Humanities Full Text

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Includes feature articles, interviews, obituaries and original works of fiction, drama and poetry in all fields of the humanities from art, classical studies, and film to journalism and more.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Religion & Philosophy

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Database covers topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Axis360

Axis360 offers ebooks and eaudiobooks you can borrow from your library and read or listen to FREE on your smartphone, tablet or desktop. We have best-selling titles for adults, teens and children. You can access these titles 24/7, even when the library is closed. Just download the Axis 360 app from your device’s app store and using your library card, you can start reading or listening!

BookBrowse

Reviews, recommendations, read-alikes, books by theme, author bios and interviews, resources for book clubs, and more. Access from anywhere using your library card number.

Book Review Digest Plus

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Brings together book reviews on subjects such as art, biography, business, education, general interest, history, humanities, literature, music and more with coverage back to 1983.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Consumer Health Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general health topics, including disease such as cancer and diabetes; weight management and exercise; allergies; senior care; social emotional health; developmental disorders; and natural health. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

EBSCOhost Ebook Collection

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Read or check out e-books, available through EBSCOhost?s electronic book collection.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Gale Books & Authors

Answer the age-old question, “What do I read next?” Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres, or topics. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Information Science & Technology Abstracts

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A database for the areas of information science, indexing includes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings, with ongoing comprehensive coverage. Enhanced to include cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for 80 core information science and technology titles. Coverage dates as far back as the mid 1960's. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts

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Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Literary Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of literary-related subjects. Selections include literary criticism, study guides, and classics such as Emma, Dracula and Frankenstein. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

MAS Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for high school students. Topics include biography, history, careers, language arts, literature, government, health, math, science, current events, and social-emotional health. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects. Topics include biography, history, careers, cooking, literature, genealogy, health, parenting, personal finance, politics, architecture, science, current events, social-emotional health, sports, and travel. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Middle Search Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for middle school students. Topics include social studies, math, history, language arts, technology, geography, culture, and science. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Overdrive

You can now access Craftsy classes from within the Libby app or on the Libby website! When you check out a class, you will have access to that class plus any other Craftsy classes for 7 days. After 7 days, you can check out again for more time.

Access e-books, e-audiobooks, and over 3000 magazines from the Libby app on your mobile device, as well as in your web browser at https://libbyapp.com/library/hadc.  

Primary Search Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for primary school students. Topics include social studies, history, language arts, geography, culture, math, and science. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

TeachingBooks.net

Thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities. 

Book Connections is the public library interface for TeachingBooks. Signing in allows you to create your own reading lists, among other things.

Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program. 

WorldCat

Catalog of library materials owned by libraries around the world. 

Business Abstracts with Full Text

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Offers full-text articles from hundreds of key publications, and provides access to product evaluations, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, statistical rankings and more.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Reference Center

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Disaster Recovery Reference Center covers periodicals focusing on business continuity and disaster recovery. Includes fulltext articles and is updated weekly. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Business Source Complete

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World's largest resource of full text business publications; includes all discplines of business such as marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, banking, finance, etc. Selected coverage as far back as 1886. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program. 

Gale Business: Entrepreneurship

Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale Business: Insights Global

Compare global economies, countries, and industries with in-depth analysis on over 400,000 companies. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Regional Business News

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Updated daily, Regional Business News provides comprehensive full-text for 35 international newswires and 49 regional business publications. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Small Business Reference Center

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Contains more than 450 full-text reference books and nearly 400 full-text periodicals that provide detailed “how-to” instructions to address small business topics, such as buying and selling a business, managing employees, writing a business plans, understanding legal information, a business and much more.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Weiss Financial Ratings

Important Financial Literacy Tools from Weiss Ratings & Grey House Publishing

• Independent, Unbiased Financial Strength Ratings of Banks, Credit Unions & Insurance Companies
• Conservative Buy-Hold-Sell Ratings of Thousands of Stocks, Mutual Funds & Exchange Traded Funds
• Create your own Personal Account to create a Watchlist, get Upgrade/Downgrade Notifications and Log In from Anywhere
• Medicare Supplement Insurance - Which Plan to Choose, How Much it will Cost, Compare Rates & Plan Benefits

Chilton Library

Provides quick online access to repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road today. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Edmund's Automobile Buyers Guide

New and used car prices, as well as other information for car owners.

Kelley Blue Book

Get help shopping for used cars.

