Provider: Alexander Street Press/ProQuest
Access Level: Licensed, TMC Academic User
Descriptions: Academic Video Online is the most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries. It delivers more than 62,000 video titles spanning a wide range of subject areas, including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. More than 17,000 titles are exclusive to Alexander Street. Curated for the educational experience, the massive depth of content and breadth of content types (documentaries, films, demonstrations, etc) in Academic Video Online makes it a useful resource for all.
Keywords: advocacy, American history, art, biology, culture, education, general reference, humanities, informatics, law, life sciences, medicine, multidisciplinary, music, nursing, public health, research
Provider: EBSCO
Contents: general reference, images, links, magazines, maps, newspapers, partial full text, summaries
Access Level: Licensed, On-Site Visitor, TMC Academic User
Descriptions: Student Research Center is an interface for young researchers. Students can search by keyword or topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by resource type: magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc. Search results can be filtered according to three age groups, ranging from elementary to 12th grade level.
Keywords: general reference, kids, students
Provider: Internet Archive (nonprofit organization)
Descriptions: The Internet Archive, a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts, holds a great many free diversions, and many of these are educational-- full-text books, university lectures, music, films, photography and software. There is also the Wayback Machine, for viewing earlier versions of websites: "Browse through 85 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago." In collaboration with the National Federation of the Blind, Internet Archive now also provides free access to more than a million books for blind, sight-impaired and dyslexic readers.
Keywords: books, collaborative, continuing education, culture, digitization, education, full text, general reference, history, images, Internet, libraries, multicultural, multidisciplinary, multilingual, open access, popular, technology, video
Provider: Wikimedia
Descriptions: A database of nearly 4 million freely usable images and other media files. The majority of those not in the public domain are under Creative Commons or GNU licenses; explanations and guidance are provided. In addition, anyone can contribute images.
Keywords: Creative Commons, general reference, images, video, wiki
Provider: U.S. Geological Survey
Descriptions: The USGS researches, monitors trends, and provides impartial scientific information on geologic topics, from Earth's ecosystems and environment to natural hazards like volcano and earthquake activity, floods, storms and drought, to the impacts of climate and land-use change on natural resources, to the geomagnetic field and meteorite activity.
Keywords: data, disaster, disease, environmental, federal agencies, general reference, geology, geoscience, hurricane, maps, microbiology, minerals, natural sciences, news, pandemic, reports, research, science, scientist, seismology, statistical, U.S. Government, weather
Provider: U.S. Government Printing Office
Descriptions: In Beta stage at this writing, FDsys is the new Government Printing Office (GPO) website, which will soon contain all the information from the old GPO site and will incorporate more up-to-date features, like the capability to search all content from a single search box. Presidential documents are posted here, often within days of their inception. This is the best location for finding Congressional bills, documents, hearings and reports, as well as the Congressional Record.
Keywords: books, database, federal agencies, federated search, full text, gateway, general reference, links, multidisciplinary, public administration, public affairs, search engine, U.S. Government
Provider: University of North Texas Libraries/U.S. Government Printing Office
Descriptions: The CyberCemetery was established in 1997 to archive the websites of U.S. Government agencies, committees, commissions, departments etc. that would otherwise have disappeared from the Internet when the organizations became defunct. It also serves as a depository for content of more enduring government websites that is either eliminated or replaced by each new administration. Search or browse this collection of agencies, etc. by name, date of expiration or branch of government, or use keywords in the search box.
Keywords: archive, Congress, federal agencies, full text, general reference, government, history, Internet, public affairs, repository, U.S. Government
Provider: United States Census Bureau
Descriptions: QuickFacts provides various local-level views of community characteristics through key demographic variables. Search by U.S. city or town, county, state or ZIP Code. This data can support efforts to tailor health education and communication to particular audiences, so they receive critical public health information in a format that is relevant, intelligible and timely.
Keywords: census, community, data, demographics, economy, emergency preparedness, general reference, population, public health
Provider: HME Publishing
Descriptions: By entering parameters defining key characteristics of a symbol, the user can search for the meaning of a symbol and also link to further information about the symbol's origins and related symbols. To find a symbol that expresses a specific meaning, search by keyword in the on-site Google box, or use the word index provided.
Keywords: dictionary, encyclopedia, general reference, images, symbols
Provider: Smithsonian Institution
Descriptions: The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum complex and research organization, composed of 19 museums, 9 research centers, and the National Zoo.
Keywords: American history, biology, education, general reference, history, humanities, K-12, kids, museum, natural sciences, research, science, student, zoology
Provider: NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Descriptions: This is the National Weather Service page for our area. Contains various types of forecasts, imagery, tropical weather updates and more.
Keywords: environmental, general reference, Houston, images, maps, news, safety, Texas, trend, TX, U.S. Government, weather
Provider: U.S. Census Bureau
Descriptions: Contains population, economic, housing and geographic data based on the latest Decennial Census. Includes interactive maps, downloadable summaries, reports and useful links to related information.
Keywords: census, data, demographics, general reference, genetics, multicultural, population, society, statistical, U.S. Government
Provider: Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Descriptions: The AAMC posts online some of the useful data it gathers on US medical education-- enrollment, matriculation and residency applicants by school, specialty and gender. Links are provided for purchase of its other indispensable data compilations. "Through its many programs and services, the AAMC strengthens the world's most advanced medical care by supporting the entire spectrum of education, research, and patient care activities conducted by our member institutions."
Keywords: advocacy, data, education, general reference, glossary of terms, graduate medical education, medicine, news, partial open access, reports, statistical, student, U.S. Government, workforce
Provider: math.com
Descriptions: This site offers handy access to calculations, conversions, definitions, a glossary, games, formulas and tables, study and practice resources- and also links to other sources of math-related help and information.
Keywords: general reference, kids, mathematics, measurement, student
Provider: JSTOR/UT Digital Library
Contents: archive, full text, index
Access Level: Licensed, On-Site Visitor, TMC Academic User
Descriptions: The JSTOR archive contains the complete, digitized back-files of core scholarly journals, some of which date back to the 1600's. New titles are added regularly. Collections in Arts and Sciences; Biological Sciences,Business, Ecology & Botany, Health & General Sciences, and Language & Literature are available to our users.
Keywords: general reference, historical, multidisciplinary
Provider: Gale/UT System Digital Library
Contents: Dictionary, E-books, full text
Access Level: Licensed, On-Site Visitor, TMC Academic User
Descriptions: Gale Virtual Reference Library offers access to a wide spectrum of disciplines in multi-volume encyclopedias and other reference books, each focusing on an aspect of arts and humanities, medicine, social and "hard" sciences. These are over 3,400 works published by Gale and other well-known publishers, such as Wiley, Cambridge University Press and MacMillan. A Merriam-Webster dictionary is also provided.
Keywords: general reference, multidisciplinary
