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The Fort Worth Library provides the following online databases free of charge to customers visiting our libraries.The Library licenses and pays for many of these databases. Others are provided by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission through the TexShare Program.
Most databases are accessible from outside the library. Click on the "Use at Home" link and enter your Fort Worth Public Library card number when prompted. Your library account must be clear of fines and overdue materials to use this service from outside the library.
Please see our Online Database FAQs if you have questions or problems connecting. Note: The library no longer offers the Rosetta Stone language program.
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Business/Investment/Careers
AGRICOLA Use in Library | Use at Home
Citations to over 2.5 million journal articles, books, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports available in the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Library (TexShare)
Business Source Complete Use in Library | Use at Home
Indexes over 1,200 business-related journals, some back to 1886. Includes many full-text articles and now includes a business video collection with 55 videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series - just search "Harvard FSS" (TexShare)
Computer Source Use in Library | Use at Home
Information and trends in high technology. Complete articles from nearly 300 publications, plus indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications (TexShare)
EBSCO Business Search Interface Use in Library | Use at Home
Company and industry profiles, country reports, market research reports, plus links to the information found in Business Source Complete (TexShare)
Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts Use in Library | Use at Home
Article summaries and indexing for over 400 magazines and journals related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas (TexShare)
JobView Use in Library | Use at Home
Easy-to-use service with thousands of job listings updated daily. Search in Fort Worth, the Metroplex, Texas, or across the nation for positions in many fields. You can apply online or e-mail the posting to yourself. Includes listings from the Texas Workforce Commission's "Work in Texas" job resource, plus listings from various national labor exchanges.
Learn-a-Test (Learning Express) Use in Library | Use at Home
Self-paced courses and practice tests covering GED, Civil Service, College Preparation, Cosmetology, English as a Second Language, Military, Basic Skills Success, Skills Improvement, and Technical/Career College
Reference USA Use in Library | Use at Home
Directory of more than 12 million U.S. businesses; 102 million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. health care providers; 1 million Canadian businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents. Business data includes contact information, SIC code, names of company executives, sales volume, and number of employees. Information about residents is taken directly from telephone books, plus Census information about median home values and median incomes
Vocational and Career Collection Use in Library | Use at Home
Full text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals. A useful source for career information, industry news, and general business research. Also includes country-specific career guides that provide job-hunting resources and advice for Americans seeking jobs in foreign countries (TexShare)
Education
ERIC Use in Library | Use at Home
Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals (TexShare)
Professional Development Collection Use in Library | Use at Home
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports (TexShare)
General Information/Miscellaneous
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Use in Library | Use at Home
Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas (TexShare)
NetLibrary E-books Use in Library | Use at Home
More than 27,000 e-book titles from the world"s leading business, technology, trade, reference, academic, and scholarly publishers. Requires on-site registration at any Fort Worth Public Library branch (TexShare)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Use in Library | Use at Home
The facts plus pro/con arguments on over 100 current controversial topics, including child abuse, pornography, drug legalization, abortion, affirmative action, stem cell research, pollution, death penalty, immigration, global warming, etc. Includes full-text articles from over 30 major newspapers and newsmagazines, plus statistics, government data, laws and legislation, political positions, public policies, etc.
Religion and Philosophy Collection Use in Library | Use at Home
Complete articles from over 300 journals covering topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy (TexShare)
Government/Law
Impact/Access GDCS Available only at Fort Worth Central
The complete Monthly Catalog of U. S. Government publications from 1976 to present and thousands of hypertext links to full text
Legal Collection Use in Library | Use at Home
Complete articles from nearly 250 scholarly law journals (TexShare)
Military and Government Collection Use in Library | Use at Home
Current news about all branches of the military and government. Includes periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of these sites. Complete articles from nearly 400 journals and periodicals, full text of 245 pamphlets, and indexing and abstracts for more than 500 titles (TexShare)
History/Genealogy
African-American History Online Use in Library | Use at Home
Biographies, maps, charts, primary source documents, topical entries, quotations, and historical videos help bring more than 500 years of African-American history to life.
