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Everyday Texas Heroes

Handbook of Texas This link opens in a new window
This online resource is an encyclopedia of Texas history, politics, and geography. The encyclopedia entries include a bibliography at the end to point you toward additional research sources. Check out the entries for the Battle of Sabine Pass and the Austin City Limits music festival for examples.

Texas Historians

Dobie at Southwestern University : the beginnings of his literary career, 1906-1911 by Custer, Judson S.
Call Number: South Texana Collection PS3507 O25 A16 1981
ISBN: 9780836301670
Publication Date: 1981
Reprints of articles by or about J. Frank Dobie originally published in "Southwestern University Magazines" and "The Sou'wester" (the University annual) between 1907 and 1911.
Travels with Joe by David G. McComb
Call Number: South Texana Collection E175 .5 F77 2001
ISBN: 9780876111819
Publication Date: 2001-06-01
This engagingly written biography of Joe Frantz traces his lifetime from an orphan in Dallas until his death in Houston in 1993.
Walter Prescott Webb : His Life and Impact by Necah S. Furman
Call Number: South Texana Collection E 175 .5 W4 F87 1976
ISBN: 9780826304124
Publication Date: 1976-03-01
Biography of Walter Prescott Webb.

Other Topic Ideas:

Curandero

Denton Cooley

M.D. Anderson

Michael Debakey

Texas Women on the Homefront during any war

Texas Place Names

Texas Breweries (Shiner, Pearl, Lone Star)

Craft Brewing in Texas

Texas Wine Industry

Cowboys

Vaqueros

Quirky Texas Laws that are still on the books

Texas Mob

The Portal to Texas History

History Reference Center This link opens in a new window
The database features full text for more than 1,500 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers, full text for more than 100 leading history periodicals and 58,000 historical documents; 43,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 12,000 historical photos and maps; and more than 80 hours of historical videos.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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This resource provides access to full-text articles covering a wide array of topics including literature, history, economics, life science and the arts. HELP SHEET | VIDEO TUTORIAL **PLEASE NOTE: The entire JSTOR collection is currently being provided to us free of charge. After 6/30/2023 San Jac libraries will only have the following sections: Arts & Science I-IV, VII and Life Sciences.
Texas Reference Center This link opens in a new window
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Texas Reference Center includes more than 80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. The database contains biographies portraying famous historical and contemporary Texans such as George Herbert Walker Bush, Lady Bird Johnson, Dan Moody, Susanna Dickinson and Sam Houston. Also available in the Texas Reference Center is the Spanish-language newspaper El Sol de Texas with Texas and national news coverage. This EBSCOhost database is updated weekly.

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