The most frequently-used databases
Your vote counts! The Houston Area League of Women Voters' Voter Guide provides information about upcoming elections, including voting locations, ID requirements, candidates and issues on the ballot. The guide is available in English, Chinese, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Powered by EBSCO Discovery Service, this search system provides full text access to ebooks and ejournals from over 70 databases currently available to Houston Public Library customers. Note: Content is also generally available via the eResources & Articles tab in the Houston Public Library online catalog search results.
Search all the databases supplied to Houston Public Library by Gale simultaneously or select particular resources to cross search. Includes ebooks, literary research, periodicals, primary sources, and business tools. Search for any term or phrase to find articles from thousands of magazines, journals, newspapers, documents, and ebooks plus videos, images and podcast content.
Search all the databases supplied to Houston Public Library by Gale at once or browse resources by category. Includes ebooks, literary research, periodicals, primary sources, and business tools. Search for any term or phrase and find articles from thousands of magazines, journals, newspapers, documents, and ebooks along with videos, images and podcast content.
Searchable recent digital issues of the Houston Chronicle, October 2017-present. Select See Related Sources for recent issues of Houston Community Weeklies (90-day embargo) and the Houston Chronicle Historical Archive (1901-2017).
Searchable digital archive of the Houston Chronicle, from its beginning in 1901 through October 2017 (digital microfilm).
Listing of all journals, magazines and newspapers available in print or in full-text online in the Houston Public Library collection, with links to electronic issues. (NOTE: Periodicals listed as "HPL Periodicals - Print" may no longer be available. Apologies for the inconvenience.) TIP for remote users: To log in, select “Access through your institution” and search for Houston Public Library, then enter library card and PIN.
Download or stream e-books, audiobooks, e-magazines, comics, Kanopy videos, Classica music, and Craftsy videos. Get the Libby app for iOS and Android or use Libby or OverDrive in browser. (*NOTES: Houston Public Library Learning Link students please apply for a regular HPL MY Link card to use this service. The original OverDrive app was discontinued on May 1, 2023. MP3 format for audiobooks is no longer available effective November 11, 2024.)
NOTE: To log in via Linkedin Learning app: Use Library ID: houstonpubliclibrary when prompted, before entering library card and PIN.
LinkedIn Learning for Library provides over 16,000 video tutorials in multiple languages covering software applications and coding, technology, hard and soft business skills and many other topics, all taught by recognized industry experts. 24/7 access to online learning to help you achieve personal and professional goals. Use via browser or get the app for iOS or Android mobile devices.
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
From 1717 through 1836 the governments of Spain and Mexico in San Antonio de Bexar collected an amazing series of official documents detailing the military, civilian, and political life of the Spanish province of Texas and the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas. The collection includes over 200,000 documents original Spanish documents and a collection of English translations created during 1934-1980, for documents from 1699 to 1812, chronicling Spanish efforts to maintain their empire in North America while preventing incursions from French, British, and U.S. settlers and from American Indian nations; the growing revolutionary movement in Mexico, beginning around 1810 and culminating in independence from Spain in 1821; the tentative hold of Mexico on its new empire while fighting American Indians and U.S. settlers, including the Comanche Wars and Fredonian Rebellion; and the final break of Texas from Mexico during the Texas Revolution of 1835-1836. The original documents are housed at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. (Tip: To log in remotely, select access through institution and search for Houston Public Library.)
Read the weekly online or digital facsimile edition of the Houston Business Journal, featuring in-depth coverage of local business communities and breaking news, including commercial and residential real estate, sports business, technology and innovation, public records, employment and bid opportunities, legal notices, the annual Book of Lists, and more. Includes approximately 20 years of searchable back issues. American City Business Journals covering more than 40 other regional markets are also available.
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