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Database Name			Database Description
Academic Search Complete			This scholarly collection offers unmatched full-text coverage of information in many areas of academic study.
Agricola			Contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. AGRICOLA encompasses all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines.
Alt HealthWatch			Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full-text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports.
Ancestry Library Edition			Provides access to a number of genealogical and historical resources, including images of the decennial U.S census from 1790-1930. This database is available in the library only.

Database Name			Database Description
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America			Covers all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy.
Book Connections			Provides multimedia content to complement children's and young adult books. Resources include audiobook readings, author videos, book discussion guides and lesson plans for over 40,000 books in English and Spanish.
Book Review Digest Plus			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.
Business Abstracts with Full-Text			Offers full-text articles from hundreds of key publications, and provides access to product evaluations, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, statistical rankings and more.
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Reference Center			Offers full-text database designed to support continuity experts and information professionals.
Business Source Complete			Business Source Complete is the overwhelmingly superior database for full-text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.

Database Name			Database Description
Career Cruising			Career Cruising is a web-based career guidance system that helps students choose a career with information on job searching, scholarships, and financial aid. To use this database from home, you must first create an account at the library.
ChiltonLibrary.com			ChiltonLibrary.com has thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.
Computer Source			Contains nearly 300 full-text journals and magazines covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software.
Consumer Health Complete			Supports the information needs of patients and fosters an overall understanding of health-related topics.

Database Name			Database Description
Deer Park Broadcaster from NewsBank			Search full-text articles via the electronic edition of the Deer Park Broadcaster from 10/18/2007-current.
Directory of Open Access Journals			Provides indexing, abstracting, and free full text access for selected international scholarly journals in many subject areas.

Database Name			Database Description
eBook Collection (EBSCO)			More than 27,000 eBooks are available for browsing, searching, and virtual check-out. TexShare's eBook collection includes titles from the world's leading business, technology, trade, reference, academic, and scholarly publishers.
Educational Administration Abstracts			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.
ERIC (Education Resource Information Center)			Provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
Essay & General Literature Index			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: Educator's Edition			Explora is a dedicated search interface that delivers lesson plans, curriculum standards, and other professional development resources for educators.
Explora: Primary Schools			Explora is a dedicated search interface that delivers relevant results including articles, essays, and primary source documents to help patrons feel successful in their research. Designed for students in grades K-5.
Explora: Public Libraries			Explora is a dedicated search interface that delivers relevant results including articles, essays, and primary source documents to help patrons feel successful in their research.
Explora: Secondary Schools			Explora is a dedicated search interface that delivers relevant results including articles, essays, and primary source documents to help patrons feel successful in their research. Designed for students in grades 6-12.

Database Name			Database Description
Family Studies Abstracts			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.
Fold3 Library Edition			Provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.
Fuente Académica			Fuente Académica includes full-text journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain covering many academic disciplines.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia			This is part of the Primary Search and Middle Search Plus databases. It provides students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for elementary and middle school students.

