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Tennessee Electronic Library

TEL. Tennessee Electronic Library. A Virtual Library For All Tennesseans Open 24-7. Over 400,000 Electronic Resources Popular Magazines Scholarly Journals Newspapers Media Files Current Event Topics, Federal Census Records E-books. TEL History.

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Tennessee Electronic Library

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  1. TEL Tennessee Electronic Library

  2. A Virtual Library For All Tennesseans Open 24-7 Over 400,000 Electronic Resources Popular Magazines Scholarly Journals Newspapers Media Files Current Event Topics, Federal Census Records E-books

  3. TEL History • In 1999, the Tennessee Electronic Library was created by TN legislature • TEL began with 18 databases • One vendor • Supported by federal funds

  4. TEL Today 66 Different TEL Databases Six Vendors Permanent Funding All Still Free

  5. Bottom Line • If we had to buy this content… • Cost per School - $20,000 to $40,000 • Cost for all Tennessee libraries - $73,207,980 *Just for Gale databases, LearningExpress, HeritageQuest, and EBSCO

  6. Bottom Line TEL is Free. *Just for Gale databases, LearningExpress, HeritageQuest, and EBSCO

  7. How can TEL help you and your students? • Homework Help • Test Preparation • Job Skills Building • Consumer Health Information Photo retrieved from Flickr Nov 2008 http://www.flickr.com/photos/10557450@N04/2742473353

  8. TEL Homepage What is it? Questions Where is it?

  9. Tel Shortcut #1 Issues Points of View Reference Center

  10. Tel Shortcut #1 Issues Points of View Reference Center

  11. Tel Shortcut #1 Issues Points of View Reference Center

  12. Tel Shortcut #1 Issues Points of View Reference Center

  13. Tel Shortcut #2 Research Gale Power Search

  14. Tel Shortcut #3 Test Prep Learning Express Library

  15. Tel Shortcut #4 Newspapers Multiple Vendors Chattanooga Nashville Memphis and Knoxville

  16. Tel Shortcut #4 Newspapers, Memphis and Knoxville

  17. Tel Shortcut #4 Newspapers, Chattanooga

  18. Tel Shortcut #4 Newspapers, Nashville

  19. Tel Shortcut #5 Genealogy Heritage Quest Online

  20. Tel Shortcut #5 Genealogy Heritage Quest Online

  21. Tel Shortcut #5 Genealogy Heritage Quest Online Fun Fact Census Records are withheld from public viewing for 72 years, the statistical lifespan of the average America.  The 1940 census records were released last month.

  22. Tel Shortcut #5 Genealogy Tennessee Death Certificates 1908-1959

  23. Other Stuff I Like… Reference Books Business Environment History Literature Medicine Multicultural Studies Religion Science

  24. Other Stuff I Like… Books and Authors

  25. Other Stuff I Like… Books and Authors

  26. Other Stuff I Like… Books and Authors

  27. Other Stuff I Like… Books and Authors Extensive List of Author Biographies

  28. Other Stuff I Like… World Book

  29. Other Stuff I Like… Tennessee Virtual Archive Volunteer Voices Tennessee Death Record

  30. Other Stuff I Like… Informe!

  31. Other Stuff I Like… Publication Search and RSS Feed Choose any database and Browse Publications

  32. RSS Feed Really Simple Syndication

  33. How do I access TEL? tntel.info DCHS Library Homepage WCDE Homepage - quicklinks

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