20th Century Poetry Collections - ProQuest  
This databases includes Twentieth Century American Poetry and Twentieth-Century English Poetry written by the most important and influential poets of the 20th century.

2-1-1 Texas Community Resources    
Find services, programs or organizations by keyword, name or category. 

Academic Search Complete - EBSCO  
This database is a good choice for most general research questions. It has full-text access to more than 4,500 publications in social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

AccessScience - McGraw-Hill
Authoritative and comprehensive, AccessScience provides students with an up-to-date, easy-to-use gateway to scientific knowledge, from basic introductory material to extended article entries and live journal citations in key scientific areas including biology, Earth and environmental sciences, chemistry, physics, and beyond.

Agricola - EBSCO
AGRICOLA 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.

Alt HealthWatch - EBSCO        
Full text for more than 140 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.

American Decades – Gale 
American Decades is a cross-disciplinary source for junior and high school students and teachers, public librarians and general researchers who need a single, consistent reference to document and analyze periods of contemporary American social history.

American Decades: 2000-2009 - Gale 
A cross-disciplinary must have source for students and general readers, American Decades delivers a series of single, consistent volumes. Each one covers the events, people and social trends that have had impact on contemporary history.

Ancestry Library Edition - Proquest   Library use only
Provides instant access to more than 5 billion names in more than 4,000 genealogical databases, primary-source document images, and a variety of genealogical research features.  It also includes census records from 1790 to 1930.

AtoZ: The World
AtoZ: the World is a standard reference source for country profiles, with detailed coverage of more than 100 topics each. Find maps for school projects, learn about  life and customs, and discover important facts and data for countries throughout the world.

Austin-American Statesman Newspaper
Access full-text articles through Texas Newspapers (1989 to current)

Auto Repair Reference Center - EBSCO 
Provides auto repair manuals for most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles.  Content includes approximately 25,000 vehicles covered from 1951 to present; over 100,000 factory drawings and step-by-step photographs; over 65,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer; wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing; specifications & maintenance schedules; Labor Time Guide & Estimator; Quick Tips, a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance.

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Babbel is a free online language learning resource for learning English, Spanish, German, Italian and French.

Barron's Online   Library use only — get password at reference desk.  
Provides a wealth of information about companies, stocks, bonds, and markets.

Bibliography of Native North Americans       
Covers all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. BNNA contains more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada.

Books in Print 
Searches information over 3.4 million books, along with 600,000 full text reviews. Includes titles published or distributed in the U.S. It contains all books in print and about to be published, as far as six months in advance.

Business Source Complete  
Contains far more peer-reviewed, business related journals than any other database currently available. Indexes and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included. In addition to the searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals.

Complementary & Alternative Medicine 
Provides authoritative, essential information on complementary and alternative medicine in easy-to-understand language.

Computer Software Tutorials from Learning Express 
Click on "Computer Skills" for self-paced tutorials on MS Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and other programs.

Computer Source – EBSCO 
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.

Consumer Health Complete – EBSCO   
This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children’s health, men & women’s health, etc.

Consumer Reports Magazine, past issues

• Consumer Reports Online
  Library use only - get the password from the reference desk.
  
• Consumer Reports Archive
  Access unbiased ratings and product reviews to help you make buying decisions. Full-text Consumer Reports articles are available from 1984 to present.

Contemporary Authors – Gale 
Presents complete and up-to-date biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 125,000 U.S. and international authors.

Contemporary Literary Criticism – Gale 
Offers full text critical essays on over 800 contemporary authors and their works, with biographical, critical, principal works, and further study information.

Countries and Their Cultures – Gale 
Focuses on cultures and countries around the world, specifically what is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country. Entries contain descriptive summaries of the country in question, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information.

Crime and Punishment: Essential Primary Sources, 2006 
This volume focuses on the issue of crime and punishment in the last three centuries. International in scope, it contains approximately 200 documents, such as speeches, magazine and newspaper articles, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, essays, and much more.

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EBSCO all Databases      
All databases from the vendor EBSCO that are available to RRPL patrons.

 eBooks - EBSCO        
More than 28,000 eBooks are available for browsing, searching, and virtual check-out. Includes titles from the world's leading business, technology, trade, reference, academic, and scholarly publishers. Search by title, author, keyword, publisher, publication date, or ISBN.

