| 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 (formerly Xreferplus) |
| 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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| Language Learning Library |
| Your informational source for learning a language. |
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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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| National Sex Offender Public Website |
| This Web site is provided as a public service by the U.S. Department of Justice ("the Department"). Using this Web |
| site, interested members of the public have access to and may search participating state Web site public information |
| regarding the presence or location of offenders, who, in most cases, have been convicted of sexually-violent offenses |
| against adults and children and certain sexual contact and other crimes against victims who are minors. The public can |
| use this Web site to educate themselves about the possible presence of such offenders in their local communities. You |
| must agree to the "Conditions of Use" before you you will be able to get into the offenders information. |
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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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