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Chilton Online Auto Repair Manuals

Gives current automotive repair data including diagrams.

Biography Resource Center

Comprehensive biographical resource of over 350,000 people from throughout history and around the world.

NoveList Plus

Electronic readers advisory service for fiction and nonfiction. Find by author, genre, or even tell the computer a novel you liked and it can recommend similar books.

Read the Books

With the use of state-of-the-art 3D animation and the latest streaming video technology, ReadtheBooks.com offers an innovative and entertaining solution to help libraries connect with kids about books.

Serials Directory

Provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. It contains nearly 212,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; and data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses.

United States Government Publications Monthly Catalog

Bibliographic records of US federal publications since January 1994 describing items available through the Federal Depository Library program. The MOCAT database is updated daily and includes a link available for locating depository libraries that receive a given publication.

WorldCat

Master catalog from OCLC of over 43 million items owned by libraries around the world.

HCPL Digital Media Catalog

Checkout and download eAudio Books, eBooks, and music.  Select from hundreds of popular titles.

NetLibrary eBooks

Search through thousands of books online and then read one right on your computer screen. Downloading is available for select titles.

A NetLibrary login is required for this database, see our NetLibrary Help page for more information.

Safari Books Online

The premier electronic reference library for programmers and IT professionals.

There is a limit of five simultaneous users for this resource.

Tumblebooks

Electronic books for children.

Business & Company Resource Center

Comprehensive database including directory information, company histories, investment reports, and industry information.

There is a limit of five simultaneous users for this resource.

Business Source Complete

The Business Searching Interface (BSI) provides business researchers with the highly-refined tools that they need in order to conduct sophisticated searches for the business content that they require.

Money Smart - A Financial Education Program

A financial training program for adults, from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in 10 modules that each take 20-30 minutes to complete.

Morningstar Investment Research Center

Combines in one database stock, fund, industry, and ETF information necessary for in-depth research and smart portfolio construction.  Use it to screen investment options and build reports.

There is a limit of five simultaneous users for this resource.

ReferenceUSA

From conducting market research to choosing a health care provider, this extensive database offers the information you need -- in a fast, convenient format. Databases available in our subscription are: US Busineses, HealthCare, & US Residential.

Regional Business News

Updated daily, provides comprehensive full text for 35 international news wires and 49 regional business publications.

ThomasRegister

Comprehensive online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America.  Free registration is required to view company records.

ValueLine Investment Service

One of the top resources for investors and for financial advice.

Valueline is available for users who are using a library computer; there is no remote access to this resource.

Computer Source: Consumer Edition

Provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.

Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts

Provides abstracts and indexing for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas. Over 400 of the most important trade publications, mainstream computer magazines, and professional journals are covered, including those that focus on specific topics such as Macintosh and Windows platforms, programming, web development and more.

Safari Books Online

The premier electronic reference library for programmers and IT professionals.

There is a limit of five simultaneous users for this resource.

ERIC

The Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

Information Science & Technology Abstracts

A leading database in the areas of information science. ISTA indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in this field. Coverage dates back to the mid 1960s.

Learning Express Library (Learnatest.com)

Practice tests based on official exams including GED, SAT, Real Estate, Citizenship, and THEA.

A Learning Express Library login is required for this database. If you are unable to register from home, please visit one of our branches.

Money Smart - A Financial Education Program

A financial training program for adults, from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in 10 modules that each take 20-30 minutes to complete.

Professional Development Collection

Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.

Vocational & Career Collection

Designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Comprehensive listing of assistance programs administered by 57 Federal Agencies.

EBSCOhost

Gateway to all EBSCO database resources.

Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia

Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

ReferenceUSA

From conducting market research to choosing a health care provider, this extensive database offers the information you need -- in a fast, convenient format.

World Book Encyclopedia Online

The World Book American Edition Encyclopedia available online. Searchable full text entries enhanced with audio and video.

