Texas Books
ISBN: 0292726791
Publication Date: 2011-12-15
In the tumultuous years following the Civil War, violence and lawlessness plagued the state of Texas, often overwhelming the ability of local law enforcement to maintain order. In response, Reconstruction-era governor Edmund J. Davis created a statewide police force that could be mobilized whenever and wherever local authorities were unable or unwilling to control lawlessness.
Texas Maps
- Texas Digital Sanborn MapsProduced for over 100 years, Sanborn maps charted the growth and development of American cities. Sanborn maps are large scale plans of a city or town, at a scale of 50ft to an inch.
- Old Maps OnlineThe OldMapsOnline Portal is an easy-to-use gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world. It allows the user to search for online digital historical maps across numerous different collections via a geographical search. There is a list of Texas maps available on the right column. The search results provide a direct link to the map image on the website of the host institution
Databases
- Index to Texas Magazines and DocumentsEmphasis on Texas publications in business, education, history, and government, with magazines of general interest also included. VC/UHV Library
- Texas Reference Center
Includes more than 80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. Contains biographies of famous historical and contemporary Texans. Also available is the Spanish-language newspaper El Sol de Texas. EBSCO/Texshare - Academic OneFileDirected primarily at academic researchers, Academic OneFile is a collection of more than 8,000 journals covering a variety of academic disciplines from science, technology and medicine to the humanities. Content is provided in both HTML and PDF formats. Gale/Library Subscription
- Academic Search Complete Provides full text for nearly 5,318 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, biological & ecological sciences, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. EBSCO/TexShare
- Rand TexasRand Texas, a service of the nation’s leading think tank, is a portfolio of statistics on Texas and other states drawn from over 110 databases in 7 categories: Economics (employment, foreign trade, airline operations, etc.) to Population/Demographics (populations, projections, immigration, mortality, etc.) to Education (enrollment, finances, teacher salaries, etc.) and more (Health and Socioeconomic, Government Finance, Energy and Environment, and Community).
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Web sites
- Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- Access to state archives and TRAIL , which searches and locates information from over 180 Texas state agency web servers.
- Texas Online
- State of Texas government and law link. Online access to license renewals, public records, voter registration and political representatives.
- Texas State Directory
- Although this is a commercial site, there is quite a lot of information available about Texas for free under the helpful links. This directory has been a source of information on government in Texas since 1935.
- Texas Almanac
- Like the Texas State Directory, this is a commercial site with a lot of free content. By clicking on the topics listed on the left side of the screen, users can access content from the current Almanac.
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Handbook of Texas
- Handbook of Texas OnlineEncyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture containing more than 23,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, and institutions. Texas State Historical Association.
Texas Monthly
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