FALL 2003
This table reflects the status of state funding resources in the 50 United States of America for K-12 students and teachers in the form of informational databases as of fall 2003. It was compiled to indicate which states offer such resources and to give web addresses for more information about them. In the interest of space, not every resource was listed for every state. Some states have very extensive offerings which change from year to year. In order to get the full picture for any given state, go to the web site provided.
| STATE |
YES/NO DB'S PROVIDED |
DATABASES |
WEB ADDRESS |
| Alabama |
Yes |
Gale, EBSCO |
AVL: http://www.avl.lib.al.us/ |
| Alaska |
Yes |
EBSCO, Electric Library, others |
SLED: http://sled.alaska.edu/databases/home.html |
| Arizona |
Yes |
OCLC, Wilson |
http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/ |
| Arkansas |
Yes |
EBSCO, Grolier, others |
Traveler: http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler/index.html
|
| California |
Never had |
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| Colorado |
Never had |
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| Connecticut |
Yes |
Gale, EBSCO, others |
iCONN: http://www.iconn.org/ |
| Delaware |
Yes |
Secondary schools only |
DelAWARE: http://www.state.lib.de.us/Collection_Development/ Electronic_Resources/DelAWARE/ |
| Florida |
Never had |
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| Georgia |
Yes |
EBSCO, ProQuest, others |
GALILEO: http://www.galileo.usg.edu |
| Hawaii |
Yes |
EBSCO |
HSPLS: http://www.state.hi.us/libraries/hsl/databases.html |
| Idaho |
Yes |
EBSCO, Electric Library |
LiLI: http://www.lili.org |
| Illinois |
State library funding |
FirstSearch, NoveList, others |
ILLINET: http://www.sos.state.il.us/library/isl/isl.html |
| Indiana |
Yes |
EBSCO, others |
INSPIRE: http://www.inspire.net/ |
| Iowa |
Yes |
EBSCO, Electric Library was cut |
SILO: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/ databases/index.hhtml |
| Kansas |
Yes |
Gale, Proquest, others |
KanFind: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/library/databases.html |
| Kentucky |
Yes |
EBSECO, ProQuest, others |
KYVL: http://www.kyvl.org/ |
| Louisiana |
Yes |
Gale, World Book |
LaLibCon: http://lalibcon.state.lib.la.us/ |
| Maine |
Yes |
Gale, EBSCO, others |
Infonet: http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/ |
| Maryland |
Yes |
SIRS, World Book |
Sailor: http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/ |
| Massachusetts |
Yes |
Gale |
http://www.mlin.lib.ma.us/flash3.html |
| Michigan |
Yes |
Electric Library, SIRS Discoverer, others |
MEL: http://mel.org/databasesubjects.html |
| Minnesota |
Yes |
Gale, ProQuest, others |
ELM: http://elm4you.org/ |
| Mississippi |
Yes |
EBSCO, Gale, others |
MAGNOLIA: http://www.lib.usm.edu/~magnolia/magnolia.html |
| Missouri |
Yes |
Gale, EBSCO, others |
http://www.more.net/online/ |
| Montana |
Yes |
Gale--partial funding |
http://montanalibraries.org/ |
| Nebraska |
Yes |
WilsonWeb, Electric Library,others |
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/databases/ |
| Nevada |
Yes |
Gale, EBSCO, others |
CLAN: http://www.clan.lib.nv.us/Polaris/ |
| New Hampshire |
Yes |
Gale, others |
NHewLINK: http://www.nhewlink.state.nh.us/ |
| New Jersey |
Yes |
Gale, EBSCO, others--partial funding |
http://www2.njstatelib.org/njlib/databases/ |
| New Mexico |
Yes |
Gale |
http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/libraryservices/statepubs/ elecresources.htm |
| New York |
Yes |
Gale, EBSCO |
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/library/novel/ |
| North Carolina |
Yes |
Gale, Groliers, others |
WISE OWL: http://www.ncwiseowl.com |
| North Dakota |
Yes |
Gale, Electric Library, others |
http://ndsl.lib.state.nd.us/ElectronicResources.html#K12 |
| Ohio |
Yes |
EBSCO, SIRS, others |
http://www.infohio.org/ |
| Oklahoma |
Yes |
EBSCO, SIRS, others |
Digital Prairie: http://www.odl.state.ok.us/prairie/index.htm |
| Oregon |
Lost funding 2003 $ restored 2004 |
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| Pennsylvania |
Yes |
EBSCO, Electric Library, others |
http://www.powerlibrary.net/ |
| Rhode Island |
Never had |
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| South Carolina |
Yes |
Gale, InfoTrac |
http://www.scdiscus.org/index.html |
| South Dakota |
Yes |
ProQuest |
http://www.sdstatelibrary.com/ |
| Tennessee |
Yes |
Gale |
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tel/ |
| Texas |
Lost funding-NOT restored by 2005 |
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| Utah |
Yes |
EBSCO, SIRS, others |
Pioneer: http://pioneer-library.org/ |
| Vermont |
Yes |
Gale |
Just funded November 2003 |
| Virginia |
Yes |
Gale, EBSCO |
http://www.finditvirginia.com |
| Washington |
Yes |
ProQuest, Electric Library |
http://www.psesd.wednet.edu/ technology/ProQuest/UMI.html |
| West Virginia |
Yes |
EBSCO |
http://librarycommission.lib.wv.us/ebsco/ebsco.htm |
| Wisconsin |
Yes |
EBSCO |
Badgerlink: http://www.badgerlink.net/ |
| Wyoming |
Yes |
EBSCO, SIRS, others |
GoWYLD: http://gowyld.net/dbases.html |
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