Ancestry Library Edition Available only in the Library
U.S. Census Collection "every name" index dating from 1790 to 1930; U.S. Data Collection (birth, marriage, and death records; World War I draft registration information; and Social Security Death Index); and the U.K. and Ireland Collection (England and Wales Census Images and Indexes; England and Wales Civil Registration Index 1837-present; and England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales Parish and Probate Records, 1500s-1837).; New York and San Francisco passenger lists and the New York Petitions for Naturalization Index; and download census extraction forms, ancestral charts, family group sheets, and more
Bibliography of Native North Americans Use in Library | Use at Home
Bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life, including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. Contains more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present (TexShare)
The Handbook of Texas Use in Library | Use at Home
Provided by the Texas State Historical Association, a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. More than 23,000 concise, authoritative articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, other topics covering virtually every aspect of Texas history and culture (TexShare)
HeritageQuest Online Use in Library | Use at Home
Collection of research materials designed to help patrons trace their family lineage and American culture. More than 25,000 family and local histories, the complete U.S. Federal Census from 1790-1930, the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), the Revolutionary War Pension Applications & Bounty Land Warrant Applications, and the Freedman's Bank Records (TexShare)
Texas Digital Sanborn Maps (1867-1970) Use in Library | Use at Home
Digital access to more than 660,000 large-scale fire insurance maps of over 12,000 American towns and cities. Each large-scale plan contains detailed property and land-use records that depict the grid of everyday life across a century of change. The maps provide a wealth of information, such as building outline, size and shape, construction materials, height, building use, windows and doors, street and sidewalk widths, boundaries, and more. The plans often include information and shading for steel beams or reinforced walls, plus symbols for stables, garages, warehouses, etc. Also depicted are pipelines, railroads, wells, water mains, dumps, and heavy machinery likely to affect the property"s vulnerability to earthquake, fire, and flood. Maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, and house and block numbers (TexShare)
TexasReference Center Use in Library | Use at Home
A Texas-specific product designed specifically for school and public libraries. The database is comprised of periodicals, reference books, reports, and other content relevant to the state. Contains 30 full text periodicals, 100 full text reference books, several Texas newspapers, and much more (TexShare)
World History Collection Use in Library | Use at Home
Offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. Contains cover-to-cover full text for nearly 150 journals, many of which are peer-reviewed. Full text dates as far back as 1964 (TexShare)
Homework
Academic Search Premier Use in Library | Use at Home
Indexes over 8,000 academic publications covering biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc. Complete articles for more than 4,500 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals. Searchable cited references for more than 1,000 titles (TexShare)
EBSCO Kids Use in Library | Use at Home
A search interface with a child-friendly, graphically-rich design that automatically searches across all applicable EBSCO databases simultaneously (TexShare)
EBSCO Student Research Center Use in Library | Use at Home
A search interface designed specifically for secondary school students according to their needs and search abilities. Users can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search or search databases through topic headings (TexShare)
ELibrary Curriculum Use in Library | Use at Home
Designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries. Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts-plus thousands of pictures, maps, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, plus audio/video content (TexShare)
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Use in Library | Use at Home
Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas (TexShare)
Learn-a-Test (Learning Express) Use in Library | Use at Home
Self-paced courses and practice tests covering GED, Civil Service, College Preparation, Cosmetology, English as a Second Language, Military, Basic Skills Success, Skills Improvement, and Technical/Career College. Content updated quarterly.
MAS Ultra - School Edition Use in Library | Use at Home
Designed specifically for high school students, this database provides full text for more than 700 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating as far back as 1975 for key magazines. Also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, more than 350 full text reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily (TexShare)
Middle Search Plus Use in Library | Use at Home
Complete articles from nearly 140 popular magazines for middle and junior high school research. Full text information dates as far back as 1990. Also contains 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily (TexShare)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Use in Library | Use at Home
The facts plus pro/con arguments on over 100 current controversial topics, including child abuse, pornography, drug legalization, abortion, affirmative action, stem cell research, pollution, death penalty, immigration, global warming, etc. Includes full-text articles from over 30 major newspapers and newsmagazines, plus statistics, government data, laws and legislation, political positions, public policies, etc.
