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The following is a list of subject areas you might find helpful:
Click on the database of your choice and, when prompted, enter your Nicholson Memorial Library System card number to get started. Click here for an
alphabetical list of all databases.
Automotive Repair Reference Center (NMLS)
Contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945
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PressDisplay (NMLS)
Offers users the most convenient way to read over 1,000 current U.S. and international newspaper titles in full-color, full-page format. Just like reading the familiar print edition, you can browse articles and other key content, such as pictures, advertisements, classifieds, and notices. The service also provides up to a 60-day backfile and the ability to perform keyword searches across all titles and the entire backfile. This resource can be used by 5 people at the same time.
NoveList Plus (NMLS)
Find a new favorite fiction and/or nonfiction author or title to read in this electronic readers' advisory resource. Find books by genre, similar authors, plots, and subjects. NoveList contains materials for all ages as well as book discussion guides and lists for teachers and book clubs.
Books & Leisure:
Search for AR book titles using authors, topics, or titles of books. Advanced search allows you to add the interest level and ATOS level. Finding a book in the AR List does not mean the Garland Public Library owns it – check the
catalog for availability
American & British poetry
Search by title, author, isbn or keywords for by in-print (active), out-of-print (inactive), and forthcoming titles; can limit to fiction or nonfiction.
Find fiction read-alikes, similar authors, and other reading suggestions. Powered by Aqua Browser and Books in Print
Library account notification service: holds, items due and overdue items
MyLibraryDV (NMLS)
This resource was not renewed
Downloadable ebooks
Fiction & nonfiction suggestions emailed monthly or viewable online
Build online bookshelves, share your favorite books, see who’s reading a book and find books similar to your favorite titles
Find fiction and/or nonfiction by genre, similar authors/titles, plots, and subjects; contains materials for all ages and includes series information, book discussion guides, reading lists and more
A portion a day delivered to your email, changes weekly
Downloadable audiobooks, ebooks, videos and music
Current newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format
Full-text works of poetry, prose, and drama as well as author biographies, multimedia, literary criticisms, essays, reviews, and interviews
International Library Catalog
Business Resources:
Search for Company Profiles, Industry Profiles, Country Reports and Market Research Reports, SWOT analyses and full-text business publications
Downloadable Texas and Federal forms
(Formerly Moody's) is an Internet-based suite of information resources that enables in-depth business and financial research on publicly traded companies
Current newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format
Full-text for more than 80 regional business publications
Small Business Resource Center (NMLS)
Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.
Online language learning: English, Spanish, Dutch, French, German and Italian
Business Virtual Reference Collection:
Actual business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses. Sample plans taken from businesses in several industries which serve as examples of how to structure and compose business plans.
Educator's Tools:
More than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts-plus pictures, maps, and podcasts
Educational Resource Information Center
Historical reference material that spans from ancient times through today's current events
Library account notification service: holds, items due and overdue items
Find fiction and/or nonfiction by genre, similar authors/titles, plots, and subjects; contains materials for all ages and includes series information, book discussion guides, reading lists and more
Current newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format
Full-text journals and magazines for educators
Full-text works of poetry, prose, and drama from around the world. Also offers secondary sources such as author biographies and multimedia, as well as literary criticisms, essays, reviews, and interviews
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 periodicals. In addition, 96% of journals indexed are peer-reviewed
Online language learning: English, Spanish, Dutch, French, German and Italian
College and scholarship search, test prep and career resources including a resume builder
Education Virtual Reference Collection:
Digital editions of The College Blue Book and Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans.
