ADULT CORE SKILLS - LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY (EBSCO)

Achieve your personal education and career goals.

African Storybook 

African Storybook provides open access to picture storybooks in the languages of Africa. For children's literacy, enjoyment, and imagination!

 AHFS Consumer Medication Information

AHFS Consumer Medication Information is a trusted source and recognized standard for patient drug information.

American Physical Society Journals  

The American Physical Society (APS) is a nonprofit academic organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics through its outstanding research journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy, and international activities.

Ancestry Library Edition

Ancestry Library Edition, distributed exclusively by ProQuest and powered by Ancestry.com, delivers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more.

AWS TRAINING CENTER - LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY (EBSCO)

Develop your skills in a wide array of leading-edge technology topics and unlock new education and career opportunities.

Business Insights: Global

Compare global economies, countries, and industries with in-depth analysis on over 400,000 companies. 

Black Freedom Struggle in the United States 

Visitors will find historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom. The content is curated around six time periods: Resistance to Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860), The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877), Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932), The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945), The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975), The Contemporary Era (1976-2000). This resource supports a wide range of students, from middle and high school to college, as well as independent researchers. 

BookPage 

Discover your next great read! BookPage is a monthly book review published for avid readers like you, highlighting new books across all genres.

CAREER CENTER PLUS - LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY (EBSCO)

Make your work goals a reality—start a new career or advance in your current field.

ChiltonLibrary.com

Search the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. 

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TEST PREPARATION - LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY (EBSCO)

Prepare for important exams like the ACT®, SAT®, AP® Tests, and more.

COLLEGE CENTER PLUS - LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY - EBSCO)

Achieve your undergrad goals and prepare for future success.

COLLEGE SUCCESS SKILLS - LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY (EBSCO)

Tools for navigating campus, your courses, and life.

COMPUTER SKILLS CENTER - LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY (EBSCO)

Video courses to learn popular software and computer basics.

Congress.gov

Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public.

Country Fact Sheets

Previously called Background Notes, this is an updating collection of essential information on the countries of the world: their history, economies, geography, population, government, religions, relations with the U.S., human rights reports, travel and passport information, and more. Links provided to more information from other government agencies and departments, embassies etc.

Directory of Open Access Journals

Provides indexing, abstracting, and free full text access for selected international scholarly journals in many subject areas, including agriculture and food science, biology, chemistry, health science, languages and literature, mathematics, physics, engineering, the arts, business, environmental science, history, law, political science, philosophy, religion, and social science.

Explora (EBSCO)

Let your research take flight with Explora, the place to find information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)

Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry.

Gale Academic OneFile

Quickly access articles from a database of scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Best for academic research. 

Gale Books and Authors

Answer the age-old question, 'What do I read next?' Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres, or topics. 

Gale Business: Entrepreneurship

Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more. 

Gale Business: Insights

Research global companies and industries with in-depth analysis through current news, statistical data, and comprehensive reports. 

Gale General OneFile

Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research. 

Gale Health and Wellness

Search a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices. 

Gale In Context: Biography

Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content. 

Gale In Context: College

An engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a wide array of subjects.

Gale In Context: Elementary

Introduce elementary students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content. 

Gale In Context: Environmental Studies

Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content. 

Gale In Context: High School

Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources. 

Gale In Context: Middle School

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

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints

Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues. 

Gale In Context: Science

Understand context for hundreds of science topics through overviews, journals, news, interactive experiments, and more. 

Gale Interactive: Science

Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science. 

Gale LegalForms

Access a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms and resources across the most popular legal areas. 

Gale Literature

Gale Literary Sources integrates full-text literary content with metadata and subject indexing and provides workflow tools to analyze information. You can research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across your library's Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.

Gale Literature Resource Center

Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras. 

Gale Literature: LitFinder

Access literary works and authors throughout history, including full-text poems, plays, short stories, speeches, and more. 

Gale Literature: Scribner Writer Series

Browse original scholarly essays on authors from around the world. Places authors and their works in personal and historical context. 

