TexShare Databases Electronic Access to Magazines, Newspapers, and Books Presented by: Jennifer...

TexShare DatabasesElectronic Access to Magazines,

Newspapers, and Books

Presented by:

Jennifer BekkerTechnical Services Supervisor

Lewisville Public Library

[email protected]

TexShare Databases

What are the TexShare Databases?

Accessing the Databases

Searching the DatabasesEBSCOHost examplenetLibrary example

Summary and Contact Information

What Are The TexShare Databases?

The TexShare Databases are commercial database subscriptions, contracted by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC)

for use by participating Texas Libraries.

What Do You Get?

• Newspaper Articles

• Magazine Articles

• Scholarly Journal Articles

• Research on public and private companies

• Genealogy resources

• Online Books• Cliff’s Notes• Bloom’s Notes• Encyclopedias• Literature• Non-Fiction Titles

Access via the Lewisville Public Library

Get your Lewisville Public Library card

Ask for the User Name and Password from the Reference DeskVisit the library website http://library.cityoflewisville.com

It’s FREE!

http://library.cityoflewisville.com

Visit the Lewisville Public Library website

to access the TexShare Databases.


Click the Other Resources button.


Choose TexShare.

Databases are organized

by topic.

Select a subject area

to see individual

databases.

Searching TexShare Databases

EBSCOHost Database

Each subject area includes several

databases.

Select the EBSCO database.


Searching TexShare DatabasesEBSCOHost Database

Choose from the list of

databases included in EBSCO.

Select as many or as few as you

like.

EBSCOHost Database

Type your topic and search.

You can limit your search

magazine title or only full text

articles.


The hit-list shows articles written about

your topic.

Click Full Text to view the

article and the citation

information.

EBSCOHost Database


HTML Full Text contains the text of the original article.

EBSCOHost Database


PDF Full Text is a scan of the actual article and

includes text and graphics.


Search for your topic

Find citations

Read articles online

Print articles

E-mail articles

EBSCOHost Database

EBSCO offers one-stop shopping for articles

Searching TexShare DatabasesnetLibrary eBooks

netLibrary provides over 20,000 e-books, including world leaders in reference, academic,

business, and technology publications.

netLibrary is the perfect solution when several students have the same topic and all the

physical books are checked out.

Browse ebooks for a short time. It is just like browsing a book in the library.

Check out a book for 24 hours. The book automatically checks-in after 24 hours. You can utilize special features such as taking notes while reading or bookmark specific pages.


Ways to read eBooks


Search by Title, Author, Subject, Keyword, Full-

Text, Publisher, Year, or ISBN.

Select the book you want.

Click to Browse or Check-Out the eBook.



Go to a specific page.

Current page number.

Text

Table of Contents

Dictionary

Take notes while reading

Search for specific passages

or words

Bookmark pages


Find books the library does not own

Find books that are currently checked out at your library

Find and read books when the library is closed

Read reference books at home

netLibrary eBooks

TexShare Databases

Anyone with a library card can access the TexShare Databases

Login from any computer with Internet access

Find full-text articles

Read eBooks

TexShare Databases

Contact you local library

Visit the TexShare website

www.texshare.edu

E-Mail TexShare

[email protected]

To learn more about TexShare,

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