Employment:
Library resources:
Live tutors to assist with resumes, cover letters, GED, skills building and much more. Available 7 days a week from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Spanish tutors are available Sunday thru Thursday 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Downloadable Texas and Federal forms
Mergent Online (NMLS)
(Formerly Moody's) is an Internet-based suite of information resources that enables in-depth business and financial research on publicly traded companies
Current newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format
En Espanol:
Interfaz en español con traduccion de los articulos
Business and economics
Academic research
(Nivel Kinder-12, Introduccion a la Universidad & Ayuda para Estudiantes Adultos) Puedes comunicarte en vivo con un tutor! Domingo a Jueves de 3:00 pm hasta 9:00 pm
Revistas médicas (medical journals)
Health information in Spanish
Genealogy & History Resources:
Ancestry Library Edition (NMLS) in Library use only
Census, immigration, birth, marriage and death records plus military records
Citations for native North American culture, history, and life
Encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture
United States Census Records from 1790-1930 plus family histories, PERSI, Revolutionary War records and Freedman’s Bank
Historical reference material that spans from ancient times through today's current events
Digital access to large-scale maps of Texas towns and cities
Periodicals, reference books, reports, and other content relevant to Texas
Magazine and journal articles covering world history
History Virtual Reference Collection:
Popular reference and Eyewitness books covering all periods of history. Includes World Biography, World Mythology and Native American Tribes
Health Resources:
Designed to support patients' information needs
Designed to help you with the process of choosing long-term care for yourself or a loved one
Full-service resource for alternative and complementary therapies
Articles on medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health
Contains medical research and investigatory journals in native Spanish
Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more
Articles on medical conditions, presented in an evidence-based manner along with the alternative medicine therapies proposed for use in their treatment
Articles covering emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods
Healthcare Virtual Reference Collection:
Digital editions of the Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests and the UXL Encyclopedia of Diseases and Disorders.
Homework & Study Resources:
Multi-disciplinary, scholarly full-text database including periodicals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings
Search for AR book titles using authors, topics, or titles of books. Advanced search allows you to add the interest level and ATOS level. Finding a book in the AR List does not mean the Garland Public Library owns it – check the
catalog for availability
More than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts-plus pictures, maps, and podcasts
Easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals
See Student Research Center for the American Heritage Dictionary and Columbia Encyclopedia
A research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment
Historical reference material that spans from ancient times through today's current events
Quick access to accurate information on the most-studied subjects: science, literature, arts, biographies and general reference
A reference resource created especially for youth with a child-friendly, graphically-rich design
Learn A Test (NMLS)
Online tutoring for K-12, Intro College & Adult Learners. Everyday from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Spanish tutors available Sunday thru Thursday 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Designed specifically for public libraries, contains full-text periodicals, reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps & flags
Full-text works of poetry, prose, and drama as well as author biographies, multimedia, literary criticisms, essays, reviews, and interviews
A colorful search interface for elementary and middle school students accessing Primary Search, Middle Search Plus and Encyclopedia of Animals
Middle and high school students can search Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video. They can also search by topic heading, make use of the American Heritage Dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia, and explore the top searches of the day
Online language learning: English, Spanish, Dutch, French, German and Italian
College and scholarship search, test prep and career resources including a resume builder
Periodicals, reference books, reports, and other content relevant to Texas
Current events database exploring social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics
Magazine and journal articles covering world history
Homework & Study Virtual Reference Library:
Access popular Eyewitness books and Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia right from your computer!
Access the popular Eyewitness and UXL history books right from your computer!
Access popular science reference titles right from your computer!
Access popular books on the customs and cultures of peoples all over the world.
Librarian's Tools:
Search by title, author, isbn or keywords for by in-print (active), out-of-print (inactive), and forthcoming titles; can limit to fiction or nonfiction.
All the EBSCO databases the Library has access to. Select the resources you want to search
All the Gale databases the Library has access to. Select the resources you want to search
Downloadable Texas and Federal forms
Bibliographic database covers librarianship, classification, information management, and more
Find fiction and/or nonfiction by genre, similar authors/titles, plots, and subjects; contains materials for all ages and includes series information, book discussion guides, reading lists and more
Bibliographic information and current pricing structures for popular serials including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses
Search by magazine or newspaper title to find full-text, online database coverage
International library catalog
Literary Resources:
20th Century Poetry Collections
American & British poetry
Gale Literary Databases
Includes Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select and Dictionary of Literary Biography
Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses on more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline; includes the Encyclopedia of Literature
Full-text works of poetry, prose, and drama as well as author biographies, multimedia, literary criticisms, essays, reviews, and interviews
Biographical and critical essays on the lives and works of important authors from around the world
In-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and the development of literary genres
Literature Virtual Reference Collection:
Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.
Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work’s cultural and historical significance.
Features discussion and analysis of poems of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Provides an overview of the poem and discussion of its principal themes, images, form and construction.
