Research Guides: Texas Information: Websites

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Websites

There are many resources available on the Internet about Texas. The websites listed below are only an example and not meant to be an exhaustive list. Keep in mind that all information from the Internet needs to be evaluated critically, with attention to origin, author, motive, bias, and age.

Legislative Reference Library of Texas This link opens in a new window Detailed information about the Texas Legislature and its legislation, leaders, sessions, committees, statistics, and more. Use the Legislative Archive System to search for bills; digitized documentation is available for some bills.

TRAIL: Texas Information and Records Locator
The Handbook of Texas Online From the Texas State Historical Association. Encyclopedia-style entries defining important people, places, events, and concepts in the history of Texas.
Texas Economy, Office of the Comptroller
Texas Travel and Vacation Destinations
Texas Almanac From the Texas State Historical Association. Info on agriculture, business, culture, environment, history, population, religion, and more, covering all areas of Texas.
Texas Historic Sites Atlas Provided by the Texas Historic Commission, the Atlas provides descriptions, photographs, and maps of all Official Texas Historical Markers and National Register of Historic Places properties in Texas, as well as courthouses, museums, and sawmills across the state, nearly 300,000 sites in all.
The Handbook of Texas Women he Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) seeks to shed light on the achievements of Texan women through a massive initiative to expand on the nation’s oldest and most successful digital state encyclopedia, the Handbook of Texas Online.

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