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The Nicholson Memorial Library System is pleased to offer library patrons home and office access to selected online resources and services. Most are subscription-only resources funded through the city or state. The information found on a database is usually of higher quality and typically cannot be found on the open web.
Click on the resource of your choice and, when prompted, enter your Nicholson Memorial Library System card number and PIN to get started. If you encounter any problems in accessing these resources, send an email or call your library at (972) 205-2500.
Online Resource Tutorials
The Garland Libraries offer video tutorials on how to use many of our online resources. Learn how to use Value Line, Mango Languages, Testing and Education Reference Center, Chilton Auto Repair and many more. Also included are tutorials on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Forms, Google Photos, Google Sheets, Google Slides and Goodreads.
Popular subjects
We have grouped several resource together to make them easier to find:
- Live coaching to achieve your academic and career goals, available 7 days a week from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. for all Library card holders
- Homework Resources, Online Tutoring
- The premier Reference, Research, Marketing, Mailing Lists/Sales Leads, People Search, and Job-Search Database.
- Business and Legal, Finance and Investment
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America
- This database covers all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life.
- Genealogy and History
- Brings together book reviews on subjects such as art, biography, business, education, general interest, history, humanities, literature, music and more with coverage back to 1983.
- Literary Criticism
Business Abstracts with Full Text
- Offers full text articles from hundreds of key publications, and provides access to product evaluations, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, obituaries, surveys, statistical rankings, book reviews and reports from associations, societies, trade shows, conferences and more.
- Business and Legal
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Reference Center
- Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Reference Center is a full-text database used by corporations and government agencies.
- Business and Legal
Business Source Complete with Enhanced Search
- Search for company profiles, industry profiles, and market research reports.
- Business and Legal
- Prepare for a career exam, explore occupations, and improve your workplace skills here.
- Education and Test Prep
- Repair, maintenance, service information and specification tables provide critical data on thousands of domestic and imported models of cars, trucks, vans and SUVs from 1940 onward.
- Do It Yourself
- Computer Source™ provides a balance of full text technical journals and full text consumer computer titles.
- Homework Resources
- Consumer Health Complete (CHC) is designed for the everyday consumer of health care information. It supports the information needs of patients and fosters an overall understanding of health-related topics. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
- Health
- Consumer Reports Online is the premiere resources for patrons seeking reviews, ratings, and information about consumer products.
- Do It Yourself
Directory of Open Access Journals
- Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals aiming to cover all subjects and languages.
- Homework Resources
- Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.
- Literary Criticism
- Driving-tests.org includes free tests specifically based on Texas’s Department of Public Safety materials.
- Do It Yourself
ebrary Science and Technology ebooks
- ProQuest's ebrary offers authoritative ebooks in a wide range of subject areas, along with powerful tools to help you find, use, and manage the information you need.
- Homework Resources
- EBSCO Information Services provides full-text and secondary research databases, e-books and e-journals for students of all ages as well resources for public library patrons.
- Homework Resources
- 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 inglés.
- Homework Resources, Recursos en Espanol
- These eBooks are from the TexShare collection and may be searched, viewed, and browsed online, but they may not be checked out and downloaded.
- Homework Resources
Educational Administration Abstracts
- This research database includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
- Education and Test Prep
- The Education Resource Information Center provides access to education literature and resources.
- Education and Test Prep
Essay & General Literature Index
- Cites records in collections of essays and works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada dating back to 1985 and spans the entire range of the humanities and social sciences.
- Literary Criticism
- Explora provides easy-to-use features and reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books. Available on library computers and from mobile devices.
- Homework Resources, Recursos en Espanol
- This database includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
- Homework Resources
- A collection of scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. It is an indispensable tool of exceptional scope designed to make academic research readily accessible in PDF format.
- Recursos en Espanol
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
- Provides students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for elementary and middle school students.
- Homework Resources
- Gale/Cengage Learning provides research resources in a variety of subject areas to serve the needs of students and academics.
- The interface allows you to search multiple Gale resources at once.
- Homework Resources
- Provides students with research resources on authors and literature.
- Literary Criticism
Gale Business: Entrepreneurship
- Provides resources for start-ups, small business owners, and entrepreneurs.
- Business and Legal Resources
Gale Business: Insights Global
- Provides news, articles, and research on global business.
- Business and Legal Resources
- Gale/Cengage Learning provides research resources in a variety of subject areas to serve the needs of a general audience.
- The interface allows you to search multiple Gale resources at once.
- Homework Resources
- Provides students with research resources on health and wellness issues.
- Health Resources
- Provides students with biographical resources.
