Databases and Resources
Resources marked with a * require a valid MY Link card and PIN for remote access.
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19th Century U. S. Newspapers Digital Archive
Digital images for hundreds of 19th century United States newspapers. Includes The Galveston Daily News (Texas' oldest newspaper) from 1874 until 1897.*
Categories: Genealogy, History and Social Sciences, Houston and Texas, Newspapers
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2040 Houston-Galveston Regional Transportation Plan
The 2040 RTP is the comprehensive plan that identifies transportation projects needed to meet population growth in the next 25 years.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas
20th Century American Poetry
Includes the full-text of American poetry from the 20th century. *
Categories: Literature, Books and Readers
20th Century English Poetry
Includes the full-text of British poetry from the 20th century.
Categories: Literature, Books and Readers
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360 Degrees of Financial Literacy
Find information and tools to help understand personal finances through every stage of life.
Categories: Personal Finance
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50states.com
Extensive information on all 50 of the United States.
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Homework, Travel and Geography
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ABCMouse (In Library Use Only)
ABCmouse.com helps kids learn to read through phonics, and teaches lessons in math, social studies, art, music, and much more. Over 5,000 learning activities (fun games, puzzles, art, etc.) for kids ages 2-7+.
Categories: Homework, Online Learning, Books and Readers
Academic Search Complete
Full-text articles in all subject areas from all types of magazines and newspapers including scholarly publications. *
Categories: Homework, Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications
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.
Categories: Books and Readers, Homework, Parenting
Acorn TV
The Best in British TV and Film: World-class mysteries, dramas, and comedies from Britain and beyond, including 80+ exclusive shows and a full slate of original programming. Access this RBdigital Streaming Video on Demand service through a browser or download the RBdigital app to your favorite device, sign in with your library card and PIN, then create an account. A "checkout" from the homepage provides a 7-day pass to unlimited content, no monthly checkout limits. *
Categories: Movies, Music, and TV
Acronym Finder
Find out what any acronym, abbreviation, or initialism stands for including chat and SMS/text.
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
ActivityTree
Site to help parents find and register for local kid's lessons, classes and camps.
Categories: Parenting
African American Biographical Database
The largest electronic collection of biographical information on African Americans from 1790 to 1950.*
Categories: African American Studies, Biography
African American Heritage
A temporary problem with remote access to this resource has been reported. Apologies for the inconvenience.
This collection was created in partnership with leading African American genealogists to develop a comprehensive mix of resources, records, and tools specifically pertaining to African Americans.*
Categories: African American Studies, Genealogy
African American Intellectual History Society
A scholarly organization that aims to foster dialogue about researching, writing, and teaching black thought and culture.
Categories: African American Studies
African American Music Reference
Contains comprehensive coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression chronicling the rich history of this music through 1970.*
Categories: African American Studies, Movies, Music, and TV
African American Reference E-book Titles
Search over 25 reference titles related to African American culture, history, and literature simultaneously.*
Categories: African American Studies
Alcohol Help
Alcohol Help provides a 24-hour hotline and information about alcohol addiction, intervention, inpatient and outpatient treatment and recovery programs, and support for families.
Categories: Health and Medicine
All Area Codes
Provides you with current information related to telephone area codes, city codes, and country codes.
Categories: Phone Books and Directories
AllMovie (remote access only)
Search for movie information by title, person, keyword, and plotline.
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
Alt Health Watch
This alternative health database provides full text about complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990. *
Categories: Health and Medicine
Alzheimer's Association
The Alzheimer's Association leads the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support. Find links to local resources, support and advice for caregivers and patients, clinical trials, brain health, and more.
Categories: Health and Medicine
America Saves
Encourages Americans to save money and build personal wealth.
Categories: Personal Finance
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
This database of primary source material contains over two thousand authors and approximately one hundred thousand pages of diaries, letters and memoirs.*
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Genealogy
American Civil War: Research Database
Online resource for researching the soldiers, regiments, and battles of the American Civil War contains indexed, searchable information on over four million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with fifteen thousand photographs.*
Categories: Genealogy, History and Social Sciences
American Community Survey
Premier source for detailed population and housing information. Samples taken annual from a small percentage of a population.
Categories: Government: U.S.
American Decades
Decades covers the events, people and social trends that have had impact on contemporary history. Covers the decades from 1900-2009.*
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Homework
American Immigration Lawyers Association
AILA is the national association of more than 13,500 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law.
Categories: Citizenship Corner, Law
American Music
American Music is a history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past. The database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more. *
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Movies, Music, and TV
American Physical Society Journals (In Library Use Only)
Journals from the American Physical Society include Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics, Physical Review, and Physics. Issues run from 1893 to present.
Categories: Science, Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications
Ancestry Library (temporary remote access)
The library version of the Ancestry.com database, one of the largest collections of family history data online. It includes census, vital, military, and immigration records, as well as newspaper articles and city directories. Note: Temporary remote access has been generously provided by ProQuest through March 31, 2021. *
Categories: Genealogy, History and Social Sciences
Ancestry Library Edition (In Library Use Only)
The library version of the Ancestry.com database, one of the largest collections of family history data online. It includes census, vital, military, and immigration records, as well as newspaper articles and city directories.*
Categories: Genealogy, History and Social Sciences
Ancestry.com Texas
A vast collection of digitized documents related to Texas government and history from the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building in Austin and the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center in Liberty. **Note: Free access to the records that have been digitized by Ancestry is available to Texas residents courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Users are required to create a free Ancestry.com Texas account (instructions at the bottom of the website's homepage).
Categories: Houston and Texas, Genealogy
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.
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators, Language Learning, Online Learning
Answers About Bank Accounts
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency answers questions about checking, savings and other bank account questions.
Categories: Personal Finance
Any Day in History
Find out about historic events and birthdates that occurred on a selected day.
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences, Homework
AnyPlaceAmerica.com
Topographic maps and photos of over 1.25 million water, land and man-made landmarks in the United States. Includes over 2.8 million photographs. Search by specific place or browse by region or type of geographic feature.
Categories: Travel and Geography, Homework
Aprende Libre
Ofrece lecciones de tecnologia, ingles, matematicas, y vida diaria.
Categories: Language Learning, Online Learning, Resources in Other Languages
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.
Categories: Arts and Architecture, Houston and Texas, History and Social Sciences
Artcyclopedia: The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet
Search for works by thousands of artists in online exhibits..
Categories: Arts and Architecture, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Atlanta Daily World Historical Archive
The Atlanta Daily World had the first black White House correspondent and was the first black daily in the nation in the 20th century. Search full text from 1931 to 2003.*
Categories: African American Studies, History and Social Sciences, Newspapers
Autism Speaks
Nationally recognized organization providing information about autism and autism spectrum disorders, resource guides on specific topics, and a state-by-state service directory. Includes information in Spanish.
Categories: Health and Medicine, Parenting, Resources in Other Languages
Axis360
Axis360 is an e-book service that emphasizes the app experience. Apps are available for iOS and Android devices as well as Windows PCs. After downloading the app and setting up your account, you can check out and read a title with just 3 clicks.*
Categories: Books and Readers
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Bank Rates
A site providing bank interest rates for mortgages, loans, credit cards, various accounts, and certificates of deposit.
Categories: Consumer Information, Investing
Barron's
The complete Barron's on microfilm available in a digital format. Starting date is January 2008. Use by selecting the title Barron's and the desired date.*
Categories: Business, Investing, Newspapers
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Online
A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature.
Categories: Literature
BBC News
Latest world news from the BBC's famed worldwide news gathering team.
Categories: Other News Sources
BBC World Service
Offers news and audio in multiple languages.
Categories: Other News Sources, Resources in Other Languages
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government
Presents educational content for the public on the workings of the U.S. Government and U.S. history, with a focus on civics. Geared toward a K-12 audience.
Categories: Government: U.S.
Better Business Bureau for the Houston Area
Information about companies and charities to encourage wise purchases and a fair marketplace.
Categories: Business, Consumer Information, Houston and Texas
Bible Gateway
Searchable text of many versions and translations.
Categories: Religion and Philosophy
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Contains citations covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. *
Categories: History and Social Sciences
Biblioteca Tumble (TumbleBooks)
Libros ilustrados, rompecabezas, juegos y concursos de preguntas y respuestas para niños en línea.
Categories: Books and Readers, Language Learning, Parenting, Resources in Other Languages
BigCharts -- Historical Quotes
Stock and mutual fund daily closing prices, back to 1985.
Categories: Investing
Biography Reference E-books
Search over 700 biography e-book titles, especially strong in literature, for online use. *
Categories: Biography
Birdwatching.com
Website about wild birds and the sport of birding.
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
Black Drama
Contains the full text of plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries.*
Categories: African American Studies, Literature
Black Short Fiction
Short fiction produced by writers from Africa and the African Diaspora from the earliest times to the present compiled from early literary magazines, archives, and the personal collections of the authors.*
Categories: African American Studies, Literature
Black Studies Center
Black Studies Center is a fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, and much more.*
Categories: African American Studies
Black Thought and Culture
An electronic collection of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders covering 250 years of history including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, and trial transcripts.*
Categories: African American Studies
Black Women in America (For Remote Users)
An online reference e-book that celebrates the remarkable achievements of black women throughout history and highlights their ongoing contributions in America today by looking at women such as Venus and Serena Williams, Condoleezza Rice, Carol Moseley Braun, Ruth Simmons, and Ann Fudge who have become household names for their remarkable contributions to sports, politics, academia, and business.*
Categories: African American Studies
Black Women in America (In Library Version)
An online reference e-book that celebrates the remarkable achievements of black women throughout history and highlights their ongoing contributions in America today by looking at women such as Venus and Serena Williams, Condoleezza Rice, Carol Moseley Braun, Ruth Simmons, and Ann Fudge who have become household names for their remarkable contributions to sports, politics, academia, and business.*
Categories: African American Studies
Black Women Writers
Presents literature and essays by authors from Africa and the African Diaspora.*
Categories: African American Studies
BlackPast
This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.
Categories: African American Studies
Book Review Digest Plus
This database brings together book reviews on a wide range of topics from a variety of sources. Titles include a variety of fiction genres and nonfiction subjects.*
Categories: Books and Readers
Book Riot
Fun site for bibliophiles. Includes reading lists, podcast recommendations and a store containing awesome bookish accessories.
Categories: Books and Readers
Book Spot
An easy access point to some of the top book-related sites, including information on awards and recommended reading.
Categories: Books and Readers
Boston Herald (Digital Image Edition)
Remote users: Please select "Sign In" on the PressReader page and choose the "Library or Group" option and search for Houston. Choose Houston Public Library, then enter your library card number and PIN when prompted. The latest 45 days are available.*
Categories: Newspapers
Brainfuse - Adult Learning Center
Access career resources, resume help, practice tests and Microsoft Office help. Live online tutoring is available 24/7. *
Categories: Online Learning, Citizenship Corner, Job Hunting, College And Career
Brainfuse - Homework Help
Get live online homework help for kindergarden through the early college years, plus skills building, writing assistance, a language lab, and more. Live help from experienced teachers is available 24/7. Includes live assistance in completed in the FAFSA. *
Categories: Homework, College And Career
Brainfuse - Job Now
Get live job coaching, resume assistance, and more. Available 24/7; Powered by Brainfuse.*
Categories: Job Hunting, Online Learning
Britannica Escolar
Un recurso para estudiantes para hacer busquedas y examinar informacion en enciclopedias, revistas, videos y sitios web.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Homework, Resources in Other Languages
Britannica Online for Children
A resource for K-5 students to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites. *
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Homework
Britannica Online for Young Adults
A resource for middle and high School students to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites.
Categories: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Homework
Britannica Online Library Edition
A powerful resource to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Homework
BroadbandSearch
Unbiased ratings and side-by-side comparisons of Internet, television, and phone service providers in the Houston area and across the country to aid consumers in selecting the service that is right for them. Contact information for providers is included, as well as outlines of plans they offer, pricing, coverage areas, and other details.