Economia Y Negocios  - EBSCO
This Spanish language database is produced in Peru by ESAN (Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados), the oldest graduate school of business in the Spanish-speaking world. It focuses on business and economics and 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.

Encyclopedia of India – Gale 
Encompasses the history, cultures, geography and religions of India from ancient times to the present day. Across the four volumes of the Encyclopedia, readers are invited to explore India in a comprehensive reference work of more than 600 alphabetically arranged, illustrated articles.

ERIC -- EBSCO                 
A bibliography of educational materials available since 1966 from the journals Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.  Designed for teachers, students, administrators, researchers and others interested in the field of education.  Full-text of over 2,200 digests is available.  Citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

Espaňol - EBSCO             
(interfaz en español - contraduccion de los articulos) Base de datos sobre muchos temas - incluye texto completo. Los articulos están traducidos por un programa de la computadora del inglés.
Searches all Ebsco databases in Spanish Language.  Full-text articles can be translated into English, Germany, French and Italian.

Facts on File Issues & Controversies
Issues and Controversies helps researchers understand the crucial issues we face today, exploring more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year back-file, Issues and Controversies offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. This database is great for research papers and debate prep.

Facts on File World News Digest   
U.S and world news from 1940 - present.  Provides full-text articles of historical and current events, key events, key issues, and key people, newspaper editorials, historical documents, world heads of state and government leaders, country profiles, maps photos and world almanac, etc.

Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources, 2006 
This volume of primary source documents contains approximately 175 full and excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context.

Fiction Connection – Books in Print  
Locate book suggestions based on a fiction title you already enjoy.  Or, take advantage of the broad category search featuring topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe.

Fold3 - EBSCO 
Through unique partnerships with The National Archives, the Library of Congress, and other institutions, Fold3 makes available many never-before-seen historic documents for history buffs, genealogists, researchers, military historians, and teachers.

Fuente Academica (en Espanol)   
Provides PDF full text for 260 scholarly publications covering areas of academic study. Content is provided in Spanish from respected publishers worldwide, including Revista de Arquitectura, Estudios Sobre Educacion, Revista de Estudios Hispanicos, Comunicacion y Sociedad, Revista de Ciencia Politica, Revista Historia, and more.

Funk & Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia - EBSCO   
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 contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as
information in a variety of subject areas.

GALE - all Gale databases  
All databases from the vendor GALE that are available to RRPL patrons.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
A database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources. Fully searchable across all titles.

Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources, 2006 
This volume of primary source documents contains approximately 200 documents, such as speeches, magazine and newspaper articles, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, essays.

Genealogy Bank - NewsBank
Home Use | Library Use
Quickly find your ancestors in over four centuries of rare documents and records. Search thousands of historical newspapers, books, pamphlets and genealogies. Plus, the complete American State Papers, U.S. Serial Set, Social Security Death Index and more than 23 million obituaries.

Government, Politics, and Protest: Essential Primary Sources, 2006 
This volume of primary source documents contains approximately 200 documents, such as speeches, magazine and newspaper articles, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, essays.

Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia - Gale  
A completely revised and updated version of the original work published in Germany in 1960, this edition incorporates recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community.

Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia: Evolution - Gale  
Covers evolution in detail and explores it from a scientific viewpoint. Includes comprehensive coverage of recent ideas and discoveries in the field of evolution.

Handbook of Texas      
A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. It comprises more than 23,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and a host of other topic categories.

Health Reference Center - Academic - Gale                    
It provides an integrated collection of general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets.  Includes more than 2,500,000 articles.

Health Source : Consumer Edition - EBSCO                 
Authoritative information on health related matters.  It provides full text of near 300 popular health magazines, indexing and abstracts for 200+ general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Also includes Stedman's Medical Dictionary.  Updated daily.

Health Source : Nursing/Academic Edition - EBSCO          
Provides more than 560 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, with particular emphasis on nursing and allied health professions.  Updated daily.  Also includes abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals.

HeritageQuest Online - ProQuest                          
Provides a unique and continuously expanding collection of research materials to help patrons trace their family lineage and American culture. Beginning with more than 25,000 family and local histories, HeritageQuest Online is growing to include the complete U.S. Federal Census from 1790-1930, the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), the Revolutionary War Pension Applications & Bounty Land Warrant Applications, and the Freedman's Bank Records.

