Databases Alphabetical
Databases with an asterisk * require login information. That information may be your library card number and password/pin, your email and password, or login information provided by Library Staff. Each database that requires a login will list what that login information at the end (in parenthesis).
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next to a database mean there is a tutorial for how to use that resource. Click on the graduation cap icon to be taken to the tutorial. A
ABC Mouse
Learn how to read with ABCmouse, the award-winning reading app for kids ages 2 - 8. Inspire you child to love learning and build confidence in reading, math, and more!
Accelerated Reader Bookfinder
Locate approved titles for use in school Accelerated Reader programs. Check with your student's teacher or school for specific details and approved AR lists.
Acronym Finder
With more than 1,000,000 human-edited definitions, Acronym Finder is the world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms. Combined with the Acronym Attic, Acronym Finder contains more than 5 million acronyms and abbreviations. You can also search for more than 850,000 US and Canadian postal codes.
AGRICOLA
This catalog of the U.S. National Agriculatural Library (NAL) provides citations to agricultural literature. The NAL houses one of the world's largest and most accessible agricultural information collections and advances access to global information for agriculture.
Agrilife Learn
The Texas A&M Agrilife Extension platform, Agrilife Learn, was created to extend the latest research and expert knowledge with the people of Texas. Here you can find this information packaged in materials that are easy to use and easy to download.
All Area Codes
This opens a pop-up window to share the URL for this database. Current information related to telephone area codes and city codes for the U.S. and Canada plus international dialing and country codes.
AllMusic
In-depth Information about albums, musicians and songs; reviews of upcoming and classic albums including new releases; ratings and picks of the recommended albums and songs within an artist's discography or tracks on an album an much more.
American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB)
The AAPB is a collaboration between the Library of Congress and Boston public media producer GBH to preserve and make accessible significant public radio and television programs before they deteriorate and provide a central web portal for access to the unique programming that public stations have aired over the past 70+ years. The AAPB collection includes more than 122,000 items dating back to the late 1940s and is growing
Ancestry
Ancestry helps you understand your genealogy. A family tree takes you back generations—the world's largest collection of online family history records makes it easy to trace your lineage.* (For use in Library only)
Annenberg Learner
Professional development for teachers and classroom resources across the curriculum. Features streaming videos that teach topics including language learning (Spanish, French, German, ESL, etc.), math and science
Architectural Archives Database at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center
This Houston Public Library collection contains records of architectural drawings owned by the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, primarily for structures in the Houston area.
arXiv
arXiv is a free distribution service and an open-access archive for 2,144,776 scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. Materials on this site are not peer-reviewed by arXiv.
AtoZ Databases
AtoZdatabases is the premier Reference, Research, Marketing, Mailing Lists/Sales Leads, and Job-Search Database. The database includes 30 million business & executive profiles, over 240 million residents with interests, hobbies and lifestyles information, over 7 million real-time job listings, 2 Million new businesses, over 12 million healthcare professionals, over 12 million new movers, 2 million new homeowners, and much more. The databases are ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, background searches, finding friends, relatives and a whole lot of other possibilities. * (Requires Library Card Number if Used Outside of Library)
AtoZ World Foods
With thousands of global recipes, hundreds of fascinating culture and ingredient articles, and essential culinary resources, AtoZ World Food brings international cuisines to you, from Albanian byrek to Zimbabwean matemba! * (Requires Library Card Number)
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Banzai
In depth lessons on financial topics including saving money, insurance, retirement, taxes, housing, borrowing and credit, investing, and more!
BioMed Central
Publisher of 187 peer-reviewed open access journals.
Business Directory (Temple)
This directory contains information about businesses that are part of the Temple Chamber of Commerce. You can search by keyword or category.
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search and read newspapers from 1836-1922 and find information about American newspapers from 1690-present. Includes The Houston Daily Post (12/1/1893--2/28/1903) and The Jewish Herald (Houston) (9/24/1908--12/29/1910). From the Library of Congress.
Citizenship Resource Center / Centro de Recursos para Ciudadanía
The Citizenship Resource Center has a collection of helpful resources and free study materials for a variety of users. El Centro de Recursos para Ciudadanía tiene una colección de recursos útiles y materiales de estudio para una variedad de usuarios.
Citizenshipworks Recommended Website
Nonprofit organization offering free assistance to persons applying for United States Citizenship, including completing application forms and finding free legal help. Information is available in English, Spanish, and Chinese.
CORE
CORE is a multidisciplinary aggregator of open access (OA) research. CORE has the largest collection of OA articles available, allowing users to search more than 219 million OA articles. While most of these link to the full-text article on the original publisher's site, or to a PDF available for download, five million records are hosted directly on CORE.