Categories: Consumer Information
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
BSNM is the only museum dedicated primarily to preserving the legacy and honor of the African-American soldier in defense of the United States of America from the Revolutionary War to present.
Categories: African American Studies
Building Wealth
Learn how to develop a personal plan for building wealth, from setting financial goals and budgeting to managing debt and understanding credit.
Categories: Personal Finance
Bureau of Consumer Protection
The BCP works to prevent fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices in the marketplace. Includes scam alerts as well as information on mortgages, money, privacy and identity and more.
Categories: Consumer Information, Government: U.S.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Statistics on crime and criminals, victims, and the justice system.
Categories: Government: U.S., History and Social Sciences, Law
Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Information Office
Labor statistics information for the greater Houston area.
Categories: Government: U.S.
Business Abstracts with Full Text
Business Abstracts with Full Text offers a multitude of business magazines and scholarly journals. This comprehensive database is an ideal resource for those looking to conduct research in any area of business.*
Categories: Business
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Reference Center
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Reference Center offers cover-to-cover indexing for journals, monographs, magazines and trade publications, all with a strong focus on BC/DR and closely aligned issues. Hundreds of thousands of BC/DR-focused articles, benchmarks and best practices selected from hundreds of leading trade and industry publications. Many full text records come complete with images, tables, charts and other graphical information. Content is updated on weekly. Select OpenAthens login if prompted. * 
Categories: Business, Disaster Preparedness
Business Organization Forms for Texas
Forms to register your business with the Texas Secretary of State.
Categories: Business, Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas
Business Plans Handbooks
If you plan to start or expand a business, the Business Plan Handbooks provide over 250 examples of business plans for a variety of businesses.*
Categories: Business
Business Source Complete
Scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. *
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Career Outlook
Articles providing data and information on a variety of topics including occupations and industries, pay and benefits, and more for students, career counselors, jobseekers, and others planning careers. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
Categories: Job Hunting, College And Career
CareerOneStop
Wage and salary information, career resources, and job bank for employers and job seekers.
Categories: College And Career, Job Hunting
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) is the finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. These publications make up the National Bibliography of U.S. Government Publications. The CGP contains descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online.
Categories: Government: U.S.
Cemetery Records Online
Directory of selected names in cemeteries around the United States and other countries.
Categories: Genealogy
Census Business Builder
Suite of services that provide selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and use format.
Categories: Government: U.S.
Census Data
Access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau in one centralized place. United States coverage includes Puerto Rico and the island Territories. This resource replaces American FactFinder. For tips, see: https://www.census.gov/ Firefox browser is recommended.
Categories: Government: U.S., History and Social Sciences
Center for Immigration Studies
CIS is a research organization that provides information on the social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration into the United States.
Categories: Citizenship Corner
Centers for Disease Control
Information from the federal government on health and diseases.
Categories: Disaster Preparedness, Government: U.S., Health and Medicine
Chicago Defender Historical Archive
Full page view of the Chicago Defender from 1910-1975.*
Categories: African American Studies, Newspapers
Chicago Tribune (Digital Image Edition)
Remote users: Please select "Sign In" on the PressReader page and choose the "Library or Group" option and search for Houston. Choose Houston Public Library, then enter your library card number and PIN when prompted. The latest 45 days are available.*
Categories: Newspapers
Chilton Library
When it comes to auto repair, the Chilton manuals have been trusted for many years. Now these exceptional resources are available in a comprehensive, simple-to-use database providing quick online access to repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road today.*
Categories: Automotive
CHIP Children's Medicaid
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) or Children's Medicaid offers low cost or free health coverage to children in Texas.
Categories: Parenting, Health and Medicine, Houston and Texas
ChronicleJobs.com
Articles to assist with successful job hunting with emphasis on greater Houston area.
Categories: Houston and Texas, Job Hunting
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).
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Houston and Texas, Newspapers
CIA World Factbook
Information on countries around the world.
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Homework
Citation Machine
Provides an interactive tool to help create reference citations for research papers. Includes various print and electronic resources.
Citizenship Corner
Assistance for immigrants in the greater Houston area.
Categories: Citizenship Corner
CitizenshipWorks
CitizenshipWorks provides online tools about the naturalization process.
Categories: Citizenship Corner
City of Houston
Overview of Houston government and history with links to City and related resources.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas
City of Houston Careers
Employment opportunities with the city.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas, Job Hunting
City of Houston Veterans Affairs Office
Resources to assist our serving military, veterans, and their families. Includes links related to education, employment, health care and mental health, mentoring, and more.
Categories: Veterans
Civil Rights in Black & Brown Oral History Project
This website is a publicly accessible, free, and user-friendly multimedia digital humanities database that provides video clips from the interviews to researchers as well as teachers, students, journalists, activists, and the general public.
Categories: African American Studies
Civil War Era
Includes the full text of 13 regional newspapers from all sides of the conflict from 1840-1865 as well as 2,000+ slavery, anti-slavery Civil War pamphlets published beween 1852 and 1918.*
Categories: African American Studies, History and Social Sciences, Newspapers
Civil War: Sources in U.S. History
This digital archive examines the war; its battles and campaigns, the home front and the military campground, from its causes to its consequences.*
Categories: History and Social Sciences
CK-12 Foundation
An online collaborative learning environment for students and educations; offers study guides for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and assistance in curriculum development.
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators, Homework, Online Learning
Classical Music in Video
Classical Music in Video will grow to contain 1,000 hours of classical music performances, master classes and interviews with master teachers from around the world captured on video. *
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself, Movies, Music, and TV
Classical Music Library
Classical Music Library is the world's largest multi-label database of Classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries. Coverage includes music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera.*
Categories: Movies, Music, and TV
Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research
Houston Public Library's genealogical collection.
Categories: Genealogy
Clayton Microprint Collection
This collection represents a major portion of Clayton Library's holdings, most of which are not listed in the Houston Public Library Catalog.
Categories: Genealogy
Clayton Periodical Collection
Clayton Library has over 3000 genealogy and local history periodical titles. The periodical collection covers most US states and many foreign countries.
Categories: Genealogy
Cleveland Clinic Health Library
The renowned nonprofit Cleveland Clinic provides free access to thousands of health articles, videos, podcasts and other tools to help manage your health and understand medical conditions and diseases, tests, treatment options, and medications. Browse topic categories or search for something specific.
Categories: Health and Medicine
Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County
Directory of services for the homeless in the Houston area.
Categories: Houston and Texas, Phone Books and Directories
College Board
Dates and registration for the SAT, AP, ACCUPLACER, and CLEP tests. Information about colleges and subject majors.
Categories: College And Career
College Degrees Online
Explore online degree programs in the United States, sourced by data from the US Department of Education, NCES, every accrediting board in the U.S., and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over 2,400 different colleges offering online degrees, including those offering vocational programs. Search by state, including Texas, by degree program area, or career path. Includes links to schools' admissions webpages for additional information.
Categories: College And Career
College Navigator
Colleges and universities by location, type of institution and areas of study.
Categories: College And Career
College Possible
Advice on preparing for college, choosing the right college, and getting financial aid.
Categories: College And Career
Colorin Colorado!
Colorin Colorado is a free web-based, bilingual service that provides information, activities, and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners (ELLs, also known as students of English as a second language).
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators, Citizenship Corner, Parenting, Resources in Other Languages
Combined Arms
Combined Arms is the largest network of resources for veteran service members in Texas,
Categories: Veterans
ComicsPlus
**Beginning July 1, 2019, you will be required to enter your PIN when logging in to Axis360, ComicsPlus, Hoopla, OverDrive and RBdigital. For PIN assistance, please contact 832-393-1313 or your nearest neighborhood library.**
Digital comics from top publishers and creators.*
Categories: Books and Readers
Common Sense Media
Offers developmentally age-appropriate, reliable information so you can decide what's best for your family. Includes reviews of movies, TV shows, books, games, and more.
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself, Parenting
Computer Tutorials
Free computer tutorials from GCF Global. Topics covers basics such as typing, email, Internet safety etc.
Categories: Online Learning
Congress.gov
Official website for U.S. federal legislative information. Accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. Find your elected federal representatives by Zip Code, or research current issues and legislation.
Categories: Government: U.S., Law
Consumer Action
Provides tips and advice on consumer purchases and repairs, fraud, complaints, consumer privacy, and credit as well as links to related private and governmental organizations.
Categories: Consumer Information
Consumer Affairs - VA Loans Guide
Learn about VA mortgage lenders that are on the VA-approved lender list. This means the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has approved them to originate and fund loans backed by the VA office. Compare the VA loan application process, VA loan rates, maximum debt-to-income ratio accepted, refinancing options, services offered and assistance programs.
Categories: Personal Finance
Consumer Health Complete
Supports the information needs of patients and fosters an overall understanding of health-related topics. This resource provides journals, magazines, reference books, and other information sources covering mainstream, complementary, and holistic medicine.*
Categories: Health and Medicine
Consumer Information
The Federal Trade Commission provides important information for all areas of consumerism, including online security, mortgages and credit.
Categories: Government: U.S.
Consumer.gov
This tool for consumers includes worksheets and step by step information for major consumer events.
Categories: Government: U.S.
Contemporary World Music
Contemporary World Music delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent. The database will contain important genres such as Reggae, Worldbeat, Neo-Traditional, World Fusion, Balkanic Jazz, African Film, Bollywood, Arab Swing and Jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian Classical, Fado, Flamenco, Klezmer, Zydeco, Gospel, Gagaku, and more.*
Categories: Movies, Music, and TV, Travel and Geography
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Resources
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) strives to protect consumers, provide guidance to businesses, and protect competition in the marketplace throughout the pandemic. Website includes information on how consumers can recognize and avoid scams, handle financial crises, and track complaints.
Categories: Consumer Information, Business
Cost of Living Comparison Calculator
Compare costs of living between United States cities.
Categories: Consumer Information, Job Hunting
CountyOffice.org
Find contact information for every county government in the United States.
Categories: Genealogy
Coursera
Sign up for free online courses from universities around the world.
Categories: Online Learning
Credo Complete Core Collection
A general reference resource that serves as a starting point for students and researchers at any level. Content includes over 1100 major encyclopedias, dictionaries and other specialized reference works spanning across all subject areas.*
Categories: Homework, Biography, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Arts and Architecture, Literature, History and Social Sciences, Health and Medicine, Business
CultureGrams
CultureGrams goes beyond basic facts and figures on more than 200 countries, detailing daily life and culture, history, customs, and lifestyles. The States Edition describes the diversity and history of each U.S. state and includes maps, flags and symbols.*
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Homework, Travel and Geography
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Daily Stocks
Public company stock quotes, charts, news, earnings, estimates, splits, options, mutual funds, industry reports, upcoming IPOs and more.
Categories: Investing
Dallas Morning News Historical Archive 1885-1977 (digital microfilm)
Searchable archive of the Dallas Morning News.*
Categories: Houston and Texas, Newspapers
Data Axle Reference Solutions (For Remote Users)
Bookmarked links do not work with this resource. You must access from this web page.
Database of U.S. businesses; also includes an international business database, a residential white pages database, new movers database (residential) and new businesses database, as well as employment and internship listings. (Note: If you get a blank screen while accessing Data Axle, try refreshing your screen.) (Previously known as ReferenceUSA.) *
Categories: Business, Phone Books and Directories, Job Hunting
Data Axle Reference Solutions (In Library Version)
Database of U.S. businesses; also includes an international business database, a residential white pages database, new movers database (residential) and new businesses database, as well as employment and internship listings. (Previously known as ReferenceUSA.)
Categories: Business, Phone Books and Directories, Job Hunting
DEA Drug Fact Sheets
Descriptions of commonly abused drugs like cocaine, inhalants, marijuana, steroids, and others.
