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• AllData Online

  
  A comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information.
  As of 9/28/2007 off-campus access to this resource has been restricted by the vendor due to commercial use.

• Biographies Plus Illustrated

  
  Includes biographical coverage from Current Biography, the World Authors Series, the Junior Authors & Illustrators series and more. It features more than 140,000 narrative profiles and more than 30,000 images.

• Business & Company Resource Center

  
  Provides in-depth information on thousands of companies, plus access to access to the fulltexts of related magazine and newspaper articles. (Full-text).

• Contemporary Authors

  
  A bio-bibliographical guide to modern authors, including those who were active prior to 1960 and whose works continue to influence contemporary literature. (Full-text)

• Dictionary of Literary Biography

  
  Essays that outline the lives and careers of authors from all eras and genres and summarize the critical response to their work. (Full-text)

• Discovering Science

  
  Encyclopedia-like coverage of natural sciences. (Full-text)

• E-Library

  
  Provides full-text from more than 2,500 magazines, newspapers, reference books, and television transcripts -- plus thousands of pictures, maps, weblinks, and audio/video files. (Full-text).

• EBSCO Animals

  
  In-depth information describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. (Full-text)

• Encyclopedia Britannica

  
  The online version of the standard encyclopedia, covering a wide range of topics. Also useful as a guide to the World Wide Web, providing links to rated sites. Provides some magazine articles as well. (Full-text)

• Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia

  
  Encyclopedia designed to meet the reseach needs of elementary, middle and high school students. (Full-text)

• General Reference Center Gold

  
  A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)

• Grove Dictionary of Art

  
  Signed articles covering both the fine arts (painting, sculpture, and architecture) and the decorative arts (ceramics, textiles, jewellery, interior design, furniture, glass, metalwork, and more). Also includes over 30,000 links to colour images from high-quality museum and other art sites, plus over 100,000 images from The

• Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians

  
  An extensive encyclopedia of music. (Full-text)

• Handbook of Texas Online

  
  A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at UT Austin. (Full-text)

• HCCS Library Catalog

  
  A catalog of the book, video, periodical, etc., holdings of all the HCCS libraries. (Bibliographic, no full-text)

• Health & Wellness Resource Center

  
  Coverage of health information from medical journals, encyclopedias and pamphlets. (Full-text)

• History Resource Center -- United States

  
  Combines more than 1,000 primary documents with information from reference sources, plus full-text coverage of a selection of magazines and history journals. (Full-text)

• History Resource Center -- World

  
  Combines more than 1,000 primary documents with information from reference sources, plus full-text coverage of a selection of magazines and history journals. (Full text)

• InfoTrac OneFile

  
  A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily.

• Literature Resource Center

  
  Literature criticism from journals, reference books, and books, including biographies, literary criticism, & links to author-related Web sites. (Full-text)

• Natural And Alternative Treatments

  
  Contains detailed information on more than 180 different conditions and the conventional and natural treatments used to treat them, over 200 herbs and supplements, plus drug-herb and drug-supplement interactions for more than 75 drug categories. (Full-text).

• Scribner Writers

  
  Includes 1,564 essays on authors of all nationalities and time periods. Each essay includes a concise introductory preface and a biography placing the author's work within a personal and historical framework. (Full-text).

• Serials Directory

  
  Provides up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information and current pricing structures for popular serials

• STAT!Ref

  
  Up-to-date medical information from leading reference books and texts. (Full-text)

• Student Research Center Interface

  
  Resource tools and interface designed for grades 6-12. (Full text).

• Texas Digital Sanborn Maps

  
  Detailed property and land-use records of 12,000 U.S. towns and cities from 1867 to 1970. The maps can be manipulated, expanded, printed, and downloaded. (Full-text

• Texas Reference Center

  
  Includes information about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, biography, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. (Full-text).

• Twentieth Century Poetry

  
  Twentieth Century American Poetry is an unprecedented collection of poetry written by the most important and influential poets of the 20th century.

• United States Government Manual

  
  Provides information on the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, as well as quasi-official agencies; international organizations; and boards, commissions, and committees. (Full-text)