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
To provide American citizens direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic society, a core group of current and historical Government publications was made available via GPO Access. These titles contain information which is vital to the democratic process and critical to an informed electorate.
CREDO
Credo is an easy-to-use tool for research, homework, and other reference needs. Gather background information on your topic from over one thousand full-text encyclopedias and subject handbooks, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.
Cypress Resumes
Cypress Resume is an online resume builder that lets you create professional-quality resumes in three quick and simple steps.
1. Enter your name, contact information, work history and education.
2. Choose the title of your desired job or simply the skill set you wish to highlight.
3. Finally, choose from a collection of concise and professional job statements to ensure your resume will stand out. And that's it! In a few minutes you will have a great-looking, well-written resume that will give you the edge in today's ultra-competitive job market.* (Set up with your email & create a password)
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Digital Learn
If you are new to computers, haven't used them for a while, are a little unsure and uncomfortable, or just need a bit of a refresher, we have the tools to help you tackle technology at your own pace and gain the confidence you need to succeed.
Digital Public Library of America
"DPLA brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science."
DMV Written Test
These 16 practice examinations are based upon the 2018 Texas Driver Handbook. Each practice exam provides a grade at the end, as well as a link to the online 2018 Texas Driver Handbook.
DOAJ
The DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) was launched in 2003 with 300 open access journals. Today, this independent database contains over 16 500 peer-reviewed open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities. Open access journals from all countries and in all languages are welcome to apply for inclusion.
Driving Tests
These practice tests are good for the learner license test, driver’s license test and the senior citizens’ refresher test. Practice tests for cars, motorcycles, and your CDL. Tests are available in English and Spanish. Handbooks and TX DMV FAQs are also available for free.
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EBSCOhost
American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933 - 1955.
Ellis Island
Ellis Island has an online searchable database using records from NARA, (created by the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation), of 22.5 million arrivals to New York between 1892 - 1924. Registration is required but free, and you can view scanned images of actual passenger manifests. You can also purchase copies through the site. Over 20 million immigrants passed through the Port of New York at Ellis Island from 1892 - 1924.
ePermitTest Driver Education
Ready to start preparing for your Texas drivers permit test? If you are between 14 and 24 years old and live in Dallas, Austin or anywhere else in the state of Texas, you will find everything you need to get started, right here on this page! Welcome to our fantastic, free driver’s education course, suitable for 2020 DPS permit test applicants. This course covers traffic laws, road signs, driving skills and everything else you will be assessed on during the written driver’s license test. It is never too soon to start studying for the permit test, so why not get started right now?
ePermitTest Practice Tests
Use these interactive DMV practice tests to prepare for your driving exam. All of the practice tests are specific to Texas and are supplemented with study aids, and detailed explanations that come up whenever a student makes a mistake. We even have a real DMV test simulator that is provided in the same format as the written exam.
ERIC
The ERIC online system provides the public with a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966. More than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004), previously available through fee-based services only, are now available for free.
Excel Easy
Microsoft Excel is an important skill in many jobs. This online tutorial helps you become a master of the application with everything from Basics to Formulas.
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Family Search
Search from many databases of records from around the world, including many provided from the National Archives. This website is a project of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
FEMA - Region 6
The Federal Emergency Management Agency region responsible for the Central Texas area, including flood risk information, disaster recovery resources, and contact information.
Find a Grave
Search for your ancestors among 210 million grave records. Find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials or add photos, virtual flowers and a note to a loved one's memorial. Search or browse cemeteries and grave records for every-day and famous people from around the world.
Fold3
Fold3 features premier collections of original military records. These records include the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served in the military. Many of records come the U.S. National Archives, The National Archives of U.K. and many others. * (For use in Library only)
Foundation Directory Online
Foundation Directory Online is a research tool to help nonprofits find the grantmakers most likely to fund their projects. This tool includes grantmaker information and funding history. * (For use in Library only)
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GCF Learn Free
From interactive tutorials for learning Microsoft Office to guided lessons on Reading and Mathematics, this Goodwill Community Foundation website provides you with easy-to-follow lessons complete with videos, tests, and downloads.a
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Handbook of African American Texas
Created and maintained by the Texas State Historical Association, the Handbook of African American Texas is a digital gateway to Texas' African American history.
Handbook of Texas
Created and maintained by the Texas State Historical Association, the Handbook of Texas is a digital gateway to Texas' history.
Heinonline
HeinOnline is a premier online database containing more than 173 million pages and 270,000 titles of historical and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format. HeinOnline bridges an important research gap by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,700 law-related periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of academic journals, HeinOnline contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and entire databases dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more.
History Matters
Designed for high school and college teachers and students, History Matters serves as a gateway to web resources and offers other useful materials for teaching U.S. history.