Categories: Health and Medicine
Demographics Now
A comprehensive business and residential search tool that facilitates market research reports. Also available are demographic reports of interest to businesses and people writing business plans.*
Categories: Business
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD is the Federal agency responsible for national policy and programs that address America's housing needs, improve and develop the Nation's communities, and enforce fair housing laws. HUD's mission is to create a decent home and suitable living environment for all Americans, and it plays a major role in supporting homeownership by underwriting homeownership for lower- and moderate-income families through its mortgage insurance programs.
Categories: Government: U.S., Consumer Information, History and Social Sciences
DepositAccounts.com
Easy to find bank information and compare interest rates.
Categories: Business, Consumer Information
Dictionary.com
Provides access to a variety of dictionaries and other resources.
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Digital Public Library of America
The DPLA offers a single point of access to millions of items--photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more--from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States.
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Homework
Discover Our World
Click on an interactive map of the world to read articles on different nations provided by Britannica Online.*
Categories: Homework, Travel and Geography
Discover Our World: North America
Click on an interactive map of the United States to read articles about the states provided by Britannica Online.*
Categories: Homework, Travel and Geography
Distance Calculator
Calculates distances between cities and countries.
Categories: Travel and Geography
Dragonsource Qikan
Chinese language magazines database. Top 100 titles, includes issues from 1999-present. *
Categories: Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications, Resources in Other Languages
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East Texas Well Logs
Logs for Electric East Texas Wells by the Houston Geological Society.
Categories: Houston and Texas, Science
EBSCOhost eBooks
Read e-books on all subjects including some vocational textbooks, technical manuals, and Texas history. Note: downloadable e-books available by remote use only.*
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators, History and Social Sciences, Literature, Science
Economic Indicators
Published monthly by the Council of Economic Advisors for the Joint Economic Committee, provides economic information on GDP, income, employment, production, business activity, prices, money, credit, security markets, Federal finance, and international statistics.
Categories: Government: U.S.
Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guide
New and used car prices, as well as other information for car owners.
Categories: Automotive, Consumer Information
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. Select OpenAthens login if prompted. *
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators
EducationWorld
Education search engine for teachers with links for lesson plans, curriculum, subject areas, and more.
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators
EduMed.org
Directory of quality higher education programs in the medical and allied health fields. Includes information about careers, how online and hybrid programs work, key information about accreditation, financial aid, and scholarships and issues faced by health care professionals such as compassion fatigue.
Categories: College And Career, Online Learning
Emily Post's Online Etiquette Encyclopedia
The Etipedia is a comprehensive online etiquette reference source.
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
Enciclopedia Moderna
Explore la Enciclopedia Moderna, una fuente de conocimiento autorizado y confiable con miles de artfculos en un amplio rango de temas.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Resources in Other Languages
Encyclopaedia Judaica
Provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life, knowledge, and the contribution of Jews to world cultures. *
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Religion and Philosophy
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (For Remote Users)
An online reference e-book that is the first reference work to survey the full breadth of critical thought on art, culture, and society from classical philosophy to contemporary critical theory featuring articles on the major concepts, thinkers, and debates about the meaning, uses and value of all the arts.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (In Library Version)
An online reference e-book that is the first reference work to survey the full breadth of critical thought on art, culture, and society from classical philosophy to contemporary critical theory featuring articles on the major concepts, thinkers, and debates about the meaning, uses and value of all the arts.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896-Present Day (For Remote Users)
An online reference book tracing the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement, and including the 2008 election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.*
Categories: African American Studies, Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896-Present Day (In Library Version)
An online reference book tracing the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement, and including the 2008 election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.*
Categories: African American Studies, Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences
Encyclopedia of Evolution (For Remote Users)
An online reference comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology, these entries survey essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, and discuss both the history of the field and current controversies. Readers will find brief treatments on discrete concepts and individuals to illuminating lengthy essays by experts in the field.*
Categories: Almanacs
Encyclopedia of Evolution (In Library Version)
An online reference comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology, these entries survey essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, and discuss both the history of the field and current controversies. Readers will find brief treatments on discrete concepts and individuals to illuminating lengthy essays by experts in the field.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Science
Encyclopedia of Human Rights (For Remote Users)
An electronic reference book offering comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history. Focusing primarily on developments since 1945 coverage includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences
Encyclopedia of Human Rights (In Library Version)
An electronic reference book offering comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history. Focusing primarily on developments since 1945 coverage includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences
Encyclopedia of Life
The Encyclopedia of Life brings together information about all life on earth - text, images, video, sounds, maps, classifications and more.
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Provides clear and accessible presentation of wide-ranging philosophical subjects, serving as a first-stop resource for general readers, students and educators.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
EngVid: Free English Video Lessons
Short English Language videos about grammar and culture.
Categories: Language Learning, Online Learning
Epicurious
Source for recipes, menus, cooking articles and food guides.
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
ERIC
The U.S. Department of Education's Educational Resource Information Center database contains citations and abstracts from education-related journals, as well as full text of digests and clearinghouse documents.*
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators
Essay & General Literature Index
Essay & General Literature Index cites records contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada.*
Categories: Literature
Explora: Adult Edition
Searches for content from numerous resources. Results cover a broad range of topics including arts, literature, science, biography, history and health.*
Categories: Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications, Biography, Literature
Explora: High School Edition
Search that focuses on content written for high school students. Topics covered include those of special interest to students such as science, current issues, health, history, art, and literature.*
Categories: Homework
Explora: Middle School Edition
Search that focuses on content written for middle school students. Topics covered include those of special interest to students such as science, current issues, health, history, art, and literature.*
Categories: Homework
Explora: Primary School Edition
Search that focuses on content written for primary school students. Topics covered include those of special interest to students such as animals, language arts, science, and geography.*
Categories: Homework
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Factiva
Up-to-date data, articles and news about companies and industries from Dow Jones, one of the largest providers of global business and news sources in the world. Includes select articles from daily major national and international newspapers such as The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, and The Guardian. Tip: to browse issues of recent major newspapers, click on News Pages,the select date and section. *
Categories: Business, Investing, Newspapers
Family Search
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint's links to genealogical resources on the web.
Categories: Genealogy
Fantastic Fiction
Detailed information about series fiction as well as new fiction titles.
Categories: Books and Readers
FDIC Consumer Protection
Financial literacy resources to educate and protect consumers.
Categories: Consumer Information, Personal Finance
Federal Assistance Listings
Provides detailed, public descriptions of Federal assistance listings available to State and local governments including the District of Columbia); Federally recognized Indian tribal governments, Territories and possessions of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups, and individuals. (Formerly know as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.)
Categories: Business, Government: U.S.
Feedbooks
Discover thousands of free public domain e-books including original books from new authors that you can read on any mobile device.
Categories: Books and Readers
FEMA Flood Information
Includes helpful information on flooding and multiple resources.
Categories: Disaster Preparedness
FEMA Informacion Sobre Inundaciones
Federal Emergency Management Agency information in Spanish about floods and flooding.
Categories: Disaster Preparedness, Resources in Other Languages
FEMA Region VI Contact Information
Contact information for the Federal Emergency Management Agency region responsible for the Houston area.
Categories: Disaster Preparedness
Fiction DB
A one-stop source for most of the information you might want about fiction books and authors. Includes titles in series, author pseudonyms, and similar titles and authors listings.
Categories: Books and Readers
Filing a Claim For Your Health or Disability Benefits
Describes some of your plan's obligations and briefly explains the procedures and timelines for filing a health or disability benefits claim (from the U.S. Department of Labor).
Categories: Consumer Information, Government: U.S., Health and Medicine
Financial Calculators
Financial calculators for mortgages, car loans, student loans and more.
Categories: Consumer Information, Personal Finance
Financial Empowerment Centers - City of Houston
The Financial Empowerment Centers (FECs) provide one-to-one, professional financial counseling to Houstonians at no cost to residents. An initiative of the Mayor’s Office of Complete Communities and with support from the national nonprofit organization, Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund and Regions Bank.
Categories: Personal Finance, Business, Government: State and Local
Financial Times Historical Archive
The Financial Times Historical Archive delivers the complete searchable run of the world's most authoritative daily business newspaper from 1888-2010. An essential, comprehensive and unbiased research tool for everyone studying the public affairs and financial history of the last 130+ years.*
Categories: Newspapers
Find a Grave
Search for your ancestors among 121 million grave records. Also includes a Famous Grave Search.
Find Sounds
Find audio files in a variety of formats for animals, musical instruments, and miscellaneous sound effects.
FindLaw Lawyer Directory
Directory of lawyers by state, by name, and by practice area, as well as tips on how to choose the right one.
Categories: Law, Phone Books and Directories
Findmypast (Available at Clayton Library Only)
Local and national British and Irish genealogical records including parish, census, and military collections and passenger lists. Local English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish records dating back to 1700, including school admissions, workhouse registers, apprenticeship records, and Irish court records. Also includes records from United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pacific Islands, and Papua New Guinea.
Categories: Genealogy, History and Social Sciences
FINRA Foundation
FINRA Investor Education provides underserved Americans with the knowledge, skills and tools necessary for financial success throughout life.
Categories: Personal Finance
Flashlight Worthy
Discover hundreds of book lists of recommended reading. Over 50 categories include fiction lists, nonfiction and biography lists, and graphic novels.
Categories: Books and Readers
Flipster
Digital editions of popular magazines, to read on your computer, laptop, or portable device. Includes current and back issues. Sign in with your library card number then select your favorite titles or browse. *
Categories: Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications, Books and Readers
Flood Insurance Maps
Harris County Flood Control District's Model and Map Management System is an interactive tool that works with FEMA's Harris County floodplain models.
Categories: Disaster Preparedness, Houston and Texas
Fold3
This database contains almost 40 million images of primary source materials from the United States Military and other historic archives. Many are available here for the first time.*
Categories: Genealogy, History and Social Sciences
Food Network
Recipes and cooking tips from popular TV cooking shows.
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
Forever Free: 19th Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas
Chronicle of early Texas politicians.
Categories: African American Studies
Foundation Directory Online (Available at Central Library Only)
Program details and application guidelines for leading foundations as well as sponsoring company information for corporate givers.
(*Note: For help with this resource while Houston Public Library is closed, contact: 832-393-1313 or Email Reference https://houstonlibrary.org/email-reference.)
Categories: Business, Phone Books and Directories
Foundation Grants to Individuals (Available at Central Library Only)
Find sources for scholarships, fellowships, grants, awards and other financial support for individuals.
Categories: Business, College And Career, Phone Books and Directories
Freegal Music
Freegal Music provides access to over 9.5 million songs and 15,000 music videos from over 28,000 labels including the Sony Music catalog. A valid library card allows you to create your account and access up to 5 hours of streaming music per day and 5 MP3 song downloads per week.*
Categories: Movies, Music, and TV
Fueleconomy.gov
Fuel economy ratings of vehicles from the EPA and Department of Energy.
