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TexShare

Provides access to over 60 databases, addressing numerous areas of academic research.

CINAHL Plus

The cumulative index to nursing and allied health literature. Access to over 5,400 indexed medical journals, over 75 full-text medical journals, and over 125 Evidence-Based care sheets.

Academic OneFile (Gale)

Gale Academic OneFile, provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources and covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences. Also included are thousands of podcasts and videos. 

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)

This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.  Useful for writing assignments, speeches, debate preparation, creating presentations, and more. 

Power Search (Gale)

Cross-search content from select Gale products, including Gale's OneFile periodicals, In Context products, and/or eBooks. Gale databases are accessible through their link and the Gale password found on our homepage or through TexShare directly.

America's Newsbank

Articles from over 2,500 United States newspapers. Research diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with areas of study such as Business, Health, Criminal Justice, Science, Humanities, Political Science and more. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national and local news sources. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.

The Human Brain Book: An Illustrated Guide to its Structure, Function, and Disorders by Rita Carter

The Human Brain Book is a complete guide to the one organ in the body that makes each of us what we are - unique individuals.  It combines the latest findings from the field of neuroscience with expert text and state-of-the-art illustrations and imaging techniques to provide an incomparable insight into every facet of the brain.  Layer by layer, it reveals the fascinating details of this remarkable structure, covering all the key anatomy and delving into the inner workings of the mind, unlocking its many mysteries, and helping you to understand what's going on in those millions of little gray and white cells.

The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Graham by Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature, first published in 1908.  Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphized animal characters in a pastoral version of England.  The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie and is celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames Valley

We Loved it All: A Memory of Life by Lydia Millet

Emerging from Millet’s quarter century of wildlife and climate advocacy, We Loved it All marries scenes from her life with moments of nearness to “the others”― the animals and plants with whom we share the earth. Accounts of fears and failures, jobs and friendships, childhood and motherhood are interspersed with exquisite accounts of nonhumans and arresting meditations on the power of story to shape the future.

Seeking to understand why we immerse ourselves in the domestic and immediate, turning away from more sweeping views, she examines how grand cultural myths can deny our longing for the company of nature and deprive us of its charisma and inspiration. 

The Indian Rebellion, 1857–1859: A Short History with Documents by James Frey

Frey's concise and readable history of the Indian Rebellion is an excellent introduction to one of the most important wars of the nineteenth century.  The rebellion lasted more than a year and pitted broad sections of north Indian society against the British East India Company.  British victory consolidated colonial rule that would only be dislodged by twentieth-century nationalist movements.  Frey provides a crystal-clear account of the causes, principal events, and consequences of the rebellion.  Equally importantly, he deftly discusses why the rebellion remains controversial. Well-chosen documents add texture to the analysis.

Ethnic Realities of Mexican Americans: From Colonialism to 21st Century Globalization by Martin Guevara Urbina

The goal of this book is to examine the ethnic experience of the Mexican American community in the United States, from colonialism to twenty-first century globalization.  The authors unearth evidence that reveals how historically white ideology, combined with science, law, and the American imagination, has been strategically used as a mechanism to intimidate, manipulate, oppress, control, dominate, and silence Mexican Americans, ethnic-racial minorities, and poor whites.  A theoretical and philosophical overview is presented, focusing on the repressive practice against Mexicans that resulted in violence, brutality, vigilantism, executions, and mass expulsions.

Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner: "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" and Other Essays by Frederick Turner

Frederick Jackson Turner is often considered to be the most influential American historian of the century, and his views continue to shape the controversial field of Western American history.  In this book, John Mack Faragher introduces and comments on ten of Turner’s most significant essays, concluding with a comment on the recent debate over Turner’s legacy and his effect on Americans’ understanding of their national character.