Each entry includes an introduction; a plot synopsis; a character list; a discussion of the work's principal themes; information about the style and literary devices used; a conversation about the work's historical context; and a critical overview.
Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story’s cultural and historical significance.
The UXL Encyclopedia of World Mythology covers a diverse span of cultures, including standard Greek/Roman entries as well as Native North and South American traditions, Norse mythology, Asian Pacific mythology, Judeo-Christian tradition, and Islamic and Hindu mythologies.
Newspapers, Magazines & Journals:
Magazines & Journals:
Academic Search Complete Multi-disciplinary scholarly full-text database including periodicals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings
MasterFile Premiere Designed specifically for public libraries, contains full-text periodicals, reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps & flags; includes Consumer Reports full-text!
Newspapers:
Dallas Morning News (NMLS)
This resource was not renewed.
InfoTrac Newspapers Full-text newspaper database featuring more than 150 cover-to-cover newspapers from around the globe plus an additional 300 sources of selected news and business coverage including the
Dallas Morning News
Newspaper Source Cover-to-cover full-text for 35 national (
U.S.) and international newspapers and selective full-text for 375 regional (
U.S.) newspapers, including the
Dallas Morning News. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.
Current newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format
Research/Academic Resources:
Academic Search Complete Multi-disciplinary, scholarly full-text database including periodicals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings
Computer Source Provides a balance of full-text technical journals and full-text consumer computer titles
GreenFILE A research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment
Health Reference Center Academic Multi-source database that integrates the full-text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical interviews; and reference books
Health Source Nursing/Academic
Scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines as well as abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals
History Study Center Historical reference material that spans from ancient times through today's current events
Information Science & Technology Abstracts 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
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
Legal Collection Full-text access for nearly 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals
Religion & Philosophy Covers world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy
Science & Technology Collection Indexing and abstracts for aeronautics, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, marine sciences and materials science
TELL ME MORE (NMLS)
Online language learning: English, Spanish, Dutch, French, German and Italian
Science & Technology Resources:
AGRICOLA Contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library
Automotive Repair Reference Center (NMLS)
Contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945
Computer Source Provides a balance of full-text technical journals and full-text consumer computer titles
GreenFILE A research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment
Information Science & Technology Abstracts 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
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
Library, Information Science, & Technology Index Bibliographic database covers librarianship, classification, information management, and more
Science & Technology Collection Indexing and abstracts for aeronautics, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, marine sciences and materials science
Science Virtual Reference Collection: Science (NMLS)
Access popular Eyewitness and UXL science reference titles right from your computer!
Search all the NMLS eBooks at one time:
Virtual Reference Library:
The Nicholson Memorial Library has purchased over 175 popular reference titles in a digital eBook format. No waiting, no missing pages, no sharing 1 book among the whole class. All titles are available to all Nicholson Library card holders 24/7. The articles print in PDF format so they look just like they did in the print edition of the book.
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Because of the large number of titles purchased, many of the eBooks have been grouped together.
Collections with many different titles included: Animals - Access popular Eyewitness books and Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia right from your computer
Education Resources - Digital editions of The College Blue Book and Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans
Health & Medical Resources - Digital editions of the Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests and the UXL Encyclopedia of Diseases and Disorders
History - Access the popular Eyewitness and UXL history books right from your computer
Science - Access popular Eyewitness and UXL science reference titles right from your computer
Social Studies - Access popular books on the customs and cultures of peoples all over the world
Collections with many volumes of one title:
E-books display as text on your computer. If you are looking for downloadable audiobooks, the kind you listen to on your computer, MP3 player or may be able to burn to CD, please visit the
Library Catalog and click on Digital Books & Videos.
The Nicholson Memorial Library System is pleased to offer library patrons home and office access to selected electronic databases. Most databases are subscription-only resources funded through the city or state. The information found on a database is usually of higher quality and typically cannot be found on the open web. Databases funded by our library have an (NMLS) after the title.
If you encounter any problems in accessing these resources, send us an email at
lib-support@ci.garland.tx.us or call the Central Library at (972) 205-2501.