Categories: Automotive, Consumer Information
Fuente Academica
Provides the full-text of Spanish language scholarly journals. Ofrece articulos academicos completos.*
Categories: Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications, Resources in Other Languages
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Full-text encyclopedia.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Business, Homework
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Gale Business: Plan Builder
An online tool that provides step-by-step guidance on planning, starting, and running a small business or nonprofit. (Previously known as Small Business Builder.) *
Categories: Business
Gale Courses
Free online instructor-led courses on a variety of topics such as business, technology and computer applications, college prep, healthcare, writing, and personal development, and sign language. 6-week courses begin monthly. A valid library card is required to register.*
Categories: Online Learning, College And Career, Language Learning
Gale Directory Library
Search for companies and organizations in a number of directories including Ward's Business Directory, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, and the Encyclopedia of Associations titles.*
Categories: Business, Phone Books and Directories
Gale Product Menu
Search all the databases supplied to Houston Public Library by Gale at once or browse resources by category. Includes ebooks, literary research, periodicals, primary sources, and business tools. Search for any term or phrase and find articles from thousands of magazines, journals, newspapers, documents, and ebooks along with videos, images and podcast content. (formerly called Gale PowerSearch) *
Categories: Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications, Literature, Biography, Homework, History and Social Sciences
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full-text reference books on topics including biography, business, the environment, history, law, literature, social sciences, medicine, religion, the sciences, and multicultural studies.*
Categories: African American Studies, Biography, Business, Health and Medicine, History and Social Sciences, Law, Literature, Religion and Philosophy, Science
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
Comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. Entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world.*
Categories: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Movies, Music, and TV
GCF LearnFree.org
Free online learning modules on computer technology, reading, math, language learning, resumes, job hunting skills, and and everyday life. Click on Topics to get started.
Categories: Online Learning, Job Hunting, Language Learning
Genealogy Connect
Includes the "how-to" of genealogy research in addition to some ancestor information.*
Categories: Genealogy
GI Bill
Benefit provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans to attend college or receive approved training. Includes information on Post 9/11 GI Bill.
Categories: Veterans
Glassdoor.com
Glassdoor is a free jobs and career community that offers an inside look at jobs and companies with "employee generated content" - anonymous salaries, company reviews, interview questions, and more - all posted by employees, job seekers, and sometimes the companies themselves.
Categories: Job Hunting
GobiernoUSA.gov
El portal oficial en español del Gobierno de los EE. UU.
Categories: Government: U.S., Resources in Other Languages
GoodReads
Goodreads is a social network for readers where members recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they've read and would like to read, form book clubs and much more.
Categories: Books and Readers
GovInfo
Provides free online access to official Federal Government Publications.
Categories: Government: U.S., Law
Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling
Free handouts and exercises on grammar, spelling, and punctuation for teachers and students at all levels, from English learners to college students, from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab.
Categories: Homework, Writing, Language Learning
Great Courses Library Collection
Great Courses opens a world of knowledge: Over 180 of the most popular courses taught by the world’s top professors. Access this RBdigital Streaming Video on Demand service through a browser or download the RBdigital app to your favorite device, sign in with your library card and PIN, then create an account. A checkout provides 7 days unlimited access, no monthly checkout limits. *
Categories: Online Learning
Greater Houston Partnership
Houston's "chamber of commerce".
Categories: Business, Houston and Texas
Green Building Resource Center
The City of Houston's Green Building Resource Center is an education center where the public can learn and be advised of green building and green building products.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas
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Handbook of Texas Online
Encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture.
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Biography, History and Social Sciences, Homework, Houston and Texas
Harris County
Connect with information services and people in Harris County Government.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas
Harris County Appraisal District
Useful guidelines for property owners and the database of appraisal records. (FF)
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas
Harris County Archives
The Harris County Historical Commission documents the history of the government and the citizens of Harris County as revealed through the county records and donated materials. Includes locations of Texas historical landmarks and places on the National Register within the County, cemeteries, area museums and historical societies, and local culture.
Categories: Genealogy, Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas
Harris County Flood Control District Contact Information
Provides helpful contact information regarding flooding in Harris County.
Categories: Disaster Preparedness, Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas
Harris County Human Resources
Employment and training opportunities with Harris County.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas, Job Hunting
Harris County Veterans Services Office
The Veterans Services Office assists veterans and their dependents with applications for compensation, pensions, hospitalization and other benefits through an intake process that includes information and referral services.
Categories: Veterans
Harris County Voting Information
For Harris County, Texas.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas
HathiTrust Digital Library
HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital preservation repository and access platform. HathiTrust provides long-term preservation and access services to digitized content from a variety of sources, including Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and in-house member institution initiatives. Items in the public domain are in full-view for everyone and items held in copyright are searchable. The HathiTrust U.S. Federal Government Documents Program aims to expand and enhance digital access to U.S. federal publications, including those issued by GPO and other federal agencies.
Categories: Government: U.S., Books and Readers, Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications
Health and Medicine: Gale OneFile
Multi-source database for health and wellness research.*
Categories: Health and Medicine
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.*
Categories: Health and Medicine
Health Source: Nursing/Academic
Scholarly full text journals, abstracts, and indexes focusing on many medical disciplines.*
Categories: Health and Medicine
Healthcare.Gov
Learn about insurance options, coverage, and consumer rights under the Affordable Care Act.
Categories: Consumer Information, Government: U.S., Health and Medicine
Healthfinder
Consumer health information from the federal government.
Categories: Health and Medicine
HeritageQuest Online (In Library Use)
A comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past. The collection consists of five core data sets: U.S. Federal Censuses, Genealogy and local history books, Revolutionary War Records, Freedman’s Bank Records, The LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set *
Categories: Genealogy, History and Social Sciences, African American Studies
HeritageQuest Online (Remote Users)
A comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past. The collection consists of five core data sets: U.S. Federal Censuses, Genealogy and local history books, Revolutionary War Records, Freedman’s Bank Records, The LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set *
Categories: Genealogy, History and Social Sciences, African American Studies
Hidden in History: African American Doctors in Fort Worth, Texas 1887-1925
Categories: African American Studies
HigherEd360: Jobs in Higher Education
Collection of Internet resources, job listings, articles and advice, plus a free resume review for the academic job hunter. Includes a special section for military veterans seeking to work in academia.
Categories: Job Hunting, College And Career, Veterans
HISD Connect: Houston Independent School District
HISD information.
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators, Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas
Historical Annual Reports
Over 800 companies' annual reports (1844-current) available through searchable PDF images.*
Categories: Business, History and Social Sciences, Investing
Historical Newspapers
Search the historical archives of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Defender, Atlanta Daily World, and New York Amsterdam News at one time.*
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Newspapers
HistoryGeo (Available at Clayton Library Only)
Contains land-ownership maps, historical atlases and other content indispensable for recreating frontier neighborhoods and tracking migrations of families across the United States.
Categories: Genealogy, History and Social Sciences, Travel and Geography
HistoryMakers Archive (In Library Use)
The nation’s largest African American video oral history collection. Biographies and video interviews with over 2500 notable African American history makers. (Works best with Chrome, Safari, and Firefox browsers.)
Categories: African American Studies, Biography, History and Social Sciences, Homework, Genealogy
HistoryMakers Archive (Remote access)
The nation’s largest African American video oral history collection. Biographies and video interviews with over 2500 notable African American history makers. Tip: To log in, search for and select Houston Public Library in the institution field on the left, then enter your library card number. (Works best with Chrome, Safari, and Firefox browsers.) *
Categories: African American Studies, Homework, History and Social Sciences, Biography, Genealogy
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center is a collection of periodicals, books and videos covering common and unusual hobbies arranged in over 140 topics.*
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
Home Improvement Reference Center
Home Improvement Reference Center is designed to assist homeowners in do-it-yourself home repair, maintenance, and remodeling projects. Step-by-step instructions for thousands of projects in the areas of plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical, and decorating are provided.*
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
Hospital Compare
Information about the quality of care at over 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals, including over 130 Veterans Administration (VA) medical centers and over 50 military hospitals, across the country. You can use Hospital Compare to find hospitals and compare the quality of their care.
Categories: Health and Medicine, Consumer Information
Houston Area Employment News Release
Monthly updates for Houston area employment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Categories:
Houston Area School Districts
Find statistics on all Greater Houston school districts including dropout rates, TEKS and SAT scores, and related data.
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators, Houston and Texas, Parenting
Houston Bar Association
Legal information and resources from the Houston Bar Association, including the pro bono Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program.
Categories: Houston and Texas, Law
Houston Bikeways
Information for bicyclists in Houston including maps, trails, and much more.
Categories: Houston and Texas, Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
Houston Chronicle 2019- (digital microfilm)
Searchable digital recent issues of the Houston Chronicle, beginning 2019. (90-day delay.) * Remote users: Please click on "Click here for additional log in options" and follow onscreen instructions to select Houston Public Library and enter your library card number. (Note: Houston Chronicle 11/2017-12/2018 is not available online at this time. Please call the Library for assistance with articles from this time period, 832-393-1313.)
Categories: Houston and Texas, Newspapers
Houston Chronicle Historical Archive 1901-2017 (digital microfilm)
Searchable archive of the Houston Chronicle, from it's beginning in 1901 through October 2017. * Remote users: Please click on "Click here for additional log in options" and follow onscreen instructions to select Houston Public Library and enter your library card number.
Categories: Houston and Texas, Newspapers
Houston City Directories
Houston City Directories for selected years between 1866 and 1924 are now available through the Houston Public Library Digital Archives.
Categories: Genealogy, Houston and Texas, Phone Books and Directories
Houston CitySearch
Directory of goods and services in Houston.
Categories: Houston and Texas, Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
Houston Coalition for the Homeless
Current referral information.
Categories: Houston and Texas, Phone Books and Directories
Houston Code of Ordinances
City ordinances.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas, Law
Houston Community College Veterans Affairs
Programming and direct services provided to HCC veterans, reservists, and their families
Categories: Veterans
Houston Facts and Figures
Information from the Greater Houston Partnership including demographics.
Categories: Houston and Texas
Houston History
Brief overview of Houston's history from 1836 to present.
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Houston and Texas
Houston Metro
Site includes bus routes and schedules.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas
Houston Museum of African American Culture
Collects, conserves, explores, interprets, and exhibits the material and intellectual culture of Africans and African Americans in Houston, the state of Texas, the southwest and the African Diaspora for current and future generations
Categories: African American Studies
Houston Mutiny and Riot Records
This collection consists of records concerning one the largest race riots in American history, the mutiny and riot of soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 24th U.S. Infantry that occurred on August 23, 1917, at Camp Logan (now Memorial Park), Houston, Texas.
Categories: African American Studies
Houston Oral History Project
Houston Oral History Project is an effort to record and preserve the dynamic history of Houston through the stories and experiences of its residents. It is a collaboration between the Mayor's Office, Houston Public Library and University of Houston.
Categories: Biography, History and Social Sciences, Houston and Texas
Houston Press
Alternative weekly with an agenda-driven approach to no-holds-barred news.
Categories: Houston and Texas, Newspapers
Houston Public Library Digital Archives
Unique materials for research, learning, and discovery from our Special Collections, including archival material from the African American Library at the Gregory School, the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, and the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Some collections are the result of collaborations with partner libraries, museums, and cultural heritage institutions.
Categories: Houston and Texas, African American Studies, Genealogy, History and Social Sciences
Houston Summer Camps
An up-to-date listing of summer camps in the Houston area.
Categories: Consumer Information, Parenting
Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program
Lawyers providing pro bono service to low-income residents of Harris County.
Categories: Houston and Texas, Law
HPL Paperback Classics
Local school reading list titles includes fiction and nonfiction.
Categories: Books and Readers, Homework, Literature, Writing
HPL Readers' Link
All about books, authors, book clubs, and sharing your love of reading.
Categories: Books and Readers
HUD.Gov Avoiding Foreclosure
Information on government programs to assist homeowners who are at risk of foreclosure and otherwise struggling with their monthly mortgage payments.
Categories: Personal Finance
Humanities Full Text
Humanities Full Text provides full text, abstracts and indexing of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities. This resource covers art, classical studies, philosophy, religion and more.*
Categories: Arts and Architecture, Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications, Religion and Philosophy
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hoopla
Hoopla provides streaming and downloadable movies, TV shows, music, e-books, e-audiobooks, and graphic novels. Use your library card to sign up and create an account, then edit account settings to add library name (Houston Public Library), library card number, and PIN before browsing or checking out. In response to COVID-19, the number of hoopla checkouts that Library customers are allowed per calendar month has temporarily been increased to 10. You can check out videos for 72 hours, music for 7 days, and e-books, e-audiobooks, graphic novels check out for 21 days.*
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself, Movies, Music, and TV, Books and Readers
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Indeed.com
Job site providing free access to search for jobs, post resumes, and research companies, plus career advice.
