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General Information, Newspapers and Journals
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Academic Search Complete - Full-text database of periodicals and peer-reviewed journals in a wide variety of subject areas |
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Directory of Open Access Journals - Indexed, abstracted and free full text access to selected international scholarly journals in many subject areas |
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Funk and Wagnall's New Encyclopedia - 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas |
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InfoTrac Newsstand - Search newspapers from around the globe for full-text articles |
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MasterFILE Premier - More than 1,700 general reference, business, health and education resources |
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Newspaper Source - Cover-to-cover full text of 28 national (U.S.) and international newspapers |
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TOPICsearch - A current events database that contains full text for over 105,000 articles from 1,622 diverse sources |
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Virtual Reference Library - Reference sources on the topics of history, religion, science, and literature |
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History and Genealogy
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Ancestry Library Edition - The most comprehensive commercial genealogical database available in the United States
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Handbook of Texas Online - Explore Texas with articles on people, places, and events |
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HeritageQuest Online - Database for people tracing the family tree |
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Texas Digital Sanborn Maps - Historical maps for historians, geographers, and genealogists
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World History Collection - Cover-to-cover full text of 150 titles dating back to 1964, including many peer-reviewed journals
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Do-it-Yourself and Self Help
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Chilton's - Automotive repair information for do-it-yourself (DIY) people |
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Job & Career Accelerator - Guides any job seeker through the most effective career selection and job search possible |
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Learning Express - Practice exams for passing the GED, ASVAB, U.S. Postal Exams, and SAT |
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Mango Languages - Self-paced conversational language learning courses
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Literature, Literary Research and Literary Figures
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Contemporary Literary Criticism - Full text critical essays on over 800 contemporary authors and their works |
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Literary Databases - Search Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism and the Dictionary of Literary Biography simultaneously |
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Literature Resource Center - Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of noted authors |
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Scribner Writers Series - A comprehensive list of all writers covered in the Scribner Writers Series |
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Twayne's Authors Series - Reference sources on the topics of history, religion, science, and literature |
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Twentieth Century American Poetry - Online access to great modern American poetry (contact the Adult Services desk for a login and password)
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Biography
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Biography in Context - Narrative biographies, thumbnail sketches, and magazine articles with factual information on people throughout history |
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Contemporary Authors - Biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 125,000 U.S. and international authors |
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Dictionary of Literary Biography - Over 12,000 biographical and full-text critical essays |
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Help for Students
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Kids Search - A kid-friendly interface that automatically searches across all applicable EBSCO databases simultaneously |
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Mas Ultra - School Edition - Full text for more than 500 popular high school magazines |
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Middle Search Plus - Full text for more than 140 popular middle school magazines |
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Primary Search - Full text for nearly 70 popular elementary school magazines |
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Searchasaurus - A kid-friendly interface to EBSCO resources for elementary school aged children |
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Student Research Center - A search interface designed specifically for secondary school students |
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Texas Reference Center - A school/public library database containing full text periodicals, full text reference books, several Texas newspapers, and more |
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World Book Discover - Reference tool for advanced researchers and information seekers
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World Book Early World of Learning - Resources to help preschoolers and children in the early grades with critical early childhood themes and language skills
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World Book Online for Kids - Easy-to-read articles and a wealth of engaging multimedia, games, science projects, interactive tools and activities
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World Book Online Info Finder - Content and features designed for school-aged patrons' homework and research needs
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World Book Online Reference Center - Reference tool for advanced researchers and information seekers
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Health and Medicine
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Alt HealthWatch - Full text articles for 180 international and often peer-reviewed journals and reports concerning complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness |
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BioMed Central Open Access Journals - Free access to selected medical journals
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Consumer Health Complete - Full text from nearly 80 consumer health magazines on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health |
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Health Reference Center Academic - Citations and full text of nursing and allied health journals, some with images, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources |
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Health Source: Consumer Edition - Full text from more than 130 consumer health magazines |
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - Full text of 550 scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines |
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Medline - Citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals concerning medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, etc. |
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Natural and Alternative Treatments - Medical conditions and their conventional and natural treatments
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Science and Technology
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Computer Source - Nearly 300 full text journals and magazines covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software
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Information Science and Technology Abstracts - Citations from nearly 450 journals and other publications concerning classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, search engines, printed and electronic information sources, the information industry, scholarly communication and electronic publishing |
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Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts - Abstracts and citations for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas
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Public Library of Science - Free access to selected scientific and medical literature
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Science and Technology Collection - 800 full text journals plus citations and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, marine sciences and materials science |
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Science Online (Facts on File) - Science database that includes complete texts of books and periodicals
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Psychology and Religion
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Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection - A database concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods |
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Religion and Philosophy Collection - More than 300 full text journals covering topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy |
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Government, Law and Lawmaking
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GPO Access - Access official information from all three branches of the United States government
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Legal Collection - Full text for more than 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals
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Military and Government Collection - Cover-to-cover full text of nearly 300 journals and periodicals plus citations and abstracts for more than 400 titles
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Texas Legal Forms - Provides a wide selection of state-specific legal forms
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Thomas - Legislative information provided by the Library of Congress
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Business
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AtoZ Databases - 30 million business profiles and 220 million residents. |
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Business Source Complete - Full text plus citations for over 1,200 journals dating back to 1886 |
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Regional Business News - Full text coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States |
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Thomas Register - Directory of industrial products and services
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Education
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ERIC - A database containing more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full-text documents from ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center |
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Professional Development Collection - Includes full text for nearly 520 high quality education journals |
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Books and Bibliography
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Booklist Online - Book reviews from the American Library Association (Click here for access from outside the library) |
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EBSCO eBook Collection - A collection of electronic books in a wide variety of subjects |
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NoveList - Find the perfect to read |
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Library of Texas - Search multiple databases concurrently as well as catalogs of many other Texas public libraries
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Overdrive - Downloadable electronic books, audiobooks and movies |
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TumbleBook Library - Children's audiobooks online |
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WorldCat - Database of millions of bibliographic records from thousands of libraries
(currently no remote access)
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Miscellaneous
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Agricola - More than 2.5 million bibliographic records from the National Agriculture Library dating back to 1970 |
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Bibliography of Native North Americans - Database of more than 110,000 citations of books, essays, journal articles and government documents of the United States and Canada |
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GreenFILE - Abstracts and citations concerning the environment and ecology |