Primary Search Use in Library | Use at Home
Complete articles from nearly 70 popular elementary school magazines dating back to 1990. Includes the Funk and Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of Animals, the American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, 3rd edition, and an Image Collection of over 200,000 photos, maps, and flags. Full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Available through the Searchasaurus and Kids Search interfaces (TexShare)
TexasReference Center Use in Library | Use at Home
A Texas-specific product designed specifically for school and public libraries. The database is comprised of periodicals, reference books, reports, and other content relevant to the state. Contains 30 full text periodicals, 100 full text reference books, several Texas newspapers, and much more (TexShare)
TOPICsearch Use in Library | Use at Home
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 102,800 articles from more than 2,500 diverse sources, including more than 1,550 full text periodicals (TexShare)
Searchasaurus Use in Library | Use at Home
Search interface designed for elementary and middle school students. Includes Primary Search, Middle Search®Plus, and Book Collection: Nonfiction (TexShare)
Librarian Tools
Information Science and Technology Abstracts Use in Library | Use at Home
Indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents. Coverage dates back to the mid 1960s, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in the field of library and information science (TexShare)
Serials Directory Use in Library | Use at Home
Bibliographic and pricing information for nearly 184,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers. Historical data for an additional 20,000 titles and data from nearly 83,500 publishers worldwide (TexShare)
WorldCat (the OCLC online union catalog) Use in Library | Use at Home
The world"s most comprehensive library catalog, with more than 58 million title records representing over 400 languages and all types of materials ranging from stone tablets to electronic books from libraries around the world. Includes thousands of records containing evaluative content such as tables of contents, cover art, book summaries and notes about the authors (TexShare)
Literature/Criticism/Authors
Contemporary Authors Use in Library | Use at Home
Biographical and bibliographical information on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors (TexShare)
Contemporary Literary Criticism Use in Library | Use at Home
Over 35,000 critical essays on contemporary authors, with biographical, critical, principal works, plus further study information (TexShare)
Dear Reader Use in Library | Use at Home
Sign up for online bookclubs reading fiction, horror, mysteries, romance, sci fi, business, general nonfiction, and others genres. Every day Dear Reader will e-mail you a 5-minute sample. By the end of the week you"ll have read 2 to 3 chapters. If you"re hooked, we probably have it at the library.
Dictionary of Literary Biography Use in Library | Use at Home
Nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of influential literary figures from all eras and genres. (TexShare)
Literature Resource Center Use in Library | Use at Home
Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of over 121,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers such as philosophers, filmmakers, and anthropologists (TexShare)
NoveList Plus Use in Library | Use at Home
Assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles; contains materials for all ages with subject access to over 100,000 fiction and non-fiction titles, updated quarterly, as well as full-text reviews, annotations and summaries
Scribner Writers Use in Library | Use at Home
1,600 biographical/critical essays on the lives and works of important authors from around the world (TexShare)
Twayne's Authors Series Use in Library | Use at Home
In-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres. Features the content of nearly 600 books in the United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors series (TexShare)
Twentieth-Century American and English Poetry Use in Library | Use at Home
Collection of 52,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 American poets (TexShare)
Magazines and Newspapers--General
See also specific subjects for specialized journals.
Academic Search Premier Use in Library | Use at Home
Indexes over 8,000 academic publications covering biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc. Complete articles for more than 4,500 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals. Searchable cited references for more than 1,000 titles (TexShare)
America's Newspapers (Newsbank) Use in Library | Use at Home
Includes full-text articles, letters, and editorials from the electronic editions of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (1991-current), Dallas Morning News (1984-current), Houston Chronicle (1985-current), Chicago Tribune (1985-current), Los Angeles Times (1985-current), San Antonio Express-News (1990-current), New York Times (2000-current), and Washington Post (1977-current). Dallas Morning News Historical Archive (1885-1977) includes classifieds, advertisements, graphics, and photos
Directory of Open Access Journals Use in Library | Use at Home
Indexing, abstracting, full text for selected international scholarly journals in a wide variety of subjects, including agriculture, the arts, food science, biology, chemistry, engineering, health science, history, languages, law, literature, mathmatics, political science, philosophy, physics, religion, social sciences (TexShare)
InfoTrac Custom Newspapers Use in Library | Use at Home
Cover-to-cover full-text coverage of over 100 newspapers, including USA Today, Austin-American Statesman from 1996, Washington Times from 1996, Houston Chronicle from 1996, The Financial Times from 1996, and The Times (London) since 1986 (TexShare)
MasterFILE Premier Use in Library | Use at Home
Complete articles from over 2,000 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. Also contains full text for more than 320 reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps & flags. Includes PDF backfiles (as far back as 1975) for key publications including American Libraries, Foreign Affairs, History Today, Judaism, Library Journal, National Review, Saturday Evening Post, etc. (TexShare)
Military and Government Collection Use in Library | Use at Home
