To access our databases from home, you need to use the barcode number from the back of your Kingsport Public Library borrower’s card. The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) databases (active link) include full-text magazine articles from general interest, health, business, Spanish, childrens', and literary criticism publications. It also includes reference e-books. Ancestry Library The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection. In the coming year, still more indexes and original images will be added to the new Immigration collection. Please note: This resource is available only on the computers from inside the Kingsport Public Library – it is NOT available to you at home or work through our Web site (unlike our other databases). You will need to come to the library to use this particular online database. Heritage Quest: Collection of over 25,000 family history books and the U.S. Census from 1790 through 1930. Also includes the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files and Freedman's Bank Records. Grolier Online Adult and children’s encyclopedias: The New Book of Knowledge: Reference and current events for elementary readers and up. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: Quick reference and the news for middle school and high school students. Encyclopedia Americana: In-depth research and worldwide current events for middle school, high school, and college students. Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en linea: Complete encyclopedia for Spanish speakers and Spanish-language students. The New Book of Popular Science: In-depth science, plus science in the news for middle and high school students. Lands and Peoples: Up-to-date information for country and state reports, plus Mexican states in Spanish, for middle and high school students. America the Beautiful: State-by-state history and current events for elementary and middle school students. Marquis Who’s Who on the Web: Access to over 1.2 million biographies of people from 1607 to current times. WilsonWeb Biography Reference Bank Over 500,000 biographies, including more than 36,000 images. Also features book review excerpts from BOOK REVIEW DIGEST PLUS. Chapter a day: online book club Join one or more of eleven online books clubs and receive an email five days a week of a "chapter a day" from a popular book in your selected book club. Each week you'll receive a different book. Choose from nonfiction, audio, business, fiction, good news, horror, mystery, prepublications, romance, science fiction and teen. Oxford Reference Online Fast access to top-quality, authoritative information on every subject - from Art to Zoology! Oxford Reference online: Premium Collection combines rich and scholarly resources with authoritative, quick-reference coverage of the full subject spectrum. It also offers excellent functionality, and a wide range of additional material such as maps, illustrations, and timelines. LearnATest. Test preparation materials and interactive practice exams, including GED, GRE, ACT, SAT, ASVAB, Praxis, TOEFL, and skills improvement courses (with Spanish instructions.) How do you use it? Users need to sign up as a “New User” the first time they access the service, Returning users can login with their username and password. Ferguson's Career Guidance Center A comprehensive career research database that is broken down into three main sections: Jobs, Skills, and Resources. College Source A virtual library representing 38,089 college catalogs and over 31,900,000 course descriptions! Full cover-to-cover, original page format with 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools. TumbleBookLibrary TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleReadables TumbleReadables is your an online read-along collection. TumbleTalking Books TumbleTalking Books - is an online audio library.  Tennessee Newspaper Collection The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Points of View Reference Center Points of View Reference Center serves thousands of libraries and other institutions with premium content in every subject area.