Resources N through S

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  • Natural and Alternative Treatments: Current information on natural health. Log in with your Library card identification.
  • Newspaper Source Plus: Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers and newswires and offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
  • New York Times: Full text articles from the New York Times. 

To access the New York Times inside the Library (either through our public computers or using out WiFi) you may go directly to NYTIMES.COM. Outside of the library, you must access the New York Times through this link and activate the gift code that is automatically generated. This code will allow you access to unlimited articles for 24 hours. After 24 hours, you will need to return to this page and follow the same link to obtain another gift code. A non-subscription account with the New York Times is required. 

  • North Texas Libraries on the Go for Books and Audiobooks: Fiction and nonfiction audio books and eBooks, which may be downloaded to a computer and a variety of devices. Check out items with your Library card identification. Over 15,000 public domain eBooks are also available at this site; you do not need a Library card to download these items.
  • North Texas Libraries On the Go for Magazines and Comic Books Read full digital copies of your favorite magazines on your computer, tablet or mobile device.
  • Novelist: Subjects, reviews and annotations for thousands of fiction titles, plus author read-alikes, genre lists and more. Log in with your Library card identification.

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  • OCLC WorldCat: The world's largest library catalog-find items in libraries near you.

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  • P4A Antiques Reference: Everything you want to know about antiques, fine art and collectibles-pictures, descriptions and selling prices. Log in with your Library card identification.
  • Play Index: Classic, historical and contemporary plays indexed with descriptive annotations to summarize plot and indicate musical requirements. Log in with your Library card identification.
  • PowerKnowledge Earth and Space Science: Earth and space science including ecosystems, energy, rocks and minerals, weather and saving the Earth, geared to Grades 3 through 6.
  • PowerKnowledge Life Science: Life science including animals, plants, the human body, life cycles and habitats, geared to Grades 3 through 6.
  • PowerKnowledge Physical Science: Physical science including atoms and molecules, energy and matter, the periodic table, force, motion and temperature, geared to Grades 3 through 6.
  • Primary Search: Full text access to more than 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. Log in with your Library card identification.
  • ProCitizen: An online course to prepare you for the reading and writing parts of the USCIS Naturalization Test. This course is free to Library card-holders.
  • Professional Development Collection: Comprehensive collection of full text education journals. Log in with your Library card identification.
  • Proquest African American Heritage:  This genealogy resource focuses exclusively on resources devoted to African American family history research.
  • Proquest Agricultural and Environmental Science Database:  This offers full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, and government publications.  It also includes the renowned AGRICOLA and TOXLINE databases and content previously available in ESPM (Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS). 
  • Proquest Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database: Here, you will find a full text and A&I database covering the latest developments in high technology, computer science, aerospace, artificial intelligence, energy science, information science, and many others. The Computer Science Database is also included in this collection. Featuring a large and growing set of ongoing full-text publications, the Computer Science Database supports the needs of students and faculty in the fast-growing fields of information technology, computer science, cybersecurity, and other related fields.
  • Proquest Biological Science Database: This database includes the renowned Biological Sciences, MEDLINE, and TOXLINE databases 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.
  • Proquest Earth, Atmospheric & Aerospace Database: This database includes the Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts, and Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts databases, 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.
  • Proquest GeoRef Database: The GeoRef database covers the geology of North America from 1669 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered.
  • Proquest Historical Newspapers: The Austin American-Statesman: The AustinAmericanStatesman (Historical) includes searchable articles from Austin, Texas, newspapers for the years 1871-1980. Articles display in PDF format.
  • Proquest Materials Science & Engineering Database: The Materials Science & Engineering Database includes the renowned METADEX, Copper and Polymer Library databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings and government publications.  
  • Proquest Military Database: The Military Database covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more.
  • Proquest Natural Science Collection: The Natural Science Collection covers comprehensive scholarly output and features these three databases: Agricultural & Environmental Science Database; Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database; Biological Science Database. 
  • Proquest Technology Collection: The Technology Collection combines the Materials Science Collection, the Engineering Collection, and the Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection into a vast and reliable source of interdisciplinary information across multiple areas of study including computer science, engineering, energy, chemistry, materials science, optics, mathematics, and physics.
  • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection: Full text journal articles concerning psychiatry, psychology and anthropology. Log in with your Library card identification.

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  • Race Relations Abstracts:Bibliographic records covering race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination and immigration.
  • Reference Solutions: Reference Solutions contains data access to 44 million businesses and 273 million consumers including a white pages directory. This database updates monthly to maintain the most up to date data. 
  • Referencia Latina: 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.
  • Regional Business News: Full text for more than 50 regional business publications. Log in with your Library card identification.
  • Religion and Philosophy Collection: Covers world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, moral and political philosophy. Log in with your Library card identification.

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  • Salud en Español: Informes y hojas informativas en español sobre todos los aspectos de la salud del consumidor y el bienestar. Inicia sesión con tu identification de tarjeta de la biblioteca.
  • Science and Technology Collection: full text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Log in with your Library card identification.
  • Science In Context: Online resource providing contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.
  • Searchasaurus: An animated research tool with a dinosaur theme. Log in with your Library card identification.
  • Serials Directory: Bibliographic information on thousands of U.S and international serials. Log in with your Library card identification.
  • Short Story Index: Detailed indexing for hundreds of thousands of short stories, searchable by author, title, subject, date, theme, locale and literary technique. Log in with your Library card identification.
  • Small Business Reference Center: A collection of eBooks with a wealth of practical and legal information for starting, marketing and running a small business. Log in with your Library card identification.
  • Small Engine Repair Reference Center: Do it yourself maintenance and repair for ATVs, boats, motorcycles, personal watercraft, tractors and other small engines. Log in with your Library card identification.
  • Student Research Center: Search interface for secondary school students. Log in with your Library card identification.
  • Sustainability Reference Center: Sustainability Reference Center is a robust full-text database covering all aspects of sustainability, including environmental stewardship, corporate social responsibility and federal, state and local regulations. It includes full text journals, magazines, books and trade publications, plus expert analyses, benchmarks and best practices for sustainability initiative management.