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Biography


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To access a database remotely, click on the title. You will be prompted to enter your valid library card number. Many of the databases are provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.
  • Book Review Digest Plus (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program):
    Brings together book reviews on subjects such as art, biography, business, education, general interest, history, humanities, literature, music and more with coverage back to 1983.
  • Contemporary Authors (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program):
    Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors
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  • Contemporary Literary Criticism (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program):
    Collects more than 35,000 critical essays on contemporary authors, with biographical, critical, principal works, and further study information
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  • Dictionary of Literary Biography (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program):
    Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of influential literary figures from all eras and genres
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  • EBSCO Kids Search:
    EBSCO resources selected specifically for primary and middle school students.
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  • EBSCO Student Research Center:
    EBSCO resources selected especially for youth in grades 6-12.
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  • EBSCOhost Ebook Collection (formerly NetLibrary Ebooks) provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.:
    Read or check out e-books, available through EBSCOhost's electronic book collection
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  • HeritageQuest - formerly Genealogy and Local History (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program):
    HeritageQuest Online provides U. S. Federal census records and a collection of research materials for tracing family lineages
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  • Learning Express (formerly known as LearnATest.com):
    Test preparation materials and interactive practice exams in the areas of academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams.
    All users, including home access users, must choose either the New User or Returning User button. If you need assistance, please contact a reference librarian.
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  • Literature Resource Center with Scribner and Twayne's (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program):
    Provides literature criticism, detailed biographies and bibliographies, social and historical context, and facilitates the study of literary movements, genres, and themes; over 1,000,000 full text articles,poems, short stories and plays, film, book and theatre reviews,and links to NPR broadcasts.
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  • MAS Ultra: School Edition (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program):
    Designed for high school libraries, the database contains full text for more than 700 popular, high school magazines and over 84,000 biographies and primary source documents. Includes more than 350 reference books (including the CIA World Fact Book, World Almanac and Our States reference book series.
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  • Middle Search Plus (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program):
    Contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines, includes an assigned reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets.
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  • OverDrive (Digital Media Catalog):
    Download audiobooks, e-books, and videos.
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  • Scribner Writers (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program).:
    Access to 1,600 original and detailed bio-critical essays on the lives and works of important authors from around the world. Each entry averages 15-20 pages in length and includes a concise essay, hyperlinks for cross-referencing, a citation and biographical information that places the author's work in personal and historical context
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  • Texas Reference Center (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program):
    Includes more than 80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure; also contains biographies of famous historical and contemporary Texans. Includes the Spanish-language newspaper El Sol de Texas with Texas and national news coverage. The database is updated weekly.
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  • Twayne's Author Series (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program):
    Features the content of nearly 600 books that comprise three print series --United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors -- each of which were carefully coordinated with input from librarians and educators to include authors universally studied in high schools and colleges.
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