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Alphabetical list:
20th Century Poetry Collections: Twentieth-Century English Poetry offers online access to the poetry of some of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. It incorporates the works of 285 of the most widely studied poets of the
British Isles and beyond, including over forty distinguished authors from The Faber Poetry Library. Many of the major themes of 20th century writing -- nationality, politics, war, sexuality, religion and gender -- can be understood anew through this vast and representative collection.
Twentieth-Century American Poetry includes 52,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets. The majority of the poems included are copyright works specially licensed from print publishers such as New Edition, City Lights Books, Houghton Mifflin, W. W. Norton and Yale University Press. The collection reflects the variety and dynamism of American poetic voices in this century of change: all major movements and schools are represented, from the traditionalism of Robert Frost to the modernism of H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), the confessional poetry of Anne Sexton to the proletarian poems of Muriel Rukeyser. The Imagists, Beat Poets, Harlem Renaissance,
Black Mountain and Deep Image schools are all featured. In addition, many contemporary writers of the 1980s and 90s who have gained recognition through national poetry awards or inclusion within leading print anthologies are also represented.
top Academic Search Complete: The world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,400 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,500 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full-text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,850 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
top 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.
top Alternative Health Watch: Provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990. This alternative health database provides full-text for 180 publications including full-text for many peer-reviewed journals.
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Ancestry Library Edition brings the world’s most popular consumer online genealogy resource (The Generations Network’s Ancestry.com) to your library. Answers await all your users—professional or hobbyist, expert or novice, genealogist, or historian—inside the more than 4,000 databases of family information. User-friendly search tools and comprehensive indexing make it easy to start discovering the story of you. This is only available inside the library! (NMLS)
topAutomotive Repair Reference Center: Having problems fixing a car, truck, or van?
Auto Repair Reference Center can assist you by providing detailed diagrams and instructions on how to fix your problem. (NMLS)
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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 with more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the
United States and
Canada. Included content ranges in date from the sixteenth century to the present.
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Books in Print: A powerful Advanced Search feature allows you to search by in-print (active), out-of-print (inactive) and forthcoming titles and limit to fiction or nonfiction. Highlights within this database include
Fiction Connection for finding read-alikes, similar authors, and other reading suggestions as well as a Fiction Room, and a Children's Room where you can find information about favorite series, award winning books, and recurring characters. The children's room also includes a picture book subject guide. You can also see what was on the bestseller list the year you were born! (NMLS)
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Computer Source: Featuring more than 300 full-text periodicals covering topics such as computers, telecommunications, electronics and the Internet. Computer Source™ provides a balance of full-text technical journals and full-text consumer computer titles.
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Consumer Health Complete: (CHC) is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. This full-text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & diet, children's health, men's & women's health, etc. (use
Salud for Spanish language version)
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Contemporary Authors: Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information on more than 120,000
U.S. and international authors.
Use the "Search All Literature Databases" tab to search Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select and the Dictionary of Literary Biography simultaneously.
top Contemporary Literary Criticism Select: Collects more than 35,000 critical essays on contemporary authors and includes biographical information and lists principal works and further study information. Use the "Search All Literature Databases" tab to search Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select and the Dictionary of Literary Biography simultaneously.
topDictionary of Literary Biography: Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Use the "Search All Literature Databases" tab to search Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select and the Dictionary of Literary Biography simultaneously.
top Directory of Open Access Journals: Provides indexing, abstracting, and free full-text access for selected international scholarly journals in many subject areas, including agriculture and food science, biology, chemistry, health science, languages and literature, mathematics, physics, engineering, the arts, business, environmental science, history, law, political science, philosophy, religion, and social science. Coverage varies by title (updated continuously).
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EBSCOhost Databases: Your all purpose information resource. Find periodical information with MasterFile Premier or Academic Search Premier. You can also access business, health, homework, automotive repair as well as a host of other subject areas and EBSCOhost Espanol.
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EBSCOhost en español: (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.
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Economia y Negocios: Economía y Negocios is the result of a collaborative effort between EBSCO Publishing and ESAN (Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados). This continuously updated bibliographic database is an indispensable tool for research conducted in the areas of business and economics. Search functionality is enhanced through the incorporation of author keywords supplied in Spanish and English. More than 60,000 records, dating back to the early 1980s, provide coverage for over 200 Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in
Argentina,
Brazil,
Chile,
Colombia,
Spain, the
United States and elsewhere. Active titles include Revista de la CEPAL, Revista de Administraçao, Estudios Empresariales, and Agroeconómico. Spanish Language
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Eldercare: This resource is designed to help you with the process of choosing long-term care for yourself or a loved one. A Care Evaluator assists you in determining where you are in the care cycle and will allow you to see if home health or hospice care may be appropriate or if a nursing home setting is needed. There are also links to caregiver tips, FAQs, coping with Alzheimer’s, as well as state resources.
