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Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost) is a multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. 
Access World News allows you to find current and archived articles on issues, events, people, government and more with the world's largest collection of state, regional, and national full-text newspapers and other news sources, including the Commercial Appeal, The Tennessean, Chattanooga Times Free-Press, Knoxville News Sentinel, and the New York Times.
African Newspaper Archive African Newspaper Archive (NewsBank/Readex) provides a full-text database of newspaper from Africa, spanning from 1800-1924.
American Memory (Library of Congress) American Memory, from the Library of Congress, provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html)
BigChalk eLibrary serves as a starting point for student inquiry. eLibrary features a powerful user interface designed to make research easy. Students find the answers they need from more than 2,500 fulltext magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts - plus thousands of pictures, maps, web links, and audio/video files.
Britannica Online includes the Encyclopaedia Britannica as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Britannica Student Encyclopaedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. It also provides an Internet directory to more than 300,000 sites selected by Britannica editors.  This is also filed under Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Chronicling America Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers provides free access to America's historic newspapers pages from 1836-1922 and the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/)
Custom Newspapers (InfoTrac) allows you to search a collection of more than 650 newspapers, both national and international.
The Directory of Open Access Journals provides over 4216 open access journals (1500 of which are searchable at the article level) that include large collections in biology, education, health sciences, history, library and information science, mathematics and the social sciences. (http://www.doaj.org/)
Ebrary is a comprehensive subscription database of e-books and other authoritative materials that includes more than 37,000 titles in 16 key subject areas. Students will need to download the ebrary reader onto their computer in order to read the available items. There is a download tab on the main page of ebrary that you may click to download.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica Online includes the Encyclopaedia Britannica as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Britannica Student Encyclopaedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. It also provides an Internet directory to more than 300,000 sites selected by Britannica editors.  This is also filed under Britannica Online.
Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) provides information on topics from arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology.  This database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
Eyewitness to History Eyewitness to History is a free site providing access to lots of primary sources.  The site contains materials from the ancient world to present. Text, photos, audio, and film clips are all included.  It does include some advertisements. (http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/)

Films On Demand

 Films On Demand offers streaming educational videos in a variety of subjects, including the humanities, social sciences, business, science, math, health and medicine.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac) is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).
General OneFile (InfoTrac) is a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
General Reference Center Gold (InfoTrac) is a general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
Heritage Quest (ProQuest) HeritageQuest (ProQuest) provides online and film products including census records, for genealogy and family history research.  This collection is for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Use HeritageQuest to find your ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled.

Islamic Heritage Project

 The Islamic Heritage Project, part of the Open Collections at Harvard University, has more than 280 manuscripts in subjects ranging from literature, Sufi texts, law, theology, and more.  (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ihp/)

Islamic Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art)

