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Automotive |
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Current automotive repair data including diagrams
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Biography |
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Resource of over 350,000 people from throughout history and around the world
How to search Biography Resource Center(PDF)
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| See also: MasterFile Premier and World Book Online |
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Books & Reading |
| Not sure where to start? Try NoveList Plus or WorldCat |
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Novelist for kids in grades K-8
Readers advisory for both fiction and nonfiction
How to use Novelist Plus K-8 (Movie)
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Electronic readers advisory service for fiction and nonfiction
Find by author, genre, or enter a novel you liked and get recommendations for similar books
How to use Novelist Plus (Movie) |
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Uses state of the art 3D animation and the latest streaming video technology to help libraries connect with kids about books
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Provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials
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![Database available courtesy of the Texas State Library through TexShare. [TexShare Logo]](http://www.hcpl.net/sites/default/files/txshare_000.gif) |
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Master catalog from OCLC of over 43 million items owned by libraries around the world
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Books - eBooks |
| Not sure where to start? Try HCPL Digital Media Catalog |
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Search for and read thousands of books online, some can be downloaded (formerly NetLibrary)
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Check out and download eAudio Books, eBooks, video and music
Hundreds of popular titles
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The premier electronic reference library for programmers and IT professionals
There is a limit of five simultaneous users for this resource
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Electronic books for children
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Business |
| Not sure where to start? Try Business & Company Resource Center or ReferenceUSA |
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Comprehensive database of industry and company information
Includes directory information, investment reports
How to search Business & Company Resource Center (PDF)
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Highly-refined tools for sophisticated searches
How to search Business Source Complete (PDF)
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Offers and inside look at thousands of companies
Salary information, reviews, and interview questions
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Comprehensive, easy-to-use job search application, powered by Learning Express.
A Job & Career login is required for this database. If you are unable to register from home, please visit one of our branches.
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Financial training for adults, from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Made up of 10 modules that each take 20-30 minutes to complete
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Stock, fund, industry, and ETF information
Screen investment options and build reports
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From conducting market research to choosing a health care provider, this extensive database offers the information you need -- in a fast, convenient format
Available databases: US Businesses, HealthCare, and US Residential
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Updated daily, provides full text for 35 international news wires and 49 regional business publications
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Comprehensive online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North AmericaFree registration is required to view company records
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One of the top resources for investors and for financial advice
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Computers |
| Not sure where to start? Try Computer Source: Consumer Edition |
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The latest information and current trends in high technology
Full text for nearly 300 publications, abstracts for nearly 450 publications
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Abstracts from over 400 of the most important trade publications
Includes specific topics such as programming, web development, etc.
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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The premier electronic reference library for programmers and IT professionals
There is a limit of five simultaneous users for this resource
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Education & Libraries |
| Not sure where to start? Try Professional Development Collection |
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More than 2,200 digests
Includes references for additional information, citations, and abstracts
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Leading database in the field of information science
Journal articles from over 450 publications plus conference proceedings
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Practice tests based on official exams (includes GED, SAT, Real Estate, and more)
A Learning Express Library login is required for this database
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Financial training for adults, from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Made up of 10 modules that each take 20-30 minutes to complete
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Designed for professional educators
Highly specialized collection of 550 journals, more than 350 peer-reviewed titles
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Full text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Encyclopedias & Reference |
| Not sure where to start? Try World Book Encyclopedia Online |
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Comprehensive listing of assistance programs offered by 75 Federal Agencies
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Gateway to all EBSCO database resources
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Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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From conducting market research to choosing a health care provider, this extensive database offers the information you need -- in a fast, convenient format
Available databases: US Businesses, HealthCare, and US Residential
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Online encyclopedia for kids
Searchable full text entries, image gallery, video, and "What Happened This Day?" highlights
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The World Book American Edition Encyclopedia available onlineSearchable full text entries enhanced with audio and video
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Español |
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Todos los recursos de la base de datos de EBSCO
El interfaz de la búsqueda está en español con los artículos en inglés
Algunas de las bases de datos hay una opción de la traducción |
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Contiene más de 60,000 archivos desde los 1980s hasta hoy sobre económica y negocios
Oprima la imagen y baje el curso a "Economía y Negocios"
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Acceso a casi 200 revistas académicas de escolar de publicadores latinoamericanos e españoles
Contiene artículos en texto completo
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Acceso a casi 100 revistas sobre investigación médica de publicadores latinoamericanos
Artículos son en texto completo
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Temas de salud e información sobre medicamentos
Acceso a un enciclopedia médica ilustrada, programas interactivos para el paciente y las más recientes noticias acerca de la salud
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Entradas en texto completoAumentado con audio y video
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Genealogy |
| Not sure where to start? Try Ancestry Library Edition |
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Access to numerous genealogical databases
Available only on library computers; there is no remote access to this resource
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Comprehensive treasury of family lineage and local histories
Trace family lineage and American culture from the original 13 colonies
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Health & Medicine |
| Not sure where to start? Try Health and Wellness Resource Center or MedlinePlus |
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In-depth coverage of complementary and alternative medicine dating to 1990
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Comprehensive coverage of consumer-oriented health content
Designed to support patients' information needs
How to search Consumer Health Complete (PDF)
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Articles on fitness, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, HMO's
Coverage: 1994 to the present
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Information on many health topics including medicine, child care
Searchable full text for nearly 150 journals, updated daily
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Nearly 550 scholarly full text journals on many medical disciplines
Updated daily
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Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry
From the National Library of Medicine
How to search MEDLINE (PDF)
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Access to help topics, drug information, news, PUBMED
From the National Library of Medicine
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Alternative medicine database for consumer health researchers
You will get a list of databases, scroll down and click Natural & Alternative Treatments
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, mental processes, observational and experimental methods, etc.
