Online Databases

These databases are accessible within the library or from your home. To access databases from home, you will need a library card. Some of databases are provided as part of the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL). For assistance accessing TEL databases remotely, please call (901) 757-7323.

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Power Search | Academic and Career Resources | Biography | Business | Education | En Espanol | Genealogy | General Reference | Health and Wellness | History | Language | Lifestyle | Literature | Military | Newspapers & Magazines | Regional History | Science | Social Studies | StudentsPower Search

• Gale Power Search - Follow this link to simultaneously search multiple Gale databases from Tennessee Electronic Library.  This is a TEL database.

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• Accreditedschoolsonline.org - This guide discusses important considerations for distance learning and highlights the differences between a traditional 4-year degree and online schooling. Topics include finding a program, tuition and fees, accredited schools, and staying organized.
• DMV-Permit-Test.com - Free study materials and practice tests for Tennessee car, motorcycle and CDL licenses. This new website includes new driving tests and updated motorcycle and CDL sections.
• Gale OneFile Vocations and Careers - Provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals. This is a TEL database.
• Gale Presents: Peterson's Career Prep - Create a resume, explore career paths and find guidance for job searches. This is a TEL database.
• LinkedIn Learning - LinkedIn Learning has thousands of educational videos and courses for your personal and professional learning needs. You get a certificate with each skill you learn that can be submitted to your HR department, and you can earn badges for your LinkedIn profile. This service is free for everyone with a Germantown Community Library card.
• Testing & Education Reference Center - Offers preparatory materials for specialized tests for college, graduate school, the military and trade school, information about colleges and universities, help writing admissions essays, and more. This is a TEL database.

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Biography

• Gale in Context Biography - Authoritative reference content, primary sources, and more on historically significant figures and present-day newsmakers. Use your library card number to log in when connecting remotely. 

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Business

• Gale Business Entrepreneurship - How to start, finance or manage your small business. This is a TEL database.
• Gale Business Insights: Essentials - Company and industry information. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Business - Accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and more. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Communications & Mass Media - Advertising, public relations, linguistics and more. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Economics & Theory - Topics in economics. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Entrepreneurship - Provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories for entrepreneurs. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Insurance & Liability - Asset protection information for everyone, from individual property owners to multinational corporations. This is a TEL database.
• Value Line Online - Click here to access the online version of Value Line using your library card number.

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Education

• Educator's Reference Complete - Access articles on educational principles, child development and psychology. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Information Science - Information on data processing techniques, metadata, cataloging and more. This is a TEL database.
• Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts - A free bibliographic database providing coverage of subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, information management and more.
• Gale Onefile Leadership and Management - Full text articles for school faculty and administrators. This is a TEL database.
• How To Teach Kids About Money - This guide provides tips for talking with kids about money and modeling healthy financial habits. It discusses what level of financial awareness is appropriate for each age level, from ages 3-19. The guide is accredited by the Better Business Bureau. 

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En Espanol

• Informe Académico - Una coleccion de revistas hispanicas con textos completes. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnologia, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. This is a TEL database.

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Genealogy

• American Ancestors - Resources for New England genealogy research. In-library use only at Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center.
• Ancestry Library Edition - Includes U.S. Census data, birth, marriage and death records and the United Kingdom Census Collection. In-library use only at Germantown Community Library and Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center
• Fold3 - Features documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, U.S. Presidents, historical newspapers and naturalization records. In-library use only at Germantown Community Library and Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center.
• HeritageQuest Online - Research U.S. Census records (1790-1930), books and history articles, Revolutionary War records, Freedman's Bank records (1865-1874) and more.
• HistoryGeo.com -A family history service that links old maps and land records to geneaology research. In-library use only at Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center.
• Newspapers.com -Over 4,000 newspapers from the 1700s to 2000s to support geneaology research. In-library use only at Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center.

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General Reference

• Gale Academic OneFile - Peer-reviewed full-text scholarly content across the academic disciplines. This is a TEL database.
• Gale eBooks - Encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. This is a TEL database.
• Gale General Onefile - News, magazines and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines. This is a TEL database.
• JSTOR - Inside Library only, remote access not allowed - A digital library of more than 1,500 academic journals, books and primary sources.
• World Book Online - Access World Book Online Reference Center, World Book Online Info Finder, World Book Online for Kids and more. This is a TEL database.