NADA Guides

Free price information on new and used cars, trucks, SUVs, vans, boats, and other vehicles

Small Engine Repair Reference Center

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Provides repair guides for small engines and routine maintenance (tune-ups, brake service, etc.) as well as extensive repairs (engine and transmission disassembly) and also allows users to search by product type, brand, model/engine type, specific area of model/engine type, and model numbers.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Texas Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Handbook

The Texas Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Handbook is the training manual used for studying to pass the written test required to obtain your Texas commercial learner's permit. The 2019 handbook is the current version as of January 2022.

Texas Driver Handbook 2017

The Texas Driver Handbook covers a variety of topics, including road rules, road signs and safe driving practices. The 2017 handbook is the current version as of January 2022.

Computer Skills Center

Video courses to learn popular software and computer basics. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale Presents: Udemy

Learn and improve skills across business, tech, design, and more. Includes 10,000+ on-demand video courses in multiple languages. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center

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Full text for more than 1,500 leading hobby books and craft magazines that cover Arts & Crafts, Collecting, Home & Garden, Indoor Recreation, Kids' Crafts, Model Building, Needlecrafts & Textiles, and more.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Home Improvement Reference Center

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Provides users with user-friendly how-to information covering a range of home improvement and repair projects and features full-text content from leading magazines, images not found anywhere else online, and videos of popular home repair projects.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Niche Academy

In Niche Academy, you can find tutorials for many different library resources, such as how to download e-books from Overdrive and Axis360; how to download and stream music from Freegal; and more. Browse the entire catalog of tutorials or look for resource-specific links throughout the library website.

ABCmouse.com

With more than 4,000 interactive books, educational games, puzzles, and other learning activities, ABCmouse.com’s award-winning online curriculum is the most comprehensive online educational resource for young learners (ages 2–7+). From Age of Learning, Inc. Free for use in our library. *At this time, ABCmouse.com is only available inside the library, using our public computers or your personal device, connected to the library's wifi.

ACT and SAT Test Preparation Center

SAT and ACT tutorials and practice tests. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

College Success Skills Center

Tools for navigating campus, your courses, and life. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Educational Administration Abstracts

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This research database includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

ERIC

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Provides access to education literature and resources; includes full text of 2,200+ digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Explora for Elementary

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Search that focuses on content written for primary school students. Topics covered include those of special interest to students such as animals, language arts, science, and geography.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Explora for High School

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Search that focuses on content written for high school students. Topics covered include those of special interest to students such as science, current issues, health, hsgtory, art, and literature.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Explora for Public Libraries

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Searches for content from numerous resources. Results cover a broad range of topics including arts, literature, science, biography, history and health.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete

Gain insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy. Best for educators, administrators, and education students. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Learning Express

Test preparation materials and interactive practice exams in the areas of academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Learning Express Adult Core Skills

Study materials for reading, math, grammar, writing, and speaking; citizenship materials. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Learning Express College Admission Test Preparation

Test preparation materials for the ACT, SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, AP, and TOEFL exams. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Learning Express College Center Plus

Study materials for college students, including math, reading, grammar, and science reviews; graduate school admission exams; college placement exams, and CLEP exams. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Learning Express Grades 4-8 Educator Resources

Skill-building lessons and practice for guiding young learners. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Learning Express High School Equivalency Center

Test preparation materials for high school equivalency exams. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Learning Express High School Students

Skill-building resources for classroom and homework success. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Learning Express Recursos para hispanohablantes

Materiales de preparación para exámenes de GED, ciudadanía, licencia, certificación profesionales y más.

Miss Humblebee's Academy

Designed for children ages 3 to 6, Miss Humblebee’s Academy is an easy-to-use, interactive online solution for kindergarten readiness. It offers hundreds of lessons spanning all major academic subjects including social and emotional learning, gives weekly progress reports, and is the only product that provides assessments to measure proficiency and learning. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program. 

Niche Academy

In Niche Academy, you can find tutorials for many different library resources, such as how to download e-books from Overdrive and Axis360; how to download and stream music from Freegal; and more. Browse the entire catalog of tutorials or look for resource-specific links throughout the library website.

Professional Development Collection

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Includes full text for nearly 550 high quality education journals including: Booklist, Education, Education Digest, Education Week, etc.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Teacher Reference Center

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Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 230 peer-reviewed journals. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Texas Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Handbook

The Texas Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Handbook is the training manual used for studying to pass the written test required to obtain your Texas commercial learner's permit. The 2019 handbook is the current version as of January 2022.

