Online Resources
Portal to Texas History
A gateway to rare, historical, and primary source materials from or about Texas. This portal includes scanned and searchable copies of the Palacios Beacon.
If you are looking for the Palacios Beacon Archive, you can find it here: https://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q=Palacios+Beacon&t=fulltext&sort=&fq=dc_type:text_newspaper&fq=untl_collection:PALACB
TexShare Database
The TexShare Databases allow you to access over 27,000 journals, over 171,000 ebooks, and over 15 million images, videos, and interactive resources.
Click “Select Your Library” at the top right of the page. Find “Palacios Library, Inc” and click on it.
Password: Tx77465
Congressional Government Information
Congress.gov is the online database of United States Congress legislative information.
Ebook Resources
cloudlibrary
CloudLibrary provides access to a rich collection of digital content in a single app. The collection contains popular adult fiction and non-fiction, as well as some young adult crossover materials. You’ll find newly published titles from well-known authors, as well as classics and independent fiction. There’s also a great selection of nonfiction titles to help you learn new things, such as languages, arts and crafts, gardening, or business skills. Through E-Read Texas they provide over 20,000 downloadable e-books and audiobooks.
CloudLibrary makes it easy for the whole family to get involved in reading. Kids Mode in CloudLibrary is a setting that creates a safe, child-friendly experience by limiting content to age-appropriate books and simplifying browsing for young readers. Once enabled, the app will automatically filter to show only age-appropriate content for kids. Available only through the mobile app.
Download and open the Boundless app on the Apple App Store, Google Play, or Amazon Fire (Kindle).
Select your country (United States), and state (Texas).
Select your library (Palacios Library Inc (E-Read Texas)).
Your ID will be your 4-digit library card number. (Example:1234)
The default pin is: 1234, but if you had an account with Axis360, SimplyE, or Boundless use that password.
You can now search, borrow, read, and listen to e-books!
Note: If you are having trouble remembering your old pin, please contact us so we can reset it.
Audiobook resources
LibriVox - founded in 2005 - is a community of volunteers from all over the world who record public domain texts: poetry, short stories, whole books, even dramatic works, in many different languages. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain in the USA and available as free downloads on the internet.