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20th Century Poetry (American & English) (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.) *
Includes the full-text of American and British poetry from the 20th century.
Academic Search Complete (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.) *
Full-text articles from scholarly publications.
Article First *
Index of articles from thousands of journals.
Articles by Magazine Title

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Online
A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
Black Drama *
Contains the full text of plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries.
Black Short Fiction *
Short fiction produced by writers from Africa and the African Diaspora from the earliest times to the present compiled from early literary magazines, archives, and the personal collections of the authors.
Black Women Writers *
Presents literature and essays by authors from Africa and the African Diaspora.
Books in Print *
Directory of millions of books with availability information.
Electronic Collections Online (ECO) *
Index to citations in electronic journals.
Fuente Academica (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.) *
Provides the full-text of Spanish language scholarly journals.
Houston Public Library Catalog
Houston Public Library's catalog on the Web. Search for titles and place holds.
JSTOR *
Scholarly journal archive.
Literary Reference Center *
Literary Reference Center combines information from over 1,000 books, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, and hundreds of literary journals.
Literature Resource Center (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.) *
Biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors and their works.
LitFINDER *
Provides searchable fulltext and criticism of poems, plays, stories, essays, and speeches.
MLA Bibliography *
The Modern Language Association's definitive bibliography on topics related to language and literature. Some full text.
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.
NoveList *
Find novels similar to the ones you like.
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.
Shakespeare's works
Full text of Shakespeare's plays.
Theatre in Video *
Online streaming video of plays and film documentaries.
Wilson Select Plus *
Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business.