- Homework Resources
- Provides research resources on a variety of topics geared toward college students.
- Homework Resources
- Provides research resources and homework help geared toward elementary school students.
- Homework Resources
Gale in Context: Environmental Studies
- Provides research resources and homework help on the topic of environmental studies and science.
- Homework Resources
- Provides general research resources geared toward high school students.
- Homework Resources
- Provides interactive science exhibits and videos for students.
- Homework Resources
- Gale/Cengage Learning provides engaging resources to serve the needs of students, researchers and the general public.
- The interface allows you to search multiple Gale resources at once.
- Homework Resources
- Gale has integrated Literature Resources from Gale and Literature Criticism Online into a single research environment. 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.
- Literary Criticism
- Gale™ takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Gale Literature: Criticism. Imagine centuries of analysis - the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals - delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.
- Literary Criticism
Gale Literature Scribner Writer Series
- Includes biographical and critical essays on the lives and works of more than 1,400 authors.
- Literary Criticism
Gale Literature Twayne's Author Series
- Contains text of Twayne's Literary Masters books on individual US, world, or English authors.
- Literary Criticism
https://ezproxy.nmls.lib.tx.us/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/displayallbooksforsubject?subject=literature&usergroupname=txshrpub100148&inps=true&prodid=gvrl Gale Literature e-Books
- Writers and their works from around the world. Includes all the For Students reference books plus American, British, African, European and Latin writers. Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, specialized reference tools and informational resources that all ages can benefit from using. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely from home or school 24/7.
- Literary Criticism
Gale Virtual Reference Tutorial
Gale OneFile Educator's Reference Complete
- Provides full text for titles in the ERIC database and covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college and every educational specialty https://library.garlandtx.gov/3439/education-test-prep
- Education and Test Prep
http://ezproxy.nmls.lib.tx.us/login?url=https://link.gale.com/apps/hrca?u=txshrpub100148 Gale OneFile Health and Medicine
- Multi-source database that provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources. Integrates the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical interviews; and reference books.
- Health Resources
https://library.garlandtx.gov/3569/health-resources
Gale OneFile Nusing and Allied Health
- Provide access to authoritative content including full-text titles cited in CINAHL supporting specialized care, treatment, and patient management.
- Health Resources
Gale OneFile Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
- Provides access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine.
- Health Resources
- Provides access to authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology.
- Health Resources
- Provides access to age appropriate, authoritative content geared toward middle school and high school students.
- Homework Resources
Gale OneFile Informe Academico
- Contains quality general reference resources for Spanish-speaking patrons.
- Recursos en Espanol
- Contains full-text news articles from 2,300 local, regional, and national newspapers.
- Newspapers and Magazines
Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids
- Contains full-text issues of National Geographic Kids in additional to information texts and features.
- Homework Resources
Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep
- (Formerly Testing & Education Reference Center) Prepare for standardized tests with eBooks, online courses, and full-length practice tests for GED, SAT, ACT, AP, PSAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, U.S. citizenship, and more in Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep.
- Education and Test Prep
Gale Presents: Udemy
Udemy offers thousands of high-quality, on-demand video courses taught by world-class instructors across 75 categories for upskilling in the areas of business, technology, and design. You can also achieve personal success with courses on health and well-being, the arts, language learning, and more.
Udemy’s platform offers the highest-quality content for the most in-demand skills. Users can select the instructor and content that best addresses their skills need and learning preferences and filter search results on course features, level, duration, topic, and ratings. Smart recommendations based on the learner’s previous in-app activities offer a personalized learning experience with suggested courses relevant to their interests.
Users can learn anywhere and anytime.
With an app for iOS and Android, users can download courses to watch offline, listen to courses with podcast-style audio, and watch courses using Chromecast or Apple TV.
Get the app: https://bnc.lt/get-ufb-app
Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Gale Virtual Reference Library, AKA Gale eBooks, is a database of encyclopedias, specialized reference tools and informational resources that all ages can benefit from using. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely from home or school 24/7.
- Homework Resources
Gale Virtual Reference Tutorial
- Focuses on the relationship between human beings and the environment. Offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Includes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports
- Homework Resources
- Online encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture
- Genealogy and History
Health Reference Center Academic
- Multi-source database that provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources. Integrates the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical interviews; and reference books.
- Health Resources
Health Source Consumer Edition
- This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
- Health Resources
Health Source Nursing/Academic
- This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
- Health Resources
HelpNow - Live tutors for instant help with your homework!
- Live tutoring available 7 days a week from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. for all Library cardholders on a variety of subjects for all ages.