EBSCOhost Español

Entrada española de la lengua a todos los recursos de la base de datos de EBSCO. El interfaz de la búsqueda está en español con los artículos en inglés. En algunas de las bases de datos hay una opción de la traducción.

Economia y Negocios

Produced in Peru by ESAN (Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados), the oldest graduate school of business in the Spanish-speaking world. This Spanish language database, which focuses on business and economics, consists of more than 60,000 bibliographic records. Coverage dates back to the early 1980s and includes over 200 periodicals published in Latin America and Spain.

Fuente Academica

A unique collection of scholarly academic journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. This database provides full text coverage (including PDF) for nearly 200 scholarly Spanish language journals. Content is provided in Spanish from respected publishers worldwide.

MedicLatina

A Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers. This unique database provides access to full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed medical journals.

MedlinePlus en Español

MedlinePlus le ayuda encontrar las respuestas que usted busca en temas de salud. MedlinePlus ha recopilado la información más confiable proveniente de fuentes autorizadas tales como la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina y los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud, así como otras agencias gubernamentales y organizaciones de servicios para la salud. MedlinePlus también le ofrece mucha información sobre medicamentos, una enciclopedia médica ilustrada, programas interactivos para el paciente y las más recientes noticias acerca de la salud.

World Book Encyclopedia Online

The World Book American Edition Encyclopedia available online. Searchable full text entries enhanced with audio and video.

Ancestry.com

Genealogical database with access to numerous databases including the US Census; birth, marriage, and death indexes; immigration records; military records; directories; biographies; newspapers and periodicals; court records; and reference and finding aids. 

Ancestry.com is available for users who are using a library computer; there is no remote access to this resource.

HeritageQuest: Genealogy and Local History

Comprehensive treasury of family lineage and local histories, including materials for tracing family lineage and American culture, beginning with the 13 original colonies.

ALT HealthWatch

This alternative health database provides full text for 180 publications in the collection, including full text for many peer-reviewed journals. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990.

Consumer Health Complete

The single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.

Health and Wellness Resource Center

Instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference resources.

Health Reference Center

Articles on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol, drug abuse, HMO's, etc. Covers 1994 - present.

Health Source: Consumer Edition

Provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic

Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Medline

Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.

MedlinePlus

Offers access to health topics, drug information, news, a medical encyclopedia and PUBMED.  From the National Library of Medicine.

Natural & Alternative Treatments

A complementary and alternative medicine database designed specifically for the consumer-health researcher. This database provides current, up-to-date information that will satisfy an ever-growing demand for accurate, unbiased information on natural health. [Currently you will get a list of databases, scroll down and click Natural & Alternative Treatments; We are working on this]

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

Provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

PUBMED

From the U. S. National Library of Medicine, probably the world's most comprehensive resource for health and medical information and research.

ReferenceUSA

From conducting market research to choosing a health care provider, this extensive database offers the information you need -- in a fast, convenient format.

St. Luke's Community Resource DB

A repository of health and social service programs in a 13 county area around Houston. Also includes statistics on populations, births, and deaths.

Bibliography of Native North Americans

A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. BNNA contains more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present.

World History Collection

Offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. World History Collection contains cover-to-cover full text for nearly 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals. Full text dates as far back as 1964.

eLibrary

Delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries.

MAS Ultra: School Edition

Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text for more than 700 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating as far back as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, more than 350 full text reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues.

 

There is a limit of eight simultaneous users for this resource.

Student Research Center

Provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools for easily obtaining the information that they seek from their EBSCO databases.

TOPICsearch

Allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 102,800 articles from more than 2,500 diverse sources, including more than 1,550 full text periodicals.

Kids Search Interface

This fun, lively interface lets young researchers explore various subjects and interesting sources of information.

Middle Search Plus

Provides full text for nearly 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

Primary Search

Provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

Searchasaurus

A colorful, easy-to-use search interface for elementary and middle school students.

Livemocha

This free website offers online courses in languages from French, German, and Spanish to Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Greek. Requires free registration to enroll in the courses.  Also includes social features to converse with other students.

