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The largest electronic collection of biographical information on African Americans from 1790 to1950.*
Information about American presidents, past and present.
Index of articles from thousands of journals.*
Black Studies Center is a fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, and much more.*
Major documents of the United States from 1776 to the present.
More than 100 countries are described and analyzed as to their political, economic and social institutions.
Cultural reports for more than two hundred countries each include 25 categories. Also includes state and provenience reports.*
Articles from general interest and current events magazines appropriate for school assignments.*
Provides in-depth information on the nature and habitat of familiar animals.*
Includes science biographies, diagrams, essays, experiments, definitions, and timelines.*
Full-text reference books on topics including biography, business, the environment, history, law, social sciences, medicine, religion, the sciences, and multicultural studies.*
Uses magazine, newspaper, and original articles as well as images and videos to explain the historical and contemporary conditions necessary to understand global issues, conflicts and events.*
Articles on all aspects of music and its study. Includes New Grove Dictionary of Opera.*
Provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.*
Scholarly full text journals, abstracts, and indexes focusing on many medical disciplines.*
The Houston Oral History Project is an effort to record and preserve the dynamic history of Houston through the stories and experiences of its residents. It is a collaboration between the Mayor’s Office, the Houston Public Library and the University of Houston.
Provides access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics.*
A search interface with a child-friendly, graphically-rich design that automatically searches across all applicable EBSCO databases simultaneously.*
Allows users to find book Lexile levels with a title search or to find titles with a specific Lexile level.
Includes Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Shakespeare Criticism, Literature Criticism 1400-1800, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Drama Criticism, and Children’s Literature Review.
Biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors and their works.*
Provides searchable fulltext and criticism of poems, plays, stories, essays, and speeches.*
Articles from general interest and current events magazines appropriate for school assignments.
Articles covering general topics appropriate for middle school students.*
Articles from periodicals related to the military.*
Online resource for helping teachers, school media specialists and kids find that next great fiction or nonfiction book to read. Includes Lexile scores.*
Download e-books, audiobooks, and videos.*
Online version of the Oxford English Dictionary, including the complete Second Edition and the New Edition in progress.
Articles from children's magazines and pamphlets; designed for the elementary school student.*
Articles on a broad range of subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences.*
Contains searchable works of literature, author biographies, contemporary criticism, reviews, multimedia resources, and articles from literary periodicals for students K-12.
Something About the Author Online brings you thousands of illustrated biographical profiles of children's authors and illustrators totaling more than 12,000 entries and nearly 17,000 images.
A search interface designed specifically for secondary school students that searches across all EBSCO databases owned by HPL.*
Provides students with support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.*
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in todays classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.*
Online picture books, puzzles, games and quizzes for children.*
Academic Search Complete (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.) *
Full-text articles from scholarly publications.
The largest electronic collection of biographical information on African Americans from 1790 to1950.
Information about American presidents, past and present.
Black Studies Center is a fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, and much more.
Major documents of the United States from 1776 to the present.
More than 100 countries are described and analyzed as to their political, economic and social institutions.
Articles from general interest and current events magazines appropriate for school assignments.
Provides in-depth information on the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
Includes science biographies, diagrams, essays, experiments, definitions, and timelines.
Uses magazine, newspaper, and original articles as well as images and videos to explain the historical and contemporary conditions necessary to understand global issues, conflicts and events.
Articles on all aspects of the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic and decorative arts, photography - from prehistory to the present.
Articles on all aspects of music and its study. Includes New Grove Dictionary of Opera.
Multi-source database for health and wellness research.
Houston Public Library's catalog on the Web. Search for titles and place holds.
Provides access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics.
A search interface with a child-friendly, graphically-rich design that automatically searches across all applicable EBSCO databases simultaneously.
Allows users to find book Lexile levels with a title search or to find titles with a specific Lexile level.
Literary Reference Center combines information from over 1,000 books, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, and hundreds of literary journals.
Biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors and their works.
Provides searchable fulltext and criticism of poems, plays, stories, essays, and speeches.
Articles from general interest and current events magazines appropriate for school assignments.
Articles covering all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more.
Articles covering general topics appropriate for middle school students.
Read and download e-books and audio books on Education, Science, History, Texas State etc.
Full page view of the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 through 2002.
Online resource for helping teachers, school media specialists and kids find that next great fiction or nonfiction book to read. Includes Lexile scores.
Download e-books, audiobooks, and videos.
Online version of the Oxford English Dictionary, including the complete Second Edition and the New Edition in progress.
Articles from children's magazines and pamphlets; designed for the elementary school student.
Articles on a broad range of subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences.
Contains searchable works of literature, author biographies, contemporary criticism, reviews, multimedia resources, and articles from literary periodicals for students K-12.
A search interface designed specifically for secondary school students that searches across all EBSCO databases owned by HPL.
Provides students with support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.
Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business.