TEL Tennessee Electronic Library A Virtual Library

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TEL Tennessee Electronic Library

A Virtual Library For All Tennesseans Open 24 -7 Over 400, 000 Electronic Resources Popular Magazines Scholarly Journals Newspapers Media Files Current Event Topics, Federal Census Records E-books

TEL History • In 1999, the Tennessee Electronic Library was created by TN legislature • TEL began with 18 databases • One vendor • Supported by federal funds

TEL Today 66 Different TEL Databases Six Vendors Permanent Funding All Still Free

Bottom Line If we had to buy this content… • Cost per School - $20, 000 to $40, 000 • Cost for all Tennessee libraries - $73, 207, 980 *Just for Gale databases, Learning. Express, Heritage. Quest, and EBSCO

Bottom Line TEL is Free. *Just for Gale databases, Learning. Express, Heritage. Quest, and EBSCO

How can TEL help you and your students? • Homework Help • Test Preparation • Job Skills Building • Consumer Health Information Photo retrieved from Flickr Nov 2008 http: //www. flickr. com/photos/10557450@N 04/2742473353

TEL Homepage What is it? Questions Where is it?

Tel Shortcut #1 Issues Points of View Reference Center

Tel Shortcut #2 Research Gale Power Search

Tel Shortcut #3 Test Prep Learning Express Library

Tel Shortcut #4 Newspapers Multiple Vendors Chattanooga Nashville Memphis and Knoxville

Tel Shortcut #4 Newspapers, Memphis and Knoxville

Tel Shortcut #4 Newspapers, Chattanooga

Tel Shortcut #4 Newspapers, Nashville

Tel Shortcut #5 Genealogy Heritage Quest Online

Tel Shortcut #5 Genealogy Heritage Quest Online Fun Fact Census Records are withheld from public viewing for 72 years, the statistical lifespan of the average America. The 1940 census records were released last month.