Tennessee Electronic Library
The new and improved edition.
Overview and training guide prepared for
Lake City Elementary School
By: Kelly Raye Williams, LMS
Revised
September 9. 2013
What is TEL?
• The Tennessee Electronic Library is a virtual
library accessible from any computer with an
internet connection in Tennessee.
• TEL provides access to more than 400,000
electronic resources including:
Magazines, Newspapers, Practice Tests, e-books,
Career Materials, Genealogy, Tennessee History, and
Health Information.
The Value of TEL
• TEL saves the schools and libraries of
Tennessee $94,445,493 each year.
• The total saving for each elementary is
$23,357.
• These are subscription databases the state
is funding for all Tennessee residents.
Kids Info Bits
• Research database designed especially
for K – 2nd graders to learn researching
skills. This database using picture icons to
guide student searches.
– The following slides show a brief guided tour.
Just click on your topic. Let’s chose
animals.
Let’s choose
mammals. So, just
click.
Let’s view Pandas.
Just click.
Note: different types
of sources
Legend to show
reading level.
Choose and click
Yes, when needed, it does
read the article for you.
TEL 4 U!
• A Universe of Free Resources for Grades
K-5. (Students and Teachers)!
• Includes
– Homework Help
– State History
– E-books
– Games and Activities
– The following slides show a
brief guided tour.
Just a few more
• InfoTrac Junior
• Gale Power Search
• Educator’s Complete Reference Center
• These three databases allow you to create your
own account with an e-mail address so that you
can save your searches. Please let me know
when you want another training session on
utilizing these databases.
Create your personal
account here
Benefits of Creating Account
Click on advanced search
What I can do
• Save searches
• Bookmark articles
• Saved articles
Now Announcing
The Complete World Book On-Line has been added to TEL!
New This year….
• World Book Encyclopedia has
been purchased this year through
our TEL funding!!!!
Please note: I am still learning how to create web pages using the
SchoolinSites Program. Therefore, this presentation includes the
picture icon for specific World Book interfaces, that will be added to
our web page soon.
Different Interfaces for World Book
•
World Book Kids
•
World Book Student
•
World Book Advanced
•
Early World of Learning
The following slides show a brief guided tour.
Type in your search
term. Then press the
search button.
Select article
and click on
hyperlink
Notice the ability to sav
new project. Be sure t
click on the articles you
want placed in this
research project.
No matter which interface you choose to utilize from World Book
Online, at the bottom of the page you will find an training guide and
online tutorial. They are EXTREMELY helpful.
The Learning Express Library
This database has test prep questions starting at 4th
grade.
Each user will need their e-mail address to create an
account.
Test and modules can be added to individual accounts
and test results can be printed.
The following slides show a brief guided tour.
Our school’s access to TEL can
be found on the LCES Library
Media Center links page.
http://www.lces.acs.ac/?PageName=Library&Page=Links
A copy of this document will also be available for your
review on the media center’s page.
Happy Searching!!!!