Categories: Job Hunting
IndieFlix
Movies, Documentaries, Shorts, and TV: Award-winning comedies, documentaries, drama, animation, shorts, and classic TV. Access this RBdigital Streaming Video on Demand service through a browser or download the RBdigital app to your favorite device, sign in with your library card and PIN, then create an account. A checkout provides 7 days unlimited watching, no monthly checkout limits. *
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself, Movies, Music, and TV
Infobel World - Telephone Directories
Links to white pages, yellow pages, toll free, and criss-cross directories all over the world.
Categories: Phone Books and Directories
InfoPlease
Combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and several up-to-the-minute almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records.
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Database in the areas of information science.*
Categories: Science
Instructables
A collaborative do-it-yourself website where people share what they do and how they do it, covering topics ranging from crafts to sports and games to technology and more.
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself, Online Learning
International Encyclopedia of Dance (For Remote Users)
An online reference e-book covering the full spectrum of dance--theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance. Cultural and national overviews are accompanied by entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.*
Categories: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
International Encyclopedia of Dance (In Library Version)
An online reference e-book covering the full spectrum of dance--theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance. Cultural and national overviews are accompanied by entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.*
Categories: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Includes access to websites dating back to 1995 as well as a digital library of free books, music, and movies.
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
Internet Movie Database
IMBD is the go-to website for information about movies by cast, characters, title, year, etc.
Categories: Movies, Music, and TV, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
IRS Free File
Find your filing status and see if you qualify for free file.
Categories: Government: U.S.
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Jazz Music Library
The largest and most comprehensive collection of streaming jazz available online -- with thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums and genres.*
Categories: Movies, Music, and TV
Jobview
Search and apply for thousands of job openings throughout Houston, Texas and the United States.*
Categories: Job Hunting, College And Career
Journals & Periodicals
Full Text Finder - listing of all journals, magazines and newspapers available in print or in full-text online in the Houston Public Library collection.*
Categories: Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications
JSTOR
Scholarly journal archive covering information in the arts, science, business, history, education and much more.*
Categories: Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications
Juju Job Search Engine
Juju is a job search engine that searches job listings throughout the Internet.
Categories: Job Hunting
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Kanopy
Streaming videos including critically-acclaimed movies, award-winning foreign films, inspiring documentaries, a host of educational resources and how-to videos ranging from language learning to haircutting basics. Kanopy Kids includes the Sesame Street catalog and animated versions of popular storybooks. Check out up to 8 films per month, with a play of The Great Courses and Kanopy Kids permitting unlimited use for 30 days. *
Categories: Movies, Music, and TV, Online Learning, Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
Khan Academy
Khan Academy has over 3,300 videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice.
Categories: Homework, Online Learning
Kids Can Code
Get kids ready to code with these interactive e-books designed for learners grades 3-8.*
Categories: Homework, Education: Recommended for Educators
KidsHealth
Doctor-reviewed advice, articles, slideshows, videos, and health tools on hundreds of physical, emotional, and behavioral topics from before birth through the teen years. Separate sections for parents, kids, teens, and educators. From Nemours, a nonprofit children's health system.
Categories: Health and Medicine, Parenting
KidsHealth (en español)
Consejos, artículos, presentaciones de diapositivas, videos y herramientas de salud revisados por médicos sobre cientos de temas físicos, emocionales y de comportamiento desde antes del nacimiento hasta la adolescencia. Secciones separadas para padres, niños, adolescentes y educadores. De Nemours, un sistema de salud infantil sin fines de lucro.
Categories: Resources in Other Languages, Health and Medicine, Parenting
Knitting Help.com
Free online knitting how-to videos.
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself, Online Learning
Knitting Pattern Central
Online directory of knitting patterns.
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
Kompass
Search for business suppliers that includes 3.5 million companies worldwide.
Categories: Business, Phone Books and Directories
L
Lawyers.com
Law directory that allows you to search lawyer/law firm or area of law.
Categories: Law, Resources in Other Languages
League of Women Voters of the Houston Area
Houston voting information, including a Voters Key, voter registration info, election day precinct locations, and more.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas
LearningExpress Library
Interactive practice exams as well as a Job and Career Center. Include TAKS, GED, SAT, civil service, ASVAB, law enforcement, real estate and basic skills tests and online education.*
Categories: College And Career, Education: Recommended for Educators, Job Hunting, Online Learning, Citizenship Corner, Homework
LearnItLive
Wellness and Personal Development: Learn something new through thousands of live and on-demand classes representing over 100 topics with a focus on health, wellness, and personal development. Access this RBdigital Streaming Video on Demand service through a browser or download the RBdigital app to your favorite device, sign into it with your library card and PIN, then create an account. A checkout provides 7 days unlimited watching, no monthly checkout limits. *
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself, Online Learning, Health and Medicine
Legal Information Reference Center
Online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books and thousands of legal forms. Content offers users detailed “how-to” instructions to address a wide-range of legal issues including business law, financial planning, family law, and property & real estate.
Categories: Consumer Information, Law
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.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas, Law
Lexile: Find A Book
Allows users to find book Lexile levels with a title search or to find titles with a specific Lexile level.
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators, Homework, Books and Readers
Library of Congress African American History Digital Collections
Explore the rich history of African Americans through the Library of Congress's digitized collections of documents, photographs, records, oral histories, films and other historically significant resources.
Categories: African American Studies, History and Social Sciences, Homework
Library of Congress Catalog
Holdings of our national library and the research arm of Congress.
Categories: Books and Readers
Library of Congress Digital Collections
The Digital Collections of the Library of Congress provide free and open access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. Browse through collections in dozens of catagories or search for something specific.
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Homework, Movies, Music, and TV
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.* 
Categories: Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications
Lifehacker
Tips and downloads for getting things done with a focus on computers and technology.
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself, Online Learning
Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center combines information from over 1,000 books, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, and hundreds of literary journals.*
Categories: Literature
Los Angeles Times (Digital Image Edition)
Remote users: Please select "Sign In" on the PressReader page and choose the "Library or Group" option and search for Houston. Choose Houston Public Library, then enter your library card number and PIN when prompted. The latest 45 days are available.*
Categories: Newspapers
Lynda.com / LinkedIn Learning
A vast library of video tutorials covering software, technology, and business skills taught by recognized industry experts. Lynda Library / LinkedIn Learning provides 24/7 access to online learning to help you achieve personal and professional goals. TIP: This is a very popular resource and occasionally all of HPL's allowed number of simultaneously-use "seats" are occupied. If you have difficulty logging in this is likely the cause and we recommend trying again later. If you need to reset your Lynda.com password, please call Lynda.com at 888-335-9632 Monday--Friday, 8 am to 7 pm, or Saturday--Sunday, 9 am to 6 pm. (Phone service temporarily unavailable due to COVID-19. Please use "Support" button at bottom of page instead.) *
Categories: Online Learning, Job Hunting, College And Career, Business
M
Making of America
Making of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications
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 MyLink card number and PIN, then create an account with your email address and a password.*
Categories: Language Learning, Resources in Other Languages
MAS Complete
MAS Complete is a full-text database providing hundreds of popular high school magazines and reference books. Periodicals contained in MAS Complete cover a wide range of subject areas that are of interest to high-school students.*
Categories: Homework
Master's in Data Science
Learn about job opportunities and career paths for a Data Science degree.
Categories: College And Career, Online Learning
MasterFILE Complete
Offers a large collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books and other highly-regarded sources from the world's leading publishers. It provides full text periodicals covering an extensive range of subject areas.*
Categories: Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications
Mayor's Office for Adult Literacy
Resources for instructors and adults with literacy needs.
Categories: Books and Readers, Houston and Texas, Online Learning
Medical Field Careers
A free resource for careers in the medical field and offer deep insight in to healthcare careers. Features career field overviews, school ranking lists, videos, and other information.
Categories: College And Career
MedicLatina
Full-text Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals.*
Categories: Health and Medicine, Resources in Other Languages
MEDLINE
Web database to search for articles in medical journals via PubMed from the National Institutes of Health.*
Categories: Health and Medicine
MedlinePlus: Health Information
Information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 500 diseases and conditions.
Categories: Health and Medicine
MedlinePlus: Informacion de salud para usted
MedlinePlus es el portal de Internet de la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina de informacion de salud para el publico. Information is also available in other languages.
Categories: Health and Medicine, Resources in Other Languages
Merck Manual Consumer Version
Online medical manual designed for the general public. Includes current medical news and feature articles.
Categories: Health and Medicine
Mergent Archives (formerly Mergent WebReports)
A problem has been reported with remote access. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Access to an indexed archive of more than a century’s worth of global corporate and industry related documents and publications, including Moody's Manuals and Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Directory.*
Merriam-Webster Online
Online English language dictionary and thesaurus. Also includes a medical dictionary and a Spanish-English dictionary.
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Homework, Science
MetaLib
MetaLib is a federated search engine that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online.
Categories: Government: U.S.
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Provides healthcare services to enrolled veterans in the Houston area.
Categories: Veterans
Middle Search Plus
Articles covering general topics appropriate for middle school students.*
Categories: Homework
Migration Policy Institute
MPI is an independent, non-partisan agency dedicated to analysis of the movement of people worldwide.
Categories: Citizenship Corner
Military & Government Collection
Articles from periodicals related to the military.*
Categories: Government: U.S., History and Social Sciences
MIT Open Courseware
MIT's free, web-based course content.
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators, Online Learning
Monster.com
Comprehensive international online job search and recruitment site. Resume posting and relocation material available.
Categories: College And Career, Job Hunting
Motor Trend
Reviews about new and used cars with pricing information and road tests.
Categories: Automotive, Consumer Information
Mouse Practice
Site for beginning computer users to practice with the mouse.
Categories: Online Learning
Music Online (Provided by Greenberg Endowment)
Music listeners can choose to stream American historical, classical, jazz, contemporary world, or global traditional music. Also available are streaming videos of opera performances. *
Categories: Movies, Music, and TV
MyHeritage (In Library Use)
Includes birth, death and marriage records from 48 countries, the complete U.S. and U.K. censuses, immigration, military and tombstone records and more than 2 billion family tree profiles.*
Categories: Genealogy
MyHeritage (Remote Users)
Includes birth, death and marriage records from 48 countries, the complete U.S. and U.K. censuses, immigration, military and tombstone records and more than 2 billion family tree profiles.*
Categories: Genealogy
MyMoney.gov
MyMoney.gov is the U.S. government's website dedicated to teaching all Americans the basics about financial education.
Categories: Personal Finance
N
NADA Guides
Free price information on new and used cars, trucks, SUVs, vans, boats, and other vehicles.
Categories: Automotive
NAICS: North American Industry Classification System
A listing of the new NAICS codes, with correspondence tables for NAICS to SIC (Standard Industrial classification) and SIC to NAICS.
Categories: Business
NALEO
NALEO Educational Fund facilitates Latino participation in the American political system, from citizenship to public service.
Categories: Citizenship Corner
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids is a kid friendly version of the iconic magazine. This searchable database contains full issues of National Geographic Kids magazine from 2009 to present (with a 3 month embargo). It also contains hundreds of National Geographic Kids books, videos, and images.*
Categories: Homework, Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications, Travel and Geography, Books and Readers
National Geographic Magazine Archive
National Geographic magazine is an iconic magazine famous for its high quality photojournalism covering cultures, nature, science, technology and the environment. National Geographic Magazine Archive includes all issue of the magazine since its start in 1888 to the previous month's issue. Also included are National Geographic Kids and National Geographic Traveler magazines.*
Categories: Science, Travel and Geography, Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications
National Weather Service
Official weather warnings, observations and forecasts.
Categories: Disaster Preparedness, Science
Natural & Alternative Treatments
Contains information on conditions, natural and alternative treatments, herbs and supplements, and drug interactions.*
Categories: Health and Medicine
New Catholic Encyclopedia
Among the 12,000 entries in the encyclopedia are articles on theology, philosophy, history, literary figures, saints, musicians and much more.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Religion and Philosophy
New User Tutorial (Mouse Basics)
Step by step basic tutorial on the use of a computer mouse.
Categories: Online Learning
New York Amsterdam News Historical Archive
A leading Black newspaper of the 20th century, especially the 1940s. Search fulltext from 1922 to 1993.*
Categories: African American Studies, History and Social Sciences
New York Times (Digital Microfilm)
The searchable database of the complete New York Times on microfilm, including obituaries, available in a digital format. Starting date is January 2008. Use by selecting the title New York Times and the desired date. 90-day embargo on recent issues. *
Categories: Newspapers
New York Times Historical Archive
Full page view of the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 through 2014.*
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Newspapers
New York Times Learning Network
Provided free from The New York Times, the Learning Network publishes about 1,000 teaching resources each school year, all based on using Times content — articles, essays, images, videos, graphics and podcasts — as teaching tools across subject areas. Designed for onine classroom teachers and parents of students in uppper elementary gades through high school. No subscription is needed, just create a login.
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators, Homework
New York Times Online (In-Library Use)
Enjoy access to today's basic online edition of The New York Times newspaper in English, Spanish, or Chinese, or search recent and historical digitalized editions while visiting any Houston Public Library location. (To create an account, sign up with your email and create a password. Must be 13 & up to register.) *
Categories: Newspapers, Resources in Other Languages
New York Times Online (Remote Access)
Enjoy 72-hours of access to today's basic online edition of The New York Times newspaper in English, Spanish, or Chinese, or search recent and historical digitalized editions. To access, click Redeem, then create an account with your email address and a password, then confirm the code redemption that you will receive in your email account to begin access. (Must be 13 & up to register.) *
Categories: Newspapers, Resources in Other Languages
NewsLink
Links to the Web sites of newspapers and radio and TV stations from all over the U.S. and around the world.
Categories: Other News Sources, Newspapers
Newspaper Source Plus
Offers full text of regional, national, and international newspapers, plus transcripts of television and radio programs.*
Categories: Newspapers, Other News Sources
NewspaperARCHIVE (In Library Use Only)
Access the largest online historic newspaper archive, containing tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s. Includes digital images of issues of the Houston Post (1903-1924), the Daily Court Review (1925-1977), and many other Texas newspapers.
Categories: Genealogy, History and Social Sciences, Newspapers, Houston and Texas
Nexis Uni
Federal and State cases and legislation, patent info, US and International news, company information including corporate mergers/acquisitions and SEC filings. *A valid Houston Public Library card and PIN are required for remote access.
Categories: Law, Business, Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications
NoveList K-8 Plus
Online resource for helping teachers, school media specialists and kids find that next great fiction or nonfiction book to read. Includes Lexile scores.*
Categories: Books and Readers, Education: Recommended for Educators, Homework
NoveList Plus
A complete readers resource with information on well over 200,000 fiction and narrative nonfiction titles.*
Categories: Books and Readers, Literature
O
O*NET OnLine
Detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, researchers, and more.
Categories: Job Hunting
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Job outlook information for hundreds of occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Categories: College And Career, Government: U.S., Job Hunting
One Across
Crossword puzzle dictionary.
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
Online MBA Guides
Learn about highly rated online MBA and Executive MBA programs in the areas of finance, marketing, and healthcare, what to consider in selecting an online program, and possible career paths for degree-holders.
Categories: Online Learning, College And Career
OnlineNewspapers.com
A directory of newspaper Web sites throughout the world.
Categories: Newspapers
Open Education Database
Open Education Database is a comprehensive collection of online college rankings and free courses online.
Categories: College And Career, Online Learning
Opera in Video
Contains over 100 of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries.*
Categories: Movies, Music, and TV
Opposing Viewpoints: Gale in Context
Online resource covering today's hottest social issues and current events. Provides pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more from sources such as The New York Times, Newsweek, Foreign Policy, and American Scientist.*
Categories: Homework
Out2Learn
Network of Houston-area after school and out-of-school programs and activities for youth ages 5-18 in the areas of academics, arts, sports, recreation, and college and career prep, as well as Houston Public Library events for kids. Directory is searchable by age, interest, and zip code and includes both free and for-fee programs. Sponsored by Houston Endowment, City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Education, United Way of Greater Houston, and Harris County Department of Education Center on After School and Enrichment.
Categories: Parenting, Leisure and Do-It-Yourself, Homework
OverDrive
**Effective June 1, 2020, MyLink cardholders have a brand new HPL OverDrive website. Visit FAQs here. **
Download e-books, audiobooks, and videos.*
Categories: Books and Readers, Movies, Music, and TV
Oxford Companion to World Exploration (For Remote Users)
An online reference e-book that offers information on all topics of exploration worldwide, including advances in navigation, the discovery of the New World, polar expeditions, and the space age. In addition to examining the lives and expeditions of heroic and influential explorers, the book covers navigational and marine sciences and ranges from ancient cultures through modern space exploration.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences, Travel and Geography
Oxford Companion to World Exploration (In Library Version)
An online reference e-book that offers information on all topics of exploration worldwide, including advances in navigation, the discovery of the New World, polar expeditions, and the space age. In addition to examining the lives and expeditions of heroic and influential explorers, the book covers navigational and marine sciences and ranges from ancient cultures through modern space exploration.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences, Travel and Geography
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (For Remote Users)
An online reference e-book offering the most complete picture available of ancient Egyptian civilization, from the pre-dynastic era to its eclipse in the seventh century CE. Here is the Egyptian world in illuminating, accessible detail: art, architecture, religion, language, literature, trade, politics, everyday social life and the culture of the court.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences, Literature
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (In Library Version)
An online reference e-book offering the most complete picture available of ancient Egyptian civilization, from the predynastic era to its eclipse in the seventh century CE. Here is the Egyptian world in illuminating, accessible detail: art, architecture, religion, language, literature, trade, politics, everyday social life and the culture of the court.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences, Literature
Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature (For Remote Users)
An online reference e-book that provides comprehensive coverage of literature covering the entire history of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the major literary languages. It includes substantial accounts of individual authors and detailed histories of particular themes, movements, genres, and institutions, whose impact upon the writing or the reading of literature was significant.*
Categories: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Literature
Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature (In Library Version)
An online reference e-book that provides comprehensive coverage of literature covering the entire history of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the major literary languages. It includes substantial accounts of individual authors and detailed histories of particular themes, movements, genres, and institutions, whose impact upon the writing or the reading of literature was significant.*
Categories: Literature, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (For Remote Users)
An online reference e-book that comprehensively documents and interprets the books read by children throughout the world. It includes brief biographies of every major author and illustrator. Also included are essays on all genres of children's literature, individual works, prominent trends and themes, and the traditions of children's literature in many countries throughout the world. *
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Literature
Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (In Library Version)
An online reference e-book that comprehensively documents and interprets the books read by children throughout the world. It includes brief biographies of every major author and illustrator. Also included are essays on all genres of children's literature, individual works, prominent trends and themes, and the traditions of children's literature in many countries throughout the world. *
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Literature
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History (For Remote Users)
An online reference e-book international in scope and spanning all time periods of human history, articles range from entries on inventors, theoreticians, and industry leaders to overarching essays on markets, industries, and labor with coverage ranging from accounting and advertising to zoning and zoos. *
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History (In Library Version)
An online reference e-book international in scope and spanning all time periods of human history, articles range from entries on inventors, theoreticians, and industry leaders to overarching essays on markets, industries, and labor with coverage ranging from accounting and advertising to zoning and zoos. *
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (For Remote Users)
An online reference e-book that covers the significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, and consume food and drink. The articles treat regions, people, ingredients, companies, advertising, historical eras, holidays and festivals, and political, scientific, and economic currents pertinent to American cuisine.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (In Library Version)
An online reference e-book that covers the significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, and consume food and drink. The articles treat regions, people, ingredients, companies, advertising, historical eras, holidays and festivals, and political, scientific, and economic currents pertinent to American cuisine.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States (For Remote Users)
An online reference e-book offering comprehensive, reliable, and accessible information about the fastest growing minority population in the United States. The Encyclopedia draws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from around the world by addressing such broad topics as identity, art, politics, religion, education, health, and history.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States (In Library Version)
An online reference e-book offering comprehensive, reliable, and accessible information about the fastest growing minority population in the United States. The Encyclopedia draws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from around the world by addressing such broad topics as identity, art, politics, religion, education, health, and history.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences
Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History (For Remote Users)
An online reference book covering the entire history of seafaring, from ancient Egyptian shipbuilders to the nuclear submarines and supertankers of today placing maritime affairs in their larger historical context.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences
Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History (In Library Version)
An online reference book covering the entire history of seafaring, from ancient Egyptian shipbuilders to the nuclear submarines and supertankers of today placing maritime affairs in their larger historical context.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences
Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History (For Remote Users)
An online reference book that comprehensively covers the role women have played throughout world history with over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences
Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History (In Library Version)
An online reference book that comprehensively covers the role women have played throughout world history with over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies.*
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, History and Social Sciences
Oxford Essential Quotations (For Remote Users)
With over 12,000 quotations, Oxford Essential Quotations brings together the sayings of over 3,000 authors. This resource allows you to search over 600 subjects to find an apt quotation for any occasion.*
Categories: Literature
Oxford Essential Quotations (In Library Version)
With over 12,000 quotations, Oxford Essential Quotations brings together the sayings of over 3,000 authors. This resource allows you to search over 600 subjects to find an apt quotation for any occasion.*
Categories: Literature
P
ParentsPost
A resource for Houston parents to find local activities for the whole family.
Categories: Houston and Texas, Parenting
PBS Learning Media
This site offers the best of public media content and produced specifically for PreK-16 teachers. Parents and teachers have free access to over 14,000 high-quality resources.
Categories: Online Learning, Education: Recommended for Educators
Peterson's Real Guide to Colleges and Universities
Information about colleges, graduate school, financial aid, careers, private secondary schools, and much more.
Categories: College And Career
Photographic Archives: Houston Metropolitan Research Center Collection
Contains records of over 2,200 images. This Houston Public Library collection highlights historical events and provides glimpses into everyday life in Houston from the 1860s to the 1960s.
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Houston and Texas
Play Index
Play Index covers classic and historical plays, along with the works of contemporary playwrights covering one-act plays, radio and television plays, classic drama and monologues.*
Categories: Literature, Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications
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.
Categories: Genealogy, History and Social Sciences, Houston and Texas, Newspapers, African American Studies
POTUS
Information on United States Presidents, including biographical information on the Presidents, their Vice Presidents, and Cabinet members; elections, notable events in their terms, images and video; as well as links to other resources.
Categories: Biography, Government: U.S., History and Social Sciences
PressReader
This resource is temporarily unavailable. We invite our cardholders to explore HPL's other digital news sources including RBdigital Magazines https://tinyurl.com/y53lfmly, Flipster https://tinyurl.com/y3e73yhb, and The New York Times Online https://tinyurl.com/y5vecetf. Press Reader provides digital images of over 6000 newspapers and magazines from the U.S. and 55 countries around the world. The number of recent issues varies. Remote users: Please select "Sign In" on the PressReader page and choose the "Library or Group" option and search for Houston. Choose Houston Public Library, then enter your library card number and PIN when prompted.*
Categories: Newspapers, Resources in Other Languages, Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications
Primary Search
Articles from children's magazines and pamphlets; designed for the elementary school student.*
Categories: Homework, Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications, Resources in Other Languages
ProCitizen (English)
Preparation for the U.S. citizenship test. In English.*
Categories: Citizenship Corner
ProCitizen (Español)
Preparación por el examen de la ciudadanía estadounidense. En Español.*
Categories: Citizenship Corner
Professional Development Collection
Articles for professional educators and librarians.*
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks, many of which are downloadable. All books are in the public domain, that is, the copyright on these titles has expired.
