Online Resources

In addition to critical analysis, primary sources, and detailed work overviews, this database brings together in-depth biographical, bibliographical, and contextual information.

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.

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

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.

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.

MedlinePlus es un servicio informativo en línea de salud para pacientes, familiares y amigos. Es producida por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina de Estados Unidos (NLM, por sus siglas en inglés), la biblioteca médica más grande del mundo y parte de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud de EE. UU. (NIH).

Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more.

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

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.

Gale Presents: Miss Humblebee’s Academy is an award-winning online resource that gives kids ages 3–6 access to hundreds of guided lessons using videos, music, eBooks, hands-on activities, and more.

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.

Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Best for children aged 6–14.

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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.

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.

Available in-library only. Newspapers.com (Texas Edition) provides online access to full runs and portions of runs of more than 200 Texas regional newspapers, dating from 1842 to 2024.

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