The true strength of this product is in the Provider Search. You can search by county, city, zip code (with proximity limiters) and/or facility name. There is also a Smart Match search strategy that allows you to truly customize your search results. You can search by facility size, Alzheimer’s population, dietary services and many other criteria. The report returned is the most comprehensive you will find. The report is approximately 10 pages and includes quality care ratings, trends, resident population profiles as well as inspection violations (if any were found). (NMLS)
top eLibrary Curriculum Edition: Designed specifically for K-12 students, schools and libraries. Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts-plus thousands of pictures, maps, and educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, plus audio/video content. (Spanish language content available)
top Encyclopedia of Animals: This extensive database provides students with thousands of easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals. Each entry begins with a simple category breakdown of the animal including Kingdom, Class, Order, Genus & Species, and Geographical Locale as well as a detailed description. Many entries include colorful images.
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Enhanced Business Search: This interface allows you to search for Company Profiles, Industry Profiles, Country Reports and Market Research Reports in addition to the content in Business Source Complete.
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ERIC: 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.
top Fiction Connection: A great source for finding read-alikes, similar authors, and other reading suggestions. Powered by Aqua Browser and Books in Print this is a powerful reader's advisory tool. (NMLS)
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Fuente Academica: Fuente Academica™ 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. Spanish Language
top Funk & Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia: This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas for K-6th graders.
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Gale Power Search: Find the latest information on business and health issues plus in-depth news articles. Gale also has a heavy emphasis on literature and literary resources for all ages and stages of learning. Power Search gives you the ability to search multiple resources at once.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) - popular reference titles in a digital eBook format. There is no checkout required, just enter your Library card number when asked; GVRL titles are always available so no waiting; Cross-searchable - search and access as many reference titles as you like at the same time; and the articles print in PDF format so it looks just like it did in the book. Because of the large number of titles purchased, many of the eBooks have been grouped together in various subjects. Go to the
Virtual Reference section to see the different subjects and sets. (NMLS)
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GreenFILE: EBSCO proudly offers GreenFILE, a freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment. Comprised of more than 600 scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. The total number of records is approximately 295,000, and full-text is provided for more than 4,600 records from open access titles. Also included in GreenFILE is a 6,800-term thesaurus and 5,000 author profiles.
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Handbook of Texas: The Handbook of Texas, provided by the Texas State Historical Association is 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. The scope is broad and inclusive, designed to provide readers with concise, authoritative, and accessible articles that provide factual, nonpartisan accounts on virtually every aspect of
Texas history and culture.
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Health & Wellness Resource Center: A one stop, full-service resource for alternative and complementary therapies. It provides a rich collection of books, journals, magazines and pamphlets for consumers and health care professionals. This includes additional information on alternative topics such as herbal remedies, yoga, homeopathy, midwifery, chiropractic and more.
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Health Reference Center Academic: Multi-source database that integrates the full-text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical interviews; and reference books.
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Health Source Consumer: This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. It features searchable full-text for nearly 150 journals and is updated on a daily basis.
top Health Source Nursing Academic: This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines as well as abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated daily.
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HeritageQuest: Search United States Census Records from 1790-1930 and explore family history with this database.
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History Study Center: a virtual library of information, housing over 40,000 documents that showcase historical events and provide students, historians, and professional researchers alike with quick and easy access to the information they want. This unique service offers valuable historical reference materials through seven integrated resources: Study Unit Pages, Reference Library, Picture Library, Video Library, Journal Library, KnowledgeNotes™ History Guides, and Web Gateway.
