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TexShare databases are funded in part by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Research Databases: Geography & Maps
For off-campus access, enter your fourteen digit library barcode number located on the back of your college ID/ library card. No college ID or library card? Request a college ID or library card barcode number.
Most Useful:
- Country Information Sites – free web
- CountryWatch (LSC-North Harris only)
(CountryWatch, Inc.) Provides news, geographical, political, economic, and cultural information and maps on each of the 194 countries of the world. - Handbook of Texas - free web
(Texas State Historical Association) Full text. Texas history & geography. - Science Online (LSCS Libraries)
(AAAS) Help
This full-text, weekly multidisciplinary scientific journal publishes original peer-reviewed research and noteworthy science news (July 1880 to the present).
Also Try:
- National Geographic Online Publications Index - free web
"Contains over 30,000 records, each describing a magazine article, book, map, or other Society product" including National Geographic magazine back to 1888. - Texas Digital Sanborn Maps
(Sanborn Maps) Historic property and land-use maps for Texas towns and cities from the late 1800's to mid-1950's.
TexShare databases are funded in part by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
