, Kids, Student and Advanced World Book modules that correlate to a specific curriculum standard.

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The Traveler project is made possible by a grant from U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services to the Arkansas State Library under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.