TEL
Sue Maszaros, TEL Coordinator

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A Virtual Library for Tennesseans.
Your 24/7 Library that you can take anywhere !
Contains over 400,000….
• Popular magazines
Time, Newsweek, Popular Science, Money, Fitness, Teen
People
• Scholarly journals
American Journal of Archaeology, Civil War History,
American Journalism Review, American Poetry
• Newspapers
Tennessean, Commercial Appeal, New York Times, Los
Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune
• Videos, Images, Podcasts, Current Event Topics,
Federal Census Records, E-books , and more!

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Patrons
Homework Help
Test Preparation
Job Skills Building
Consumer Health
Information
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Librarians
Reader’s Advisory
Reference Tool
Extension of your collection
Photo retrieved from Flickr Nov 2008 http://www.flickr.com/photos/10557450@N04/2742473353

What is it?
Academic OneFile (Gale)
America’s News Magazines (NewsBank)
Business Information
Custom Newspapers (Gale)
Encyclopedia of Small Busniess
Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)
Gale Virtual Reference Library (e-books) (Gale)
General Business File ASAP (Gale)
General Business File International (Gale)
General OneFile (Gale)
General Reference Center Gold (Gale)
Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale)
Health Reference Center Academic (Gale)
HeritageQuest Online (ProQuest)
Informe! (Gale)
Kids InfoBits (Gale)
Junior Edition (Gale)
LearningExpress Library (LearningExpress)
Literature Resources from Gale
Literature Resource Center (Gale)
Military & Intelligence Database (Gale)
National Newspaper Index (Gale)
Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO)
Professional Collection (Gale)
Religion & Philosophy Database (Gale)
Science Database
Scribner Writers Series (Gale)
Southern Life (Gale)
Student Edition (Gale)
Tennessee Newspaper Collection
(NewsBank)
Twayne Authors Series (Gale)
Volunteer Voices
What Do I Read Next? (Gale)

• Concept envisioned by TENN-SHARE
• In 1999, the Tennessee Electronic Library was created by TN legislature
• TEL began as a collection of 18 databases with only one vendor and solely supported by federal funds
• Literature Resource Center was added to TEL in
2006, made possible by pledges from Tennessee
Libraries.
• In 2007-08, TEL added 4 new products to its collections, which was made possible additional funding provided by the Tennessee General
Assembly.

Funding for TEL is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)*, the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee , and pledges from Tennessee
Libraries .
TEL is administered by the Tennessee State Library &
Archives , a division of the TN Department of State,
Tre Hargett, Secretary of State .
* IMLS is a federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities
Photo by Homer Township Public Library. Retrieved from Flickr Aug 2008 http://www.flickr.com/photos/homerlibrary/140289203/

How much would TEL cost
YOUR Library?
School Libraries:
$20,000 to $40,000 per year*
Total Cost for all School Libraries in TN:
$34,365,430 per year*
Total Cost for all Libraries in TN:
$73,207,980 per year*
*Just for Gale databases, LearningExpress, HeritageQuest, and EBSCO

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Library Web

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TEL SHORTCUTS BY GRADE LEVEL or SUBJECT
ISSUES
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EBSCO Points of View Reference Center
RESEARCH
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GALE Databases
BY SCHOOL GRADE :
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Elementary, Middle, High School
• Includes TEL DATABASES &
WEBSITES
TN NEWSPAPERS
• NewsBank’s Tennessee Newspaper
Collection
TEST PREPARATION
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LearningExpress Library
GENEALOGY
• ProQuest’s HeritageQuest Online
BY SUBJECT
• Extensive subject listings
Science, Language Arts, Health &
Nutrition, Social Studies,
Tennessee History
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Includes Resource Types
Magazines & Newspapers,
Podcasts, Videos, etc.

SCHOOL GRADE LEVEL

TEL Tutorials
 Fact Sheets
 Navigation & Search
Guides
 Webcasts
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Trouble with a Database?
 Contact the Database Vendor Technical
Support
OR
 Contact TEL Coordinator – Sue Maszaros sue.maszaros@state.tn.us
Trouble with Logging In?
 Contact TEL Coordinator –
Sue Maszaros sue.maszaros@state.tn.us

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Sue Maszaros sue.maszaros@state.tn.us