ELM resources available to KRLS patrons include: EBSCO, Gale, OCLC, and ProQuest; and can be found by searching Other Resources on the KRLS catalog.

Find descriptions of the available ELM resources below:

EBSCO(4 databases)

• Academic Search Premier Academic Search™ Premier contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion & theology, sociology, etc.

• Business Source Premier Business Source® Premier offers indexing and abstracts for the 350 most important scholarly journals back to 1965 or the first published issue. This database includes searchable references for more than 1,170 journals. Journal ranking studies reveal that Business Source Premier is the database for full text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, econometrics and economics.

• Regional Business News A supplemental database for customers of Business Source Premier. With daily updates, Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). Regional Business News has full text for more than 60 sources.

• MasterFILE Premier Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for 2,053 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for more than 350 reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps & flags. MasterFILE Premier now offers PDF backfiles (as far back as 1975) for key publications including American Libraries, Foreign Affairs, History Today, Judaism, Library Journal, National Review, Saturday Evening Post, etc.

Gale (8 databases)

• InfoTrac Student Edition (High Schools). Use this database (formerly SuperTOM), designed for schools, to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, etc.

• InfoTrac Junior Edition (Middle Schools). Use this database (formerly SuperTOM Junior), designed for schools, to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, etc.

• Junior Reference Collection. With nearly 12,000 documents, 8,500 photographs and illustrations, 50 video and audio clips, and 3 complete Merriam-Webster's dictionaries (Collegiate, Biographical, and Geographical), the Junior Reference Collection is a complete reference source. The Junior Reference Collection is a comprehensive, cross-curricular research tool that combines Gale’s U*X*L products into one database that is simple to navigate, easy to comprehend, and supports classroom learning. The JRC's search paths are distinguished by subject area—People, Places, Subjects, Authors, Books, Timeline—and the results are categorized by document type—Overview Essay, Biography, and Timeline Event.

• Discovering Collection. Provides in-depth content for five core curriculum areas, specifically literature, history, biography, science, and social studies. The Discovering Collection is aimed at grades 6-12 and contains all the content in Junior Reference Collection plus the DISCovering products to offer thousands of overview essays, literary criticisms, timelines, primary source documents, audio and video clips, and over 15,000 maps, images, and flags.

• Kids InfoBits. A reference and periodical resource, gives children easy access to magazines, reference books, and newspaper articles that have been selected just for their age group. Aimed at grades K-5, Kids InfoBits has taken the InfoTrac Kid's Edition and updated it to reflect the changes and innovations developed in Gale products.

• ¡Informe!. ¡Informe! was created exclusively for Spanish-speaking users, providing indexing, images, and full-text of popular Hispanic magazines—not just translations. Also included is a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking users.

• Consulta. Consulta provides over 100 reference titles, more than 60 full-text journals, and over 1,000 primary source documents. Complementing this material are more than 6,200 full-color photographs, maps, and artwork. Consulta is entirely in Spanish, and provides several Spanish dictionaries, including English-Spanish and Spanish-English, Spanish definitions, Spanish synonyms and antonyms, and more.

• Professional Collection. The Professional Collection is a custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators that is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. It offers balanced coverage for any professional educator in the following areas: arts and humanities; child and adolescent psychology and development; drug and alcohol abuse; health/nutrition/fitness; learning disabilities; literature; school law; science and technology; social sciences; and sports/athletic training.

OCLC (1 database)

• WorldCat (The OCLC Online Union Catalog). The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with more than 55 million bibliographic records that represent 400 languages. WorldCat covers information back to 2100 B.C. and includes holdings information from libraries across the world. WorldCat now includes the Library of Congress Subject Headings as its thesaurus. It includes records for musical scores, books, serial publications, computer files, Internet resources, sound recordings, archival materials, maps, and visual materials.

ProQuest (1 database)

ProQuest Newsstand Complete is an accessible and thorough Web-based database with citations and abstracts from over 350 newspapers, over 250 of which provide full-text, enabling users to search the latest news from around the world. Coverage, updated daily, of local, state, regional, national, and international newspapers is available, including full-text access to 27 major newspapers: the Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Barron's, and USA Today, to name just a few. Access a wide range of articles, not only top new stories, but arts, sports, and entertainment stories as well. ProQuest Newsstand Complete title list