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Ancestry Library Edition (In-library access only)
Reference USA | PowerSearch
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Encyclopedias & Reference
World Book - TEL
Based on the World Book Encyclopedia, the site features rich multimedia, a collection of age-appropriate science fair projects, a Biography Center, etc. .
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).
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.
Newspapers
The Tennessean
(1999 -- present) An index of full-text articles.
The New York Times
- Indexed Articles (1980 - present) Includes articles from The New York Times Magazine and The New York Times Book Review.
- Digital Microfilm (2008 - present) Photo reproduction of actual newspaper (primary source documents)
Wall Street Journal
Tennessee Newspapers - TEL
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.
Ebooks
Overdrive Downloadable Audiobooks & eBooks
Digital audiobooks may be downloaded to your PC or portable device.
Tumblebooks
Talking Childrens picture books. Available for iPad.
Books & Literature
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.
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.
Books & Authors - TEL
Explore the latest genre fiction, essential non-fiction and the authors behind the titles. Browse these and other works, using tools that make finding them and remembering them easy.
WorldCat.org: Nashville Public Library
FirstSearch: WorldCat
Use FirstSearch and WorldCat to do a comprehensive search of published material held in libraries worldwide. Use to verify citations, and to identify other libraries that own an item.
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.
Business & nonprofits
Foundation Center collection at Nashville Public Library
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 (Limited to 10 users at a time)
Valueline Investment Survey Online. PDF help guide
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, and more. PDF Quick Guide | PDF User Guide (20 pages)
Limited to two users at a time. If you encounter a busy screen, please wait and try again.
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.
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.
USA Trade Online - Contact the
Reference Desk
for access
Provides access to business, economic, and trade related information as reported by the Federal government.
College & Careers
LearningExpress
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.
Foundation Grants to Individuals Online (Main Library Only)
Excellent resource for locating education scholarships, research funding and other grants to individuals.
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.
USA Trade Online - Main Library Only
Provided by the U.S. Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division, USA Trade Online provides current and cumulative U.S. export and import data on more than 18,000 export commodities and 24,000 import commodities worldwide.
Government Documents
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.
Language
Mango Language Learning
Mango is an online language learning system that can help you learn Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish and English as a Second Language (Spanish). Email is not required to start learning.
Signing Savvy
Signing Savvy is a sign language video dictionary that contains American Sign Language (ASL) signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs.
Music
Freegal
Download music in MP3 format. Library members may download up to five songs per week. These do not need to be returned.
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