Categories: Books and Readers
Pronunciator
A comprehensive language-learning solution with over 70 languages. Interface and lessons are available in multiple languages. Many languages also include lessons for children, advanced learners, and videos. Also includes ProCitizen for U.S. citizenship test preparation in both English and Spanish.*
Categories: Language Learning, Resources in Other Languages, Citizenship Corner, Online Learning
ProQuest Ebook Central (For Remote Users)
A collection of e-books covering K-12, career, arts, leisure and life skills.*
Categories: Arts and Architecture, Homework, Leisure and Do-It-Yourself, Books and Readers
ProQuest Ebook Central (In Library Version)
A collection of e-books covering K-12, career, arts, leisure and life skills.*
Categories: Arts and Architecture, Homework, Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
Full-text coverage of topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.*
Categories: Health and Medicine
Public Administration Degrees
Explore accredited degree programs and career paths in public administration, public policy, and public affairs.
Categories: College And Career
PubMed Central
PubMed Central (PMC) is a free archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
Categories: Health and Medicine, Science
Q
Qello Concerts by Stingray
Full-Length Concerts and Music Documentaries: Over 1,500 full-length concerts and music documentaries spanning over 30 genres from the 1920s to today’s hottest artists. Access this RBdigital Streaming Video on Demand service through a browser or download the RBdigital app to your favorite device, sign in with your library card and PIN, then create an account. A checkout provides 7 days unlimited watching, no monthly checkout limits. *
Categories: Movies, Music, and TV
Quick Facts
Find statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
Categories: Government: U.S.
R
Ransom and Sarah Williams Farmstead
Through archeology, archival records, and oral history, the Ransom and Sarah Williams farmstead project has revealed the story of one African American family’s transition from slavery to freedom.
Categories: African American Studies
RBdigital Audiobooks
**On August 12, 2020, the HPL RBdigital e-audiobook collection merged into the HPL OverDrive collection. RBdigital customer account info, including holds, history, and wishlists, were not transferrable to OverDrive. More information about the transition is available here https://www.overdrive.com/RBdigital-transition-preview. *
Categories: Books and Readers
RBdigital Magazines
**Beginning July 1, 2019, you will be required to enter your PIN when logging in to Axis360, ComicsPlus, hoopla, OverDrive and RBdigital. For PIN assistance, please contact 832-393-1313 or your nearest neighborhood library.**
A collection of over 3700 digital magazine titles that can be checked out and downloaded to your computer or smart device. There is no limit on checkouts and no due dates. Once the magazine is downloaded it’s yours to keep until you delete it. Includes magazines in the areas of art, architecture, music, cooking, and travel generously provided by the Greenberg Fund. To use: First sign into your RBDigital account. If you don’t have an account, please use the Register feature in the RBdigital app or on the website to create one. When you’ve created an account you can access the magazines.*
Categories: Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications, Books and Readers
Read Across America
Motivate your child to read year-round with help from HPL and this National Education Association program. Find free tools and resources, reading calendars and information about events near you.
Categories: Books and Readers, Parenting, Education: Recommended for Educators
Reading Group Choices
Book lists and discussion guides for reading groups.
Categories: Books and Readers
Ready.gov
Disaster preparedness information from the Department of Homeland Security.
Categories: Disaster Preparedness
ReferenceUSA
ReferenceUSA is now Data Axle Reference Solutions. Same great resource, just a new name!
Categories: Business, Phone Books and Directories, Job Hunting
Referencia Latina
This full-text Spanish-language database covers a broad array of subjects from a variety of sources, including reference books, general interest magazines and health reports. Daily updates ensure availability of the most current articles from a dozen prominent newspapers and newswires from 8 Latin American countries.*
Categories: Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications, Resources in Other Languages
Regional Business News
Articles from regional business publications.*
Categories: Business, Other News Sources
Regional Disaster Preparedness
Links to local disaster preparedness agencies.
Categories: Disaster Preparedness, Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas
Regulations.gov
One-stop website to find, view, and comment on Federal regulations and other Federal actions.
Categories: Government: U.S., Law
Religion & Philosophy
This database provides extensive full-text coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.*
Categories: Religion and Philosophy
Religion Reference E-Book Titles
Includes the Encyclopedia of Religion which emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and the Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices which provides information on current religious practices around the world.*
Categories: Religion and Philosophy, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Resources for Women-Owned Businesses
Advice for women-owned businesses and links to sources of grants and loans, educational programs, networking, and professional orgranizations and more.
Categories: Business
ResumeGenius
Resume and CV templates and samples along with a wealth of advice on resume building, cover letters, job hunting and related topics. Includes links to hiring sites for major national employers.
Categories: Job Hunting
Retirement Living
Buyer's guides, advice and tips for all things senior living.
Categories: Consumer Information, Health and Medicine, Personal Finance
Reviews.com
Data-driven reviews in the categories of Business, Education, Finance, Home & Lifestyle, and Insurance.
Categories: Consumer Information
Rubin Hancock Farmstead
In an area now overrun by the busy interchange of Loop 1 and Parmer Lane in north Austin lie the remnants of what was once a thriving community of freed African-American slaves.
Categories: African American Studies
Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum
RBHY is dedicated to the preservation of historic structures on their original homesteads through internships, archeology, educational & community programs.
Categories: African American Studies
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Salaries and Wages -- U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Pay scale for Federal jobs in 30 cities and rural areas.
Categories: Government: U.S., Job Hunting
Salem Witchcraft in 1692: A Bibliography
This is a list of sources with historical and other background information on the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692.
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Homework
Sallie Mae College Planning Calculator
Finding the right way to pay for college just got easier with Sallie Mae's Education Investment Planner. This free online tool offers easy-to-follow guidance on paying for college based on your budget and financial goals.
Categories: College And Career
Sallie Mae Scholarship Search
Information about scholarship and financial aid.
Categories: College And Career
Salud en Espanol
Consumer Health Complete database of health information in Spanish.*
Categories: Health and Medicine, Resources in Other Languages
SAMS Photofact
Repair manuals and wiring diagrams for consumer electronics. Thousands of devices including TVs and radios.*
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself, Science
Science & Technology Collection
Full-text, indexing, and abstracts to journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science.*
Categories: Science
Science.gov
Gateway to government science information provided by US Government science agencies, including research and development results.
Categories: Government: U.S., Science
Science: Gale in Context
Provides information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics by means of newspaper and journal articles, images, and video.*
SciTech Premium Collection
SciTech Premium Collection includes the Natural Science Collection and the Technology Collection 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 those 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.*
Categories: Homework, Science, Health and Medicine
Serials Directory
Up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials.*
Categories: Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications
Short Story Index
Short Story Index is an essential resource for readers seeking short stories by author or genre, or for those researching a body of work of a literary figure. It provides detailed indexing for hundreds of thousands of short stories and full text for nearly 5,000 stories.*
Categories: Literature
SIC: Standard Industrial Classification Search
A searchable database of SIC codes.
Categories: Business
Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive: Debates over Slavery and Abolition
Includes documents, newspaper collections, and books from the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world published in the antebellum.*
Categories: African American Studies
Slavery in America
This is a digital collection of over 600 documents: personal narratives, pamphlets, political speeches, sermons, plays, songs, poetic and fictional works published between the 17th and late 19th centuries.*
Categories: African American Studies
Small Business Administration
Information and services offered by the SBA.
Categories: Business, Government: U.S.
Small Business Reference Center
Small Business Reference Center provides a number of periodical articles, reference books, and 'how to' videos on relevant topics from starting a company, operations management and sales to growing or rescuing a business.*
Categories: Business
Small Engine Repair Reference Center
Small Engine Repair Reference Center contains small engine repair manuals with thousands of step-by-step maintenance and repair instructions for hundreds of small engine machines including motorcycles, ATVs, personal water craft, lawn mowers, tractors, generators, and more.*
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
Smart About Money
National Endowment for Financial Education, a non-profit organization offers resources on improving financial well-being.
Categories: Personal Finance
Smithsonian Global Sound
Archival audio collections of the legendary Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels. It is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions.*
Categories: Movies, Music, and TV, Travel and Geography
Social Security Online
Information in English and Spanish on benefits and regulations.
Categories: Government: U.S., Resources in Other Languages
Something About the Author Online
Something About the Author Online brings you thousands of illustrated biographical profiles of children's authors and illustrators totaling more than 12,000 entries and nearly 17,000 images.*
Categories: Biography, Homework, Literature
Sports Authority: Harris County
News about local sports from Houston/Harris County Sports Authority.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas, Leisure and Do-It-Yourself
State Bar of Texas Member Directory
The most comprehensive information about lawyers licensed to practice in Texas.
Categories: Houston and Texas, Law
State District Courts in Harris County
Information for jurors and others about the Harris County System.
Categories: Government: State and Local
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Federal agency dedicated to advancing mental and substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery services in order to improve the lives of individuals living with mental and substance use disorders and their families and reduce the impact of substance misuse and mental illness on America's communities. Offers links to resources for treatment as well as information for family and community members.
Categories: Government: U.S., Health and Medicine, History and Social Sciences
Sunday Times Historical Archive
The Sunday Times of London has consistently provided thoughtful analysis and commentary on the week's British and international news and society at large. This Historical Archive includes full-text digital facsimiles of The Sunday Times covering 1822, the start of the newspaper, to 2006. *
Categories: Newspapers, History and Social Sciences
Superpages.com
Search for business by keyword, name or location.
Categories: Phone Books and Directories
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.*
Categories: Business
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TeachingBooks
A multimedia online database including thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment. includes a wide variety of tools for both teachers and students including lists of award winners and diverse books, new books, series lists, meet-the-author videos, Lexile levels, reader's advisory tools, and lesson plans. *
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators, Books and Readers, Homework
Texas Administrative Code
Texas state regulations by topic.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas, Law
Texas African American Photography Archive
TAAP Archive provides a broad overview of African American photography in the urban and rural areas of Texas, spanning the period from the 1870s to the present and representing a variety of processes and makers.
Categories: African American Studies, Houston and Texas
Texas Archival Resources Online
Searchable database of finding aids to archival materials in Texas, including those of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center.
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Houston and Texas
Texas Common Application for College Admission
Use this on-line application to apply for admission to any public college or university in Texas.
Categories: College And Career
Texas Department of Insurance : Consumer Protection
Gives insurance buying tips and offers both auto and homeowners insurance price comparisons.
Categories: Consumer Information
Texas Department of Safety Identity Theft Information Guide
Tips and information to prevent identity theft and steps to take if you have been a victim.
Categories: Consumer Information, Personal Finance
Texas Digital Sanborn Maps
Sanborn maps are historical large scale plans of a city drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch. These maps are used to trace the history and development of cities and are also helpful in genealogical and historical research. Select Texas from the State menu to begin your search. *
Categories: Genealogy, History and Social Sciences, Houston and Texas
Texas Education Agency
The Texas Education Agency oversees elementary and secondary public education throughout the state.
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators
Texas Educator Certification Program
Preparation manuals and study guides for the TExES, TExMaT and TASC.
Categories: College And Career
Texas Institute for the Preservation of History & Culture
African Americans have contributed significantly in all facets of the building of the Lone Star State — its infrastructure, image, and culture. For that, the Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture is charting every aspect of the black experience in Texas as an online encyclopedia.
Categories: African American Studies, Houston and Texas, History and Social Sciences
Texas Legislative Budget Board
Information about the Texas State budget. Includes link to the Texas Fact Book with helpful statistics and information about Texas and its government.
