Online Reference Databases
Welcome to Weslaco Public Library's online reference databases. The staff is eager to help you with whatever research project you are tackling. If you are having trouble finding what you need, feel free to Ask the Librarian.
| Learning Express | ||
| Salem Health | Salem History | |
| TexShare | TumbleBook Library |
World Book Online |
| World Book Online for Kids |
Access: At the Library and from Home (contact a reference staff member)
ChiltonLibrary.com provides auto repair and maintenance information on a wide variety of cars and trucks for the experienced mechanic as well the automotive enthusiast.
Learning Express
Access: At the Library and from Home (you will need to create a username and password)
LearningExpress Library is an interactive online learning service providing practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help students and adult learners prepare for a variety of academic or licensing tests. Study for tests ranging the GED to Citizenship to Cosmetology to Law Enforcement.
Resume Maker
Access: At the Library and from Home
(you will need to create a username and password)
Resume Maker provides tools for resume, cover letter and job interview preparation, as well as guidance for finding a job.
Access: At the Library and from Home
(enter library card number)
Salem's Health provides access to Magill’s Medical Guide which is an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers. The Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders.
Salem History
Access: At the Library and from Home
(enter library card number)
Part of the Salem History database, The Eighties in America is a robust online database covering life in the United States during the 1980s.
Access: At the Library and from Home
(enter library card number)
Salem's Science provides access to The Solar System which is an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of science information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers.
Access: At the Library and from Home (contact a reference staff member)
TexShare is a comprehensvie package of databases licensed through the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. In includes databases on such areas as:
- Medical resources and health information;
- E-books and literary criticism;
- Full-text Newspaper articles;
- Transcripts from television news shows and National Public Radio;
- Information on public and private companies--U.S. and foreign;
- Consumer marketing data and emerging technology reports;
- Genealogy resources;
- Latest breaking news and daily updates from newspaper wire services;
- Full text of hundreds of popular periodicals, including Business Week, Rolling Stone, and Smithsonian.
Access: At the Library and from Home (contact a reference staff member)
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking
picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
The TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of licensed titles from children's book publishers such as Simon & Schuster, Chronicle Books, Candlewick Press, Charlesbridge Press, Harcourt, Little Brown, Walker & Company, Lerner Books, and HarperCollins Publishers, amongst others.
TumbleBooks may also be downloaded with our TumbleBooksUNPLUGGED application. There is no Internet required to view the books! For more information click here.
World Book Online
Access: At the Library and from Home
(enter library card number)
Experience a world of knowledge with World Book Online Reference Center: Online for Kids, Online Info Finder, Early World of Learning and Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos. These informative, interactive and user friendly databases feature articles, games, e-books, primary resource documents and much more. Designed for Grades Pre-K to College level.
World Book Online for Kids
Access: At the Library and from Home
(enter library card number)
World Book for Kids is the premier general reference Web site developed especially for younger library patrons.
Easy-to-read articles, multimedia, games, science projects, interactive tools, and activities
