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Encyclopedias & Reference
Magazines | Newspapers
Automotive
Books, Literature Criticism & Poetry
Business & Non-profits
College & Careers
Genealogy
Government
Health & Wellness
Kids Homework | Teen Homework

Encyclopedias & Reference

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Search specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources.
Includes: Encyclopedia of World Biography | Encyclopedia of Small Business | Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine | Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine | Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations And More...

General Reference Center Gold - TEL
Search specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources.
Includes: Columbia Encyclopedia | World Almanac & Book of Facts And More...

Points of View Reference Center - TEL
Series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).

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Magazines

General OneFile - TEL
Search this index of 9,309 scholarly, trade, and general-interest periodicals. Includes indexing of magazine titles from 1980 to the present with 5,163 full-text titles. The collection includes 3,257 images. Infotrac OneFile includes all periodical titles found in the Tennessee Electronic Library databases. To browse a list of the periodicals in OneFile, see the Title list.

Academic OneFile - TEL
Peer-reviewed, full-text articles. Covers the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. To browse a list of the periodicals in OneFile, see the Title list.

Expanded Academic ASAP - TEL
Full-text articles from 3,525 scholarly, trade, and general-interest periodicals including 2,167 full-text titles. Subject coverage includes humanities, social sciences, general sciences, and current events from 1980 to the present. A good source for college and high school research papers. For a list of the periodicals in Expanded Academic ASAP, see the Title list.

LISTA - Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts
This free database, provided by EBSCO, provides indexing and abstracting of more than 600 LIS periodicals.

Science Database
Millions of articles from over 1,600 magazines, journals and reference materials on all aspects of the sciences.

Newspapers

New York Times
(1999 -- present) An index of full-text articles. Includes articles from the New York Times Magazine and New York Times Book Review.

Wall Street Journal
(1984 -- present) An index of full-text articles.

The Tennessean
1999 - present Full-text of articles from the current Tennessean newspaper.
January 1995 - October 2001 - Citations for articles from past issues of the Tennessean.

Select Tennessee Newspapers
Search the Tennessean, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Memphis Commerical Appeal, Knoxville News-Sentinel.

Custom Newspapers - TEL
Search past articles from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Herald, Raleigh News & Observer, and over 600 other U.S. newspapers. Includes international newspapers.

National Newspaper Index - TEL
Search abstracts of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post.

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Automotive

Auto Repair Reference Center
Detailed information on approximately 25,000 domestic and imported vehicles from major manufacturers. Repair information for most vintage makes start as far back as 1954. Includes factory drawings and step-by-step photographs; technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer; wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing; maintenance schedules; Quick Tips, and more. Information from Nichols Publishing, publisher of Chilton auto repair manuals.

Recommended Websites - Automotive

Books, Literature Criticism & Poetry

Overdrive Audiobooks
Digital audiobooks may be downloaded to your PC or portable device.

Netlibrary Downloadable Audiobooks
Downloadable Audiobooks from NetLibrary and Recorded Books are digital versions of the latest best sellers, book club favorites, award winning authors. The files may be downloaded and listened to on a computer or portable listening device. Instructions

Literature Resource Center (LRC) - TEL
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Includes more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.

• Contemporary Authors Online
• Dictionary of Literary Biography Online
• Discovering Authors
• Scribner Writers Series
• Twayne's Author Series
• Merriam Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
• Selected content from Literature Criticism Online
• Peer-reviewed literature criticism journals

Literature Criticism Online
Scholarly and popular commentary from books, journals, magazines, broadsheets, pamphlets, diaries, and newspapers. This database contains the articles from these popular print materials:

• Contemporary Literary Criticism
• Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism
• Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism
• Literature Criticism from 1400–1800
• Shakespearean Criticism
• Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism
• Poetry Criticism
• Short Story Criticism
• Drama Criticism
• Children's Literature Review

Literary Index
Find a bibliography of entries on a literary author or work in Gale Reference books.

Litfinder (Poem Finder)
Search 800,000 poetry citations and 125,000 Full-text poems. Also find short stories, essays, speeches, and plays.

Novelist
Discover new books to read! Search the 57,000-title database by subject or genre. Browse 350 different categories of science fiction, romance, mysteries, fantasy, horror, westerns and adventure.

Scribner Writers Series
Scribner Writers Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 2,000 authors and literary genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner print series.