- Online Tutoring Resources
Brainfuse - Tutoria y Provechoso Recursos
- 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.
- Genealogy and History
HeritageQuest Online Video Tutorial
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center
- Offers "how-to" instructions for virtually every hobby enthusiast with full text for more than 1,500 leading hobby books and craft magazines that cover Arts & Crafts, Collecting, Home & Garden, Indoor Recreation, Kids’ Crafts, Model Building, Needlecrafts & Textiles, and more. Includes a Crafts Spotlight and Featured Video.
- Do It Yourself Resources
Home Improvement Reference Center
- Provides users with user-friendly “how-to” information covering a range of home improvement and repair projects and features full-text content from leading magazines, images not found anywhere else online, and videos of popular home repair projects.
- Do It Yourself Resources
hoopla Digital is brought to you by Nicholson Memorial Library System. With your library card, you can borrow comics, music, movies, TV, and BingePasses for free - anytime, anywhere via hoopla’s mobile app or www.hoopladigital.com!
What do I need to sign up for hoopla?
To sign up, you'll need a valid Garland library card and your PIN, as well as a computer, smartphone or tablet. During registration, hoopla will ask you to enter an email address. This will be your username to log into our service. Now you are able to set a password for your account as well.
Are there any fees to use hoopla?
No, hoopla is a free service provided to library patrons by participating libraries.
What are borrows?
Borrows work like credits that allow you to enjoy content. Garland Library patrons are allotted 4 borrows each month. These borrows will reset every month and you can borrow more than one title at a time.
How long are titles available after borrowing?
Videos 2-3 Days
Music 7 Days
Comics 21 Days
What is a hoopla BingePass?
A hoopla BingePass makes it easy to stream collections of premium content with just one click. It’s the ultimate boredom buster — giving you unlimited access to stream interactive, educational, and engaging collections of content online. Whether you want to listen to a podcast, or dive into a new documentary, there’s a BingePass for you. Plus, it’s all for free with your public library membership. Once you make your selection, you will have access to your BingePass borrow for seven days. Some BingePass borrows let you explore content directly within a partner’s platform, while others give you access to whole collections right on hoopla.
What are Bonus Borrows?
For one month out of every quarter, Bonus Borrows content—which is free to your library and doesn’t count against patron borrow limits—is made available on hoopla. When Bonus Borrows are available, promotions and recommended titles for each format will appear on the home page. hoopla works closely with publishers to select titles for the program, with each BingePass period featuring fresh, quality content. When Bonus Borrows are not available, patrons can still take advantage of hoopla BingePass, which allows unlimited streaming of entire collections for seven days with just one borrow.
To provide the best experience your device will need to be running Android version 8.1 or higher, or for iOS, version 15 or higher. If you have an older OS, you will continue to be able to borrow and read content, but updating your device will ensure you receive best features, increasing stability and decrease issues.
- This database provides full text, abstracts and bibliographic indexing of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as specialized magazines. Content includes feature articles, interviews, obituaries and original works of fiction, drama, poetry and much more in all fields of the humanities from art, classical studies, and film to journalism and more.
- Homework Resources
Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- ISTA indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in this field. The database has been enhanced to include cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for 80 core information science and technology titles. With coverage dating as far back as the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.
- Homework Resources
- The LearningExpress Job & Career Accelerator gives job seekers of all ages, the most comprehensive collection of job and career resources anywhere—all in one place and always available online.
- Education and Test Prep Resources
JobNow - Live tutors for instant help with your job search!
- Career counseling, resume help, and interview help is available 7 days a week from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. for all Library card holders.
- Education and Test Prep Resources
- A diverse collection of eResources to help get that job, find a better job, or help you advance your skills. Resources include job search, resume tools, live tutoring, courses, test prep and carefully selected career and vocational eBooks.
- Education and Test Prep Resources
- LearningExpress Library features nearly 1,000 online tutorials, practice tests, and eBooks to help patrons of all ages. It offers job search and workplace skills improvement, skill building in reading, writing, math, and basic science, career certification and licensure exam prep, college and grad school entrance test prep, GED® test prep, and more.
- Online Tutoring
- Containing full text for nearly 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals, this database is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.
- Business and Legal Resources
- Downloadable Texas and U.S. legal forms
- Business and Legal Resources
Gale Legal Forms Video Tutorial
Legal Information Reference Center
- EBSCO's Legal Information Reference Center offers everyday users the necessary tools and detailed how-to instructions covering a wide-range of legal issues. A majority of the full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation’s oldest and most respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses. With the Legal Forms by U.S. State feature, users can search state-specific legal forms by top subject areas including adoption, bankruptcy, name changes and more.