Texas Driver Handbook 2017

The Texas Driver Handbook covers a variety of topics, including road rules, road signs and safe driving practices. The 2017 handbook is the current version as of January 2022.

Ancestry.com Texas

The Texas State Library and Archives Commission houses a vast collection of documents related to Texas government and history and provides a variety of reference services and materials for free public use at the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building in Austin and the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center in Liberty.

Free online access to our records that have been digitized by Ancestry is available to Texas residents. This access requires you to create a free Ancestry.com Texas account. Some Ancestry.com searches may lead you to records outside the free Texas material, at which point you may be prompted to set up a paid account. If you choose not to do so, you may return to the results of your previous search.

Family Studies Abstracts

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This database includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Fold3 Library Edition

Fold3 Library Edition by Ancestry provides convenient access to a growing collection of US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. It contains millions of records from world-class archives, many of which are exclusively available on Fold3. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

HeritageQuest

HeritageQuest Online provides U. S. Federal census records and a collection of research materials for tracing family lineages.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

ProQuest African American Heritage

A groundbreaking new digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Academic Search Complete

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Provides full text for scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

All ProQuest Databases

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Explora for Public Libraries

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Searches for content from numerous resources. Results cover a broad range of topics including arts, literature, science, biography, history and health.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia

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Indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database also has various images and offers brief biographies.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Gale Academic OneFile

Quickly access articles from a database of scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Best for academic research. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale eBooks: General Reference Collection

Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale General OneFile

Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale in Context: College

Access a wide array of multidisciplinary content by searching scholarly journals, newspapers, periodicals, images, and videos. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale OneFile: High School Edition

Search magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference on a range of topics. Best for middle- and high-school students. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Niche Academy

In Niche Academy, you can find tutorials for many different library resources, such as how to download e-books from Overdrive and Axis360; how to download and stream music from Freegal; and more. Browse the entire catalog of tutorials or look for resource-specific links throughout the library website.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Opposing Viewpoints In Context is a rich resource for debaters and includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more. A category on the National Debate Topic provides quick and easy access to content on frequently studied and discussed issues. Periodical content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, political science, and more from sources such as The New York Times, Newsweek, Foreign Policy, American Scientist, and Education Week. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Texas Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Handbook

The Texas Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Handbook is the training manual used for studying to pass the written test required to obtain your Texas commercial learner's permit. The 2019 handbook is the current version as of January 2022.

Texas Driver Handbook 2017

The Texas Driver Handbook covers a variety of topics, including road rules, road signs and safe driving practices. The 2017 handbook is the current version as of January 2022.

AHFS Consumer Medication Information

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AHFS Consumer Medication Information is a trusted source and recognized standard for patient drug information, available in both English and Spanish. Published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, AHFS includes more than a thousand drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers and has been a Top Ten Award Winner in the Department of Health and Human Services National Consumer Education Materials Contest. This content is updated monthly. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Alt Health Watch

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Database focuses on perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Consumer Health Complete

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This resource provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to complementary and holistic medicine. It also contains dozens of articles on a variety of teen health topics. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.
 

Consumer Health Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general health topics, including disease such as cancer and diabetes; weight management and exercise; allergies; senior care; social emotional health; developmental disorders; and natural health. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale Health and Wellness

Search a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale OneFile: Nursing & Allied Health

Research full-text titles cited in CINAHL and other resources to support specialized care, treatment, and patient management. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine

Access academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Health and Medicine

A multi-source database for health and wellness research.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Health Source: Consumer Edition

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This resource provides access to over 300 full text consumer health periodicals and more than 1000 health-related pamphlets, and over 100 health reference books.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Health Source: Nursing/Academic

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This resource provides access to 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on medical disciplines; also includes the Clinical Pharmacology database, providing access to info about prescription drugs and over-the-counter products.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

MEDLINE (with MeSH)

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Web database to search for articles in medical journals, via PubMed or Internet Grateful Med.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends, with a mission to present high-quality, relevant health and wellness information that is trusted, easy to understand, and free of advertising, in both English and Spanish. Anywhere, anytime, on any device—for free.

MedlinePlus is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Natural & Alternative Treatments

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An alternative medicine database designed specifically for the consumer-health researcher. Thsg database provides current, up-to-date information that will satisfy an ever-growing demand for accurate, unbiased information on natural health. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

PubMed

PubMed® comprises more than 34 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Texas Cancer Information

Texas Cancer Information can connect patients, caregivers, the general public, health care policy planners, physicians and other health professionals with reliable online cancer information. We gather, organize and deliver the latest information to empower Texans with the knowledge needed to reduce the impact of cancer.

Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America

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Bibliographic database covering all aspects of indigenous North American culture, history, and life with over 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, etc. Dates of covergae is form the sixteenth century to the present.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Gale in Context: Biography

Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content. 

Military & Government Collection

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Designed to bring current news to all branches of the military, this database contains searchable full text for nearly 240 periodicals including Army Times, Navy Times, Naval Institute Proceedings and Joint Forces Quarterly, abstracts and indexing for over 430 periodicals, and over 240 pamphlets. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Military Database

The Military Database covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more. An important benefit of the Military Database is its content diversity. Included are scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

ACT and SAT Test Preparation Center

SAT and ACT tutorials and practice tests. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

College Success Skills Center

Tools for navigating campus, your courses, and life. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Explora for Elementary

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Search that focuses on content written for primary school students. Topics covered include those of special interest to students such as animals, language arts, science, and geography.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Explora for High School

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Search that focuses on content written for high school students. Topics covered include those of special interest to students such as science, current issues, health, hsgtory, art, and literature.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Explora for Public Libraries

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Searches for content from numerous resources. Results cover a broad range of topics including arts, literature, science, biography, history and health.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Gale: Interactive Science

Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale in Context: Biography

Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content. 

Gale in Context: College

Access a wide array of multidisciplinary content by searching scholarly journals, newspapers, periodicals, images, and videos. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale in Context: Elementary

Introduce elementary students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale in Context: High School

Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale in Context: Middle School

Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale Literature: Scribner Writer Series

Browse original scholarly essays on authors from around the world. Places authors and their works in personal and historical context. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale Literature: Twayne's Author Series

Find in-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers. Includes influences of literary movements. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale Literature Resource Center

Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale OneFile: High School Edition

Search magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference on a range of topics. Best for middle- and high-school students. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Learning Express Recursos para hispanohablantes

Materiales de preparación para exámenes de GED, ciudadanía, licencia, certificación profesionales y más.

MAS Complete

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Designed for high school libraries, the database contains full text for more than 700 popular, high school magazines and over 84,000 biographies and primary source documents. Includes more than 350 reference books (including the CIA World Fact Book, World Almanac and Our States reference book series.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Middle Search Plus

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full text for more than 140 popular middle school magazines with lexile levels. Full text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays, and student pamphlets.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Middle Search Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for middle school students. Topics include social studies, math, history, language arts, technology, geography, culture, and science. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Primary Search

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For elementary school libraries and public library children’s rooms, contains full text for 70 popular, elementary school magazines. Full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Also offers indexing and abstracts for 100 magazines and an image Collection of 188,300+ photos, maps and flags.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Primary Search Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for primary school students. Topics include social studies, history, language arts, geography, culture, math, and science. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

TOPICSearch

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A current events database indexing social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints. Includes full text for over 100,000 articles from 2,500 diverse sources, including international and regional newspapers.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Handbook of Texas

Encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Texas Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Handbook

The Texas Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Handbook is the training manual used for studying to pass the written test required to obtain your Texas commercial learner's permit. The 2019 handbook is the current version as of January 2022.

Texas Digital Sanborn Maps

Sanborn maps are large scale plans of a city or town drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch. They were created to assist fire insurance companies as they assessed the risk associated with insuring a particular property. The maps list street block and building numbers including numbers in use at the time the map was made and previous numbers.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Texas Driver Handbook 2017

The Texas Driver Handbook covers a variety of topics, including road rules, road signs and safe driving practices. The 2017 handbook is the current version as of January 2022.

Texas Reference Center

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Includes more than 80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure; also contains biographies of famous historical and contemporary Texans. Includes the Spanish-language newspaper El Sol de Texas with Texas and national news coverage. The database is updated weekly.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

AtoZdatabases

The premier job search, reference, and mailing list database.  The database includes 2.4 million job listings, 30 million business profiles, 1.1 million healthcare professionals, and much more. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more!

