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Academic Search Complete (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.) *
Full-text articles from scholarly publications.
African American Biographical Database *
The largest electronic collection of biographical information on African Americans from 1790 to1950.
ArchivesUSA *
Directory of manuscript and primary source material across the United States. It contains the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) from 1959 to the present.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index *
Index to millions of biographical sketches in thousands of reference books.
Biography Reference Bank *
Offers full text biographical articles, images, and abstracts.
Biography Resource Center *
Search for biographies, full text articles, and images for current and historic people from all eras and fields of endeavor.
Handbook of Texas Online
Encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture.
HeritageQuest Online (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.) *
U. S. Federal census records and other research materials for tracing family lineages.
Houston Public Library Catalog
Houston Public Library's catalog on the Web. Search for titles and place holds.
InfoTrac OneFile *
Provides access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics.
MasterFILE Premier (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.) *
Articles covering all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more.
NetLibrary eBooks - (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.) *
Read and download e-books and audio books on Education, Science, History, Texas State etc.
Overdrive *
Download e-books, audiobooks, and videos.
Proquest Discovery Complete *
Articles on a broad range of subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences.