Arkansas State Library
Every resident of Arkansas has free access to a statewide library system run by Arkansas State Library. With a local library card, students, parents, and teachers can use research databases, ebooks and audiobooks, and learning programs at no cost. Here is what is available and how to get it.
Arkansas public libraries at a glance
Research databases: Traveler (Arkansas State Library)
Traveler (Arkansas State Library) is Arkansas's free statewide research service.
Resources students can use inside Traveler (Arkansas State Library) include:
- ProQuest Central, eLibrary & SIRS (Discoverer, Issues Researcher)
- ProQuest eBook Central & HeritageQuest
- World Book Online (Advanced, Student, Kids)
- ABC-CLIO (American History, African American Experience)
- CultureGrams
- Pronunciator (languages)
Ebooks & audiobooks: ProQuest eBook Central & World Book eBooks via Traveler; local Libby/OverDrive & Hoopla, free with a library card.
Accessible reading & talking books
Students and family members who cannot read standard print (because of a visual, physical, or reading disability such as dyslexia) can get free audiobooks and braille through the state talking-book library, part of the national NLS network and its BARD download service. The Arkansas Library for the Blind and Print Disabled (Little Rock), an NLS network library, serves residents who can't read standard print.
Find a library & get a card
Use the official locator to find your nearest Arkansas public library, hours, and how to get a card. Find a library →
Through Mockingbird resource sharing, you can borrow materials from libraries across the state by interlibrary loan.