Databases

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.

Search home improvement topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.

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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Share your eBooks with new readers at library systems locally and potentially all across the U.S. and Canada with the Indie Author Project. 

This service is free for all authors, no matter how you have chosen to indie publish. The submission process takes about 5 minutes, and you are welcome to submit as many of your books as you would like. Before you submit, please make sure that your book is:
• A PDF or an ePUB file
• In the English language
• An original work to which you own the rights
Once submitted, your book will be passed through the review process, and you will be notified within 4–6 weeks if your book has been chosen as an Indie Author Project Selection.
All submissions, regardless of audience or genre, may be included in your local regions collection, if you so choose!

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Search across full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines from and about Latin America.

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LearningExpress Library’s Job & Career Accelerator helps job-hunters create professional resumés and cover letters, get detailed and current information on a variety of occupations, match personal interests and skills with a desired career, improve interviewing skills, and much more.

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Explore potential careers (including military service), build workplace skills, and prepare for the ACT^® WorkKeys^® Assessments, the ASVAB test, the TOEIC^® test and career licensure exams.

Visit the Adult Core Skills section and click on "Become a U.S. Citizen" or the "Recursos para Hispanohablantes" for help in Spanish.
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The LearningExpress Computer Skills Center offers dynamic online multimedia tutorials that help users learn the fundamentals of the computer, the internet, and popular software applications. Self-paced tutorials include Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word, as well as Computer Graphics/Illustration and Understanding Your Operating System.
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LearningExpress Library is an easy-to-use e-learning platform featuring online tutorials, practice tests, and e-books to help you achieve your educational and professional goals. In addition to helping you improve your skills in reading, writing, math, and basic science, LearningExpress Library offers tools and resources to help you search for jobs, build workplace skills, and prepare for career certification exams. You'll also find college and grad school admissions test prep, GED^® test prep, and much more.

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File your legal paperwork online using this free tool.