Library Media Center

How many a man can date a new era in his life from the reading of a book  --Thoreau

 

Online Databases, Web Search Engines and Resources*

Williamson Cty Resources:
ONLINE DATABASES

Proquest(See librarian for password for home access)
Tennessee Electronic Library (See librarian for password for home access)
Grolier Ency.(See librarian for password for home access)
WEB SEARCH:
NetTrekker(See librarian for password for home access)
Additional Magazines Online
Find articles.com
Web Subject Links
Career Links 

Biology
Consumer Info
Countries
Criminal Justice
English Literature
Geography
Government
Health &
     Nutrition

 

 

General Search Engines/ Directories
Google
About
Ask Jeeves
Yahoo
Internet Public
       Library
Pinpoint Search Engines
Altavista
All the Web
Scholarly Search Engines/
Directories

Librarians'
    Index
Meta  Search Engines
Dogpile
Metacrawler
Webcrawler
Ixquick
Specialty Databases or "Hidden Internet" Databases
Gary Price
    Direct

Internets
Invisible Web
Complete
    Planet
Infomine
General Reference
The Internet Public Library
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online
Dictionary.com
Library of Congress
A & E Biography
Web Museum
Museums Around the World

Virtual Library
Primary Source Documents
Online Literature Library 
Electronic Texts @ University of Virginia
 

Digital Collections 

Perseus Project (Classics) 
Avalon Project @ Yale
Making of America 
Historical Texts @ Hanover
American Verse Project 
Bibliomania 

Women Writers 

Literature (public domain)
 
Project Bartleby
Victorian Women Writers' Project 
Medieval Studies
Tudor England

Philosophy by date
Alex Electronic texts
 

 

 

Online News
The Review Appeal
The Tennessean
Middle Tennessee News Sources
Time Online
CNN News
U.S. News Online
USA Today
Newspapers Online
**New Newpaper Index
New York Times
Washington Post
Web Subject Links
Maps
Mythology
Nursing &
     Medicine

Performing
     Arts

Science
Sports Medicine &
     Recreation

 


 

 

*These links are not under the control of WCS, and the district is not responsible for the contents of any of these linked sites or any link contained in a linked site,  or any changes or updates to such sites.  These links are offered to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any l ink does not imply endorsement of the site by our district.

The size of a school library's staff and collection is the best single predicator of student achievement, outweighing school spending in general, the income and education of the parents, and the teacher-pupil ratio.  The Impact of School Library Media Centers on Academic Achievement:  White House Conference on School Libraries.