Database Name			Database Description
Gale Academic OneFile			Quickly access articles from a database of scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Best for academic research.
Gale Books and Authors			Answer the age-old question, “What do I read next?” Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres, or topics.
Gale Business: Entrepreneurship			Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more.
Gale Business: Insights			Research global companies and industries with in-depth analysis through current news, statistical data, and comprehensive reports.
Gale Courses			Gale Courses offers hundreds of courses focused on professional development, technology skills, and personal enrichment. Six-week long courses are taught entirely online by instructors, and new sessions begin every month.
Gale eBooks			Contains a number of electronic books on various subjects, including business, history, literature, religion, science, and others.
Gale General OneFile			Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.
Gale Health and Wellness			Search a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices.
Gale In Context: Biography			Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content.
Gale In Context: College			Access a wide array of multidisciplinary content by searching scholarly journals, newspapers, periodicals, images, and videos.
Gale In Context: Elementary			Introduce elementary students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content.
Gale In Context: Environmental Studies			Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
Gale In Context: High School			Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources.
Gale In Context: Middle School			Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more.
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints			Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues.
Gale In Context: Science			Understand context for hundreds of science topics through overviews, journals, news, interactive experiments, and more.
Gale Interactive: Science			Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.
Gale LegalForms			Gives a wide selection of legal forms, including real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others.
Gale Literature			Search across your library's Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.
Gale Literature Resource Center			Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.
Gale Literature: LitFinder			Access literary works and authors throughout history, including full-text poems, plays, short stories, speeches, and more.
Gale Literature: Scribner Writer Series			Browse original scholarly essays on authors from around the world. Places authors and their works in personal and historical context.
Gale Literature: Twayne's Author Series			Find in-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers. Includes influences of literary movements.
Gale OneFile: Agriculture			Access current and authoritative periodical content covering agriculture and its related fields.
Gale OneFile: Business			Understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications. Updated daily.
Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media			Understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications. Updated daily.
Gale OneFile: Computer Science			Access leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries.
Gale OneFile: Contemporary Women's Issues			Find timely and historically relevant content on issues that influence women’s lives across the globe.
Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice			Comprehensive periodical content for researchers studying law, law enforcement, forensic science, terrorism, and more.
Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts			Find a variety of information from major cooking and nutrition magazines as well as key reference titles.
Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies			Access a range of periodical content to explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community.
Gale OneFile: Economics and Theory			Discover content useful for starting a business, marketing a product, developing policy, analyzing trends, and more.
Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete			Gain insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy. Best for educators, administrators, and education students.
Gale OneFile: Entrepreneurship			Analyze business insights, tips, strategies, and success stories. Updated daily. Best for business schools and entrepreneurs.
Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy			Investigate environmental issues with diverse perspectives from the scientific community, policymakers, and corporate interests.
Gale OneFile: Fine Arts			Search millions of articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Diverse resource for serious fine arts students.
Gale OneFile: Gardening and Horticulture			Find millions of articles on the practical and scientific aspects of horticulture studies. For all horticultural enthusiasts.
Gale OneFile: Gender Studies			Discover balanced coverage of topics related to gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine			Find up-to-date information on a range of health care topics. Best for students, researchers, and health care professionals.
Gale OneFile: High School Edition			Search magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference on a range of topics. Best for middle- and high-school students.
Gale OneFile: Home Improvement			Search home improvement topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.
Gale OneFile: Hospitality and Tourism			Discover well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries.
Gale OneFile: Information Science			Access articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology. Updated daily.
Gale OneFile: Informe Académico			Search across full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines from and about Latin America.
Gale OneFile: Insurance and Liability			Discover information about physical and intellectual asset protection, from individuals to multinational corporations.
Gale OneFile: Leadership and Management			Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more. Updated daily.
Gale OneFile: Military and Intelligence			Search scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of past and present military affairs. Updated daily.
Gale OneFile: News			Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.
Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health			Research full-text titles cited in CINAHL and other resources to support specialized care, treatment, and patient management.
Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine			Access academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine.
Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies			Access scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.
Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines			Access the most searched magazines across Gale OneFile focusing on current events, sports, science, and health issues.
Gale OneFile: Psychology			Find authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology.
Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy			Research the impact of religion on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. Updated daily.
Gale OneFile: Science			Access information on the latest developments across a range of scientific disciplines. Updated daily.
Gale OneFile: U.S. History			Search balanced coverage of events in U.S. history. Best for novice historians and academic researchers. Updated daily.
Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers			Research a vocation, find an appropriate institution of learning, and get assistance on job searches and maintaining a career.
Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism			Gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale.
Gale OneFile: World History			Access balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.
Gale Power Search			Gale PowerSearch is a search platform providing a sophisticated yet simple solution for managing a wealth of periodical, reference, multimedia and primary source information.
Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids			Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Best for children aged 6–14.
Gale Presents: Udemy			Offers thousands of high-quality video courses across 75 categories for upskilling in the areas of business, technology, and design. Achieve personal success with courses on health and well-being, the arts, language learning, and more.
Glassdoor			Search through more than 15 million jobs from over 300,000 companies. With employee reviews, salary information, interview information, and more, you can get to know a company before you even apply!
GreenFILE			This comprehensive resource draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.