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Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) public nonprofit that was founded to build an 'Internet library,' with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in the Presidio of San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow to build more well-rounded collections. Among its most notable collections are:
- Audio Archive
The Archive contains over a hundred thousand free digital recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users. Many of these audios and MP3s are available for free download. - Live Music Archive
The Internet Archive has teamed up with etree wiki to preserve and archive as many live concerts as possible for current and future generations to enjoy. All music in this Collection is from trade-friendly artists and is strictly noncommercial, both for access here and for any further distribution. Artists' commercial releases are off-limits. This collection is maintained by the etree.org community. - Moving Images Collections
This collection of thousands of digital movies is free and open for everyone to use. It includes the Prelinger Archive, a collection of nearly 2,000 advertising and educational films from 1927 to the present. - Text Archive
This collection is open to the community for the contribution of any type of text.
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Kelley Blue Book
Shop for new and used cars and get reviews, vehicle history reports, repair guides, and more.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy has over 3,300 videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice.
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Language Learning Library
When starting language learning, it's difficult to find resources that are at the right level. What makes it even more difficult is that most of the "reviews" are little more than advertisements written by people who get commission for you signing up via their site. Looking around, you'll see the same resources recommended again and again. Not because they are the best but because they offer the site the most commission.
The Language Learning Library is different. Users can submit their own reviews so you are seeing good honest reviews from people with nothing to gain other than helping their fellow language learners.
Legislative Reference Library of Texas
Bills and information from the Texas legislature. Includes information on the most current legislation as well as historical information dating back to 1870.
Library of Congress
Utilize databases from the Library of Congress that cover information from the arts and humanities to science and technology.
Library patrons can download maps to support historical and genealogical research projects.
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Mango Languages
Mango prepares learners for realistic conversations and communication in over 70 world languages including English. To get started, select Sign Up, register with your valid library card number and PIN, then create an account with your email address and a password. * (Requires Library Card Number)
Merck Manual Consumer Version
Online medical manual designed for the general public. Includes current medical news and feature articles. Information is also available in Spanish and many other languages.
MERLOT
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching. MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments.
Military Database
The Military Database covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more. An important benefit of the Military Database is its content diversity. Included are scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. * (Requires Library Card Number)
MIT OpenCourseWare
Search for college class materials available free online.
Motor Trend
New and Used vehicle buyer's guides, reviews, automotive industry news, and an electric vehicle charging station map.
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NADA Guides
Free price information and reviews on new and used cars, trucks, SUVs, vans, boats, motorcycles, RVs, and other vehicles.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
The official Archives of the United States government provide a variety of online primary sources including:
- Online Exhibits
Features high resolution images of a variety of manuscripts, artworks and photographs from the U.S. National Archives. - Featured Documents
- America's Historical Documents
The National Archives preserves and provides access to the records of the Federal Government. Here is a sample of these records, from our most celebrated milestones to little-known surprises. - Educators & Students: Primary Sources and Activities
A large number of collections of primary documents and images arranged for use by teachers of history, civics or use of government documents.
National Forest Service Library
Catalog of records to Forest Service Research publications dating back to 1904. Includes almost 6,000 full-text publications.
National Service Center for Environmental Publications
A database of over 24,000 full-text U.S. EPA documents
NCJRS Virtual Library (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)
Access to more than 3,500 full text publications and more than 190,000 abstracts, or summaries, of publications on this site and from NCJRS partner agency websites.
National Public Library
Contains information on 60,574 works from the National (UK) Portrait Gallery's collection of over 320,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings, and photographs.
NDLTD
Search over 4,000 electronic theses and dissertations.
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
Job outlook information for hundreds of occupations from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
OpenDOAR
OpenDOAR is the quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories. You can search and browse through thousands of registered repositories based on a range of features, such as location, software or type of material held.
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Passenger Lists
Electronic records at NARA relating to immigrants to America from Germany (1850-1897), Russia (1834-1897), Ireland (1846-1851), and Italy (1855-1900). The National Archives offers the AAD database as a free public resource and it can be accessed from anywhere.
Portal to Texas History
Digitalized rare, historical, and primary source materials covering the whole gamut of Texas history from prehistory to the present day. The Texas Digital Newspaper collection within the portal includes images of issues from The Houston Informer (1919-1924), Houston Daily Post (1893-1918), The Houston Post (1923-1924), Houston Post-Dispatch (1924-1925), and other Houston area newspapers, along with all known Republic of Texas Era newspapers. You may discover anything from an ancestor's picture to a rare historical map.
PQDT Open
Find open access dissertations and theses.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is one of the earliest attempts to provide widespread access to public domain books via the Internet. As of 2002, it offers about 6,200 works, adding about 150 per month. Files are in plain ASCII text or in zipped ASCII text, available from a number of mirror sites around the world. The Project Gutenberg catalog is searchable by author and title. Author and title lists may be downloaded by FTP.
