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ProQuest African American Heritage is a groundbreaking digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research.

A comprehensive guide to U.S. sources, including the U.S. census, military records, and immigration records. The database features extensive Canadian and international collections from various countries. In library use only.

Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life.

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

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

Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources.

Convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.

A database of genealogical information includes tens of thousands of family and local history books, as well as federal census data. Features unique Revolutionary War information and vital African-American records.

This archive includes back issues of the Austin American Statesman from 1871-1980.

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

The Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center serves as the official regional historical resource depository for the 10 southeast Texas counties.

Digital Sanborn Maps provides digital access to 2118 large-scale maps of 436 Texas towns and cities, including Dallas, Houston, Austin, El Paso, Fort Worth, and San Antonio.

The TXGenWeb Project is a grass-roots all volunteer genealogical/historical effort. Each county webpage contains useful tips, online databases particular to that area, volunteer lookups, surname queries, descriptions of local libraries,

Includes more than 80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. Updated weekly.

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

Articles on war and its causes, current events, terrorism, and more.

Well-rounded coverage of current thinking and scholarly work.