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Find encyclopedia and journal articles on all kinds of topics to help with school projects


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Articles about TEL

Peterson's 2023 Winter Test List

Updates to Peterson's Test and Career Prep

New tests have been added or updated in Peterson's Test and Career Prep. 

PebbleGo Now on TEL!

PebbleGo is now available on TEL!

Happy 2023!  TEL is off to a great start with the addition of PebbleGo! PebbleGo is now available on TEL and TEL4U. Tennesseans now have access to PebbleGo’s Science and Social Studies modules in English and Spanish.

Homepage of Gale in Context - Environmental Studies

New TEL Databases

TEL has addedGale in Context: Environmental Studies and Comtempoary Women's Issues.

American Sign Language available in Transparent Language

Transparent Language has added a 30 hour course in American Sign Language (ASL).

Comparing Citation Generators in TEL Databases

Many of the vendors in TEL have citation generators available in their databases, including Gale, World Book, ProQuest Historical Newspapers, and the Digital Library of Tennessee.

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Search for books, articles, newspapers and more from Gale databases. This function does not return results from World Book, HeritageQuest, the Tennessean, State Library resources, R.E.A.D.S. ebooks and audiobooks, or Transparent Language. Visit these individual resources to perform a search.

Featured Resources

Pebblego Homepage

PebbleGo

Transparent Language alphabet screenshot

Transparent Language Online

Tennessean Front Page Oct 17, 2022 - Cinematic Moment in Knoxville

The Tennessean (2010-Present)

TEL4U.org homepage

TEL4U.org

What is TEL?

The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) is an online library that gives Tennessee residents access to magazines, journals, newspapers, essays, e-books, primary source materials, test preparation, homework help, genealogy records, career search, and more! TEL resources are available free to the public from any computer with Internet access in Tennessee.

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