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Arts & Literature

Author Check

Description

Track your favorite author, explore new authors in your favorite category, track books in series and receive email notification when a new book by your favorite author arrives at a branch of the Rutherford County Library System.

BookFlix

Description

An interactive literary resource that builds a love of reading and learning in a fun. BookFlix pairs classic video storybooks with nonfiction eBooks to reinforce reading skills and develop knowledge. Also includes educational games, author profiles, vocabulary, and more.

Books and Authors

Description

Combines more than 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award-winner, and librarian-favorites lists to help bring readers and literature together.

Digital Public Library of America

Description

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is an all-digital library that aggregates metadata — or information describing an item — and thumbnails for millions of photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. DPLA brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. 

Fine Arts and Music Collection

Description

This collection will provide you with resources to support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

Kanopy

Description

Using your Rutherford County Library System card, you can access Kanopy. With an expertly curated collection of narrative and documentary films we think you’ll enjoy, we’re pleased to bring this streaming service to our community.
 

New Book Alerts

Description

Free online service that showcases the newest titles purchased by the Linebaugh Public Library System. You can sign up to receive alerts via email and/or RSS feeds. If you see a new title that you are interested in, just click “check catalog” to place a hold on the item right away.

Selectreads

Description

Selectreads allows you to sign up for a wide variety of book lists and newsletters from RCLS.

USA Learns

Description

Learn English FREE and Prepare to Become a U.S. Citizen with USA Learns!

Chilton Library

Description

Quick online access to repair, maintenance and service information on seven decades of vehicles, including cars, trucks, vans and SUVs.

DMV Permit Practice

Description

Practice our sample permit tests and driver's license tests for free as many times as you need to - until you're ready to take the real DMV test.

ePermitTest

Description

Want an easy pass on your permit test? Get it with our 2020 practice permit tests! FREE, STATE-SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, IMAGES! Nail your DMV test now!

Permit Test Practice

Description

The #1 permit test preparation website. Have all your resources in one place and focus on passing the test the first time around! We believe in making permit test prep accessible. So we’re the only site to offer comprehensive permit test preparation – for free.

VIN Decoder

Description

A Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) is a unique 17-digit alphanumeric code that is assigned to every motor vehicle at the time of manufacture. It ensures that the vehicle is accurately identified and facilitates easy access to vital information about the vehicle's past.

Business Collection

Description

Provides coverage of all business disciplines, including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice.

Economics and Theory

Description

This collection provides academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics. Perfect for business classes, users will find more than 150 full-text journals to support their research.

Entrepreneurship

Description

Perfect for business schools and entrepreneurs, this compilation provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories.

Entrepreneurship

Description

Learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.

Foundation Directory Online

Description

FDO is a valuable resource for non-profits, containing a comprehensive codified database of 140,000+ grantmakers, 700, 000+ recipient profiles and 14 million+ grants, combined with powerful search filters allow you to find and narrow down top prospects. 

Available only on location at the Technology Engagement Center.

Gale Business: Insights

Description

Research global companies and industries with in-depth analysis through current news, statistical data, and comprehensive reports.

Home Improvement

Description

This collection of home improvement focused titles covers topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.

hoopla

Description

Instanly borrow eBooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, music, and more, 24/7 with your library card.

Albert Gore Research Center

Description

A manuscripts repository dedicated to preserving and making available for research primary source materials related to Tennessee history. Located at MTSU.

Ancestry Library Edition

Description

A comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical research. It includes searchable images of U.S. federal census records, the Social Security Death Index, and a variety of vital, church, court, and immigration records. This database is for in-library use only.

HeritageQuest Online

Description

One of America's favorite tools for researching genealogy. It combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI Genealogy & Local History collection, and other valuable records.

Tennessee Death Records (1908-1959)

Description

Provided through the Tennessee State Library and Archives, these digitized records are now available on Ancestry.com through an agreement with TEL. You will need to create a free account with Ancestry.com to view images. Only these records can be viewed outside the library on Ancestry.com.

Tennessee Vital Records

Description

How and where to obtain copies of birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates.

