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Inspire Resources
INSPIRE is Indiana’s Virtual Online Library. INSPIRE is a collection of online academic databases and other information resources that can be accessed by Indiana residents. INSPIRE began in January 1998 as a project of the Indiana State Library, funded by a one-time development grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. Since that time, INSPIRE has been supported by the Indiana General Assembly through Build Indiana Funds and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), and through a partnership with the Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI).
INSPIRE is a free resource available to all Indiana residents and is offered to you on the Databases A-Z menu on the HEPL website. INSPIRE can be used to research current events, science, business, health, notable people, hobbies, and much more from your library, school, home or office. Some selected resources from Inspire are highlighted below. Investigate Inspire to find many more!
Youth Resources
Explora for Elementary is a database for grades K-5 focusing on animals, arts & music, biography, geography, language arts, math, science & health, social studies and more. Searches will retrieve articles from popular kids’ magazines such as Ranger Rick and National Geographic Kids, often including pictures or video content.
School Center Skills Improvement brings both math and reading comprehension practice sets and tests to the Kids offerings on Inspire.
Explora Secondary is a database for middle and high school students focusing on arts & literature, biography, business & government, current issues, geography, health, history, science & math and more. Searches will retrieve articles in magazines such as Time and Newsweek and also primary source documents where applicable.
Teen Resources
School Center Skills Improvement brings practice sets at a middle school and high school level for areas such as math, English, social studies, science, technology and high school entrance exams to the offerings for Students on Inspire.
Masterfile Complete provides access to full-text articles in periodicals for general reference on a wide variety of topics. It also includes full-text articles from reference books, primary source documents and an image collection.
Learning Express Library offers a test prep center and an adult core skills center, which include practice sessions for high school equivalency, better speaking and writing, and the U.S. Citizenship exam.
The Vocational & Career Collection provides full-text coverage for trade and industry related periodicals.
Indiana Room Resources
Hoosier State Chronicles provides access to free, high-quality digital images of Indiana’s historic newspapers.
Indiana Legacy provides access to historic vital records across Indiana and can be searched by county, event or surname. Records are not full-text, but can be accessed with help from the Indiana State Library.
Indiana Memory provides access to digital images of primary sources that are physically located in collections throughout Indiana.
Adult Resources
Masterfile Complete provides access to full-text articles in periodicals for general reference on a wide variety of topics. It also includes full-text articles from reference books, primary source documents and an image collection.
Learning Express Library offers a test prep center and an adult core skills center, which include practice sessions for high school equivalency, better speaking and writing, and the U.S. Citizenship exam.
The Vocational & Career Collection provides full-text coverage for trade and industry related periodicals.
Medical and Health Resoures
HealthSource – Consumer Edition is a collection of consumer health information on a wide variety of health related topics. It includes nearly 10,000 Clinical Reference systems reports in English and Spanish.
MedlinePlus offers trusted health information for consumers compiled by the National Library of Medicine. Here you can locate information on health topics, drugs and supplements, genetics, medical tests, videos and tools and more.
Alt HealthWatch is an alternative health research database that covers holistic medicine and therapies.
Biomedical Reference Collection is designed for doctors, research scientists, clinicians, and students and gives access to full-text articles in peer-reviewed publications.
Health Business FullTEXT provides full-text articles from journals used in the field of health administration.
HealthSource – Nursing/Academic Edition provides access to full-text journals in nursing and allied health.
Medline with Full Text offers access to articles in scholarly biomedical and health journals most often used by students, professionals and researchers in health-related fields.