Historic Map Works Library Edition - Proquest
Historic Map Works is one of the most extensive digital map collections available, with over 200,000 high-resolution, full color historic maps.

Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center - EBSCO  
Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center provides comprehensive full text content for many of the most popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities today.

Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources, 2006 
This volume of primary source documents contains approximately 200 documents, such as speeches, magazine and newspaper articles, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, essays.

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Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources, 2006  
This volume of primary source documents contains approximately 175 full and excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context.

Information Science and Technology Abstracts - EBSCO    
Subject coverage includes classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, search engines, printed and electronic information sources, the information industry, scholarly communication, electronic publishing, and more. ISTA indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in this field. With coverage dating as far back as the mid 1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science

Infotrac Newspapers - Gale                     
Full text access to Austin American-Statesman, Houston Chronicle, NY Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service and 100 other national and international newspapers.  Start dates vary by title.

International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis - Gale  
Covers all aspects of the history and modern practice of psychoanalysis in 50 countries, including the relationship between psychoanalysis and other disciplines. Articles include discussion of 900 concepts and notions, 360 biographies of the world’s major psychoanalysts and 170 articles on their major works.

Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts - EBSCO  
This resource indexes materials that extends back to the 1980s. 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. Special emphasis is also given to hardware and software reviews. Titles covered include Byte.com, PC World, Macworld, and Linux Journal.

Job & Career Accelerator - Learning Express
Job & Career Accelerator combines everything you need for a successful job search into one easy-to-use online application: Explore detailed information on over 1,000 different occupations; match your interests and skills with the career that's best for you; search over five million up-to-the-minute local and national job postings; create professional resumes and cover letters; practice and master interviewing skills; get invaluable tips and advice every step of the way—from your initial search to accepting an offer; conveniently organize and track your job-search progress all in one place.

Journal and Index Locator  - TDNet
Provides a searchable list of ALL the journal titles available to TexShare users from ALL of the different database providers. The results indicate which database to use for that journal and if full-text is available.

LearningExpress Library 
A source of test preparation materials and interactive practice exams, based on official tests, that will help you improve your scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams.  It provides immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and individualized analysis of your score. 100+ test prep ebooks are available for downloading. Also available - skills building tutorials for elementary through high school students.

Legal Collection - EBSCO  
Containing full text for nearly 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals, this database is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. The Legal Collection offers information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and much more. Full text contained in this database includes: American Journal of Criminal Law, California Law Review and many more.

Literature Resource Center - Gale                           
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. It combines Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, and covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.

Livemocha is a online language learning website that integrates online instructional content with a global community of language learners. Livemocha offers over 36 languages for learners.

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Mango Languages 
Learn a language online. By listening to and repeating after material designed from native conversations, you'll not only learn the individual words and phrases, you'll know how they're used in practical situations and conversations. You'll learn more than grammar, vocabulary and conjugation, you'll learn how to communicate.

MAS Ultra: School Edition - EBSCO 
A comprehensive database designed specifically for high school students. Contains full text for more than 700 popular high school magazines, 84,011 biographies and 83,472 primary source documents. Also included are pamphlets, reference books (including the Columbia Encyclopedia, the CIA World Fact Book and World Almanac & Book of Facts), and an image collection. 

MasterFILE Premier - EBSCO                        
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags.

Medica Latina - EBSCO 
This Spanish language database contains the complete table of contents and PDF full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish. A wide range of topics are covered including neuroscience, cardiology, nephrology, biomedicine, clinical research, pediatrics, human reproduction, clinical pathology, cancer research, and hematology. Titles include Revista Medica del IMSS, Revista Mexicana de Patologia Clinica, Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Archivos de Neurociencias, Revista Biomedica, Veterinaria Mexico, Salud Publica de Mexico, ACIMED, and more.

MedLINE - EBSCO  
Offers users access to information from all journals indexed in the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE file.  Gain information about such fields as medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and pre-clinical sciences. Included are abstracts and indexing for over 4,800 biomedical journals.

