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ONLINE DATABASES

Printing charges in the Library are 10˘ per page.   Printouts will be sent to the Print Station behind the Circulation Desk and require the use of a TracCard (debit card). Several databases allow you to e-mail articles to your personal e-mail account.  Please ask a Librarian if you need assistance.

= Remote access is available. Ask at the Reference Desk for details. WFPL Library Card required.

Texshare Databases- Need articles? You have access to over 50 different databases on a wide range of topics, including business, science, genealogy, homework help, health, newspapers, magazines, literature, and history.  

AccessScience is the online version of the world's leading science and technology encyclopedia with articles and biographies of more than 1,200 key scientists.

Ancestry Library Edition - Interested in doing your family tree? With access to over 1.5 billion names in 3,000 different databases, you'll find your ancestors fast. Includes digital images of the U.S. Census 1790-1930. Available for use at the Library only.

Auto Repair Reference Center includes automotive repair information on most manufacturers of imported and domestic vehicles from1945- current.

Let our new Books & Authors database guide you to books that match your interests.

 

The Facts On File World News Digest Database @ FACTS.com — the complete archive of this publication of record back to 1940, which is updated every week and interconnected with related content from the other FACTS.com databases. It includes a live Reuters® newsfeed, updated hourly. Special "Top Stories" timelines deliver, decade by decade, listings linked to original coverage of top news stories back to October 1940.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) - a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources. Made possible in part through a grant from the Texas State Library.
 

LearningExpressLibrary.com - an online database of interactive practice exams designed to help users improve their scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification tests. The database includes immediate scoring and answer explanations. Some of the tests included are the GED, ACT, ASVAB, GRE,  SAT, postal worker and firefighter exams, and the test for U.S. citizenship.  If you wish to access your account from home you will need to use your 14-digit library card number as your USERNAME and make up your own password.

Legal Forms - Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.
 

Go to the Library of Texas and immediately start searching multiple Texas library catalogs in one sitting.

Gale Literature Criticism Online - an extensive compilation of literary commentary that represents a wide range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras & genres. Includes the Gale titles Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC).
 

NetLibrary - Experience eBooks!  The library has access to over 28,000 eBooks that you can browse, check out, or download. 

Newsbank - Complete full-text content of local and regional news from the Wichita Falls Times Record News (11/16/1998 - current), including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. 

NewspaperArchive.com - Search this site for historic newspapers including the Wichita Falls Daily Times 1911-1923. The New York Times from 1854 to 1901 is also online as well as dozens of newspapers from throughout North America. Available for use at the Library only.

Small Engine Repair Reference Center contains thousands of accurate and concise step-by-step maintenance and repair instructions for hundreds of small engine machines and their supporting components. Engines types include: motorcycles, ATVs, personal water craft, snowmobiles, lawn mowers, tractors, snow blowers, generators, and more.