| Reference Databases |
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| Electronic information resources |
The Sevier County Public Library System subscribes to online databases as a free service to our patrons. Find |
| pertinent information on specialized topics, census records, articles and more. Call 865•453•3532 or visit the |
| main library or any of the branches for help with these resources. |
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| The 111 Greatest Acts of the Anglo-American Folk Tradition |
| A science librarian by day and an expert on Alfred Russell Wallace, Charles H. Smith is the developer of a |
| number of award-winning sites in folk and classical music. His newest ranks 111 folk legends, complete with |
| annotations, and then adds links to video recordings on You Tube. A very popular site. |
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| American Library Association |
| The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world. ALA offers professional services and publications to members and nonmembers, including online news stories from American Libraries and analysis of crucial issues from the Washington Office. |
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| Ancestry© | library edition |
| Genealogy, Family Trees and Family History Records online. Ancestry | library edition can only be accessed by |
| visiting the Sevier County Public Library System main library, the Kodak Branch, Seymour Branch or the |
| History Center. |
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| Better Business Bureau |
| Better Business Bureau - "Serving Greater East Tennessee". This web site is for reports, alerts/news, or to file a complaint about a business. |
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| Credo Reference |
| Provides access to a digital library of 200+ reference books across subject disciplines (dictionaries, thesauri, image collections and encyclopedias). |
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| Global Change Master Directory |
| Use this site to locate global change research data from 1200 government agencies, universities, and other |
| institutions worldwide. Included are descriptions of more than 16,000 data sets in a variety of topics from |
| agriculture to human dimensions to sun-earth interactions. |
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| HeritageQuest online |
| Find information about people and places by using Census Records, Books, PERSI, The Revolutionary War |
| Records and Freedman's Bank. Requires a library card for access. |
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| LearningExpressLibrary |
| LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial |
| course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing |
| tests they must pass. Sign in as a "new user" and set up an account. The user name will be your library card. |
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| MARS |
| Best free Reference Web Sites. This is composed of an index of the web sites included in the 1999-2006 annual |
| lists issued by the Mars Best of Free Reference Web Sites Committee of the Machine-Assisted Reference |
| Section (MARS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of (ALA) to recognize outstanding |
| reference sites on the World Wide Web. |
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| Martin Luther King, Jr. papers Project |
| In 1985 Coretta Scott King asked Stanford historian Clayborne Carson to edit and publish the papers of Martin |
| Luther King Jr. Since then, numerous resources illustrating his life have been published online. Here you can |
| read his biography, view a chronology of his life, and listen to some of his most famous sermons like |
| ©The American Dream. |
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| MortgageLoan Personal Finance Glossary |
| Rates Quotes, News & Advice. Over 700 financial terms & definitions to help you save money. |
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| Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century |
| A portal to the presidential libraries and their digitized collections covers everyone from Herbert Hoover to Bill |
| Clinton. Educational units on such topics as the stock market crash of 1929, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and |
| the 1979 Iran hostage crisis provide teachers with resources for students. |
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| ProQuest Obituaries |
| Newspapers currently indexed are: The Chicago Tribune, Los Angelos Times, and The New York and the |
| Washington Post. Requires a library card for access. |
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| R.E.A.D.S. |
| Regional eBook & Audiobook Download System Catalog |
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R.E.A.D.S. Law-related ebooks PDF |
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| ReferenceUSA |
| The number 1 source of information on businesses and people for researchers, students job seekers and |
| government agencies. This database includes: |
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InfoUSA RESIDENTIALl - A database of over 210 Million Residents |
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InfoUSA BUSINESS - Access to 14 Million Businesses |
| Library card required. |
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| Science.gov |
| A place to go for science information and results of scientific research. A collaborative effort of 12 federal science |
| agencies, this search engine goes into the deep web of databases and more than 50 million pages of scientific |
| information. It serves as a gateway to more than 1800 scientific web sites. |
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| SCPLS Business Directory |
| A data base for Sevier County Business Directory. To submit a business, please email: |
| kwilliams@sevierlibrary.org. |
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| SIRS PUBLISHING - Some of the featured databases are: |
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SIRS Discoverer - An award-winning, general reference resource for young researchers (grades 1-9). |
| It helps students develop research, writing, language and computer skills. Ask a librarian for the code |
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SIRS Researcher - A highly-acclaimed general reference database containing thousands of full text |
| articles and analysis on today's hottest and most controversial social, scientific, health, historic, |
| economic, political, and global issues. Ask a librarian for the code & password. |
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SIRS Decades - Delivers thousands of relevant primary and secondary sources documenting life and |
| events in 20th-century America. Ask a librarian for the code & password. |
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| Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) |
| This resource is brought to you by the Tennessee Department of State, State Library and Archives. Funds for |
| TEL are provided in part by the institute of Museum and Library Services, a Federal grant-making agency |
| dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities. |
| Additional funds are provided by Tenn-Share member libraries throughout the State. Call 865.453.3532 or your |
| local library for the password |
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Some of the featured databases are as follows: |
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GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY - Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of |
| encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. |
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INfo-TRAC ONEFILE (1980-Mar 2007) - A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a |
| wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, |
| health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, |
| technology, and many general interest topics. |
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GENERAL REFERENCE CENTER GOLD (1980-Mar 2007) - A general interest database that |
| integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. |
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EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP (1980-Mar 2007) - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, |
| science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access |
| scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images! |
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INFORME (1994-Mar 2007) - Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca |
| negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. |
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GENERAL BUSINESS FILE (1980-Mar 2007) - 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 company directory listings |
| with full text and images available. |
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JUNIOR EDITION (2004-Mar 2007) - 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. |
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STUDENT EDITION - A periodical database 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. |
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HEALTH REFERENCE CENTER ACADEMIC (1980-Mar 2007) - A Multi-source database that |
| provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal |
| health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center. All in a single, easy- |
| to-use database, The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. |
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COMPUTER DATABASE (1980-Mar 2007) - 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. |
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MILITARY & INTELLIGENCE DATABASE - Over 10 million articles (80% full-text) from more |
| than 500 titles and basic reference materials. The content in this database is also part of InfoTrac |
| One File. |
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RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY DATABASE - Articles from more than 250 magazines and journals on |
| religion, philosophy, archaeology, and anthropology, and covers the impact of religion on culture. Many |
| articles are full-text. The content in this database is also part of InfoTrac Onefile. |
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PROFESSIONAL COLLECTION - Articles from more than 300 full-text periodicals covering a |
| variety of topics for teachers/educators, including: health and fitness, school law, drug and alcohol abuse, |
| learning disabilities, sports, arts and humanities, social sciences, and psychology. |
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ACADEMIC ONEFILE (1980-Mar, 2007) - Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer- |
| reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive |
| coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature |
| and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles |
| available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate |
| information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. |
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER (1980-Mar 2007) - Provides instant access to |
| carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical |
| journals, numerous reference volumes, over 700 health videos from partner Healthology, Inc., |
| hundreds of pamphlets and health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition |
| to a broad collection of Thomson Gale reference titles. |
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KIDS INFOBITS(Mar 2007) - This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, |
| health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
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WHAT DO I READ NEXT? - What Do I Read Next? includes over 125,100 recommended titles, |
| more than 67,900 plot summaries, and awards information from 568 awards, all to help users uncover |
| new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. |
| Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more. |
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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER INDEX 1977 - Mar 2007 - National Newspaper Index provides quick |
| access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, |
| The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. |
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JUNIOR EDITION - K12 - 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. |
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STUDENT EDITION - K12 - 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. |
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General Business File International (1980-Mar 2007) - 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. |
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LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER - LRC (Mar 2007) - Find up-to-date biographical information, |
| overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all |
| time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds |
| citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, |
| linked to full text where available. |
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The on-line edition of the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture is a joint project of the Tennessee |
| Historical Society and the University of Tennessee Press. This fully searchable version of the print edition, |
| originally published in 1998, contains over 1,500 entries. The online version has updates to existing entries, new |
| entries, more than five hundred additional images, plus audio and video files. |
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| Tennessee Legal Resource Links |
| Suggested State Information for Tennessee. The PDF file has link information for Constitution and State codes, |
| State form books and addresses for State Libraries. |
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| Tennessee Property Data Online |
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The information presented on this site is used by county Assessors of Property to assess the value of real estate |
| for property tax purposes. Data on this site exists for 89 of Tennessee’s 95 counties. Links are provided for |
| Davidson, Hamilton, Knox, Rutherford and Shelby. |
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| Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture |
| An online edition of the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, a definitive and comprehensive |
| reference work on the Volunteer State cosponsored by the University of Tennessee Press and the Tennessee |
| Historical Society. |
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| Vote 411 |
| Launched by the League of Women Voters Education Fund in October 2006, this site is a one-stop source for |
| election-related questions. Here you can find information about voting options, election dates, candidates, |
| polling places, registration deadlines, and even voting machines. |
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| Womenfolk: Creativity Through Quilting Past & Present |
| This expansive quilt history site allows you to view quilt patterns and read their stories while traveling through |
| history. Online articles and exhibits include America’s Quilting History: African American Presence, Children’s |
| Quilt History; Early Quilting and Textiles; and Quilts from Around the World. |
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