Brazoria County Quick Reference

BRAZORIA COUNTY

• Brazoria County Cemetery database, click on Cemetery tab
  Accessed through the Brazoria County Historical Museum

• FEMA flood plain maps
  Find FEMA flood plain maps for Texas & Brazoria County online tutorial

• History of Brazoria County
  Call numbers: GEN TX 976.4, TX 976.4, and REF 976.4
  Subject browse keywords: Brazoria County (Tex) History

BOOK SERVICES FOR THE SIGHT IMPAIRED

• Reading Service, for the blind and people with low vision

• Talk live to a Librarian, free service for people with visual impairment

• Texas Talking Book Program, Free library service including books and magazines in audio, Braille and large print formats

DIGITAL RESOURCES

• AARP Ageline Database, free journals on topics related to aging. Search by keyword using the Basic Search

• Chronicling America, Historic American newspapers available online at the Library of Congress

• Project Gutenberg, Copyright free ebooks available online

GENERAL INTEREST

• Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
  Call numbers: REF 808.88 BAR
  Title Keyword: Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations

• Credit Reports
  Authorized free online reporting agencies endorsed by the Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency

• IRS Forms and Publications
  Search Keyword: [form title and year]

• Robert’s Rules of Order
  Call numbers 060.42 CAN and REF 060.4 ROB
  Title Keyword: Robert’s Rules of Order

• Texas Driver’s license resources

Driver Ed in a Box - Parent taught program

License to Drive [electronic resource]: Learn the Basics Everybody Needs to Know to Pass the Driver’s Test
CD-ROM 629.283 NAT
Subject Browse keyword: Driver education

National Driver Training Institute help for the teenager who wants to drive [videorecording] VIDEO 629.283 NAT
Subject Browse keyword: Automobile training education

Texas Department of Public Safety - Driver’s License information

Texas Education Agency - Approved driver training curriculum

• United States Postal Service - Zip Codes

POPULAR SUBJECTS

• Native Americans
  Call numbers: 970 to 979, J970 to J979
  Subject browse: Indians of North America; Name of a specific tribe

• Poetry
  Call numbers: 811 and 821
  Subject browse: Poetry

READY REFERENCE

• Encyclopedia Britannica
  Call number: REF 030 ENC
  All Title Browse Keyword: Encyclopedia Britannica

• Information PleaseAlmanac, Atlas, Thesaurus, Timeline

• Merriam Webster’s Dictionary
  Call numbers REF 423 MER and 423 MER
  All Title Browse Keyword: Merriam Webster’s Dictionary

STUDENT AND TEACHER RESOURCES

• CLEP exam resources

• Microsoft 2003 & 2007 Word, Excel, and Powerpoint online tutorials

• Test Study Manuals (ACT, GRE, SAT)
  Call number: 378
  Subject browse: Scholastic Aptitude Test – Study guides
  
Graduate Record Examination- Study Guides
ACT Assessment- Study guides
General educational development tests- Study Guides
Teachers—Certification—Texas
Teaching—Texas—Examinations—Study Guides



• Teacher Video Resource
  Free on demand educational videos provided by Annenberg Foundation

• Texas Education Agency
  TEXeS teacher certification practice tests and study guides

TEXAS

• Handbook of Texas Online

• Statistics on the State of Texas, Texas counties and cities
  Call numbers: REF 312 TEX, REF 317.64 TEX
  Subject browse keywords: Texas Statistics

• Texas Adoption Resources Exchange
  Resources for adopting a child in Texas

• Texas Air Quality Conditions and Forecasts AIRNow, nationwide daily air quality forecasts. AIRNow includes The Guide to Air Quality and Your Health, an explanation of the Air Quality Index

• Texas Declaration of Independence
  Call numbers: TX 917.64 HAN
  Subject browse keywords: Texas History Revolution 1835-1836

• Texas State Historical Association
  A Digital Gateway to Texas History

• Texas Online
  The official portal of Texas

• About Texas
  Wide variety of information about Texas from the Texas State Library and Archives commission

• Texas State Song
  Call numbers: TX 784, TX 784.4, REF 781.599
  Subject browse keywords: Songs – Texas, Folk Songs – Texas