Easily search over 17,000 publications from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources covering biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental sciences, history, marketing, political sciences, and psychology. Access articles from Nature, the Economist, the New York Times, and thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
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Access a wide array of multidisciplinary content by searching scholarly journals, newspapers, periodicals, images, and videos.
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The Encyclopedia of Life is a collaborative project for scientists and lay-people whose goal is to document the nearly 2,000,000 living species on the planet. Over the last eight years, some one million species have earned their own encyclopedia page featuring such information as a complete taxonomy, description, images, videos and sound files.
EPA's Fuel Economy Guide, includes current edition to 1974. Also, the Find a Car tool provides up-to-date fuel economy information, as well as environmental and safety data, for many model years.
Gale eBooks is a Virtual Reference Library of reliable nonfiction eBooks that are always available.
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A cross-search platform that enables users to do one search across multiple Gale databases. This includes Gale OneFile's family of databases, Gale In Context's family of databases, Gale Literature, and Gale eBooks.
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Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.
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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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Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources.
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Thousands of species of mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians, and invertebrates are discussed as well as major biomes and habitats. Fact file boxes provide scientific classification and physical data.
A collection of mostly full-text eBook versions of popular Salem Press print books in the fields of Literature, History, Science, and Health.
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Access reports and directories from the Texas Education Agency.
Search or browse through articles on Texas history, geography, culture, and biographies of famous Texans.
Databases available to Texas public library patrons through the Texas State Library & Archive Commission.
Most of the databases available via the TexShare portal are also available here on Fort Bend County Libraries' Databases pages. A password is required to use the databases via the TexShare portal if you are NOT in the library. After clicking on "View Resource" below, select Fort Bend County Libraries from a drop-down list. To get 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.
Encyclopedia articles, interactive maps, periodical articles, and much more.
Image-driven content for curious kids to explore; grade K+
Includes Science Projects, Activities, Games, Maps, Important People, and more.
Foundational research tool for curriculum reinforcement; grades 5+
