Inspire is Indiana's Virtual Library on the Internet. Inspire is a collection of commercial databases that can be accessed by Indiana residents using any PC equipped with an 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 everyone in the state of Indiana who has access to the Internet 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. Yes, it is. 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. Both interfaces give you full access to the database contents, including fulltext and images.