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.

20th Century American Poetry (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program) A database collection that includes 50,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets
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20th Century English Poetry (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program) A database collection of 598 volumes of poetry by 283 poets from 1900 to the present day
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Alt Health Watch (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program) Database focuses on perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness
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Bibliography of Native North Americans (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program) Bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life with over 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, etc. Dates of covergae is form the sixteenth century to the present.
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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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ERIC (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program) Provides access to education literature and resources; includes full text of 2,200+ digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals
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Facts on File Science Online Database contains extensive information on a broad range of scientific disciplines. Includes in-depth essays in environmental science, weather and climate, new biology, the history of science, biographies of key scientists, diagrams, mathematics, human anatomy, and science experiments and activities.
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Fuente Academica (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program) Includes PDF full text for 260 scholarly publications covering areas of academic study. Content is provided in Spanish from respected publishers worldwide.
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Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program) Indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database also has various images and offers brief biographies.
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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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LegalForms (Texas) Gale LegalForms includes forms specific to the state of Texas
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Library of Texas Search for information from multiple library catalogs and information databases.
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts Indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage extends back as far as the mid-1960s
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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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Mango Languages Online language learning courses for Spanish, French, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Russian and more. Also learn English with ESL classes for Brazilian Portuguese, Polish and Spanish.
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MasterFILE Premier (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program) Provides full text for nearly 1,860 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more.
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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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Newspaper Source (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program) Provides cover-to-cover full text for 20 national (U.S.) & international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. Selected full text over 230 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, and more.
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OverDrive (Digital Media Catalog) Download audiobooks, e-books, and videos.
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Port Arthur News (digital archives) Digital archives of The Port Arthur News up through 1977
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Primary Search (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program) For elementary school libraries and public library children's rooms, contains full text for 70 popular, elementary school magazines. Full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Also offers indexing and abstracts for 100 magazines and an image Collection of 188,300+ photos, maps and flags.
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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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TOPICsearch (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program) A current events database indexing social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints. Includes full text for over 100,000 articles from 2,500 diverse sources, including international and regional newspapers.
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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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World Book Online Reference Center Includes access to an encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary, and a section called Explore Texas; also includes an option to switch to a Spanish interface.
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World History Collection (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program) Index provides a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East; full text for more than 140 titles dating as far back as 1964. Sources cover a wide range of historical topics including anthropology, art, culture, economics, government, heritage, military, politics, and more.
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