- Business and Legal Resources
- Sign up to get email or text message alerts when your items are due and when your holds are ready for pick up.
- Ability to manage multiple cards from any participating library in one account.
- Provides information on thousands of authors and their works through an expansive collection of author biographies, plot summaries, poems, short stories, author interviews and more.
- Literary Criticism
- Imagine centuries of analysis - the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals - delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.
- Literary Criticism
- Unlimited access to over 3,000 titles, including top titles like US Weekly, National Geographic, Good Housekeeping, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Cook's Illustrated, and more.
- Digital magazines have no wait lists or holds and do not count towards your 10 checkout limit.
- The magazines can best be accessed through the Libby app or Libby app in a browser. Readers can browse lists of magazines within the app and search to find available titles.
- Newspaper and Magazines
- PhD-created and linguist-approved software teaches real conversations in over 70 languages and makes it fun. You will build language proficiency and cultural understanding around real-world communication skills that you'll actually need. With Mango, you'll learn vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and culture all in one integrated experience.
- Online Tutoring
- Designed specifically for high school libraries, MAS Complete is a full-text database providing hundreds of popular high school magazines and reference books.
- Homework Resources
- MasterFILE Complete offers the largest collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books and other highly-regarded sources from the world's leading publishers. Covering virtually every general interest subject area, it also includes an extensive collection of photos, maps and flags.
- Homework Resources
- A unique collection of medical research and investigatory journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. This Spanish language database contains the complete table of contents and PDF full text for 130 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish.
- Health Resources, Recursos en Espanol
- Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
- Health Resources
- Full text for nearly 140 popular magazines for middle school research.
- Homework Resources
Military & Government Collection
- Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government
- Homework Resources
Morningstar Investment Research Center
- Morningstar Investment Research Center is an easy to navigate database that is designed to help library patrons reach their investment goals. It’s the one-stop tool for collecting financial information, getting reliable portfolio analysis, learning about investment options, and getting the most up-to-date financial news commentary.
- Business and Legal, Finance and Investment
Morningstar Investment Reports Video Tutorial
- Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
- Newspaper and Magazines
- NoveList Plus is a database of fiction and nonfiction titles, authors, and series plus additional content that provides readers with the best possible information to help connect to books and audiobooks. NoveList Plus also offers a wide range of content created by librarians and expert educational specialists to expand information for fiction readers.
- Literary Criticism
- Easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of works from various cultures and time periods.
- Literary Criticism
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
- Opposing Viewpoints In Context features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. This cross-curricular research database supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.
- Homework Resources
OverDrive Digital Library
Downloadable audiobooks, eBooks, magazines and streaming videos for Garland Library cardholders
- Listen to MP3 audiobooks
- Read eBook, PDF, Kindle and/or graphic novels
- Read magazines
- Watch streaming videos
- Audiobooks and eBooks can be used on a PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone
- Videos can be watched in the Libby app or in your browser
- Libby app is available for iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile
Libby - the OverDrive app!
Meet Libby
Libby Instructions (313 KB)
Libby app in a browser
Instructions for downloading outside the app:
Downloading audio books to your computer (PDF 238 KB)
Downloading to Kindle or Kindle App (PDF 96 KB)
OverDrive Help & Support links:
OverDrive Help - Search for answers and/or watch how-to videos
Libby Help - Learn about Libby and how it works
Device Resource Center - A snapshot of how popular devices can be used with OverDrive
OverDrive status - A site for determining if OverDrive is experiencing performance issues
Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep
- Prepare for standardized tests with eBooks, online courses, and full-length practice tests for GED, SAT, ACT, AP, PSAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, U.S. citizenship, and more. Research undergraduate and graduate programs, finding tuition assistance, and exploring and preparing for careers whether you’re entering the workforce for the first time or searching for new opportunities.
- Education and Test Prep
- Covers over 31,000 classic and historical plays dating from 1949, including one-act plays, pageants, plays in verse, radio and television plays, classic drama and monologues from famous playwrights.
- Literary Criticism
- A quick but information-rich reference source, each volume of Poetry for Students provides analysis of approximately 15-16 poems that teachers and librarians have identified as the most frequently studied in literature courses.
- Literary Criticism
PressReader Newspapers and Magazines
- Access thousands of newspapers every day, along with 90 days of back issues from national, provincial, and global leading publications. Check out and access all the newspapers in an easy-to-read page view or text view format. Search articles and publications and set preferences for your daily newspapers. Dallas Morning News is available.
