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Houston and Texas


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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.
  • 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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  • LegalForms (Texas):
    Gale LegalForms includes forms specific to the state of Texas
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  • Port Arthur News (digital archives):
    Digital archives of The Port Arthur News up through 1977
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  • Texas Digital Sanborn Maps (Provided by the Texas State Library's TEXSHARE program.):
    Sanborn maps are large scale plans of a city or town drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch. They were created to assist fire insurance companies as they assessed the risk associated with insuring a particular property. The maps list street block and building numbers including numbers in use at the time the map was made and previous numbers
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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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