Databases

USING DATABASES FROM THE THS LIBRARY

Issues & Controversies/Bloom’s Literary Reference Online:
Issues: Extensive coverage of today’s hot topics with unbiased analysis and related resources.
Literary Reference:  Essays and criticism examining the lives of great authors and their works throughout history. Biographies of authors, synopses, analyses, and literary criticism of works, as well as information on major and minor literary characters.

ProQuest Literature and History Study Center:  (Search term MUST be spelled correctly!!) 
History Study Center: historical reference materials including study units, documents, maps and reference, and multimedia images.
ProQuest Learning: Literature: contains author biographies, bibliography of works with KnowledgeNotes summaries of major works, and links to criticism and multimedia images.

Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL):  
Homework Help

  • Gale Literary Sources: Criticism, biographical information and more about writers.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library: research eBooks
  • Opposing Viewpoints in Context: views on social current topics
  • Research in Context: magazine and journal articles; multimedia information
  • Student Resources in Context
  • Tennessee State Archives and Library
  • World Book Advanced

Test Prep: practice tests and tutorial courses
Career Tools:  information about jobs
Genealogy:  genealogy and family history resources
Transparent Language Online and HeritageQuest Online

Most of these articles can be e-mailed to your personal e-mail account.  Try to use Boolean searching to narrow your search topic.  See a librarian for any help you may need.

Databases