Welcome to the Germanytown Community Library City of Germantown
placeholder
placeholder
placeholder
placeholder
 
Reference Tools

Online Databases

These databases are accessible within the library as well as home. To access these databases from home, you will need to have a library card. Some of these databases are provided as part of the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL). To access them remotely you will need to use "elvis" as your password.

 

 

 

 

 

Federated Search

 

Tennessee Electronic Library          The Tennessee Electronic Library has a                                                           federated search for the simultaneous search                                                           of multiple online databases or web resources and                                                              is an emerging feature of automated,

                                                          web-based library and information retrieval systems.

 

 

Automotive

Auto Repair Reference Center This database contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1954; over 10,000 factory drawings and step-by-step photographs; over 65,000 technical service bulletins and recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer; wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing; specifications and maintenance schedules; Labor Time & Estimator; Quick Tips, a complete guide to vehicle ownership and maintenance with unlimited remote access. Use your library card number to access this database remotely.

Business

General Business File 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. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.

Computers

Computer Database Use this database to find computer related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.

Education

LISTA

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database is a free resource to anyone interested in libraries and information management. This world-class bibliographic database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. LISTA indexes nearly 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings. With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.

Professional Collection Full text articles for school faculty and administrators. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.

 

Teacher Reference Center (TRC)

 

This index of more than 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals and books is now also offered free via the EBSCOhost platform. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more for K-12 Teachers & Librarians.

 

En Español

Informe (la biblioteca electronica de Tennessee) Una coleccion de revistas hispanicas con textos completes. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnologia, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.

Genealogy

Ancestry Library Edition

Inside Library only, remote

access not allowed

Search for information using a variety of online records including U.S. Census data, birth, marriage and death records, and the United Kingdom Census Collection.

Footnote.com

Inside Library only, remote

access not allowed

 

 

 

HeritageQuest Online

(This is a TEL database)

The Footnote.com collections feature documents, most never before available before on the Internet, relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, U.S. Presidents, historical newspapers and naturalization documents.  In addition to hosting millions of records, Footnote supports a community of people that are passionate about a variety of topics relating to history.

 

Research U.S. Census records (1790-1930), books and history articles, Revolutionary War records, Freedman’s Bank records (1865-1874), and more. Please use 'elvis2008' as your username and 'tslapatron' as your password when connecting remotely.

General Reference

 

 

Custom Newspapers     This innovative full-text newspaper database features more than

                                      150 cover-to-cover newspapers from around the globe plus 

                                      an additional 300 sources of selected news and business coverage.

                                      Easy to search and featuring an ever-growing list of available titles,                                         InfoTrac Custom Newspapers is your one-stop online  

                                      newspaper collection.

 

Expanded Academic ASAP A good source for college and high school research papers. Subject coverage includes humanities, social sciences, general sciences, and current events from 1980 to the present. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.
   
Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office). This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.
General Reference Center Gold Search over 8 million journal articles by subject or keyword. This is a single point of access to full text periodicals, journals, reference books, investment reports, dictionaries, newsletters, pamphlets and maps. Includes 3,207 full text journals. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.
Infotrac OneFile 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. Infotrac OneFile includes all the periodical titles in the Tennessee Electronic Library databases. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.
   

Newsbank

 

 

 

National Newspaper Index

The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as both your user ID and your password when connecting remotely.

Search abstracts of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.

   

Health and Wellness

Health and Reference Center Academic 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. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.
 
Health and Wellness Resource Center Full text articles on health issues from reference books and periodicals. A good resource of consumer information on alternative medicine and nutrition. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.

 

Literature

Literature Resource Center The LRC provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Groups core literary databases in a single online service, the LRC covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most studied authors. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.

Novelist Plus

Novelist Plus is a readers' advisory resource for nonfiction and is an upgrade to the enormously popular fiction NoveList product Augmenting the fiction with nonfiction reading material provides patrons with a complete solution from which to answer the ubiquitous question of what to read next. Use your library card number to access this database remotely.

Scribner Writer's 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. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.
Twayne Author's Series Comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.
What do I read next Find reading recommendations based on favorite titles or topics. Find books in a series or by genre. Includes author biographies, awards and bestseller lists for all ages. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.

Military

Military and Intelligence Database Selection of titles from Infotrac OneFile specific to military and intelligence themes. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.

Regional History

Volunteer Voices The website is a grassroots effort to build a digital collection of Tennessee history from each and every one of our counties. Libraries, museums, historical societies, and individuals are working to create this online collection of primary source material.
Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA) TeVA is a program of the State Library and Archives to create a digital repository of Tennessee history and culture. Our mission is to bring electronic versions of the state's rich collections to a wider audience. TeVA provides a searchable array of historical records, photographs, documents, maps, postcards, film, audio and other original materials of enduring value.
Tennessee State Library and Archives The TSLA website contains a variety of information on exhibits on Tennessee history. Links are available as well to reach other services provided by TSLA including state and county record retrieval. Full description of services are provided on the corresponding web pages.
Southern Life This resource contains nearly 5 million full-text articles on topics that relate directly to Southern living, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as both your user ID and password.

Science

 

GreenFile

 

 

 

 

Science Databases

 

This database is a freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology.

 

This collection contains millions of articles from over 1,600 magazines, journals and reference materials on all aspects of the sciences.  This is a TEL database.  Please use "elvis" as both your user ID and password.

 

   

Social Studies

Infotrac Religion & Philosophy Custom Database Selection of titles from Infotrac OneFile specific to religious and philosophic themes. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.

Points of View Reference Center

This database contains full text articles for students detailing essays from multiple perspectives on current controversial issues. Essays are accompanied by thousands of supporting articles from the world's leading sociopolitical publications. This is a TEL database.

Students (K-12)

Infotrac Junior Edition This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.
Infotrac Student Edition This periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.
Kid's InfoBits Meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through grade 6. It features newspaper and magazine articles. This is a TEL database. Please use "elvis" as your password when connecting remotely.

LearningExpress

Library

 

This database offers practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help you succeed on academic or licensing tests.  This is a TEL database. 

 

 
Testing & Education Reference Center This database helps users prepare for higher education and the work world. Need to practice for a specialized test for college, graduate school, the military or trade school? Want to learn more about colleges and universities that interest you? Need help writing your admissions application essay? This database can help you prepare for all of these things. Use your library card number to login.

Also Available

The American Heritage Dictionary is available from some EBSCO databases. Click on the dictionary button to access it.

Both TEL and EBSCO allow you to search multiple databases at once.