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This large menu of Thomson Gale databases includes the Tennessee Electronic Library plus collections owned by Knox County Public Library. Many of the databases can be searched simultaneously. (Some of the databases are included in the subject lists below.)
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Online periodicals
General OneFile is a one-stop source for news, periodical articles and NPR transcripts on a wide range of topics with citations back to 1980 and millions of full-text articles. Updated daily.
Tennessee Newspapers
Search and browse four metropolitan Tennessee newspapers: The Knoxville News-Sentinel, The
Tennessean (Nashville), Commercial Appeal (Memphis), and The Chattanooga
Times.
Other newspapers
This database includes selected content from many newspapers.
General periodicals
Suitable for general reading on most topics, General Reference Center Gold integrates a variety of sources: newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications.
Scholarly periodicals
Expanded Academic ASAP and Academic OneFile are designed for research across all academic disciplines.
Oxford English Dictionary
"The definitive record of the English language" in the Second Edition (1989) with revisions.
Oxford Reference Center
Search over 100 authoritative books of quick reference (definitions, overviews) covering the full subject spectrum. Resources include English and bilingual dictionaries, companion books of a subject specialty, timelines, quotations, maps and illustrations.
Facts.com
The compilation of world news from 1940 to the present includes articles, maps, photos, biographies, country profiles, historic documents, and much more. Attention, students: This is a concise starting point for research into events, people and issues of the past 67 years, and the news digest articles are "primary source" material.
Virtual reference library
A hand-picked selection of hundreds of volumes of information across all subject areas.
Chilton Library
Thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.
Literature Resource Center
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
World Biography
Encyclopedias that profile influential people from around the world and in all disciplines, both historical and contemporary.
ReferenceUSA
This database provides U.S. business and residential directory information, useful for business profiles and personnel, customer mailing lists, market research.
Business Resources Combined
Search the Business Reference Books and General Business File together.
Business Reference Books
A collection of reference books for business research, including business plans, management, e-commerce, economic history, technology, and much more.
General Business File International
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and directory listings with full text and images available.
Business Plans Handbook
A collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America.
Business in Oxford Reference Online
This collection contains seven reference books covering accounting, banking, economics, finance, human resources, managment, and statistics.
Testing and Education Reference Center
Taking a career or academic skills exam? Looking for a college or graduate school? Need help finding scholarships? Use this database to take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks to obtain your education or career goals. Search thousands of college and graduate school entries and identify scholarships.
Learning Express Library
This service includes online study guides and practice tests for school grade levels, GED, college entrance, career licensing, civil service, U.S. citizenship, and military entrance exams. It also includes skills improvement courses for business writing, resume writing, job search, job interviewing, networking and career success.
Professional Collection
Articles from more than 300 full-text periodicals covering a variety of topics for teachers/educators, including: health and fitness, school law, drug and alcohol abuse, learning disabilities, sports, arts and humanities, social sciences, and psychology.
Informe
Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
Obituaries Index
An index to obituaries printed in Knoxville newspapers from 1991 to the present.
Marriage Index
An index to marriage records in the Knox County Archives for 1901-1940.
HeritageQuest
A leading source of genealogical information including over 25,000 family
and local history books and the entire U.S. Federal Census.
Tennessee Sanborn Maps 1867-1970
Sanborn fire insurance maps are valuable historical tools. They include information such as the outline of each building,
the size, shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures,
location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and
sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers.
Seven or eight different editions represent some areas.
History in Virtual Reference Library
This collection contains 18 resources for history.
History in Oxford Reference Online
This collection contains 28 reference books covering history.
This information is not a tool for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional care.
Health Encyclopedias in Virtual Reference Library
Search medical encyclopedias for articles on medicine, surgery, cancer, genetic disorders, alternative medicine, and related topics.
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, over 700 health videos, hundreds of pamphlets and health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications.
Medicine in Oxford Reference Online
This collection contains nine reference books on the body, drugs, nutrition, nursing, psychology, sports medicine, and more.
Points of View Reference Center
Presents multiple viewpoints on current issues and offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers. For 200 topics you'll find an overview and opposing arguments, plus articles from leading political magazines, newspapers, transcripts, primary source documents and reference books. Additionally, this database contains the Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, a searchable collection of some of the most important social, political, and cultural moments of the 20th century.
Law in Virtual Reference Library
This collection includes Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America, Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, National Survey of State Laws, West's Encyclopedia of American Law, and Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law.
Law in Oxford Reference Online
This collection includes The Oxford Companion to American Law, A Dictionary of Law Enforcement, Oxford Dictionary of Law, The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States, and The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions.
Literature Resource Center
Literature Resource Center provides biographies and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
Arts and Humanities Through the Eras
Profiling milestones and movements in the arts, literature, music, and religion from a specific period, each volume in this five-volume set helps students and researchers understand the various disciplines of the humanities in relation to each other, as well as to history and culture.
Literature in Oxford Reference Online
This collection contains 17 reference books covering writers and their works, classical literature, phrase and fable, literary terms, and much more.
Classical Music Library
The Classical Music Library is a comprehensive database of distinguished classical
recordings. It includes tens of thousands of licensed recordings that users
can listen to over the Internet. The audio selections are cross-referenced
to a database of supplementary reference information.
Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries
Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries® is a virtual encyclopedia of the
world's musical and aural traditions. The database includes an extraordinary
array of more than 35,000 individual tracks of music, spoken word, and natural
and human-made sounds.
African American Song
African American Song is the first online resource to document the history
of African American music in an online music listening service. The collection
contains a diverse range of genres such as jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk
songs, and narratives, among others.
Performing arts in Oxford Reference Online
This collection contains 8 reference books covering music, theater and dance.
Find local clubs and nonprofits
The Directory of Local Organizations lists many area chapters, clubs, and organizations. The Knox County Public Library maintains this directory with frequent updates.
NoveList
Use NoveList to find out about books--both fiction and nonfiction--and build your own reading lists. It can also help you find the reading order of books in a series.
What do I read next?
If you're not looking for novels or can't find what you want in NoveList, try this database. It covers hundreds of awards and favorites lists.
Religion encyclopedias and periodicals
This collection includes the Encyclopedia of American Religions, Encyclopedia of Religion, and the Religion & Philosophy Database.
Religion in Oxford Reference Online
This collection contains 12 reference books covering popes, saints, Bible, world religions, and philosophy.
There are additional online databases in some of the libraries for auto repair, biography, business, foundations and fundraising, genealogy, and literature. Call 215-8700 for information; we can FAX or mail articles to you.