(Note: current PVT account required for off-campus access)

We now have two federated searches for our article databases.

The "AGent" search lets you search up to 10 of our databases with one search. Most, but not all, of our databases are included in this search. Click here to search AGent. On the login screen,  just click on the "Begin" button and start searching.

The "Gale Power Search" lets you search more than one of the Gale/Thompson databases with one search. The Gale/Thompson databases include our Tennessee Electronic Library databases, such as General OneFile, Health and Wellness Resource Center, the Computer Database, Biography Resource Center, and Literature Resource Center. Click here to use the Gale Power Search.

What is "federated searching"?

Usually, when you search an article database, you only have access to the publications in that one database. Federated searching lets you choose up to 10 databases to be searched at once. This is very basic searching, since it has to work in multiple databases. For advanced searching, you will need to search the databases one at a time, by going to the Databases A-Z page, or the Databases by Subject page.

The AGent federated searching at Columbia state is provided through the Tennessee Board of Regents. It is a work in progress. More databases will be added as they become available.