Gale Literature: Twayne's Author Series

Find in-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers. Includes influences of literary movements. 

Gale OneFile: Agriculture

Access current and authoritative periodical content covering agriculture and its related fields. 

Gale OneFile: Business

Understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications. Updated daily. 

Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media

Search millions of articles covering all aspects of communications, including advertising, public relations, and more. 

Gale OneFile: Computer Science

Access leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries. 

Gale OneFile: Contemporary Women's Issues

Find timely and historically relevant content on issues that influence women’s lives across the globe. 

Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice

Comprehensive periodical content for researchers studying law, law enforcement, forensic science, terrorism, and more. 

Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts

Find a variety of information from major cooking and nutrition magazines as well as key reference titles. 

Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies

Access a range of periodical content to explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community. 

Gale OneFile: Economics and Theory

Discover content useful for starting a business, marketing a product, developing policy, analyzing trends, and more. 

Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete

Gain insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy. Best for educators, administrators, and education students. 

Gale OneFile: Entrepreneurship

Analyze business insights, tips, strategies, and success stories. Updated daily. Best for business schools and entrepreneurs. 

Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy

Investigate environmental issues with diverse perspectives from the scientific community, policymakers, and corporate interests. 

Gale OneFile: Fine Arts

Search millions of articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Diverse resource for serious fine arts students. 

Gale OneFile: Gardening and Horticulture

Find millions of articles on the practical and scientific aspects of horticulture studies. For all horticultural enthusiasts. 

Gale OneFile: Gender Studies

Discover balanced coverage of topics related to gender studies, family and marital issues, and more. 

Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine

Find up-to-date information on a range of health care topics. Best for students, researchers, and health care professionals. 

Gale OneFile: High School Edition

Search magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference on a range of topics. Best for middle- and high-school students. 

Gale OneFile: Home Improvement

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

Gale OneFile: Hospitality and Tourism

Discover well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries. 

Gale OneFile: Information Science

Access articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology. Updated daily. 

Gale OneFile: Informe Académico

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

Gale OneFile: Insurance and Liability

Discover information about physical and intellectual asset protection, from individuals to multinational corporations. 

Gale OneFile: Leadership and Management

Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more. Updated daily. 

Gale OneFile: Military and Intelligence

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

Gale OneFile: News

Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields. 

Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health

Research full-text titles cited in CINAHL and other resources to support specialized care, treatment, and patient management. 

Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine

Access academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine. 

Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies

Access scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. 

Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines

Access the most searched magazines across Gale OneFile focusing on current events, sports, science, and health issues. 

Gale OneFile: Psychology

Find authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology. 

Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy

Research the impact of religion on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. Updated daily. 

Gale OneFile: Science

Access information on the latest developments across a range of scientific disciplines. Updated daily. 

Gale OneFile: U.S. History

Search balanced coverage of events in U.S. history. Best for novice historians and academic researchers. Updated daily. 

Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers

Research a vocation, find an appropriate institution of learning, and get assistance on job searches and maintaining a career. 

Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism

Gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale. 

Gale OneFile: World History

Access balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field. 

Gale Power Search

Gale PowerSearch is a search platform unlike any other, providing libraries with a sophisticated yet simple solution for managing a wealth of periodical, reference, multimedia and primary source information.

Gale Presents: Udemy

Learn and improve skills across business, tech, design, and more. Includes 10,000+ on-demand video courses in multiple languages. 

GRADES 3-8 TEACHER RESOURCES - LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY (EBSCO)

Skill-building lessons and practice for guiding young learners.

GovInfo 

This resource provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. govinfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch. 

GreenFILE (EBSCO)

Covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. This comprehensive resource draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. 

Handbook of Texas Online

The Handbook of Texas Online is a project of the Texas State Historical Association. The online Handbook offers a full-text searchable version of the complete text of the six-volume print edition, all corrections incorporated in the second printing, and approximately 400 articles not included in the print edition due to space limitations. Subsequent developments will include additional corrections and updates, new articles, illustrations, and audio-video media. 