Middle Search Plus - EBSCO 
Designed especially for middle school students, this database contains full text for more than 140 popular magazines, an image collection, and thousands of biographies, historical essays, student pamphlets, primary source documents.  

Military & Government Collection - EBSCO       
Provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 400 military related periodicals and general interest magazines. Also provides indexing and abstracts for more than 500 titles.

Morningstar Investment Research Center | Video Tutorial
Use Morningstar Investment Research Center to find information and independent research on thousands of mutual funds and stocks, to design a portfolio, or to analyze an existing portfolio. Investment Research Center features complete reports for over 2,400 funds and 1,400 stocks and delivers Quicktake Reports covering portfolio, risk, performance, and management information for approximately 13,000 funds and 8,000 stocks.

NADA Online   Library use only - get the password from the reference desk.
NADA delivers weekly auction values and monthly trade-in, loan and retail values — all the information you need to know what a used vehicle is really worth. Use NADA's benchmark values to make every decision regarding used vehicles.

Natural and Alternative Treatments - EBSCO 
This database has been designed specifically for the consumer-health researcher. It contains almost two hundred articles on medical conditions and had detailed, evidence-based information on herbs and supplements, functional foods, and other alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy. The evidence-based content has been developed and reviewed by a team of physicians and pharmacologists with the goal of providing consumers with reliable information.

 New England Historic and Genealogical Society databases
         Some of the Databases available on-line through NEHGS include: Massachusetts Vital Records through 1910, New York Probate Records (1787 - 1835), Social Security Death Index (SSDI), church records, newspapers and periodicals, city and town directories, court records, census, tax, and voter lists, diaries and journals, land records, military records, and published genealogies and biographies, just to name a few.

New York Times                                   
Full text articles 1985-current.  Access through InfoTrac Newspapers.

Newspaper Source - EBSCO               
Contains full text for over 200 regional and national U.S. and international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and TV and radio news transcripts.

Non-Fiction Connection from Books in Print 
Locate book suggestions based on a non-fiction title you already enjoy.  Or, take advantage of the broad category search featuring topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe. Non-fiction genres that will be covered include true crime, travel, history, food, animals, humor, and more.

NoveList - EBSCO    
NoveList will help you find good fiction reads. Find subject headings, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists.

NoveList Plus K-8
The NoveList K-8 Plus database includes fiction and nonfiction titles for children and teens. Find BookTalks, Curricular Connection articles and hundreds of premade lists both for young readers(Recommended Reads) and for teachers (Grab and Go Book Lists). Don't miss the Teaching with Books page dedicated to helping parents and teachers.

Oxford Islamic Studies Online
This authoritative resource brings together the best current scholarship in the field for students, scholars, government officials, and community groups, to foster a more accurate and informed understanding of the Islamic world. Encompassing over 5,000 A–Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, maps, and timelines, Oxford Islamic Studies Online offers a multi-layered reference experience designed to provide a first stop for anyone needing information and context on Islam.

Primary Search - EBSCO 
Designed specifically for elementary school students, this contains full text for more than 60 popular school magazines, student pamphlets, an image collection, and easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids.

Professional Development Collection - EBSCO   
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. This database is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.

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

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ReferenceUSA Directory   
Provides information on 12 million U. S. businesses and 120 million U.S. households, for researchers, students, and job seekers.

Regional Business News - EBSCO 
Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.  Updated daily.

Religion & Philosophy Collection - EBSCO               
Full text access to 300+ journals.  Topics include world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

ResuméMaker
ResuméMaker is an online resumé writer that takes you step-by-step through the resumé writing process. With over 1,000 samples and 500 interview questions and answers, this resource will help you succeed in finding that next job.

Roaring Twenties Reference Library - Gale 
Chronicles and illustrates a time of great social change in everything from fashion to music to politics. Crime, prohibition, flappers, Black Thursday, radio, the automobile, and jazz are just a few of the subjects examined, while key figures such as Zora Neale Hurston, Rudolph Valentino, Al Capone, Bessie Smith, Babe Ruth, Duke Ellington, Henry Ford, and Langston Hughes are profiled, with special emphasis on their contributions to the 1920s.

Round Rock Leader  
Provides full-text access to the Round Rock local newspaper and its archives back to Nov. 20, 2000.

