Houston Public Library Research

Find doctors by name or specialty.

Offers full text biographical articles, images, and abstracts.*

An electronic collection of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders covering 250 years of history including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, and trail transcripts.*

Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and periodicals.*

If you plan to start or expand a business, the Business Plan Handbooks provide over 250 examples of business plans for a variety of businesses.*

Scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more.*

Includes the fulltext of 6 regional newspapers from all sides of the conflict from 1840-1865 as well as 2,000 slavery, anti-slavery and Civil War pamphlets.*

Houston's "chamber of commerce."

The Modern Language Association's definitive bibliography on topics related to language and literature. Some full text.*

This database provides extensive full-text coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.*

In-depth drug information.

Online conversions.

Includes documents, newspaper collections, and books from the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world published in the antebellum.*
 

A periodic table of elements with description, history, uses, atomic structure, and additional detailed information for each element.

Online French, Spanish, German, and Italian Dictionary.