ProQuest
Browse information from 8 databases including the Military Database, SciTech Premium Collection, 20th Century American Poetry, 20th Century English Poetry, GeoRef, and the Coronavirus Research Database.
Public Library of Science
PLOS is a nonprofit, Open Access publisher empowering researchers to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication.
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RootsWeb
Find links to the WorldConnect Project and thousands of family trees, genealogy mailing lists, message boards, and other tools for genealogical researchers.
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Scale Up
Texas State University’s SCALEUP program and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission are partnering to help local businesses grow.
The SCALEUP program is taking an evidence-based approach to understand the unique challenges that minority businesses face when growing.
To learn more about the program and opportunities, visit scaleup.txstate.edu.
Science Open
Functioning as a research and publishing network, ScienceOpen offers open access to more than 74 million articles in all areas of science. Although you do need to register to view the full text of articles, registration is free. The advanced search function is highly detailed, allowing you to find exactly the research you're looking for.
SciTech Premium Collection
The SciTech Premium Collection includes the Natural Science Collection and Technology Collection databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications and more. For researchers who need to conduct comprehensive literature reviews, this database includes specialized, editorial-controlled A&I resources for discovery of relevant scholarly research and technical literature critical to the discipline.* (Requires Library Card Number)
State Facts for Students
Help students learn about their state as they collect, organize, analyze, map, and graph a variety of information in “State Facts for Students.” They have the opportunity to examine data about kids their age, as well as a variety of other facts selected to appeal to young students.
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Teaching Books
A collection of materials for children, teens, and educators surrounding books, including read along performances, meet the author exclusives, book lists, virtual teaching ideas, and more!
Texas Administrative Code
The Texas Administrative Code (TAC) is a searchable compilation of all state agency rules in Texas. There are 17 titles in the TAC. Each title represents a subject category and related agencies are assigned to the appropriate title.
Texas Archival Resources Online
TARO (Texas Archival Resources Online) makes descriptions of the rich archival, manuscript, and museum collections in repositories across the state available to the public. The site consists of the collection descriptions or "finding aids" that archives, libraries, and museums create to assist users in locating information in their collections. Consider these an extended table of contents which describe unique materials only available at the individual repositories. In most cases, the collections themselves are NOT available online.
Texas Archival Resources Online
TARO (Texas Archival Resources Online) makes descriptions of the rich archival, manuscript, and museum collections in repositories across the state available to the public. The site consists of the collection descriptions or "finding aids" that archives, libraries, and museums create to assist users in locating information in their collections. Consider these an extended table of contents which describe unique materials only available at the individual repositories. In most cases, the collections themselves are NOT available online.
Texas Digital Archive
The Texas Digital Archive (TDA) manages, preserves, and facilitates access to the electronic records collections of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, including those transferred by state agencies or digitized by the State Archives. All records visible in this portal are unrestricted and available for public use.
Texas.gov
From birth certificates to vehicle registration and driver license renewal, Texas.gov has all of the information you need to live and thrive in Texas.
TexShare Databases
The TexShare Databases include databases covering topics such as Business, Career and Job Skills, Do-It-Yourself, eBooks, Education Resources, Genealogy and History, General Reference, Health and Medicine, K-12 Resources, Legal Resources, Literature Resources, Science and Technology. * (Requires login information provided by Library Staff. Please call for access)
Texas State History Museum: The African American Story
People of African decent have been inextricably linked to the history of the land now known as Texas since the earliest days of colonization.
Thomas Net
Thomas Net is a Business to Business website that connects businesses, provides business insights, and assists with marketing.
Trade Stats Express
Get the latest annual and quarterly trade data with customized outputs for visualization and analysis.
TRAIL
The Texas Records and Information Locator (TRAIL) service provides access to Texas state government information contained in electronic publications. TRAIL facilitates ready access to the information for Texas citizens and other users.
Tumble Books
Online picture books with audio narration, read-alongs, chapter books, nonfiction, graphic novels, plus videos, puzzles, games and quizzes for children.
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Weiss Financial Ratings
Important Financial Literacy Tools from Weiss Ratings & Grey House Publishing:
- Independent, Unbiased Financial Strength Ratings of Banks, Credit Unions & Insurance Companies
- Conservative Buy-Hold-Sell Ratings of Thousands of Stocks, Mutual Funds & Exchange Traded Funds
- Create your own Personal Account to create a Watchlist, get Upgrade/Downgrade Notifications and Log In from Anywhere
- Medicare Supplement Insurance - Which Plan to Choose, How Much it will Cost, Compare Rates & Plan Benefits
* (Requires Library Card Number)
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360 Degrees of Financial Literacy
Find information and tools to help understand personal finances through every stage of life.