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Tennessee Records on Ancestry.com
Tennessee records, including birth, death, and tax lists are available online thru a partnership with Ancestry.com. While other Ancestry.com resources require a subscription; these records are free for Tennesseans.
Tennessee State Library & Archives Education Outreach
Explore primary sources, lesson plans, and other educational tools designed for social studies teachers and students. Content is organized by both historical eras and Tennessee social studies content standards.
Tennessee State Symbols
List of Tennessee State Symbols, State Holidays, State Songs and Flag Status
Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA)
Digital repository of Tennessee history and culture featuring historical records, photographs, documents, maps, postcards, film, audio and other original materials of enduring value.
Test and Career Prep
Taking a college entrance or licensing exam? Looking for a college or graduate school? Need help finding scholarships? Take online practice tests and use test prep ebooks. Search thousands of college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet financial needs.
The Informant
The Informant is a student created and run organization designed to inform Tennessee students of the bills being introduced, debated and voted on within the Tennessee state legislature.
Transparent Language Online
Learn over 110 different languages with Transparent Language Online. You can learn English from 30 different languages. Lessons for kids too!
U.S. History
Useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher, this collection of journals provides balanced coverage of both current thought on events in U.S. history as well as scholarly work established in the field.
Vocations And Career
Provides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career.
Volunteer Voices
Volunteer Voices is a state-wide digitization project that will provide access to primary sources that document Tennessee's rich history and culture.
War And Terrorism Collection
This definitive collection for analysts, risk management professionals, and students of military science, history, and social science is comprised of more than 200 subject-appropriate, full-text periodicals that are updated daily.
World Book Advanced
Online encyclopedia, perfect for high school students, that features thousands of reference articles, primary sources, and online books. It also includes up-to-the-minute access to worldwide news publications, government links from numerous countries, and multimedia materials.
World Book Discover
Provides reference resources for students reading below grade level with content and tools specifically developed for these students.
World Book Early Learning
An immersive, educational experience for young learners eager to learn more about the world around them while learning to read.
World Book eBooks
Includes highly illustrated, engaging titles that support a span of curriculum areas and reading levels.
World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
Spanish language interface for World Book Encyclopedia featuring thousands of easy-to read articles packed with stunning illustrations, videos, interactive maps, and engaging games and activities.
World Book Kids
World Book Kids is a general reference website developed especially for young students. The site offers image-based navigation, easy‐to‐read articles, thousands of illustrations, and a wealth of engaging games, science projects, and activities.
World Book Online
World Book Online will allow you to navigate easily to all the World Book encyclopedias included in TEL.
World Book Student
Features more than 40,000 encyclopedia and reference articles, biographies, videos, images, and activities that support middle school research needs.Pages
Tennessee Secretary of State
Tre Hargett