Mango Languages

Learn languages online through everyday conversations. Languages include: Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Mandarin Chinese, ESL (for Spanish, Polish, and Brazilian Portuguese speakers), Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Greek, and Russian. You can start learning immediately, or create an account so you can return to where you left off.

The Federal Register

From the US GPO. Covers 1994 to present.

Legal Collection

Contains full text for nearly 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals. The Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.

Military & Government Collection

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites.

Texas Statutes

 

Thomson Gale Legal Forms

Access to Texas legal forms such as wills, leases, powers of attorney, and divorce.

U.S. Code Search

Alternate Search @ the Cornell Legal Information Institute

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Search

Alternate Search @ the Cornell Legal Information Institute

United States Government Publications Monthly Catalog

Bibliographic records of US federal publications since January 1994 describing items available through the Federal Depository Library program. The MOCAT database is updated daily and includes a link available for locating depository libraries that receive a given publication.

Contemporary Authors

Biographic details on 100,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights,  nonfiction writers, journalists, and script writers whose works have been translated into English or published in the United States.

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select

Criticism of the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, and short story writers now living or who died after Dec.31, 1959. Emphasis is on authors who frequently appear in High School and College literature courses.

Dictionary of Literary Biography

Essays outlining the lives and careers of authors from all eras and genres.

Literature Resource Center

Combined resource for literary criticism, includes Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Scribner's, and Twayne's.

Scribner Writers

Includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series.

Twayne's Authors Series - World, English & US Authors

Each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles.

Twentieth Century American & English Poetry

Full text poetry database of 20th century American and British poets.

Academic Search Complete

Full text database of peer-reviewed academic journals, offering critical information from many sources found in no other database. Covers nearly all areas of study.

EBSCOhost

Gateway to all EBSCO database resources.

eLibrary

Delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries.

Masterfile Premier Magazine Index

Designed specifically for the public library, this database offers information on a broad variety of subjects, including general interest, multicultural, and business.

Access Newspaper Archive

Historical archives of national and local newspapers - including Texas, with coverage as far back as 1759 up through 2006 (not every paper has this extended coverage).  You can browse by paper and/or date. 
Access Newspaper Archive is available for users who are using a library computer; there is no remote access to this resource.

eLibrary

Delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries. Includes the full-text of the Wall Street Journal.

Infotrac Newspapers

National and international newspapers including Houston Chronicle (from 1996), Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, and Austin American Statesman.

Newspaper Source

Provides selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers including the Houston Chronicle (1997-present), The Dallas Morning News, The New York Times, and the Washington Post. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.

AGRICOLA

This database contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage for AGRICOLA dates back to 1970 and includes more than 2.5 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture. Alternate Link

EBSCO Animals

Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

Patent and Trademark Office Database

United States patents, trademarks, abstracts, full-text and images available.

Safari Books Online

The premier electronic reference library for programmers and IT professionals. There is a limit of five simultaneous users for this resource.

Science & Technology Collection

Contains over 800 leading full text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues.

 

There is a limit of eight simultaneous users for this resource.

Religion & Philosophy Collection

Provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

Handbook of Texas Online

Encyclopedia containing over 23,000 articles on Texas history, geography, culture, etc.

St. Luke's Community Resource DB

A repository of health and social service programs in a 13 county area around Houston. Also includes statistics on populations, births, and deaths.

Texas Almanac

Online version of book which includes Texas history, culture, politics, and more.  The included Texas Towns database has information on current, and past, Texas towns.

Texas Digital Sanborn Maps

Detailed property and land-use records that depicts the architecture of more than 12,000 US towns and cities throughout the past 100 years.

Texas Reference Center

Includes more than 80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. The database contains biographies portraying famous historical and contemporary Texans such as George Herbert Walker Bush, Lady Bird Johnson, Dan Moody, Susanna Dickinson and Sam Houston. Also available in the Texas Reference Center is the Spanish-language newspaper El Sol de Texas with Texas and national news coverage.