Current news about all branches of the military and government. Includes periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of these sites. Complete articles from nearly 400 journals and periodicals, full text of 245 pamphlets, and indexing and abstracts for more than 500 titles (TexShare)
New York Times Backfile Available only in the Library
Full-text and full-image articles for the New York Times for 1851-2001. Includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files
Newspaper Source Use in Library | Use at Home
Selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. Also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. Updated daily. (TexShare)
TDnet Journal Locator Use in Library | Use at Home
Searchable list of the approximately 17,000 professional, scientific, academic, and medical journals and general-interests magazines available in the TexShare databases, with direct links to the databases. If you"re trying to find articles from a specific journal or magazine, this is a good place to start (TexShare)
Medicine/Health
Alt HealthWatch Use in Library | Use at Home
Complete articles for 180 journals covering complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990 (TexShare)
Consumer Health Complete Use in Library | Use at Home
Complete articles covering topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children"s health, men & women"s health, etc. (TexShare)
Health and Wellness Resource Center Use in Library | Use at Home
Books, journals, magazines and pamphlets about alternative and complementary therapies for consumers and health care professionals. Covers herbal remedies, yoga, homeopathy, midwifery, chiropractic and much more (TexShare)
HealthReference Center- Academic Use in Library | Use at Home
Full text articles from nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources such as consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical interviews; and reference books (TexShare)
Health Source - Consumer Edition Use in Library | Use at Home
Full-text articles from nearly 150 journals on many consumer health topics, including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health (TexShare)
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Use in Library | Use at Home
Full-text articles from nearly 550 scholarly medical journals, plus abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals (TexShare)
MedicLatina Use in Library | Use at Home
Complete articles from nearly 100 Spanish language medical journal (TexShare)
MEDline Use in Library | Use at Home
Abstracts from over 4,800 current biomedical journals covering medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more (TexShare)
Natural & Alternative Treatments Use in Library | Use at Home
Almost two hundred articles on medical conditions, presenting evidence-based information on the alternative medicine therapies proposed for use in their treatment. Also detailed information on herbs and supplements, functional foods, and other alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy (TexShare)
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection Use in Library | Use at Home
Complete articles from over 570 professional publications. Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods (TexShare)
Science/Technology
Academic Search Premier Use in Library | Use at Home
Indexes over 8,000 academic publications covering biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc. Complete articles for more than 4,500 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals. Searchable cited references for more than 1,000 titles (TexShare)
AGRICOLA Use in Library | Use at Home
Citations to over 2.5 million journal articles, books, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports available in the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Library (TexShare)
Auto Repair Reference Center Use in Library | Use at Home
Comprehensive automotive repair database, produced in conjunction with Point Five Technologies, Inc. Written for the Do-It-Yourselfer, but comprehensive enough for professional technicians. Contains repair and other information on over 25,000 domestic and imported vehicles. Repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1954. Includes over 65,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer, wiring diagrams, Labor Time Guide & Estimator, specifications & maintenance schedules, and over 100,000 factory drawings and step-by-step photographs
Encyclopedia of Animals Use in Library | Use at Home
This extensive database provides students with thousands of easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals. Each entry begins with a simple category breakdown of the animal including Kingdom, Class, Order, Genus & Species, and Geographical Locale as well as a detailed description. Many entries include colorful images (TexShare)
Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts Use in Library | Use at Home
Article summaries and indexing for over 400 magazines and journals related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas (TexShare)
Sam's Technical Publishing Available only in the Library
Database of repair manuals covering almost 200,000 models of consumer electronics devices, including tvs, vcrs and radios
Science & Technology Collection Use in Library | Use at Home
Complete articles from over 800 journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science. Also indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications. (TexShare)
En Español
Economia y Negocios Use in Library | Use at Home
Economía y Negocios is the result of a collaborative effort between EBSCO Publishing and ESAN (Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados). This continuously updated bibliographic database is an indispensable tool for research conducted in the areas of business and economics (TexShare)
EBSCOhost en Español Use in Library | Use at Home
Interfaz en español contraduccion de los articulos) Base de datos sobre muchos temas - incluye texto completo. Los articulos están traducidos por un programa de la computadora del ingles (TexShare)
Fuente Academica Use in Library | Use at Home
Unique collection of scholarly academic journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. This database provides full text coverage (including PDF) for nearly 200 scholarly Spanish language journals. Content is provided in Spanish from respected publishers worldwide (TexShare)
MedicLatina Use in Library | Use at Home
Complete articles from nearly 100 Spanish language medical journal (TexShare)
Updated 11 May 2009