Job and Career Accelerator

A powerful career and job search tool is now available to help job seekers face the daunting task of searching for a new job or advancing a career. Job & Career Accelerator™—the first fully integrated online career and job search platform—is designed to guide any job seeker through the most effective career selection and job search possible.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Learning Express Career Center Plus

General information about specific careers, test preparation materials, and assistance with job search, interviews, and workplace skills. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Vocational & Career Collection

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Indexes a wide variety of vocational and technical research resources; includes full text coverage for over 350 trade and industry-related periodicals including American Machinist, Modern Machine Shop, Pediatric Nursing, Wireless Week, Drug Store News, Video Business, etc.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Transparent Language Online

Unlimited access to over 100 online language courses, packed with pronunciation, speech, grammar, writing and vocabulary-building lessons. Learners are able to write or speak the answers, practice pronunciation by slowing down on-screen examples, and converse with native speakers though interactive videos. Delivers all materials online with no additional media, such as CDs, flash drives, or DVDs. Learn on your own time and at your own pace in the library, at home, or on the go with Byki Mobile for iPhone and Android.For library or remote access to ,  users must first create an account.  Click "sign up now" to register and create a username and password.

Gale LegalForms

Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Legal Collection

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All users, including home access users, must choose either the New User or Returning User button.  If you need assistance, please contact a reference librarian.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Legal Information Reference Center

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Offers everyday users the necessary tools and detailed how-to instructions covering a wide-range of legal issues.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Essay and General Literature Index

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Cites records in collections of essays and works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada dating back to 1985 and spans the entire range of the humanities and social sciences.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Gale Literature: Scribner Writer Series

Browse original scholarly essays on authors from around the world. Places authors and their works in personal and historical context. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale Literature: Twayne's Author Series

Find in-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers. Includes influences of literary movements. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale Literature Resource Center

Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Literary Reference Center

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This database provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Includes plot summaries, literary criticism, author biographies and interviews, book reviews, poems, short stories, classic novels and more. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Literary Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of literary-related subjects. Selections include literary criticism, study guides, and classics such as Emma, Dracula and Frankenstein. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Play Index

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Covers over 31,000 classic and historical plays dating from 1949, including one-act plays, pageants, plays in verse, radio and television plays, classic drama and monologues from famous playwrights.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Short Story Index

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Contains information on short stories by author or genre, and provides detailed indexing for more than 117,000 stories from more than 4,200 collections and anthologies.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Twentieth-Century American Poetry

50,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets, including Adrienne Rich, Andrei Codrescu, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov, Wallace Stevens, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, and Cathy Song. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Twentieth-Century English Poetry

A collection of 598 volumes of poetry by 283 poets from 1900 to 2000, including W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, Wilfred Owen, Fleur Adcock, Paul Muldoon, Tony Harrison, Benjamin Zephaniah and Carol Ann Duffy. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale OneFile: News

Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Newswires

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EBSCO's Newswires provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press, United Press International, CNN Wire, and Business Wire on a continuous basis. This content is monitored by EBSCO and relevant results are provided when users enter searches in EBSCOhost. This collection includes AP Financial News, AP Top News, AP WorldStream, AP U.S. Politics & Government, AP 50 State Reports, UPI Business, UPI Entertainment, UPI Sports, UPI Top News, and more. End users can immediately access the full text of the web content, by following the link in the record. The index to the full text content in EBSCO Newswires is held for a rolling 30-day archive by EBSCO, so users can enjoy the previous 30 days of news relating to their search interests. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Web News

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EBSCO's Web News provides near real-time access to thousands of top news feeds from around the globe. This collection includes over 14,000 feeds covering a range of business and general news topics. End users can immediately access the full text of the web content, by following the link in the record. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

MasterFILE Complete

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Provides full text for nearly 1,860 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Newspaper Source Plus

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Provides cover-to-cover full text for 20 national (U.S.) & international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. Selected full text over 230 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, and more.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

New York Times

Digital access to the daily New York Times newspaper. The New York Times, established in 1851, is respected around the world for its unparalled coverage of national, international, business and New York regional news.  Also includes access to New York Times articles published between 1851 through 1922, and between 1981 through current day. Subscription required for some content.

Pasadena Citizen

The Pasadena Citizen, Pasadena's local print news source, is now included as a Community News insert in the Houston Chronicle. Access to the Pasadena Citizen is free, but other parts of the Houston Chronicle require a subscription.

Serials Directory

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Provides access to up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information and current pricing structures for popular serials. Includes 212,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Consumer Health Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general health topics, including disease such as cancer and diabetes; weight management and exercise; allergies; senior care; social emotional health; developmental disorders; and natural health. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale Academic OneFile

Quickly access articles from a database of scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Best for academic research. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale in Context: Biography

Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content. 

