E-Books

 

The Harris County Public Library Collection

 

 

ADULT (ANO)

 

 

004-006 Computers

 

Programming, applications (like Microsoft Office & graphics) Sample titles:

004 Kent. Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet. 1999

005 Bott. Using Microsoft Office. 1999.

005 Lema Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 21 Days. 1999.

005 Oliver. Sams Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 24 Hours. 1999.

005 Snaith. Complete Idiot's Guide to C++. 1999

 

650's Business

 

Management, small business, resume writing, job hunting. Sample titles:

 

658 Barnes. Successful negotiating. 1998.

650 Beatty. Resume Kit. 2000.

658 Belker. First-Time Manager. 1997.

658 Gorman. Online Business Planning. 1999.

658 Parinello. Complete Idiot's Guide to Dynamic Selling. 1998.

428 Schwagwer. Better Vocabulary in 30 Minutes a Day. 1996.

650 Wendleton. Getting Interviews. 2000.

 

800 Cliffs Notes

 

Plot summaries / literary criticism. Sample titles:

800 Animal Farm. Cliffs Notes. 1981

800 Lord of the Flies. Cliffs Notes. 1971.

800 Scarlet Letter. Cliffs Notes. 1988.

800 To Kill A Mockingbird. Cliffs Notes. 1984.

800 Romeo and Juliet. Cliffs Notes. 1979.

 

813's Literary Criticism

 

Primary sources, edited by Harold Bloom. Sample titles:

 

813.3 Bloom, Harold, ed. Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Chelsea House. 1996.

813.4 Bloom, Harold, ed. Kate Chopin's The Awakening. Chelsea House. 1999.

813.52 Bloom, Harold, ed. John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Chelsea House. 1996.

818.4 Bloom, Harold, ed. Mark Twain. Chelsea House. 2000.

822.33 Bloom, Harold, ed. Macbeth. Chelsea House. 1991.

 

 

JUVENILE (JNO)

 

507's Science Fair

 

Janice VanCleave, how to do various science experiments, etc.

Sample titles:

 

534's Cobb. Super Science Projects: Sound 2000.

535's Cobb. Super Science Projects: Optics 1999.

530's VanCleave. Janice VanCleave's Gravity..... 1993.

537's VanCleave. Janice VanCleave's Electric..... 1994.

540's VanCleave. Janice VanCleave's A+ Projects: Chemistry. 1989.

 

 

582's / 635's Plants / Flowers

 

Botany, gardening, herbal medicine. Sample titles:

 

582's Magley. Texas Wildflowers. 1993.

635's Ayers. Kid's Guide to How Flowers Grow. 2000.

635's Ayers. Kid's Guide to How Plants Grow. 2000.

635's Ayers. Kid's Guide to How Herbs Grow. 2000.

 

 

609's African-American Inventors

 

Inventors and inventions. Sample titles:

 

609's McKissack. African-American Inventors. 1994.

609's Sullivan. African American Inventors. 1998.

 

 

741's Crafts for Kids

 

Handicrafts for rainy days or anytime! Sample titles:

 

745.5's Ross. Crafts to Make in the Summer. 1999.

745.5's Ross. Crafts for Kids Who Are.... 1998.

 

 

 

970's Indians of North America

 

Native American tribes history & how they lived. Sample titles:

 

970's Brill. Trail of Tears. 1995.

970's Davies. Aztecs: A History. 1980.

970's Kavasch. Apache Children & Their Elders. 1999.