Inspire is Indiana's Virtual Library on the Internet. Inspire is a collection of commercial databases and other information resources that can be accessed by Indiana residents using any PC equipped with an Indiana Internet connection and a Web Browser such as Netscape or MS Internet Explorer. Inspire stands for IN diana SP ectrum of I nformation RE sources. Inspire can be accessed by anyone who has computer access to the Internet within the state of Indiana at school, home, in their library or at their place of business. Inspire is currently provided free of charge as a service of the State and libraries of Indiana.
Inspire funding comes from a number of sources.
We have gathered IP addresses from Local Internet Service Providers, Colleges, Libraries, K-12 Schools and Businesses so we can authenticate users who connect to the Internet within the state of Indiana. Click here to find out how. My local ISP is in Indiana and I still can't get access to Inspire from home. You have the choice of using either the Inspire interface or the EbscoHost interface for most of the databases. Both interfaces give you full access to the database contents, including fulltext and images.