Databases

Current news stories 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.

Check out and read full-color eMagazines in your browser or open in the Flipster app on your mobile device.

Find Flipster FAQs here: Flipster FAQ

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Access the most searched magazines across Gale OneFile focusing on current events, sports, science, and health issues.

Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.

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Stream movies, music, and audiobooks or check out comics and eBooks from your computer or in an easy-to-use app on your mobile device. All selections are always available!

Plus, with just one borrow, you can get unlimited streaming access to one of multiple BingePass collections like hoopla Magazines, Curiosity Stream, Hellosaurus, The Great Courses, and more! https://www.hoopladigital.com/browse/binge

Find hoopla FAQs here: hoopla FAQ

Watch a short video tutorial on how to download eBooks/eAudiobooks on hoopla here and a short video tutorial on how to download and stream movies & TV shows on hoopla here. 

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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Please note that access to Magazine and Newspaper Full-Text Databases from EBSCO (including digital access to Consumer Reports) ended on August 31, 2023. Please try some of FBCL’s other resources, including News: Gale OneFile, NewsBank World Access, and Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines. Please also contact your local library branch to check the availability of Consumer Reports in print.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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.

Access The Wall Street Journal from anywhere!  Direct access to The Wall Street Journal online. Search defaults to searching the last 90 days' worth of WSJ articles, but the advanced search lets you search the last four years.  Access to the PDF replica of the daily print edition is available.  Please note that only the past seven days are available for the PDF daily editions, and The Wall Street Journal apps do not work for library users. 

1.    Start by clicking "View Resource."

2.    Then click on “Log-in required – click here” to sign into your library-card account.

3.    You will then be directed to WSJ.com, where you can create your account, and you can start using wsj.com immediately.

4.    Your access will be available for the next three days.

After three days, simply come back and click "View Resource" again and follow steps 1-2.   Once you arrive at wsj.com, log in as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.

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