Tennessee Electronic Library

Wendy Cornelisen, TEL Coordinator

TEL

   

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A Virtual Library for Tennesseans. Your 24/7 Library that you can take anywhere!

Contains over 400,000….

• Popular magazinesTime, Newsweek, Popular Science, Money, Fitness, Teen People

• Scholarly journalsAmerican Journal of Archaeology, Civil War History, American Journalism Review, American Poetry

• NewspapersTennessean, Commercial Appeal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune

• Videos, Images, Podcasts, Current Event Topics, Federal Census Records, E-books, and more!

Tennessee Electronic Library

Resource for

Patrons/Students • Homework Help• Test Preparation• Job Skills Building• Consumer Health

Information

Librarians/Teachers• Reader’s Advisory• Reference Tool• Extension of your

collection

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TEL DatabasesAcademic OneFile (Gale)

Agriculture Collection (Gale)

America’s News Magazines (NewsBank)

Books and Authors (Gale)

Business, Economics, and Theory Collection (Gale)

Chattanooga Times-Free Press (NewsBank)

Commercial Appeal newspaper (NewsBank)

Communications and Mass Media Collection (Gale)

Computer Database (Gale)

Criminal Justice Collection (Gale)

Culinary Arts Collection (Gale)

Diversity Studies Collection (Gale)

Educator's Reference Complete (Gale)

Environmental Studies and Policy Collection (Gale)

Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)

Gale Database Selection (Gale)

Gale Virtual Reference Library (e-books) (Gale)

* includes Scribners & Twayne

Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection (Gale)

General Business File ASAP (Gale)

General Business File International (Gale)

Literature Resource Center (Gale)

Military & Intelligence Database (Gale)

National Newspaper Index (Gale)

Nursing and Allied Health Collection (Gale)

Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO)

Pop Culture Collection (Gale)

Popular Magazines (Gale)

PowerSearch (Gale)

Professional Collection (Gale)

Psychology Collection (Gale)

Religion & Philosophy Database (Gale)

Science Database (Gale)

Scribner's Writers Online (Gale)

Southern Life (Gale)

Student Edition (Gale)

Student Edition - K12 (Gale)

Tennessee Newspaper Collection (NewsBank)

Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA)

Tennessee's Landmark Documents

Tennesseean (Pro Quest)

Twayne's Authors Online (Gale)              

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General OneFile (Gale)

General Reference Center Gold (Gale)

Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale)

Health Reference Center Academic (Gale)

HeritageQuest Online (ProQuest)

Home Improvement Collection (Gale)

Hospitality, Tourism, and Leisure Collection (Gale)

Informe! (Gale)

InfoTrac Educators 200 (Gale)

InfoTrac Information Science and Library Issues Collection (Gale)

InfoTrac NewsStand (Gale)

InfoTrac Small Business Collection (Gale)

InfoTrac Vocations, Careers, and Technical Education Collection (Gale)

Insurance and Liability Collection (Gale)

Junior Edition (Gale)

Junior Edition - K12 (Gale)

Kids InfoBits (Gale)

Kids Page

Knoxville News Sentinel Newspaper (NewsBank)

LearningExpress Library (LearningExpress

U.S. History Collection (Gale)

Volunteer Voices

War and Terrorism Collection (Gale)

World Book Encyclopedia NEW!

World History Collection (Gale)

TEL History• Concept envisioned by TENN-SHARE • In 1999, the Tennessee Electronic Library

was created by TN legislature • TEL began as a collection of 18 databases with

only one vendor and solely supported by federal funds

• Literature Resource Center was added to TEL in 2006, made possible by pledges from Tennessee Libraries.

• In 2007-08, TEL added 4 new products to its collections, which was made possible additional funding provided by the Tennessee General Assembly.

How is TEL Funded?

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Funding for TEL is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)*, the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, and pledges from Tennessee Libraries.

TEL is administered by the Tennessee State Library & Archives, a division of the TN Department of State, Tre Hargett, Secretary of State.

* IMLS is a federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities

TRUE TEL Cost?

*Just for Gale databases, LearningExpress, HeritageQuest, and EBSCO

How much would TEL costYOUR Library?

School Libraries: $23,357 to $44,777 per year*

Total Cost for all School Libraries in TN: $34,365,430 per year*

Total Cost for all Libraries in TN: $73,207,980 per year*

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Library Web

tntel.tnsos.org

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TEL SHORTCUTS

ISSUES• EBSCO Points of View Reference Center

RESEARCH• GALE Databases

TN NEWSPAPERS• NewsBank’s Tennessee Newspaper

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TEST PREPARATION• LearningExpress Library

GENEALOGY• ProQuest’s HeritageQuest Online

BY GRADE LEVEL or SUBJECT

BY SCHOOL GRADE:• Elementary, Middle, High School• Includes TEL DATABASES & WEBSITES

BY SUBJECT• Extensive subject listings

Science, Language Arts, Health & Nutrition, Social Studies, Tennessee History• Includes Resource Types Magazines & Newspapers, Podcasts, Videos, etc.

SCHOOL GRADE LEVEL

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TEL Tutorials

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Guides

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Contact the Database Vendor Technical Support

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Contact TEL Coordinator – Wendy Corneilsenwendy.cornelisen@tn.gov

Trouble with Logging In? Contact TEL Coordinator – Wendy Corneilsen wendy.cornelisen@tn.gov

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Questions?Wendy CornelisenSpecial Projects CoordinatorTennessee State Library and Archives403 7th Avenue NorthNashville, TN 37243wendy.cornelisen@tn.gov

(615) 532-4627