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Information Science & Technology Abstracts: Information Science & Technology Abstracts™ is a leading database in the areas of information science. 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. The database has been enhanced to include cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for 80 core information science and technology titles. With coverage dating as far back as the mid 1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.
top InfoTrac Newspapers: Search a collection of over 100 sources from around the globe for full-text articles. Cover-to-cover coverage of USA Today, Austin-American Statesman from 1996, Washington Times from 1996, Houston Chronicle from 1996, The Financial Times from 1996, The Times (London) since 1986, and many more. Search articles by title, headline, date, author, section or other assigned fields. This database can be cross-searched with other Gale databases using the PowerSearch functionality.
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Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts: (formerly Microcomputer 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. This resource contains content coverage 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. The product includes content from such titles as Byte.com, PC World, Macworld, and Linux Journal. The product also includes editor-selected articles from hundreds of popular magazine titles.
top Junior Reference Collection: A curriculum-based database for students in middle grades. Students have quick access to accurate information on the most-studied subjects: science, literature, arts, biographies and general reference among others.
top Kid's Search: A search interface created especially for youth in grades K-8 with a child-friendly, graphically-rich design that automatically searches across all applicable EBSCO databases simultaneously.
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Legal Collection: 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.
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Legal Forms (Gale): Gale LegalForms offers an easy-to-use, step-by-step approach to addressing basic legal matters. Simply locate the
Texas or Federal form that’s needed by using any of the links found on the home page and download the specific form. Then, enter all relevant information and print it. Completed forms also can be saved to a floppy disk, USB flash drive, your computer’s hard drive (but not the Library’s computers), or e-mailed to a home address. (NMLS)
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Library ELF: offers Nicholson Memorial Library cardholders a new way to keep track of their borrowed and requested items for free! Sign up for email and/or text message alerts when your holds are ready or items are due. (NMLS)
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA): EBSCO Publishing is proud to provide the Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database as a free resource to anyone interested in libraries and information management. This world-class bibliographic database covers librarianship, classification, information management, and more and indexes nearly 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings. With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.
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Literature Resource Center: Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses on more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline in this literary database.
topLive Homework Help!: Live Homework Help is available for K–12
th grade, college introductory level students and adult learners seven days a week, 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Students simply click on the link above, enter their grade level and the subject they need help in, and within a few minutes they are connected to an expert tutor. Help is available in math, science, social studies and English. Spanish speaking tutors are available Sunday through Thursday, 3 p.m. to 9 p.m., for help in math, science and social studies. (NMLS)
top 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. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
top MasterFile Premier: Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE(tm) Premier contains full-text for 2,005 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full-text for more than 320 reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps & flags.
top MedicLatina: A unique collection of medical research and investigatory journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. 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. Spanish Language
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MEDLINE: 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. Included are citations from Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, Index to Dental Literature, HISTLINE, SPACELINE, PREMEDLINE®, AIDSLINE®, BIOETHICSLINE®, and HealthSTAR®. top
Mergent Online: Mergent Online (formerly Moody's) is an Internet-based suite of information resources that enables in-depth business and financial research. This resource contains: U.S. and International Company Data, U.S. and International Company Archives, U.S. and International Annual Reports, U.S. and International HSD Equity Pricing (20+ Years History), Unadjusted Equity Pricing, Mergent Equity Research Reports, Standardized Financials, Standardized Financial Transparency, Factsheets Plus, Institutional Holdings, Insider Trades, Expanded Long-Term Debt, Executive Biographies, Competitor Reports, Industry Reports (North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America), and Country Profiles. (NMLS) top
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. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost. TOP
Military and 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 this collection. The Military & Government Collection provides full-text for nearly 400 journals and periodicals. The database also includes full-text for 245 pamphlets and offers indexing and abstracts for more than 500 titles. top
Natural & Alternative Treatments: The database contains almost two hundred articles on medical conditions, presenting in an evidence-based manner the alternative medicine therapies proposed for use in their treatment. It also contains 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. top
NetLibrary: More than 27,000 eBooks are available for browsing, searching, and virtual check-out. TexShare's eBook collection 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 number.
