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SweetSearch is a Search Engine for Students

"Since 2009, SweetSearch has been the best place for students - and anyone else - to begin their research. It leverages Google to search only a fully vetted "whitelist" of websites. The original index was created by 50+ librarians, educators and researchers who collectively invested over 100,000 hours in finding the best resources

• It helps users find outstanding information, faster.

• It enables them to determine the most relevant results from a list of credible resources, and makes it much easier for them to find primary sources.

• We exclude not only obvious spam sites, but also marginal sites that read well, but lack academic or journalistic rigor.

• As importantly, the very best Web sites that are often buried on other search engines appear on the first page of SweetSearch results.

We constantly evaluate our search results and "fine-tune" them. In the summer of 2017, we reviewed every link in the index, and scoured the entire web for new, worthy websites to add.

We believe that SweetSearch is the safest search engine for students, because it searches a whitelist, rather than relying on filters, as other student search engines do."

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The Handbook of Texas is a digital state encyclopedia developed by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) that is freely accessible for students, teachers, scholars, and the general public. The Handbook consists of overview, general, and biographical entries focused on the entire history of Texas from the indigenous Native Americans and the Prehistoric Era to the state's diverse population and the Modern Age. These entries emphasize the role Texans played in state, national, and world history.

The El Paso Public Libraries have multiple collections to assist students with research about local topics of interest.  Click on the image to the left to begin exploring their online collections and to see when you can visit and access the library's physical collection.

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