Database Name			Database Description
Handbook of Texas			A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. It comprises more than 23,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and a host of other topic categories.
Health Source: Consumer Edition			This resource provides access to nearly 80 full-text, consumer health magazines and searchable full text for current, health-related pamphlets and nearly 130 health reference books.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition			Provides nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals on many medical disciplines. Also includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
HeritageQuest			Resource for genealogy and family-history research. Includes online and film products dating back to the late 1700s, including digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records, and the digitized version of the popular UMI Genealogy & Local History collection.
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center			Offers "how-to" instructions for virtually every hobby enthusiast with full text for more than 1,500 leading hobby books and craft magazines that cover Arts & Crafts, Collecting, Home & Garden, Indoor Recreation, Kids' Crafts, Model Building, Needlecrafts & Textiles, and more.
Home Improvement Reference Center			Provides users with user-friendly “how-to” information covering a range of home improvement and repair projects and features full-text content from leading magazines, images not found anywhere else online, and videos of popular home repair projects.
Humanities Full Text			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.

Database Name			Database Description
Information Science & Technology Abstracts (ISTA)			A leading database in the areas of information science. With coverage dating as far back as the mid 1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.

Database Name			Database Description
Job & Career Accelerator			From creating resumes and finding job and internship opportunities to assessing career alternatives and mastering interviewing skills, job seekers will have everything they need in one easy-to-use web application.

Database Name			Database Description
LearningExpress Library			Contains practice tests and test preparation materials for a variety of standardized tests, including SAT, GED, real estate, ASVAB, civil service exams, and other skills improvement resources.
Legal Collection			Offers information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and much more.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)			Indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
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Literary Reference Center			Provides information on thousands of authors and their works through an expansive collection of author biographies, plot summaries, poems, short stories, author interviews and more.

Database Name			Database Description
MAS Complete			This comprehensive database, designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines.
MasterFile Complete			Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals. This database also contains full text more than 500 reference books, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags.
MedicLatina			Acceso a casi 100 revistas sobre investigación médica de publicadores latinoamericanos. Artículos son en texto completo.
Medline			Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
Middle Search Plus			Contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays.
Military & Government Collection			Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of these sites.

Database Name			Database Description
Natural & Alternative Treatments			A complementary and alternative medicine database designed specifically for the consumer health researcher. Updated weekly, this database provides current information that will satisfy an ever-growing demand for accurate, unbiased information on natural health.
Newsbank			Search full-text articles via the electronic edition of the Deer Park Broadcaster from 10/18/2007-current along with other popular news magazine titles.
Newspaper Source Plus			Provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.
NoveList Plus			An electronic readers' advisory resource that helps fiction readers of all ages find new authors and titles. NoveList allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a template to locate other authors and titles of interest.

Database Name			Database Description
OverDrive: Houston Area Digital Media Catalog			Download free eBooks and audio books using OverDrive. Sign in to view extra titles we’ve purchased for you.

Database Name			Database Description
Play Index			Covers over 31,000 classic and historical plays dating from 1949, including one-act plays, pageants, plays in verse, radio and television plays, classic drama and monologues from famous playwrights.
PrepSTEP for Colleges & Universities			Whether they are looking to improve core academic skills, score higher on college placement tests, explore careers, prepare for occupational exams or build workplace skills, students can achieve their goals using PrepSTEP for Colleges & Universities.
PrepSTEP for High Schools			Whether they are planning to attend college, join the military or enter the workforce, students can achieve their goals using PrepSTEP for High Schools.
Primary Search			Designed specifically for elementary school libraries, contains full text for more than 80 popular, elementary school magazines. Includes thousands of relevant photos, maps, and flags.
Professional Development Collection (Education)			Provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially 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.
ProQuest African American Heritage			A groundbreaking new digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Austin American-Statesman (1871-1980)			This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection			A comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.

