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The TexShare Databases allow you to access over 27,000 journals, over 171,000 ebooks, and over 15 million images, videos, and interactive resources. To help you get started, we’ve selected some resources to help with general research. To see more resources, view our Most Popular page, or if you know what you’re looking for, choose from almost seventy resources listed in our A-Z list.

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Jacksonville College Private Databases

• TexShare
• ProQuest E-Books
• World Book Online
• Issues & Controversies
• American History Online

Free Resources

• JSTOR
• Openstax
• The Portal to Texas History
• Librivox
• Project Gutenberg
• The Creative Commons

Research Paper

• OWL at Purdue
• Free Easybib

General Reference

• Reference Desk
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• HippoCampus

English/Communication

• Academy of American Poets
• Poetry Foundation
• Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology

History/Geography/Government/Economics

• National Geographic People and Places
• Handbook of Texas
• Texas Almanac Online

Science/Math

• Cells Alive!
• NASA Explores

Career Studies

• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Career One Stop

Magazines & Newspapers

• Online Newspapers
• Jacksonville Progress
• Tyler Morning Telegraph
• Lufkin Daily News
• Austin American Statesman
• Dallas Morning News
• Houston Chronicle

Reader’s Advisory

• Kirkus Reviews
• Good Reads
• Book Riot
• Redeemed Reader