Categories: Houston and Texas
Texas Medical Board Doctor Search
Find doctors by name or specialty.
Categories: Health and Medicine, Phone Books and Directories
Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel
OPIC helps Texas consumers compare policies and coverage when shopping for insurance of all types, knowing your rights under Texas law, and provides advice on making claims. OPIC also issues annual reports on Texas HMOs, including consumer satisfaction and quality of care measures.
Categories: Consumer Information, Law
Texas Online
Official homepage of Texas state government.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Houston and Texas
Texas Reference Center
Full text journals and books about Texas history, biography, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure.*
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Houston and Texas
Texas Talking Book Program
The Talking Book Program povides free library services for qualifying Texans with blindness or visual, physical, or reading disabilities. Registered TBP users may borrow books and magazines in digital audio, Braille, and large print. Materials and playback machines are mailed to your door, completely free of charge. Complete an application and you will be contacted to create an account. The TBP is a program of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, provided in conjuction with the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) in Washington, DC, a program administered by the Library of Congress.
Categories: Books and Readers
Texas Trade Schools
A listing of trade and vocational schools in Texas with information on their programs.
Categories: College And Career
Texas Tuition Promise Fund
Prepay for college tuition at today's prices.
Categories: College And Career, Personal Finance
Texas Veterans Commission
Official state of Texas website that serves as a repository of online resources including education, employment and VA claim assistance. Includes information on the Hazelwood Act.
Categories: Veterans
Texas Workforce Commission's Job Banks
Public and private sector jobs listed with the Texas Workforce Commission. Education and training opportunities which lead to employment.
Categories: Job Hunting
TexasLawHelp
Referrals to local legal aid and public interest law offices, basic information about legal rights, court information, pro bono service providers, and links to social service agencies.
Categories: Law
The African American Story: Texas State History Museum
Selection of stories about African Americans in early Texas.
Categories: African American Studies, Houston and Texas, History and Social Sciences
The Green Book
A travel guide for African Americans in 1930s and 1940s New York.
Categories: African American Studies
The Wilbert M. Curtis Texas Prince Hall Library Museum
The WMCTPHLM houses numerous artifacts relating to the history of Freemasonry with particular emphasis on Masonry in Texas.
Categories: African American Studies
Theatre in Video
Contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors.*
Categories: Literature, Movies, Music, and TV
Thomas Register
Thomas Register's free online supplier/finder index of manufacturers. Access requires registration.
Categories: Business, Phone Books and Directories
Time & Date
Time zones and calendars, including a perpetual calendar.
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Science
Times Digital Archive
The Times of London has covered all major British and international events since the 1780s. This Digital Archive includes full-text digital facsimiles of every daily issue from 1785 to 2014.*
Categories: Newspapers, History and Social Sciences
Tips for Choosing an Insurance Policy
Offers general tips and resources to use when buying insurance.
Categories: Consumer Information
To Bear Fruit for Our Race
History of Houston's medical community and the Houston Negro Hospital.
Categories: African American Studies, Houston and Texas
TOPICsearch
This current events database allows students and researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.*
Categories: Magazines, Scholarly Journals and Publications
TumbleBooks
Online picture books, chapter books, puzzles, games and quizzes for children.*
Categories: Books and Readers, Homework, Parenting
TxDOT North Houston Highway Improvement Project
The Texas Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), initiated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process for highway improvements in the north Houston area. The North Houston Highway Improvement Project involves evaluation of the I-45 North corridor from near downtown Houston to Beltway 8 North, Beltway 8 North from I-45 North to the Hardy Toll Road, the Hardy Toll Road from I-610 North Loop to Beltway 8 North, I-610 North Loop from I-45 North to the Hardy Toll Road, and portions of I-10 and US 59 near downtown Houston.
Categories: Houston and Texas
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U.S. Census Bureau
Source for social, demographic, and economic information.
Categories: Government: U.S.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Find information about citizenship, immigration, working in the U.S., verification of employee eligibility, adoption and more.
Categories: Citizenship Corner, Government: U.S., Law
U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review
EOIR settles immigration cases by fairly, expeditiously, and uniformly interpreting and administering immigration laws. Under delegated authority from the Attorney General, EOIR conducts immigration court proceedings, appellate reviews, and administrative hearings.
Categories: Citizenship Corner
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Houston Regional Office administers a variety of services and benefits including Compensation and Pension, Home Loan Guaranty, and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment. Other services provided include specially adapted housing grants, benefits counseling, fiduciary/guardianship services, outreach services for the homeless, elderly, minority Veterans and women Veterans, and public affairs.
Categories: Veterans
U.S. Government Manual
The official handbook of the Federal Government provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches and other official agencies.
Categories: Government: U.S.
U.S. Mint Financial Literacy
Resource for parents and teachers with activities and lesson plans, promoting basic economic understanding.
Categories: Parenting
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Free searchable databases of patents and trademarks, as well as information on the patent process.
Categories: Business, Government: U.S., Science
U.S. VETS-Houston
Offers a wide range of programs designed specifically to address the unique needs of veterans.
Categories: Veterans
Uncovering the Movement: An Exploration of Civil Rights in Forth Worth
Detailed overview of Jim Crow life in Fort Worth, what members of community did to resist Jim Crow, and finally the outcomes of the Civil Rights Movement in Fort Worth.
Categories: African American Studies
United Way of Greater Houston Community Resources
Online edition of the United Way's Community Resource Directory.
Categories: Consumer Information, Houston and Texas, Phone Books and Directories, Veterans
Universal Class
Over 500 video-based courses on a wide variety of subjects, from hard and soft business skills like management and technology to law, academics, alternative medicine, real estate, homeschooling, bartending, arts and crafts. Courses are self-paced and Continuing Education credits are available. (Sign up with your library card number and create a password. Must be 14 & up to register.) *
Categories: Online Learning, Leisure and Do-It-Yourself, Business
University HQ
Unbiased source of independent news and comprehensive information about universities and vocational training and certification programs, entrance requirements, ACT and SAT test registration and prep, financial aid and scholarships, career paths, and other topics for individuals wishing to pursue higher education or move up the career ladder.
Categories: College And Career, Personal Finance
University of Houston Downtown Veterans Services
Assists veterans, reservists, guardsmen, and dependents of disabled or deceased veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Categories: Veterans
University of Houston Veterans Services
Coordinates the University of Houston's veteran services to veterans, spouses, and dependents attending classes and receiving veterans benefits.
Categories: Veterans
Urban Institute
Urban Institute immigration policy experts study how the foreign-born population is growing, integrating, and changing.
Categories: Citizenship Corner
USA Jobs
Employment opportunities with the United States government.
Categories: Government: U.S., Job Hunting, Law
USA Learns
Offers lessons in English and Spanish emphasizing basic skills such as reading, writing, math, English language competency and problem-solving.
Categories: Language Learning, Online Learning, Resources in Other Languages
USA Trade Online
Powerful resource giving customers access to current and cumulative U.S. export and import data.
Categories: Government: U.S.
USA.gov
A subject-based portal to Federal services and resources online.
Categories: Government: U.S.
USGenWeb Project
Network of volunteers working to create a center for genealogical research for every county in the United States.
Categories: Genealogy
UsingEnglish.com
Learn English with free tools for ESL students, including English language references, activities including tests and polls, and articles on English usage.
Categories: Language Learning, Online Learning
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Value Line
The Value Line Investment Survey is a weekly independent investment information service. Tip: Enter library card number at barcode prompt. (Please note that library cards issued online will not work with this resource. Please contact Houston Public Library for more information 832-393-1313 for library card assistance.)*
Categories: Investing
Vocational & Career Collection
This collection provides full text coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals.*
Categories: College And Career, Education: Recommended for Educators
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Wall Street Journal (Article Search - Contemporary News)
The financial newspaper of record, offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance from 1984 to -current.*
Categories: Business, Investing, Newspapers
Wall Street Journal Historical Archive
Full page view of the Wall Street Journal from 1889-2002.*
Categories: Business, Investing, Newspapers
Weather Channel
Gives graphic view of weather conditions.
Categories: Disaster Preparedness, Science, Travel and Geography
Weather Underground
Current and historical weather.
Categories: Disaster Preparedness, Science, Travel and Geography
Web Elements
A periodic table of elements with description, history, uses, atomic structure, and additional detailed information for each element.
Weiss Financial Ratings
Independent and unbiased financial strength ratings for banks and credit unions, stocks and mutual funds, and all types of insurance companies including HMOs; customized Medicare Supplemental Insurance (MediGap) buyer's guide that includes plan features, pricing, and regional availability. Financial planning tips are also available. *
Categories: Business, Consumer Information, Investing, Health and Medicine, Personal Finance
Welcome to USA.gov
Information for immigrants on how to settle in the United States.
Categories: Citizenship Corner
What is a Dollar Worth?
CPI and inflation rates. Download the free Inflation Calculator app.
What Should I Read Next?
Simple search by title or author. Gives you a lengthy list of read-a-likes.
Categories: Books and Readers
Where to Write for Vital Records
Links are provided for users who want direct access to individual state and territory information.
Categories: Genealogy, Government: State and Local, Government: U.S., Homework
Whichbook
Use "sliders" for different criteria to get suggestions that closely match your needs. Explore book lists.
Categories: Books and Readers
White House
The official website for the White House. Includes biographies of the presidents and the first ladies.
Categories: Biography, Government: U.S.
Who Represents Me?
Texas elected officials and the districts they represent.
Categories: Government: State and Local, Government: U.S., Houston and Texas
WIC - Women, Infants and Children Program
WIC provides nutrition education and counseling for pregnant women, new mothers and young children and helps in accessing health care to low-income women, infants, and children.
Categories: Parenting
WikiHow
wikiHow is a collaborative effort to build and share the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual.
Categories: Leisure and Do-It-Yourself, Online Learning
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. It includes information on obscure topics that cannot be found elsewhere. However, the information provided is not always the most authoritative. Use it and decide for yourself!
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Women in Texas History
Our mission is to carry on Ruthe Winegarten’s legacy, to encourage the study of women in Texas history, and to foster independent scholarship in Texas women’s history
Categories: African American Studies
Women's Resource of Houston
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston builds financial literacy by teaching free personal finance classes. Their goal is to expand opportunities for women, girls, and families to become independent, productive, and financially stable.
Categories: Houston and Texas, Personal Finance
Wonderopolis
From the National Center for Family Literacy, Wonderopolis is a place where natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages.
Categories: Education: Recommended for Educators, Parenting
WordReference
Online translating dictionaries from English to French, Spanish, German, Italian and Russian with links to dictionaries of additional languages.
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Resources in Other Languages
Work for Good
Job listings and career information for the non-profit sector.
Categories: College And Career, Job Hunting
World Leaders
Weekly updated online directory of foreign government officials published by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Categories: History and Social Sciences, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
WorldCat
OCLC FirstSearch provides a catalog of library materials owned by libraries around the world. Includes ability to search for books in Spanish, French, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (traditional and simplified).*
Categories: Books and Readers, Resources in Other Languages
Wounded Warrior Project
The Wounded Warrior Project provides more than 20 programs and services to injured service members and their families, in addition to numerous valuable resources.
Categories: Veterans
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YourDictionary.com
Find a bilingual, multilingual or specialized dictionary from a list of over 600 dictionaries.
Categories: Almanacs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Resources in Other Languages, Writing
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ZabaSearch
People and free public information search engine.
Categories: Phone Books and Directories
Zippia
Online job search tool. Explore job postings and apply online. Users can set up a profile and get personalized job opening notifications by email. Includes dozens of articles on career-related topics ranging from resume and interview advice to issues such as LGBTQ+ non-discrimination and disability accommodation policies in the workplace.
Categories: Job Hunting, College And Career
ZipRecruiter
Employment search engine for jobs across the United States. Upload your resume and apply to jobs with one click.
Categories: Job Hunting