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Statewide Access to Databases

The Arizona State Library collaborates to provide access to a package of online resources from EBSCO for all of Arizona’s K-12 public schools and public libraries and to the OCLC First Search base package for all of the state’s public libraries. This project is supported with funds granted by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records under the Library Services and Technology Act, which is administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and with funding from Pima and Maricopa County Library Districts with assistance from other county library districts.

• Alphabetical List With Description
• Contract
• Linking to the Databases
• Marketing and Promotion
• Resources and Tools
• Search the databases

Contract    Back

Our contract allows all Arizonans to access the EBSCO databases through their Public Library or the Arizona State Library. Access has to be authenticated and not open.

If you link to the AZ Library page for AZ Residents http://www.azlibrary.gov/azlibrary/res.aspx you will be authenticated via the State Library authentication. Alternately you put the database links behind your own ILS system that authenticates your users by library card numbers.

Leaving the links open or embedding the password in the URL is a violation of the terms of our contract with EBSCO Publishing. Please help us maintain the integrity of our contract.

For direct links and URL information please click on Linking to the Databases.

Linking to the Databases    Back

• Authentication Methods
• How do I set up direct link to the EBSCO Databases
• EZ proxy authenticated links - These authenticate via our zipcode page
• Embedded non EZ proxy links (passwords embedded) This should not be broadcasted and should be used only by libraries that have an ILS authenticated access to the databases

Marketing and Promotion    Back

Brochure

Sample Press release

Other sample promotion items

• Health information tabletop poster board
• School Database EBSCO Flyer

Resources and Tools    Back

Most of the following tutorials have been developed by the database providers and are generic. Please feel free to tailor it to your needs.

EBSCO

EBSCO resources vs. the Internet

Free and Fee based resources

Support and Training

EBSCO Tutorials

Archived Webinars

OCLC

Training and Support

• http://training.oclc.org/1
• http://www.oclc.org/us/en/supportandtraining/

Online Tutorial

OCLC FirstSearch offers an online tutorial and documentation which is available at http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/documentation/index.htm. The documentation is continuously updated, can be reviewed at any time and is free of charge. Libraries also can request print versions of the documentation.

Search the databases    Back

Click here to search the databases

For additional legal, AZ government and genealogy resources, please visit the Law and Research webpage at http://www.azlibrary.gov/is/.
For history and archives resources, please visit the History and Archives webpage at:  http://www.azlibrary.gov/archives/

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