HeritageQuest

HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place's past.  

HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY - LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY (EBSCO)

Guided support and preparation to help you earn a high school equivalency credential.

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS - LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY (EBSCO)

Skill-building resources for classroom and homework success.

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

This work-in-progress is a comprehensive quotation-based dictionary of the language of science fiction.

Hoopla

Use your Kennedale Library Card to access more than 500,000 CDs, movies, comic books, eBooks, TV shows, and audiobooks. Cardholders can check out up to ten titles every month, and caregivers can set up a kid-safe filter.

Internet Archive

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more. 

JOB AND CAREER ACCELERATOR - LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY (EBSCO)

Powerful tools and guidance to achieve your career goals.

Kids eReading Room (OverDrive)

Just as the children’s section of the physical branch is creatively sectioned off, we created a user-friendly section of our OverDrive-powered website for kids. 

Learning Express Library (LearningExpress)

EBSCO LearningExpress helps students and adult learners improve skills required for academic and career success. LearningExpress platforms provide a comprehensive selection of educational resources—including interactive tutorials, practice exams, flashcards, articles and e-books—for basic skills mastery, academic success, job preparation, and career advancement. 

Legal Forms (GALE)

Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.

Medline Plus 

MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free. You can use MedlinePlus to learn about the latest treatments, look up information on a drug or supplement, find out the meanings of words, or view medical videos or illustrations. You can also get links to the latest medical research on your topic or find out about clinical trials on a disease or condition. 

National Geographic Kids

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

Open Library (Internet Archive)

Open Library is a universal catalog for book metadata. The goal of Open Library is to create a web page for every book ever published. Open Library is a collaborative open source initiative, which means that anyone can use and contribute to the Open Library catalog. 

OverDrive

OverDrive offers eBooks and audiobooks to enjoy on your computer, smart phone or eReader.

Project Gutenberg

Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world’s great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.

PubMed

More than 19 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals.

Race Relations Abstracts (EBSCO)

This resource provides a sole focus on content relating specifically to the relationship between races.

RECURSOS PARA HISPANOHABLANTES - LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY (EBSCO)

Herramientas de aprendizaje, carrera y ciudadanía en español. Este centro ofrece a los adultos que están muy ocupados los recursos para mejorar sus habilidades básicas, ganar sus credenciales de GED® o ser ciudadano estadounidense. This center offers adults writing, grammar, reading, math instruction, as well as help to become a U.S. citizen.

Regional Business News (EBSCO)

This robust resource provides ultimate coverage for full-text business publications, on a regional level, for the United States and Canadian provinces.

Science in Context (GALE)

Science In Context draws people into the subject matter, showing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity.

SciTech Collection Premium

Includes the Natural Science Collection and the Technology Collection and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more.

Smithsonian Open Access

Search across 2.8 million images from the Smithsonian's vast holdings—among them the National Air and Space Museum, the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, and the National Zoo. Images are in the public domain as Creative Common Zero, meaning they can be used without permission from Smithsonian. 

Standard Ebooks 

Standard Ebooks is a volunteer driven, not-for-profit project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, and free.

How to transfer Standard Ebooks titles to your favorite ereader.

Texas Constitution and Statutes 

Compilation of Texas law that is updated biannually.

Texas Digital Sanborn Maps

Large-scale maps of Texas towns and cities from 1867-1960.

Texas Reference Center

Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure.

Transparent Language Online 

The most comprehensive, effective, and engaging way to learn over 120 languages, including ESL.

Tuition Funding Source

TFS offers students the largest scholarship database in the world with over $41 Billion in scholarship awards along with a career personality test and detailed college and career information.

Twentieth Century English Poetry (ProQuest)

Chilton-Healey Literature Collections:  20^th century American Poetry and 20^th Century English Poetry. 

WorldCat

The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with more than 86 million bibliographic records and nearly 1.2 billion holdings representing the collections of more than 10,000 libraries, over 400 languages, and all types of materials ranging from stone tablets to electronic books. WorldCat is updated daily and is now easier to search than ever.