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Health and Wellness

• Gale OneFile Health & Medicine - Academic resources for health research. This is a TEL database.
• Gale Health & Wellness - Consumer health issues and nutrition topics with information from reference books and periodicals. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Nursing and Allied Health - Nursing topics for professionals and students. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine - Fitness and sports topics. This is a TEL database.
• MedLine Plus - Provides information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues. Learn about the latest treatments, look up information on a drug or supplement, or view medical videos in this free site produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library.

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History

• Gale Onefile U.S. History - Balanced coverage of current thought and events in U.S. history. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile World History - Balanced coverage of covering current thought and events in world history. This is a TEL database.
• Black Freedom Struggle - Expertly selected open primary source documents that include historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.

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Language

• Transparent Language Online - Learn 100+ languages, from Afrikaans to Zulu, plus ESL for speakers of 25+ languages. This is a TEL database.

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Lifestyle

• Gale Onefile Gardening and Horticulture - Information for gardening enthusiasts and professionals alike. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Home Improvement - Architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements and more. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Hospitality and Tourism - Journals, magazines and trade publications covering travel and tourism. This is a TEL database.

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Literature

• Bloom's Literary Criticism - Direct access to more than 500 full-text eBooks from the Bloom's Literary Criticism series. Use your library card number to log in.
• Gale Books & Authors - Looking for a good book? Start here! This is a TEL database.
• Gale Literature: Litfinder - Literary works and authors throughout history, including more than 150,000 full-text poems, short stories, speeches and plays.
• Project Gutenberg - A large collection of public domain eBooks.

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Military

• Gale OneFile Military & Intelligence - A selection of titles specific to military and intelligence themes. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile War & Terrorism - Covers conflicts and their causes, impact and perception on a global scale. This is a TEL database.

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Newspapers & Magazines

• Gale OneFile News - Full-text newspaper database. Includes selected Commercial Appeal back issues. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Popular Magazines - A selection of articles from popular magazines. This is a TEL database.
• Nashville Tennesseean (1812-2002) - Access full text articles and obituaries from 1812 to 2002. This is a TEL database.
• Nashville Tennesseean (2002-Present) - Access full text articles and obituaries from November 7, 2002 to the present. This is a TEL database.

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Regional History

• Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture - Over 1,500 articles on Tennessee. Cosponsored by the University of Tennessee Press and the Tennessee Historical Society.
• Tennessee State Library and Archives - Tennessee history, with links to state and county records.
• Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA) - A digital library of Tennessee history and culture from the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
• Volunteer Voices - Tennessee history with material from each Tennessee county.

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Science and Technology

• Gale OneFile Agriculture - Topics from practical farming to cutting edge research. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Environmental Studies and Policy - Diverse perspectives on environmental issues and policies. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Science - Articles on scientific developments from a wide variety of fields. This is a TEL database.

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Social Studies

• Gale in Context Opposing Viewpoints - Viewpoint essays, primary sources, biographies, statistics and more. This is a TEL database.
• Gale Onefile Criminal Justice - Articles on law, law enforcement, forensic science and other related topics. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Culinary Arts - Searchable recipes, restaurant reviews and industry information. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Diversity Studies - Explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global society. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Fine Arts - Drama, music, art history and filmmaking. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Gender Studies - Gender studies, family and marital issues and more. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Pop Culture - Pop culture in social science, history, art and liberal arts. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Psychology - Emotions, personality and the human mind. This is a TEL database.
• Gale OneFile Religion & Philosophy - Religion, philosophy and anthropology. This is a TEL database.

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Students

• Gale in Context: Middle School - Research resources for middle school students. This is a TEL database.
• Gale in Context: High School - Research resources for high school students. This is a TEL database.
• Gale Kid's InfoBits - Meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through grade 6 with access to newspaper and magazine articles. This is a TEL database.

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