Salem Health
Titles:

Magill's Medical Guide, 6th Ed., 2011
Genetics & Inherited Conditions, 2010

Salem History
Titles:

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Events
Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 c.e.
Great Events from History: The Middle Ages, 477-1453
Great Events from History: Renaissance & Early Modern Era, 1454-1600
Great Events from History: The Seventeenth Century 1601-1700
Great Events from History: The Eighteenth Century
Great Events from History: The Nineteenth Century
Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1901-1940
Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1941-1970
Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1971-2000
Great Events from History: Modern Scandals
Great Lives from History - African Americans
Great Lives from History - Latinos
Milestone Documents in American History
Milestone Documents of World History
Milestone Documents of World Religions
Musicians and Composers of the Twentieth Century
The Twenties in America
The Thirties in America
The Forties in America
The Fifties in America
The Sixties in America
The Seventies in America
The Eighties in America
The Nineties in America

Salem Literature
Titles:

Masterplots, 4th Ed., 2011

Earth Materials & Resources - Salem Science, 2012
Earth's Surface and History, 2012
Earth's Weather, Water and, Atmosphere, 2012
Encyclopedia of Energy, 2012
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 2012

 Salud Para Todos - en Espanol - EBSCO
 Salud para todos proporciona la información con texto completo (en español) para los asuntos múltiples relacionados con la medicina y la salud. Este producto se diseña para hacer la información útil de la salud más fácilmente accesible para los consumidores y los pacientes que hablan españoles. Incluye una abundancia de la información valiosa obtenida de las varias agencias, de las asociaciones voluntarias de la salud, de las compañías farmacéuticas, y de otras organizaciones relacionadas con la salud. Los asuntos incluyen la prevención y el tratamiento del SIDA, cáncer, enfermedad cardíaca, nutrición, embarazo, cuidado de niño, diabetes, enfermedad infecciosa, inmunización, abuso de la sustancia, así como muchos otros. 

Scholarships, Fellowships, and Loans – Gale 
Provides more than 4,200 sources of education-related financial aid and awards at all levels of study. Includes a section on federal financial aid that features a quick summary of programs sponsored by the federal government. Also includes a state-by-state listing of agencies that users can contact in their home state.

 Science & Technology Collection -EBSCO  
 Contains over 800 leading full text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. In addition, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications.

 Scribner Writers Series – Gale 
 Contains over 1,800 original and detailed bio-critical essays on the lives and works of important authors from around the world.

Searchasaurus - EBSCO  
Searchasaurus is a colorful search interface for elementary and middle school students. Three EBSCO elementary and middle school databases (Primary Search, Middle SearchPlus and Book Collection: Nonfiction) can be accessed via Searchasaurus.

Social Policy: Essential Primary Sources, 2006 
This volume of primary source documents contains approximately 175 full and excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context.

Standard & Poor's Outlook Online  
Library use only — get password at reference desk. 
Searchable information about markets, investments, strategies, and indicies.

Student Research Center - EBSCO                  
Specially designed interface for grades 6-12.  Searches several EBSCO databases including newspapers, magazine and journal articles, and images, etc.

Texas Digital Sanborn Maps - Proquest                 
These digitized maps provide detailed property and land-use records that depict the architecture of Texas towns and cities throughout the past one hundred years.

Texas Newspapers - Newsbank
Home Access  l  Library Access
Use this database to access full-text articles from 61 Texas Newspapers, including The Austin American Statesman, The Amarillo Globe-News, Conexión (San Antonio), The Dallas Morning News, The El Paso Times, The Houston Chronicle, and The San Antonio Express-News.

Texas Reference Center - EBSCO  
Designed specifically for public libraries, Texas Reference Center contains 100 full text periodicals, 200 full text reference books, several Texas newspapers, and much more. Examples of titles offered include: Best in Texas, Texas Business Review, Texas Education Review, Texas Journal of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Texas Journal of Women & the Law, Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights, Texas Law Review, Texas Magazine, Texas Monthly, Texas Public Health Association Journal, Texas Review, Touchstone (Texas State Historical Association), and many more.

Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources, 2006 
This volume contains approximately 200 primary source documents, such as speeches, magazine and newspaper articles, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, and essays.

Topic Search- EBSCO 
This database focuses on current events and allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.

