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February 13, 2006Database of Child Care Facilities in Texas
The state of Texas has a database that allows you to search for information for child care facilities, both day center centers and residential operations. It's available without registration or cost at www.txchildcaresearch.org. The search is divided into day cares...
Continue reading "Database of Child Care Facilities in Texas" » October 09, 2005The Texas State Library and Archives Commission Starts Blog
Okay, they call it an online news forum, but it looks to me like a blog complete with RSS feed -- and there's nothing wrong with that! Anyway, the new resource (announcement is here) is called The Open Record and...
Continue reading "The Texas State Library and Archives Commission Starts Blog" » October 02, 2004Texas State Library Updates Its Search Page
The state of Texas has added a lot of search options to a search page at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/search/index.html -- they're new to me anyway! New options here include a Web site index by page title, a pointer to "TRAIL: Texas Record...
Continue reading "Texas State Library Updates Its Search Page" » August 24, 2004TSLAC Creates Searchable Database
The Texas State Library and Archives has created a database of digitized items from its Adjutant General Service Records Collection. It's available at http://www2.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/ServiceSearch.jsp . Before you get too excited looking at the searching options, however, please note that only...
August 12, 2004Get Help In Texas
211 Texas is both a phone number and a Web site to point people toward community resources in Texas. There's both a phone number (211, natch) and a Web site (http://www.irissoft.com/fcfh/) to access the information. The Web site has a...
December 01, 20031555 Edition of La Relación Digitized
Texas State University's Southwestern Writers Collection has digitized and made available online the 1555 edition of La Relación, written by the Spanish conquistador Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca . It's available at http://www.library.txstate.edu/swwc/cdv/ . From the front page of the...
September 01, 2003Texas Puts Land Grant Database Online
The state of Texas has put its land grant database online. It's available at http://www.glo.state.tx.us/archives/landgrant.html . From this page you can search the database, Texas' map collection, or get more information on genealogy research from the state of Texas. The...
June 14, 2002Historic Maps at the Alamo Library
A collection of 18 maps from the estate of Robert Tobin will be converted to digital images and made available on an Internet site for the Alamo's library. The announcement is available at http://tinyurl.com/dnk . Several of the maps mentioned...
July 07, 2000Two City Search Engines
Looking for city-specific subject directories? Latimes.com has launched a new city guide for Los Angeles on the eve of the Democratic National Convention. The site, located at http://www.calendarlive.com/visit ors , is visitor-oriented, containing links for shopping, entertainment, lodging, etc. It...
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