 The Islamic Collection at the Met includes 12,000 items, including 712 Islamic manuscripts. (http://metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/islamic_art/listview.aspx?page=1&sort=6&sortdir=asc&keyword=manuscript&fp=1&dd1=14&dd2=0&vw=0)
JSTOR provides access to archived backfiles of journals in arts & sciences, language & literature, general science, ecology & botany, and music. The full-text of journals is provided for each title beginning with Volume 1. Recent volumes may or may not be included, depending on the agreement between JSTOR and the publishers. Some titles may be from 2 to 5 years behind current publishing. Journals may be browsed or searched. 
Military & Intelligence Database (InfoTrac) has over 10 million articles (80% full-text) from more than 500 titles and basic reference materials.
National Digital Newspaper Project The National Digital Newspaper Project, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress, is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages.(http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/)
National Newspaper Index (InfoTrac) provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project The Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project is a free archive aiming to locate, document, digitize, and provide access to all archival materials related to Nelson Mandela, former South African president and anti-apartheid activist. It includes photographs, videos, diaries, manuscripts, and much more. (http://archive.nelsonmandela.org/#!home)
NetLibrary contains electronic books you can read online. Through our subscription with NetLibrary, you have access to over 19,000 books covering a wide variety of issues.  ***NetLibrary is now owned by EBSCO.***
OAIster is a combined library catalog describing the digital collections of a number of libraries. Digital resources can range from an old-time advertisement of electric refrigerators (from the Library of Congress American Memory project) to Harriet Beecher Stowe memoirs (from the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service Making of America collection). This resource provides access to resources from the "deep web" that are not normally returned by search engines such as Google and Yahoo. Some resources linked may have restricted access. (http://oaister.worldcat.org/)
The Online Library of Liberty is where electronic versions of classic books about individual liberty are stored. These texts go back some 4,000 years and cover the disciplines of economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, political theory, religion, war and peace. They are in a variety of formats - facsimile PDFs so scholars can view the original text, HTML for ease of searching and attractive layout, and text-based PDF EBooks for personal use. The Library also contains bibliographic information about the books as well as other "metadata" about the authors and editors. (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=110)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (InfoTrac) is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to websites. New to the database are Lexile reading levels for periodicals and an integrated national and state curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards.
Points of View (Ebsco) is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of 250 current issues. Similar to the Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.
The PolicyArchive is a digital archive of global, non-partisan public policy research, including summaries and full texts, videos, reports, briefs, and multimedia material of think tank, university, government, and foundation-funded policy research. (https://www.policyarchive.org/)
The Political Database of the Americas contains information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies, and other subjects related to the strengthening of democracy in the Americas. It contains 1,500 pages of information on 35 countries in the Western hemisphere. (http://pdba.georgetown.edu/)
Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg is a collection of free digitized books whose copyright has expired.  It contains more than 100,000 online books, which can be read on your screen or downloaded to an ebook reader. 

Project Muse

 Project Muse provides full-text access to current content from scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Religion & Philosophy Database (InfoTrac) has articles from more than 250 magazines and journals on religion, philosophy, archaeology, and anthropology, and covers the impact of religion on culture. Many articles are full-text.
Salem Press History Salem Press History provides online access to history reference titles currently held in the library collection.  Currently, we have access to the Historical Encyclopedia of American Business, Milestone Documents of American Leaders, and Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century.
Southern Life (InfoTrac) contains nearly 5 million full-text articles on topics that relate directly to Southern living, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more.
Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA) Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA) is a program of the State Library and Archives to create a digital repository of Tennessee history and culture. Its mission is to bring electronic versions of the state’s rich collections to a wider audience. TeVA provides a searchable array of historical records, photographs, documents, maps, postcards, film, audio and other original materials of enduring value. (http://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/)
US History Collection US History Collection (InfoTrac) has over 40 journals providing balanced coverage of both the current thought and events in US History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field; useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher.
Volunteer Voices Volunteer Voices is a statewide digital collection from Tennessee academic institutions. Among its goals are to develop digital collections that document Tennessee's history and culture and to facilitate use of these collections in K-16 classrooms and by the general public. (http://www.volunteervoices.org)
War & Terrorism Collection War & Terrorism Collection (InfoTrac) is a definitive collection for students of history, social science and current events, providing insight into conflicts and their multiple causes. References include 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
WilsonWeb OmniFile Full Text (now owned by EBSCO) dramatically expands your periodical resources with electronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals. Coverage back as early as 1982 ensures that every search is as deep as it is broad. Users have access to information on virtually any subject.
World Book Encyclopedia World Book Online provides online access to the popular encyclopedia.
World Digital Library The World Digital Library, started as a joint venture between the Library of Congress and UNESCO, makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. (http://www.wdl.org)
The World Factbook is produced by the US Central Intelligence Agency and provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. The Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as flags of the world, a physical map of the world, a political map of the world, and a standard time zones of the world map. (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html)
World History Collection (InfoTrac) is a collection of over 40 journals, providing balanced coverage of both the current thought and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field; useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher.