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| 20th Century Poetry:* | ||||||||
| American Poetry* | ||||||||
| This unparalleled collection includes 50,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets, including Adrienne Rich, Andrei Codrescu, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov, Wallace Stevens, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, and Cathy Song. | ||||||||
| British Poetry* | ||||||||
| A collection of 598 volumes of poetry by 283 poets from 1900 to the present day, including W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, Wilfred Owen, Thom Gunn, Fleur Adcock, Paul Muldoon, Tony Harrison, Benjamin Zephaniah and Carol Ann Duffy, and incorporating the poets in The Faber Poetry Library. | ||||||||
| Handbook of Texas* | ||||||||
| A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. It comprises more than 23,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions and a host of other topic categories. Provided by the Texas State Historical Association in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin. | ||||||||
| Texas Digital Sanborn Maps* | ||||||||
| These digitized maps provide detailed property and land-use records that
depicts the architecture of more than 12,000 U.S. towns and cities throughout
the past one hundred years. The maps enable researchers to trace the
architectural history of individual buildings or entire communities. One can see
everything from building outline, size and shape, construction materials,
height, building use, windows and doors, street and sidewalk widths, boundaries,
house numbers, and more. Symbols for stables, garages, warehouses, and other
commercial sites are also included. Factories are often labeled with the owner's
name, as well as the products manufactured there. Also depicted are pipelines,
railroads, wells, water mains, and dumps. Search for the maps by typing in the state or community. Once a map is obtained, it pinpoints the streets, landmarks, and other places noted in the map's index. Once displayed, the map can be manipulated, expanded, printed, and downloaded. |
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| HeritageQuest* | ||||||||
| A Comprehensive treasury of family lineage and local histories, including
materials for tracing family lineages and American culture, beginning with the
13 original colonies. One can trace their family tree, research folklore topics,
and trace the history of their hometown. This database contains genealogies, local histories, third-party histories, and primary source materials of not only towns and families of all 50 states, but also includes information for Canada, England, and Ireland. Access to the information can be achieved by searching for title, family name, geographic area, or subject. |
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