TNGenWeb

Description

Volunteer project to create a source location for online genealogical research for every county in Tennessee.

Culinary Arts Collection

Description

Includes major cooking and nutrition magazines, culinary journals and several Delmar Reference titles. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

Health and Medicine

Description

Full texts of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources.

Medline Plus

Description

Provides information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues. Learn about the latest treatments, look up information on a drug or supplement, or view medical videos in this free site produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library.

Career Prep

Description

Choosing a career path doesn't come easy. Whether you're heading straight into the workforce or you're entering college first, our career tools help you get a handle on what you're interested in, the skills and training you'll need, and what you can expect from your career path. Discover which careers suit you best, research potential career options, and explore the requirements and outlooks for the occupations you're interested in.

TechGuide

Description

TechGuide provides actionable information to help readers make data-driven decisions on the best tech-related educational and career opportunities. 

Vocations & Careers

Description

This collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

Transparent Language

Description

Combining extensive courses and supplemental resources for over 100 languages, including English, Transparent Language Online is the most complete language-learning system.

Daily News Journal

Description

Click HERE to access the digital archives of the Daily News Journal, the Carrier's Courier (Sewart Air Force Base newspaper 1949-1968), the Rutherford Courier newspaper (1931-2005), the Morning Press (also called Murfreesboro Press) (1978-1983), and the Murfreesboro Post (2006-2018). This resource is for in-library use only.

Historical Nashville Tennessean (1812-2002)

Description

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1812 - 2002

Historical Newspapers: Knoxville News Sentinel

Description

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1887 - current

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Description

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1847 - current

News

Description

This full-text newspaper database of more than 1,000 newspapers allows you to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned fields.

Popular Magazines

Description

Includes more than 1,000 of the most searched magazines across our InfoTrac products.This database is 100% full text and includes over 600 titles.

Rutherford County, TN Magazine

Description

Rutherford County Tennessee is the county's premier magazine and provides a comprehensive view of the community's vibrant business climate and stellar quality of life. 
 

Tennessee AG Insider Magazine

Description

A guide to Tennessee’s farms, food and forestry, Tennessee Ag Insider is sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and features stories about the state’s livestock, crops, agribusiness, agriscience, food safety and local products.

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Academic OneFile

Description

The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from world-leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.

American Archive of Public Broadcasting

Description

Watch and Listen to 60 years of recorded history with this free access to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting's 50,000 hours of recorded content.

Communications and Mass Media Collection

Description

This collection provides current and accurate information on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and more.

Digital Library of Tennessee

Description

Digital Library of Tennessee (DLTN) brings together more than 80,000 unique cultural heritage resources from libraries, archives, and museums in the state of Tennessee. DLTN highlights historical narratives, such as the state’s pivotal role in the ratification of the 19th amendment to the United States Constitution which gave women the right to vote; and primary source formats, including maps, musical performances, photographs, newspapers, postcards, and oral histories.

The website centralizes access to rich, hard-to-find resources in Tennessee and is intended for everyone: K-12 educators, scholarly researchers, local historians, and the general public.

Gale EBooks

Description

A database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and other reference sources.

Gale in Context - Elementary

Description

For students in Kindergarten through Grade 5, with information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

General One File

Description

A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

High School

Description

Provides contextual information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events.

Information Science

Description

This collection provides current and accurate information for the information professional. Coverage includes such topics as data processing techniques, metadata architectures, publishing and more.

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Agriculture

Description

With broad coverage of agriculture and its related fields. Content spans the industry — from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture.

Environmental Studies and Policy Collection

Description

Provides robust coverage of environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.

Gardening & Horticulture

Description

Research this collection of journals focused specifically on gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. Includes content relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies.

PebbleGo

Description

Use PebbleGo Science, Social Studies, Ciencia, and Estudio Sociales to help children build confidence in their technology, language, research, and reading skills. 

Science

Description

Millions of articles on all aspects of the sciences.

Hospitality and Tourism

Description

This collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism fields, while also allowing for focused study of specialized aspects of the industry - including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more.