- Newspapers and Magazines
- Full text for nearly 80 popular elementary school magazines.
- Homework Resources
Professional Development Collection
- A highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers.
- Education and Test Prep
Psychology & Behavioral Science Collection
- A comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.
- Health Resources
- This resource provides a sole focus on content relating specifically to the relationship between races. It is a rich source of bibliographic records covering fundamental areas relevant to race relations. Specific areas covered include ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline, as listed.
- Homework Resources
- This full-text Spanish-language database covers a broad array of subjects inside and outside academia. It offers content from a variety of sources, including reference books, general interest magazines and health reports.
- Homework Resources, Recursos en Espanol
- Full text for more than 80 regional U.S. and Canadian business publications (including titles from Crain Communications)
- Business and Legal, Newspapers and Magazines
Religion & Philosophy Collection
- A comprehensive database 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.
- Homework Resources
- A comprehensive, cross-curricular database featuring current, relevant, organized, and easy-to-read information for the middle school audience.
- Homework Resources
- Spanish-language version of Consumer Health Complete
- Health, Recursos en Espanol
- Quickfact manuals and Photofact® manuals containing reliable, consistent repair data, schematics and other service guidelines. The gold standard in the repair industry for TVs, VCRs, Radios, etc.
- Do It Yourself
Science & Technology Collection
- Leading full-text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community.
- Homework Resources
- Gale's Science in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.
- Homework Resources
- ProQuest's SciTech Premium Collection 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.
- Homework Resources
- This database provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. It contains nearly 250,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses; and Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications for every entry.
- Newspapers and Magazines
- Each biannual volume presents vital information on approximately 20 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels.
- Literary Criticism
- This database is an essential resource for readers seeking short stories by author or genre, or for those researching a body of work of a literary figure. It provides detailed indexing for hundreds of thousands of short stories.
- Literary Criticism
Small Business Reference Center
- This database offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding. “How-to” instructions address small business topics, such as buying and selling a business, managing employees, writing a business plans, understanding legal information, a business and much more.
- Business and Legal
Small Engine Repair Reference Center
- Definitive online tool for small engine repair assistance.
- Do It Yourself
Something About the Author Online
- An award-winning reference series started in 1971, Something About the Author examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults. It includes not only well-known writers and artists but also less prominent individuals whose works are just coming to be recognized and is often the only readily available source on emerging authors and illustrators.
- Literary Criticism
Sustainability Reference Center
- Designed for sustainability experts and information professionals, this collection offers unmatched full-text coverage of content relevant to many integral areas of sustainability initiative management.
- Homework Resources
- TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children’s and young adult books. It includes thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities. It is everything but the book!
- Education and Test Prep
- Index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books
- Education and Test Prep
- Provide digital access to more than 660,000 large-scale maps of over 12,000 American towns and cities.
- Homework Resources
- A Texas specific product designed specifically for school and public libraries. Periodicals, reference books, reports, and other content relevant to the state of Texas with over 100 full-text reference books are available.
- Homework Resources
- Student researchers can explore current events, social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics frequently discussed in the classroom. TOPICsearch contains full text for tens of thousands of articles from diverse sources.
- Homework Resources
- Many of the major themes of 20th century writing -- nationality, politics, war, sexuality, religion and gender -- can be understood anew through this vast and representative collection. The Imagists, Beat Poets, Harlem Renaissance, Black Mountain and Deep Image schools are all featured
- Literary Criticism
- Universal Class brings libraries lifelong learning courses in over 30 subject areas, many of which offer continuing education units (CEUs). More than 500 courses are available, and all are designed and led by professional instructors to build deeper understanding and mastery of subject matter. Universal Class includes videos, assignments, quizzes, tests, and options for social media interaction with other learners. Patrons may take multiple classes and learn at their own pace.
- Online Tutoring
- Accurate and insightful investment research on companies, industries, markets and economies for beginning investors and veterans alike.
- Finance and Investment
Value Line Research Center Tutorial
- VetNow supports your community’s veterans and their families with navigating the VA bureaucracy, providing academic tutoring, and employment transition assistance.
- Online Tutoring
Vocational & Career Collection
- Designed to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs, this database provides full-text coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals for high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public.
- Online Tutoring
- Wowbrary is an e-newsletter that showcases the Garland Library’s newest books, DVDs, audiobook CDs and online magazines in a very user-friendly weekly email. Each title includes cover images, descriptions, previews, user reviews, ratings, and sales ranks gathered from publishers, libraries, Baker & Taylor, Amazon, and Goodreads.
- Sign up for Wowbrary
- Read the current newsletter
- 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.