Gale OneFile: Informe Academico

Search across full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines from and about Latin America. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Literary Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of literary-related subjects. Selections include literary criticism, study guides, and classics such as Emma, Dracula and Frankenstein. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

MAS Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for high school students. Topics include biography, history, careers, language arts, literature, government, health, math, science, current events, and social-emotional health. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects. Topics include biography, history, careers, cooking, literature, genealogy, health, parenting, personal finance, politics, architecture, science, current events, social-emotional health, sports, and travel. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Middle Search Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for middle school students. Topics include social studies, math, history, language arts, technology, geography, culture, and science. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Niche Academy

In Niche Academy, you can find tutorials for many different library resources, such as how to download e-books from Overdrive and Axis360; how to download and stream music from Freegal; and more. Browse the entire catalog of tutorials or look for resource-specific links throughout the library website.

Primary Search Reference eBook Collection

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This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for primary school students. Topics include social studies, history, language arts, geography, culture, math, and science. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database

The Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database includes the renowned Aerospace Database and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. For those researchers who need to conduct comprehensive literature reviews, this database includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources for discovery of relevant scholarly research and technical literature critical to the discipline. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Agriculture & Environmental Science Database

Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection offers full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. It also includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources as well as the renowned AGRICOLA and TOXLINE databases and content previously available in ESPM (Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS). Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Biological Science Database

This database includes the renowned Biological Sciences, MEDLINE, and TOXLINE databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. The database includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources providing access to the extensive variety of biology’s cutting edge research, with applications to medicine, technology and the environment. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Computer Source: Consumer Edition

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Provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Directory of Open Access Journals

This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.

Gale: Interactive Science

Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale in Context: Environmental Studies

Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids

Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Best for children aged 6–14. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

GreenFILE

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GreenFILE is a free research database covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts. It provides thousands of open access full-text records from scholarly, government and general interest sources. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends, with a mission to present high-quality, relevant health and wellness information that is trusted, easy to understand, and free of advertising, in both English and Spanish. Anywhere, anytime, on any device—for free.

MedlinePlus is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Natural Science Collection

The Natural Science Collection includes the Agri & Env, Bio Science, and Earth, Atmospheric & Aqua Databases and provides full-text titles from around the world including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications and more. For researchers who need to conduct comprehensive literature reviews, this database includes specialized, editorial-controlled A&I resources for discovery of relevant scholarly research and technical literature critical to the discipline. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

PubMed

PubMed® comprises more than 34 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Science & Technology Collection

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Indexes over 800 leading full text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, marine sciences and more.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Science in Context

The solution merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

SciTech Premium

The SciTech Premium Collection includes the Natural Science Collection and the Technology Collection and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Technology Collection

The Technology Collection includes the Advanced Technology & Aerospace and Materials Science & Engineering Databases. It combines broad indexing coverage of the scholarly literature in advanced technology, computer science, engineering, materials science and related areas with full-text titles full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Gale OneFile: Psychology

Find authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

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Indexing for over 575 full text publications, including 550 peer-reviewed journals. The database covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, etc. Indexing and abstracts are provided as well as full text; full text information in this database dates as far back as 1965.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Race Relations Abstracts

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This resource provides a sole focus on content relating specifically to the relationship between races. It is a rich source of bibliographic records covering fundamental areas relevant to race relations. Specific areas covered include ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline, as listed.   Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

AtoZdatabases (En Español)

AtoZdatabases en Español es una base de datos de referencia y mercadeo que incluye 30 millones de perfiles empresariales y 220 millones perfiles de habitantes. Es idea para promotores de ventas, listas de correo, estudios de mercado, oportunidades de empleo así  como para encontrar amigos y familiares.

Fuente Academica Premier

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 A collection of scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. It is an indispensable tool of exceptional scope designed to make academic research readily accessible in PDF format.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Gale OneFile: Informe Academico

Search across full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines from and about Latin America. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.

Learning Express Recursos para hispanohablantes

Materiales de preparación para exámenes de GED, ciudadanía, licencia, certificación profesionales y más.

MedicLatina

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Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by Latin American medical publishers. This unique database provides access to full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Referencia Latina

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Full-text Spanish-language database covering a broad array of subjects inside and outside academia. Daily updates ensure availability of the most current articles from a dozen prominent newspapers and newswires from 8 Latin American countries. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.
 

Salud en Español

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Consumer-oriented content in all areas of health and wellness in Spanish  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

AGRICOLA

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Includes records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library with coverage back to 1970.  Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.  

Sustainability Reference Center

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Sustainability Reference Center includes full text articles from periodicals related to sustainability initiative management. Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.