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Newsletters: Patrons can sign up for over 20 different newsletters that are emailed monthly. You can sign up for the next issue or view the current issues by clicking on the view button. All titles in the Newsletters are owned by at least one NMLS library. See also
Online Book Clubs. Signing up for a Newsletter does not automatically sign you up for the corresponding Book Club - you will need to sign up for both if you want both. (NMLS)
top Newspaper Source: Provides selected full-text for nearly 30 national (
U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full-text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full-text for more than 200 regional (
U.S.) newspapers. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
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Next Good Book:
Discuss books with other people, build online bookshelves, share your favorite books, see who’s reading a book and find books similar to the one you liked. You can also browse by subject; find award-winning books and the books featured in the
Online Book Clubs and
Newsletters.
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NoveList Plus: Find new fiction and/or nonfiction authors and titles to read in this electronic readers' advisory resource. Find books by genre, similar authors, plots, and subjects. NoveList contains materials for all ages as well as book discussion guides and lists for teachers and book clubs. (NMLS)
top Online Book Clubs: Sign up to have a 5 minute portion of various books from categories you select e-mailed to you on a daily basis. A new book starts every Monday. If you like the book you are previewing, call, stop by, or use our online catalog to see if any of the Nicholson Memorial Libraries have a copy available for checkout. See also
Newsletters.
Signing up for a Book Club does not automatically mean you will get the corresponding Newsletter - you will need to sign up for both if you want both.
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top Overdrive Digital Books: Download best selling digital books 24/7 to your PC and PDA, SmartPhone, MP3 player or burn CD's (if the publisher allows it) at home, in the office or from anywhere in the world. Now your library never closes! (NMLS)
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Offers users the most convenient way to read current newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format. The site can be used in Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish. Most articles can be translated into Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish or Swedish. The ever-expanding collection currently includes over 1,000 U.S. and international titles. Just like reading the familiar print edition, you can browse articles and other key content, such as pictures, advertisements, classifieds, and notices. The service also provides up to a 60-day backfile and the ability to perform keyword searches across all titles and the entire backfile. This resource can be used by 5 people at the same time.
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. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
top 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. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full-text education journals in the world.
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ProQuest Learning: Literature: provides more than 180,000 full-text works of poetry, prose, and drama from around the world. This unique resource also offers secondary sources such as author biographies and multimedia, as well as literary criticisms, essays, reviews, and interviews drawn from 100+ full-text literary magazines and journals.
The new Quick Search feature on the home page allows students to search the entire collection at once. Also, our new Search Criticism feature enables students to search more than 100 key literary magazines and journals for the latest criticism, reviews, and interviews. Titles include The New York Times Book Review, Black Issues Book Review, The Explicator, Hispanic Review, World Literature Today, and The Writer.
ProQuest Learning: Literature also provides indispensable study aids and reference works to students. Our KnowledgeNotes™ Study Guides offer in-depth analysis of the most frequently studied literary works, from Aeschylus to Toni Morrison. Also available to students is the 38-volume Essays on the American Novel, featuring original, previously unpublished essays by distinguished literary scholars.
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Psychology & Behavioral Science Collection: This database 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. Nearly every full-text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
top Regional Business News: With daily updates, Regional Business News provides comprehensive full-text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). Regional Business News has full-text for more than 50 sources.
top Religion & Philosophy: This comprehensive 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. With more than 300 full-text journals and unparalleled coverage of the subject areas listed above, the Religion & Philosophy Collection™ is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.
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Salud en Español: Salud en Español provee reportes completos basados en evidencias y fichas de datos relacionados a todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar. Reportes específicos por tema que cubren todos los aspectos de la salud, dan información general importante en relación a enfermedades, afecciones y procedimientos de diversos tratamientos.
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Science & Technology Collection: Containing over 800 leading full-text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community, this database offers indexing 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. This collection contains many scholarly journals including Advances in Physics, American Scientist, Archaeoastronomy, Astronomy & Geophysics, Civil Engineering, Engineering Management Journal, International Journal of Computational Engineering Science, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Journal of Architectural Engineering, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Journal of Mathematical Logic, Journal of Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, Molecular Physics, Plant Biotechnology Journal, Quarterly Review of Biology, Space Communications, Spatial Vision., and many more.
