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Lexis Advance 

AVAILABLE ONLY AT LAW LIBRARY 
A simple-to-use, powerful resource for online legal research. Visit the library for access to State and Federal case law, statutes, codes, regulations, forms, and secondary material.

LexisNexis

LexisNexis Digital Library

Access Lexis Advance collections digitally on any device using your permanent Fort Bend County Libraries card or an eCard. From within the library, link from eBooks to cases or statutes on Lexis Advance. Annotate and highlight within your eBook.

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Libby by Overdrive

Libby by OverDrive

Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby by OverDrive app. You can even send and read your borrowed ebooks to your Kindle ereader (U.S. only)! It’s free and easy for new users to get started, and it's a streamlined experience for current OverDrive app users.

The Libby by OverDrive app is now available from the Amazon Appstore and can be downloaded to Amazon Fire Tablets.

Please sign into the Libby by OverDrive app or website to see your current holds.

  • Learn more about how to switch from the OverDrive app to the Libby by OverDrive app here.  
  • Find answers to your questions here.
  • Watch a short video tutorial on how to download the Libby by OverDrive app here.
  • Watch a video tutorial on how to borrow and place holds using Libby by OverDrive here
  • Libby/OverDrive FAQ

 

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Gale LCO

Literature Criticism Online (Gale)

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

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Literature Resource Center

Literature Resource Center (Gale)

In addition to critical analysis, primary sources, and detailed work overviews, this database brings together in-depth biographical, bibliographical, and contextual information. There are more than 165,000 complete entries from popular literature series, including two award-winning series, Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors and Gale Literature: Dictionary of Literary Biography.

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Gale Literature LitFinder

LitFinder: Gale Literature

LitFinder provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 130,000 full-text poems and 650,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. The database also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.

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Fort Bend County

Local City Governments

Links to the official websites of cities in the Fort Bend County area.

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MasterFILE Complete (EBSCO)

Our library provides free access to MasterFILE Complete, a research database from EBSCO that contains hundreds of reference e-books as well as complete articles for thousands of reputable magazines and journals, including Consumer Reports, Better Homes & Gardens, People, TIME, Sports Illustrated and U.S. News & World Report. You’ll find reliable information on a variety of topics to help you with research for school, your job, or when you simply want to learn something new.

To search Consumer Reports content, please click here and type your search terms ("Electric Vehicles," for example) in the second field to see articles. You can click on "Access Options" under the articles that interest you, and select "PDF" to view the article in its original format, or "Online full text" to view the text of the article.

You can also easily search MasterFILE Complete by logging into our library’s Explora research experience. Click the "View Resource" button to get started.

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MEDLINE Plus

The National Library of Medicine's site for consumer-health information. Find information on common diseases and conditions, dictionaries, and directories for finding health-care professionals.

Watch a brief video that explores the MedLine Plus website here.

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Military and Intelligence: Gale OneFile

Military and Intelligence: Gale OneFile

Search scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of past and present military affairs. Updated daily.

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ProQuest

Military Database from ProQuest

The Military Database covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more. Resources include scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications.

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Modern World History (Infobase)

Modern World History offers a comprehensive look at world history from the mid-15th century to the present. Thousands of subject entries, biographies, images, videos and slideshows, maps and graphs, primary sources, and timelines combine to provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, events, and ideas that have defined modern world history. Focused Topic Centers pull forward interesting entries, search terms, documents, and maps handpicked by Infobase editors to help users find a starting point for their research, as well as videos and slideshow overviews to offer a visual introduction to key eras and regions. All the Infobase history databases in a collection are fully cross-searchable.

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Gale Presents National Geographic Virtual Library

National Geographic Virtual Library

Browse this cross-searchable platform for research insight from journalism's most trusted name in exploration and discovery.

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The New York Times

New York Times.com

To access nytimes.com from inside a library building, click on the “View Resource (inside the library)” button and start by creating an account. Read in your browser or download the free mobile app.

Remote users, start at the “View Resource (outside the library)” button, then click “Redeem” and create an account or log back in.  Remote access expires after 72 hours. Request another 72 hours anytime by returning to “View Resource” link to redeem another code.

Watch a brief video tutorial here

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Gale OneFile: News

News: Gale OneFile

Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.

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NewsBank World Access

Discover news and historical articles from America's News and newspapers from around the world. Resources include the Houston Chronicle and collected Special Reports on current events.

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NewspaperArchive

NewspaperArchive

Available in-library only.   NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest historical newspaper database online, contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1607 to present. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date, making it easy for you to quickly explore historical content.  NewspaperARCHIVE.com is adding newspaper pages faster than you can search them - with one newspaper page added every second - that's over 80,000 images a day, or about 2.5 million pages per month!

To access this service, please visit your local branch library and click the "View Resource' button below on a library computer.

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NoveList Plus (EBSCO)

NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers' search tool for fiction and nonfiction. Find read-alikes by author or series, or even search by appeal terms or reading level. With handy links to the library catalog, NoveList Plus answers the question: What should I read next?

Learn more about NoveList in this short video.

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