Tumble AudioBookCloud
AudioBookCloud.com allows you to listen to your favorite audio books with just a click of a button.

Listen online to audio books in many different categories: fiction, non-fiction, classics and even Spanish language audio books!There are 1,000 books in the collection and we're always adding more!

These books are always available, never on hold, and no need to download.

TumbleBookCloud Junior
TumbleBookCloud junior is a collection of videos and chapter books in categories which include: Ebooks, Read-Alongs, Graphic Novels, Videos (from National Geographic!), and Audio Books suitable for elementary grades.

Our books feature adjustable text sizes, full narration, and a read-along function which highlights text as it is read. These features make TumbleBookCloud a great tool for reluctant readers and ESL students. Plus, all these options can be switched to manual so readers can read at their own pace.

Teachers can take advantage of lesson plans and quizzes that accompany the books.

TumbleBookCloud ReadWatchLearn
TumbleBookCloud ReadWatchLearn is a collection of videos and chapter books in categories which include: Ebooks, Read-Alongs, Graphic Novels, Videos (from National Geographic!), and Audio Books suitable for middle school and high school grades.

Our books feature adjustable text sizes, full narration, and a read-along function which highlights text as it is read. These features make TumbleBookCloud a great tool for reluctant readers and ESL students. Plus, all these options can be switched to manual so readers can read at their own pace.

Teachers can take advantage of lesson plans and quizzes that accompany the books.

Tumble eBooks for Kids 
TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.

Twayne's Authors Series (English, United States, and World Authors) – Gale 
Offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres. This online series features the content of nearly 600 books that comprise three print series --United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors.

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Universal Class Library Edition - Recorded Books 
Universal Class is a new online continuing education service offering a growing catalog of over 540 courses. Real instructors guide the learning by utilizing engaging video-based lessons, a collaborative learning environment, and graded lesson tests. Certificates of achievement and Continuing Education Units are available for selected courses.

Vocational and Career Collection - EBSCO 
This database provides full text coverage for nearly 400 trade and industry-related periodicals including American Machinist, Modern Machine Shop, Pediatric Nursing, Wireless Week, Drug Store News, Video Business, Reeves Journal, Hotel and Motel Management, Restaurant Business, Advertising Age and many more.

Washington Post 
Full text articles for download and printing.  Access through Newspaper Source.

  What's Next?:  Books In Series™ Database of Kent District Library
Need to know the next book in the series? This database developed by the Kent District Library will help you find the book you need.

 Women In Texas History
The womenintexashistory.org site was developed as a resource for students, teachers, researchers, and anyone else interested in exploring topics in Texas women’s history.  The site features a history timeline that stretches from the Paleoindian Period to the year 2000; links to major research websites, archives, and institutions; biographies and bibliographies; and sample lesson plans.

Worldbook Online Reference Center              
Access the Worldbook Encyclopedia online.  Great source for K-12 and general public.  A set of Spanish language encyclopedia is also available.

WorldCat   Home Access  |  Library Access 
The world's most comprehensive bibliography, WordCat provides information about the holdings of libraries that subscibe to this service.  Over 179 million records, in over 400 languages, contain holdings information, subject headings, and often summaries of the items' contents. To explore the holdings of central Texas libraries, try these links to local libraries' catalogs.

World History Collection – EBSCO 
Offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. Contains full text for 150 titles dating back to 1964. Covers a wide range of historical topics including anthropology, art, culture, economics, government, heritage, military, politics, regional issues, and more.

World Religions Reference Library, 2007 
Covers the history, traditions and worldviews of dominant and less prominent religions and their sects and offshoots. Features include almanacs of factual information; biographies, primary sources, and a comprehensive index.

Zinio - Recorded Books
Zinio provides unlimited, simultaneous use of digital magazines. Over 100 popular magazines are available on any internet-enabled device. The publications include the same material as in print, including advertisements. Plus some issues include bonus interactive elements.

To use Zinio, you will need to login twice: the first is to access the magazine titles for which the Library has paid a subscription; the second is for the Zinio website which must be used to actually view the titles. After finishing the login process and choosing titles on your browser, the selected magazines will be available when using an app.

Please refer to the Zinio User Guide for more information about setting up your account. After creating your account, download the Zinio mobile app for your device.

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