Tennessee Electronic Library

What is TEL ?

TEL is the Tennessee Electronic Library - a collection of online databases available to  you at no cost through your public, academic, school and non-profit libraries.

Who pays for TEL?

TEL is administered by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, a division of the Tennessee Secretary of State's office. Currently, funds for TEL are made available under the Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). Additional funding from the State of Tennessee will be needed in the future to continue TEL.

What is available on TEL ?

• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• InfoTrac OneFile
• General Reference Center Gold
• Expanded Academic
• Informe
• General Business File
• Junior Edition
• Student Edition
• Health Reference Center Academic
• Computer Database
• Military & Intelligence Database
• Religion & Philosophy Database
• Professional Collection
• Health & Wellness Resource Center
• Kids InfoBits
• What Do I Read Next?
• National Newspaper Index
• Junior Edition
• Student Edition
• General Business File International
• Literature Resource Center

How do I access TEL?

Password: Elvis

Tennessee Electronic Library

TEL TIP

When you access the databases you can either search all databases at once or individually. Some of the databases only have indexes and not full text articles. If you search databases individually you can check a box to only show you full text articles.