Databases

Gale eBooks is a Virtual Reference Library of reliable nonfiction eBooks that are always available.

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This database has an extensive collection of free forms available to library patrons. Thousands of legal forms are already available, and more are being added daily. Official, state-specific, Federal, business, personal, real estate, and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues are included.
Warning: Public users should consult an attorney in your state for serious legal matters. This resource is not a replacement for the advice of an attorney. Library staff cannot give legal advice or recommend specific forms.

A password is required to use this database if you are NOT in the library. Select Fort Bend County Libraries from the drop-down menu. For the password, call 281-341-2605 during library hours or use the Chat tab on the right side of our website to CHAT with a librarian 24/7; just have your library barcode number handy and ask for the TexShare password.

Gale™ takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Literature Criticism Online. Includes centuries of analysis - the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals - delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals. click here to retrieve title list

Search Gale's premier literary databases, including Literary Criticism Online and Something About the Author, in a new digital environment that allows researchers, faculty and students to search across these resources to discover and analyze content in entirely new ways.

Desde Microsoft Office y correo electrónico hasta lectura, matemáticas y más, GCFLearnFree.org ofrece más de 90 tutoriales, que incluyen más de 1,000 lecciones, videos e interactivos, completamente gratis. Vea un tutorial o complete una clase completa --- LearnFree está abierto las 24 horas del día y ha estado ofreciendo educación en línea durante más de 10 años. Un programa de Goodwill Community Foundation® y Goodwill Industries of Eastern NC, Inc.®

From Microsoft Office and email to reading, math, and more, GCFLearnFree.org offers more than 90 tutorials, including more than 1,000 lessons, videos, and interactives, completly free. View one tutorial or complete an entire class --- LearnFree is open 24 hours a day and has been offering online education for more than 10 years. A program of the Goodwill Community Foundation® and Goodwill Industries of Eastern NC, Inc.®

The GeoRef database provides access to the geoscience literature of the world. The database contains over 3.6 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. GeoRef covers the geology of North America from 1669 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present.

Available in-library only. This new HeinOnline collection brings together more than 500 titles dealing with this difficult and important topic. Included are periodicals, key compiled federal legislative histories, relevant congressional hearings, CRS Reports, Supreme Court briefs, and more. Gun regulation in the United States is arguably among the most controversial and heavily-debated topics in American history. The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. To access this service, please visit your local branch library and click the "view resource" button below on a library computer.