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Scribner Writers: Gain access to more than 2,400 original and detailed biographical and critical essays on the lives and works of approximately 1,750 important authors from around the world. Many authors in the Scribner Writers Series are seen from multiple perspectives through two, three or sometimes four essays. Researchers can go directly to an entry on a specific author, combine search criteria for a more complex search, or explore thematic and chronological topics to make connections among writers. top
Searchasaurus: Searchasaurus is a colorful search interface for elementary and middle school students. Three EBSCO elementary and middle school databases (Primary Search, Middle Search®Plus and Encyclopedia of Animals) can be accessed via Searchasaurus.
top Serials Directory: This database provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. This invaluable resource is made available via EBSCOhost®. It contains nearly 212,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses; and Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications for every entry.
topSmall Business Resource Center - Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites. Small Business Resource Center features a wealth of resources, including the entire Business Plans Handbook Series, which contains hundreds of sample business plans created by real-life entrepreneurs, as well as Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources, Encyclopedia of Management and Small Business Management – A Framework for Success. Also included are dozens of titles from John Wiley & Sons, publisher of the well known “For Dummies” series, including Portable MBA in Strategy, 2nd Ed., The 7 Irrefutable Rules of Small Business Growth, and Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship. Small Business Resource Center also includes a number of business journals – both specialty/vertical market and general business. (NMLS)
topStudent 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. Through the Student Research Center, users can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, and explore the top searches of the day.
topTDNet Journal Locator: Through its licenses with different database providers, TexShare offers users access to abstracts and full-text articles from approximately 17,000 professional, scientific, academic, and medical journals available to TexShare users from all of the different database providers. This list includes the available holdings and an indication if full-text is available.
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Teacher Reference Center: This index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books is now also offered free via the EBSCOhost platform. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more for K-12 Teachers & Librarians.
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TELL ME MORE® Language Learning: Choose from Spanish, English (
ESL), French, German, Dutch, or Italian! Experience interactive web-based language learning featuring speech recognition, self-assessment, as well as cultural activities! TELL ME MORE® Online addresses all the skills critical to language learning: reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and culture. Regardless of whether you are a complete beginner or an advanced speaker, TELL ME MORE® Online will take you to the next level of language success.
First-time users will need to create a user name and password. This allows you to save your progress. This product is for use on Internet Explorer 5.0 and higher and you will need to turn the pop-up blocker off. You will also need to have Java enabled and Flash 7.0 or later installed.
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Testing & Education Reference Center: Testing & Education Reference Center (TERC) is Gale's online tool designed to help students — from high school to graduate school to specialty school — prepare to make their further education decisions easier.
Loaded with information on colleges, technical schools and executive programs, practice entrance, certification and professional license exams that show students what to expect and how to prepare to get to — and excel at — the next level.
TERC also helps interested scholars prepare financially for their endeavor by identifying financial aid and other monetary sources available to them and offers tips on how to secure these available funds.
TERC with Careers helps users identify a career path with a career assessment test and key information on more than 1,100 occupations. Plus, the Resumé Builder and Virtual Careers Library makes this perfect for job seekers by providing specific examples and tips for the job search. (NMLS)
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Texas Digital Sanborn Maps: Provide digital access to large-scale maps of Texas towns and cities. Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years. No maps are consulted more in academic and public libraries. Users of Digital Sanborn Maps have the ability to manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and easily print them out.
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Texas Reference Center: A Texas specific product designed specifically for school and public libraries. The database is comprised of periodicals, reference books, reports, and other content relevant to the state. Texas Reference Center contains 30 full-text periodicals, 100 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. top
TOPIC Search: This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. TOPIC Search contains full-text for over 102,800 articles from more than 2,500 diverse sources, including more than 1,550 full-text periodicals. top
Twayne's Authors Series: The Twayne's Authors series of literary criticism offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and the development of literary genres. This online series features the content of nearly 600 books drawn from three print series---United States Authors, World Authors and English Authors. top
Vocational and 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.
top World History Collection: Offering 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.
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WorldCat: The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with more than 58 million bibliographic records representing over 400 languages and all types of materials ranging from stone tablets to electronic books. WorldCat is updated daily and is now easier to search than ever. Recent enhancements include the ability to search by Library of Congress or Dewey Decimal Classification numbers, and to limit searches by material types, audiences and material formats. WorldCat includes information from before 1,000 BC to the present with thousands of records containing evaluative content such as tables of contents, cover art, book summaries and notes about the authors. It uses the Library of Congress Subject Headings as its thesaurus.
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Updated 10/15/2009 K. Mills