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The Handbook of Tejano History, a publication of the Texas State Historical Association, contains more than 1,200 entries, including 300 new entries, detailing the critical influence of Tejanos on the Lone Star State. Released on March 29, 2016, to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Tejano Monument unveiling on the Capitol grounds in Austin, the Handbook of Tejano History is the culmination of a two-year effort involving dozens of researchers, educators, students, and Texas history enthusiasts committed to capturing and sharing Tejano contributions to Texas life and culture.

The Handbook of Tejano History was made possible due to generous support from Tejano Monument, Inc., the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin, and the Texas State Historical Association.

Find up-to-date information on a range of health care topics. Best for students, researchers, and health care professionals.

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Search a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices.

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Resource for genealogy and family-history research. Includes online and film products dating back to the late 1700s, including digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records, and the digitized version of the popular UMI Genealogy & Local History collection. 

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Search magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference on a range of topics. Best for middle- and high-school students.

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With LearningExpress Library's High School Equivalency Center, you'll find resources to help you build your reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and math skills, as well as prepare for the GED^®, HiSET^® and TASC^® tests.

Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources.

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Access to EBSCO's History Reference Center ended on Jan 31, 2024. Please see our Geography, History, & Social Sciences page for a complete list of our other history resources.

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Search or browse text-only digital issues of the Houston Chronicle from 1985 to the present, or open the daily full-color image version of the Houston Chronicle from NewsBank.

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Select "View Resource" below and then click on today's date to see today's paper, available each morning. View the entire publication, including the Sunday "Career Search" page. Use the calendar to select from the archive of NewsBank's image version of Houston Chronicle issues dating back to October 24, 2017.

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