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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The world's most comprehensive resource for health and medical information
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From conducting market research to choosing a health care provider, this extensive database offers the information you need -- in a fast, convenient format
Available databases: US Businesses, HealthCare, and US Residential
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History |
| Not sure where to start? Try World History Collection |
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Covers all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life
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Offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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| For Texas History see also: Handbook of Texas Online, Texas Almanac, & Texas Reference Center |
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Homework |
| Not sure where to start? Try Student Research Center |
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Designed specifically for high school libraries
Full text for more than 700 popular publications and thousands of other materials
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Complete one-stop source for information on social issues
How to search Opposing Viewpoints (PDF)
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Provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools for easily obtaining the information that they seek from EBSCO databases
How to search Student Research Center (PDF)
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Allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Jobs & Careers |
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Comprehensive, easy-to-use job search application, powered by Learning Express.
A Job & Career login is required for this database. If you are unable to register from home, please visit one of our branches.
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Kids |
| Not sure where to start? Try Kids Search or Searchasaurus |
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Fun, lively interface that lets young research explore various subjects
How to use Kids Search (PDF)
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Designed for middle and junior high school research
All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles)
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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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)
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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A colorful, easy-to-use search interface for elementary and middle school students
How to use Searchasaurus (PDF)
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Online encyclopedia for kids
Searchable full text entries, image gallery, video, and "What Happened This Day?" highlights
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Languages |
| Not sure where to start? Try Mango Languages |
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Online language learning for kids, powered by Mango Languages
Languages include Spanish, French, ESL, Russian, German, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, and Hebrew
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Online language courses
Social conversation features
Free registration required. Two course options: basic (free) and plus (paid)
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Online language courses: Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Mandarin Chinese, ESL (for Spanish, Polish, and Brazilian Portuguese speakers), Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Greek, and Russian
Create an account to continue where you left off
iPhone app available in the iTunes store
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Law & Government |
| Not sure where to start? Try Texas Statutes |
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From the US GPO
Coverage: 1994 to present
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Full text for nearly 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals
Authoritative source for current issues, studies, and trends of the legal world
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Offers current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Resource for free and low-cost civil legal assistance for those who cannot afford legal help
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The laws of the State of Texas
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Access to Texas legal forms such as wills, leases, powers of attorney, and divorce
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Alternate Search @ the Cornell Legal Information Institute
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Alternate Search @ the Cornell Legal Information Institute
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Access to the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
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Literature & Literary Criticism |
| Not sure where to start? Try Literature Resource Center |
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Combined literature resource for literary criticism
Includes Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and Dictionary of Literary Biography
How to search Literature Resource Center (PDF)
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Includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series |
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Biographic details on 100,000 novelists, playwrights, nonfiction writers
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Criticism of the works of authors now living or who died after Dec. 31, 1959
Emphasis on authors who frequently appear in high school or college courses
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Essays outlining the lives and careers of authors from all eras and genres
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Each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles
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Full text poetry database of 20th century American and British poets
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Magazines & Journals |
| Not sure where to start? Try MasterFILE Premier |
| For subject-specific journals and magazines see subject areas such as Business, Science, Education, etc. |
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Full text & peer reviewed
Covers nearly all areas of study
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Gateway to all EBSCO database resources
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Designed specifically for the public library
Offers information on a broad variety of subjects, including general interest, multicultural, and business
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Newspapers |
| Not sure where to start? Try Newspaper Source |
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International and national newspapers including the Houston Chronicle (1996 -)
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Selected full text for national and international newspapers
Includes the Houston Chronicle (from 1997), the Dallas Morning News, etc
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Science & Technology |
| Not sure where to start? Try Science & Technology Collection |
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Search the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Library
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Includes access to Endangered Species and Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
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United States patents, trademarks, abstracts, full-text and images available
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The premier electronic reference library for programmers and IT professionals
There is a limit of five simultaneous users for this resource
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Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Social Issues & Opinion |
| Not sure where to start? Try Opposing Viewpoints |
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Complete one-stop source for information on social issues
How to search Opposing Viewpoints (PDF)
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Extensive coverage of topics such as world religions, biblical studies, political philosophy
How to search EBSCO databases (PDF)
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Texas |
| Not sure where to start? Try Handbook of Texas Online or Texas Reference Center |
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Over 23,000 articles on Texas history, geography, culture, etc.
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Online version of book which includes Texas history, culture, politics, and more
The included Texas Towns database has information on current, and past, Texas towns
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Detailed property and land-use records of Texas cities through the past 100 years
How to search Texas Sanborn Maps (PDF)
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Includes more than 80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, biography, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure
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