This resource is only available in the library. Highly technical research in physics.
Science, math, and technology
The National Climatic Data Center (of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) is responsible for preserving, monitoring, assessing, and providing public access to the climate and historical weather data for the United States. A variety of data sets are available.
(Formerly Lynda.com) Offers thousands of courses in business, job and creative subject areas in several languages. Tutorials are segmented and indexed into tasks for just-in-time learning, and course playlists can map to specific job roles or competencies. New courses are added weekly. Many courses include downloadable practice files.
Signing in automatically creates an account in order to track course progress, create playlists of potential coursework, and keep course notes. First time users will be prompted to select topics of interest. Please read LinkedIn's Privacy Policy and Website Use Policy before starting. If you must change your library card number, your account on LinkedIn will be created on the new number, and there is no way to merge the old account with the new one.
You can use your LinkedIn Learning account in the mobile app.
- Download the LinkedIn Learning app from Google Play or Apple App Store and open it
- Select "Sign In"
- Don't enter your email, but look below that box and select "Sign in with your library card"
- Where you find "Enter your Library ID" tap on the box and enter "knoxlib" (all lowercase, no quote marks)
- Use your library card number and PIN and select "Continue"
A data-driven factual answer engine, not a website indexing search engine. Crunches data on a wide range of topics, with particular strength in science, technology and math computations.
Hundreds of volumes of encyclopedias and other ebooks covering all subject areas. Gale eBooks is included in Gale Power Search which searches the content of the ebooks along with magazines and other resources. If you want to browse the ebooks as books, this Gale eBooks interface is the better choice.
A collection of tens of thousands of ebooks and videos on essential and high-demand topics for business, coders, educators, makers, gamers, and those simply looking to grow personally and professionally. Books are fully searchable and always available, no "on hold" waiting.
O'Reilly for Public Libraries was purchased for the Library through the Shelton Bequest and Friends of the Library.
Covers climate change, environmental issues, entrepreneurship, finance, economics, agriculture, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, physical science, and physics.
Environmental indicators with interactive graphics provides a tool to track environmental performance and progress towards sustainable development.
Many popular topics and even more obscure ones are researched by the agency and summarized for the public. Scan the A-Z index for a more complete list of topics, but popular ones include air, water, bed bugs, chemicals and toxins, greener living, and health.
From cooking to 3D printing, to making just about anything fly, Instructables document countless hours of tinkering, soldering, stitching, frying, and fun, making just about anything.
Make: Projects is way to share projects online for creating, hacking, and learning new skills. Make: Projects started with projects from MAKE magazine (find current issues at Lawson McGhee Library), but expands through member sharing.
Organizations and spaces that support creative work in the Knoxville area.
A gateway to government science information and research within several federal agencies.
Award-winning coverage of breaking news in science, with research articles, encyclopedia entries, book reviews, and videos.
An online catalog containing most of Smithsonian major collections from museums, archives, libraries, and research units, with over 1.3 million images, videos, audio files, podcasts, blog posts and electronic journals.
The Open Access images can be used without attribution. Use in your homework or presentations with no guilt.
Search for and apply for patents and trademarks and learn about intellectual property protections.
References on web development languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, SQL, W3.CSS, and Bootstrap.
A global science gateway comprised of national and international scientific databases and portals.