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Tennessee Electronic Library
TEL
Sue Maszaros, TEL Coordinator
What is it?
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What is TEL?
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Tennessee Electronic Library
A Virtual Library for Tennesseans. Your 24/7 Library that you
can take anywhere!
Contains over 400,000….
• Popular magazines
Time, Newsweek, Popular Science, Money, Fitness, Teen
People
• Scholarly journals
American Journal of Archaeology, Civil War History,
American Journalism Review, American Poetry
• Newspapers
Tennessean, Commercial Appeal, New York Times, Los
Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune
• Videos, Images, Podcasts, Current Event Topics,
Federal Census Records, E-books, and more!
Resource for
Patrons
•
Homework Help
•
Test Preparation
•
Job Skills Building
•
Consumer Health
Information
Librarians
•
Reader’s Advisory
•
Reference Tool
•
Extension of your
collection
Photo retrieved from Flickr Nov 2008 http://www.flickr.com/photos/10557450@N04/2742473353
What is it?
TEL Databases
Academic OneFile (Gale)
America’s News Magazines (NewsBank)
Business Information
Custom Newspapers (Gale)
Encyclopedia of Small Busniess
Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)
Gale Virtual Reference Library (e-books) (Gale)
General Business File ASAP (Gale)
General Business File International (Gale)
General OneFile (Gale)
General Reference Center Gold (Gale)
Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale)
Health Reference Center Academic (Gale)
HeritageQuest Online (ProQuest)
Informe! (Gale)
Kids InfoBits (Gale)
Junior Edition (Gale)
LearningExpress Library (LearningExpress)
Literature Resources from Gale
Literature Resource Center (Gale)
Military & Intelligence Database (Gale)
National Newspaper Index (Gale)
Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO)
Professional Collection (Gale)
Religion & Philosophy Database (Gale)
Science Database
Scribner Writers Series (Gale)
Southern Life (Gale)
Student Edition (Gale)
Tennessee Newspaper Collection
(NewsBank)
Twayne Authors Series (Gale)
Volunteer Voices
What Do I Read Next? (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?
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
Photo by Homer Township Public Library. Retrieved from Flickr Aug 2008
http://www.flickr.com/photos/homerlibrary/140289203/
TRUE TEL Cost?
How much would TEL cost
YOUR Library?
School Libraries:
$20,000 to $40,000 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*
*Just for Gale databases, LearningExpress, HeritageQuest, and EBSCO
What is it?
Where do you find TEL?
Questions
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Library
Web
www.tntel.info
What is it?
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Where is it?
Questions
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TEL Databases
TEL SHORTCUTS
BY GRADE LEVEL or SUBJECT
ISSUES
BY SCHOOL GRADE:
• EBSCO Points of View Reference Center •
Elementary, Middle, High School
RESEARCH
• GALE Databases
TN NEWSPAPERS
• NewsBank’s Tennessee Newspaper
Collection
TEST PREPARATION
• LearningExpress Library
GENEALOGY
• ProQuest’s HeritageQuest Online
•
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
How do I find…?
TEL Help?
TEL Tutorials
 Fact Sheets
 Navigation & Search
Guides
 Webcasts
How do I find…?
How do I find…?
TEL Help?
Trouble with a Database?
 Contact
the Database Vendor Technical
Support
OR
 Contact TEL Coordinator – Sue Maszaros
[email protected]
Trouble with Logging In?
 Contact TEL Coordinator –
Sue Maszaros
[email protected]
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Where is it?
Sue Maszaros
[email protected]