The Twayne Authors Series
Comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors.

What do I read next? - TEL
Find reading recommendations based on favorite titles or topics. Find books in a series by genre. Includes author biographies, award & bestseller lists for all ages.

Project Athena & TELiNET
Use Athena to simultaneously search catalogs of Nashville academic libraries. Search TELiNET, formerly Impact, to find materials in other Tennessee public library catalogs. Contact Interlibrary Loan at 862-5780 to borrow printed materials from other libraries.

Recommended Websites - Literature, Grammar & Writing

Business & Non-profits

Reference USA
Search over 12 million businesses by name, location, or yellow pages headings. Generate lists based on NAICS codes, zip codes, geographic area and industry.
Search over 120 million residences in national white pages by name, location, or phone number.

Valueline
Valueline Investment Survey Online. PDF help guide.

General BusinessFile ASAP
Provides full-text articles from 2,424 business and management journals, trade/industry publications, and national business magazines, plus indexing for 700 more. Also includes Company Profiles. Formerly Business & Company ASAP.

General BusinessFile 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.

Foundation Directory Online Professional - Only Available at Main Library Reference
A directory of private philanthropic and grant making foundations. The Nashville Public Library offers this resource as a cooperating collection of the Foundation Center.

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online - Only Available at Main Library

SRDS Media Solutions (In-library use only)
The most comprehensive and current resource for objective information on advertising opportunities in business and consumer publications, direct marketing list sources, newspapers, radio and television/cable markets.

Stat-USA - Contact the Reference Desk for access
Provides access to business, economic, and trade related information as reported by the Federal government. It contains: State of the Nation (SOTN), Global Business Opportunities (GLOBUS) and National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), USA Trade Online databases. Access to STAT-USA is provided through a partnership between the U.S. Government Printing Office and the Department of Commerce and is available free of charge to Federal depository libraries nationwide.

Recommended Websites - Business

College & Careers

Testing and Education Reference Center
Online practice tests and test prep books for college/graduate school admissions, exams to help you earn college credit, civil service/licensing exams, and military entrance exams, plus the G.E.D. Also has college and financial aid search tools.

Learning Express
Online practice tests for the ACT, SAT, TOEFL, and the G.E.D; exams to help you earn college credit; civil service/licensing exams; and military entrance exams.

Recommended Websites - Careers

Genealogy

Ancestry Library Edition (In-library use only)
Available on all library computers, this database offers complete Census Records from 1790-1930; military records; court, land, and probate records; vital and church records; directories; and passenger lists. Due to licensing restrictions, this database is not accessible from home or other offsite computers.

Heritage Quest Online
Complete Census Records from 1790-1930; 20,000 family and local histories; PERSI; selected records from the Revolutionary War Era Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application files; and the Freedman's Bank 1864-1874.

Obituary Index
Search obituaries from the Tennessean 1964-2002.
*Obituaries after 2002 are accessible through the Library Catalog using the Subject Search.

Marriages Recorded in Nashville, 1864-1905
The Marriage file indexes marriages recorded in Nashville from 1864-1905. Search by Bride or Groom.

Nashville Photographs at the Metro Archives, 1940-1976

Government

Government Documents Catalog Service
Complete Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications from 1976 to the present. This database contains over 400,000 cataloging records, many of which are available at Nashville Public Library. Provides links to Internet documents and nearby libraries that receive federal publications.

Stat-USA - Contact the Reference Desk for access
Provides access to business, economic, and trade related information as reported by the Federal government. It contains: State of the Nation (SOTN), Global Business Opportunities (GLOBUS) and National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), USA Trade Online databases. Access to STAT-USA is provided through a partnership between the U.S. Government Printing Office and the Department of Commerce and is available free of charge to Federal depository libraries nationwide.

Recommended Websites - Government

Health & Wellness

Health and Wellness Resource Center - TEL
Full-text articles on health issues from reference books, periodicals. A good resource of consumer information on alternative medicine and nutrition.

Health Reference Center Academic - TEL
Provides consumer health information from medical journals, consumer health magazines, health pamphlets, and medical reference books. Contains many articles in full-text on medicine, nutrition, diseases, fitness, pregnancy, public health, occupational health & safety, alcohol and drug abuse, health insurance, prescription drugs, etc.

Salem Health
Online version of Magill's Medical Guide.

Recommended Websites - Health