Database Name			Database Description
Race Relations Abstracts			This resource provides a sole focus on content relating specifically to the relationship between races. Specific areas covered include ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline, as listed.
Referencia Latina			This full-text Spanish-language database covers a broad array of subjects inside and outside academia.
Regional Business News			Provides full text for more than 80 regional US and Canadian business publications (including titles from Crain Communications).
Religion and Philosophy Collection			A comprehensive database covering topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
Rosetta Stone Library Solution			Rosetta Stone offers libraries and their users the proven immersion method that more than 20,000 schools and 9,000 businesses have trusted for over the last 20+ years. The award-winning interactive approach has been used by millions of learners around the world and now is accessible in the library- or anywhere, anytime.

Database Name			Database Description
Salem Health			Provides access to various volumes from the following reference sets: Cancer, Genetics & Inherited Conditions, and Psychology & Mental Health. Users can search for specific topics or browse through a list of topics. If you are outside the library, a password is required to use this database. Please call 281-478-7208 during library hours for information.
Salem History			Provides access to various volumes from the following reference sets: the Decades series, Encyclopedia of American Immigration, Great Athletes, Great Lives from History, and Milestone Documents. Users can search for specific topics or browse through a list of topics. If you are outside the library, a password is required to use this database. Please call 281-478-7208 during library hours for information.
Salem Literature			Provides access to a collection of literary criticism books, including titles from the Critical Insights series of authors and their works. Users can search for specific authors and works or browse through a list of topics. If you are outside the library, a password is required to use this database. Please call 281-478-7208 during library hours for information.
Salem Science			Provides access to three science resources: Environment Issues, Encyclopedia of Global Resources, and The Solar System. All resources include authoritative coverage and essays that address a broad range of topics. Users can search for specific topics or browse through a list of topics. If you are outside the library, a password is required to use this database. Please call 281-478-7208 during library hours for information.
Salud en Español			Salud en Español incluye reportes completos basados en evidencias y fichas de datos relacionados a todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar.
Science and Technology Collection			Contains more than 820 leading full-text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,750 journals.
SciTech Premium Collection			The SciTech Premium Collection is a full-text database supported by a specialized A&I file. It covers comprehensive scholarly output and is managed by an expert editorial team overseeing content selection and indexing supported by a controlled vocabulary.
Serials Directory			This database provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials.
Short Story Index			Contains information on short stories by author or genre and provides detailed indexing for more than 117,000 stories from more than 4,200 collections and anthologies.
Small Business Handbook			From the Texas Governor's Office, a guide for starting an operating a small business in Texas.
Small Business Reference Center			Contains more than 450 full-text reference books and nearly 400 full-text periodicals that provide detailed “how-to” instructions to address small business topics, such as buying and selling a business, managing employees, writing a business plan, understanding legal information, and much more.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center			Provides repair guides for small engines and routine maintenance and also allows users to search by product type, brand, model/engine type, specific area of model/engine type, and model numbers.
Sustainability Reference Center			Designed for sustainability experts and information professionals, this collection offers unmatched full-text coverage of content relevant to many integral areas of sustainability initiative management.

Database Name			Database Description
Teacher Reference Center			Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
TeachingBooks			An easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. This resource 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.
Texas Digital Sanborn Maps			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. If you are outside the library, a username and password are required to use this database. Please call 281-478-7208 during library hours for information.
Texas Reference Center			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.
TOPICsearch			This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.
Twentieth-Century American Poetry			An essential collection of American poetry that provides readers an unparalleled survey of the movements, schools and distinctive voices of modern and contemporary poetry.
Twentieth-Century English Poetry			An essential collection of English poetry that provides readers an unparalleled survey of the movements, schools and distinctive voices of modern and contemporary poetry.

Database Name			Database Description
Vocational & Career Collection			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.

Database Name			Database Description
WorldCat			The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with more than 86 million bibliographic records and nearly 1.2 billion holdings representing the collections of more than 10,000 libraries, over 400 languages, and all types of materials ranging from stone tablets to electronic books.