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Academic Search Complete (Login required - click here)
    This scholarly collection offers full-text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, geography, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, and many other fields.

Biography in Context (Login required - click here)
    Biography In Context offers authoritative reference content covering Biography, Global Issues, Literature, Opposing Viewpoints, Science, Student Resources, U.S. History, and World History, integrating acclaimed content with media-rich, curriculum-aligned materials that span core subjects and 21st-century themes.

Credo Complete Core Collection (Login required - click here)
    The Complete Core Collection is the ultimate general reference resource for researchers at any level. Content – from major reference works, to multi-volume subject encyclopedias, to field guides, to scholarly handbooks, to animations and countless other award-winning sources – spans across all disciplines with something for libraries of all types.

Educational Administration Abstracts (Login required - click here)
    This research database includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.

E-Libro Premium (SP) (Login required - click here)
    Includes over 70,000 titles from more than 500 publishers, 95% from Latin America and Spain. e-Libro Premium also includes Open Access titles for seamless access to scholarly works. Books for the collection are selected for both research and instructional value from leading commercial, academic and university press publishers from Spain and all countries in Latin America. The full range of academic topics is covered in the collection, as well a

ERIC (Login required - click here)
    The Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources.

Essay and General Literature Index (H.W. Wilson) (Login required - click here)
    Cites records in collections of essays and works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada dating back to 1985 and spans the entire range of the humanities and social sciences.

Explora for Elementary / Primary Search (Login required - click here)
    Explora for Elementary provides a safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects or homework. A far better alternative to websites and search engines, Explora provides students with easy-to-use features and age-appropriate content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books.

Explora for High School (Login required - click here)
    Created for high school students, Explora for High School provides a better alternative to websites and search engines for students to look up articles and facts for research papers or homework. With Explora, discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, science, and more.

Explora for Public Libraries (Login required - click here)
    Explora Public Libraries provides easy-to-use features and reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books, grouped into easy-to-browse categories organized by popular topics.

Family Studies Abstracts (Login required - click here)
    This database includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.

Fuente Academica Premier (SP) (Login required - click here)
    A collection of scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. It is an indispensable tool of exceptional scope designed to make academic research readily accessible in PDF format.

Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia (Login required - click here)
    Provides students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for elementary and middle school students.

Handbook of Texas
    A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture with over 23,000 articles.

Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson) (Login required - click here)
    Includes feature articles, interviews, obituaries and original works of fiction, drama and poetry in all fields of the humanities from art, classical studies, and film to journalism and more.

Learning Express Test Preparation (Please register using your library card number) (Login required - click here)
    Emphasizing 21st Century skills, career-based knowledge and ongoing professional improvement is critical to succeeding in the workplace and in life. Learning Express Library’s unique, interactive learning platform provides patrons with the most comprehensive selection of career-oriented resources available to help with job preparation, career advancement, career changes, and re-entry into the workforce.

Mango Languages (Login required - click here)
    Learn a new language at your computer or through the app with Mango Languages. With over 70 languages to choose from, Mango rapidly builds language proficiency and cultural understanding around real-world communication skills that you'll actually need.

MAS Complete (Login required - click here)
    Designed specifically for high school libraries, MAS Complete is a full-text database providing hundreds of popular high school magazines and reference books. Periodicals cover a wide range of subject areas that are of interest to high-school students including art, history, sports, music, film, travel, science, the Internet, fashion, religion, nature, hobbies, current events, fiction and much more.

MasterFILE Complete (Login required - click here)
    MasterFILE Complete offers the largest collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books and other highly-regarded sources from the world's leading publishers. It provides full text periodicals covering an extensive range of subject areas including business, health, education, fitness, sports and leisure, personal finance, general science, multicultural issues, DIY and fashion.

Middle Search Plus (Login required - click here)
    Contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. Middle Search Plus also contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History, reference books including the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia; American Heritage® Dictionary, 4th Edition from Houghton Mifflin; Encyclopedia of Animals™; and thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags.

NewsBank: Education (Login required - click here)
    Find current information on issues pertaining to education, such as learning standards, teaching, testing, issues and people in education, and more.

Primary Search (Login required - click here)
    Primary Search contains full text for more than 80 elementary school magazines. Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, providing students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. The database also provides the American Heritage® Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and thousands of relevant photos, maps, and flags.

Professional Development Collection (Login required - click here)
    Provides a highly specialized collection of information for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers. This collection offers information on everything from children's health and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice. Professional Development Collection includes full text for nearly 520 high quality education journals and more than 200 educational reports.

Referencia Latina (SP) (Login required - click here)
    This full-text Spanish-language database covers a broad array of subjects inside and outside academia. It offers content from a variety of sources, including reference books, general interest magazines and health reports.

Religion & Philosophy (Login required - click here)
    Religion & Philosophy Collection™ is a comprehensive database covering topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. With nearly 300 full-text journals, the Religion & Philosophy Collection™ is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.

The Serials Directory (Login required - click here)
    This database provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. It contains nearly 250,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses; and Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications for every entry.

TeachingBooks.net (Login required - click here)
    TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. It includes thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities.

Teacher Reference Center (Login required - click here)
    Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 200 peer-reviewed journals.

Texas Digital Sanborn Maps (Login required - click here)
    Delivers detailed property and land-use records that depict the grid of everyday life in more than 12,000 U.S. towns and cities across a century of change. Combined with other sources such as city directories, photographs, small-scale maps, census records, genealogies, and statistical data, Sanborn maps provide an unparalleled picture of life in American towns and cities.

Texas Reference Center (Login required - click here)
    The database is comprised of periodicals, reference books, reports, and other content relevant to the state. Texas Reference Center contains 30 full text periodicals, 100 full text reference books, several Texas newspapers, and much more. Examples of titles offered include: Best in Texas, Texas Business Review, Texas Education Review, Texas Journal of Women & the Law, Texas Monthly, and many more.

TOPICsearch (Login required - click here)
    This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics, including controversial opinions and viewpoints. TOPICsearch™ contains full text for over 60,000 articles from 399 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.

Vocational & Career Collection (Login required - click here)
    Provides full-text coverage for more than 340 trade and industry related periodicals including American Machinist, Modern Machine Shop, Pediatric Nursing, Wireless Week, Drug Store News, Reeves Journal, Hotel & Motel Management, Restaurant Business, Advertising Age, and many more.