Resource Type

Special Plates Quick Reference Guide (open access)

Special Plates Quick Reference Guide

Book containing applications the custom vehicle license plates available in Texas along with requirements and an instruction guide for each application.
Date: 2000
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of effective treatments to improve driver and worker safety at short-term work zones (open access)

Catalog of effective treatments to improve driver and worker safety at short-term work zones

"This report catalogs several devices that were found to be effective at improving driver and worker safety at short-term work zones. The services include are: fluorescent yellow-green worker vests and hard hat covers, portable variable message signs, speed display trailers, fluorescent orange roll-up signs, radar drones, and retroreflective magnetic strips for work vehicles. The catalog provides a brief description of each treatment, along with a summary of the treatment's effectiveness, and recommendations for its use at short-term work zones."
Date: January 2001
Creator: Fontaine, Michael D. & Hawkins, H. Gene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Beach & Bay Access Guide (open access)

Texas Beach & Bay Access Guide

Guide from the Texas General Land Office providing information about public access sites along the Texas coastline. It contains general information for each county including population, area, kinds of recreation a brief history, and a chart of public sites and services, as well as maps highlighting beaches, parks, recreation facilities, and wildlife areas.
Date: 2001~
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009 (open access)

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009

Report submitted by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts containing background information on the agency, and summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2008 and 2009 with supporting documentation.
Date: 2007~
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas A&M University System Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2009-2013 (open access)

Texas A&M University System Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2009-2013

Agency strategic plan for the Texas A&M University System describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: 2009~
Creator: Texas A & M University System
System: The Portal to Texas History
State Depository Handbook (open access)

State Depository Handbook

This document provides information about the requirements,application process, and frequently asked questions that are associated with becoming a State Depository in Texas.
Date: May 2001
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brain Injury (open access)

Brain Injury

This booklet was prepared and distributed by the Brain Injury Association of Texas to answer the questions of brain injured persons' family, friends, and caretakers.
Date: April 2004
Creator: Hutchison, Ruth
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Salute to Smart Investing (open access)

A Salute to Smart Investing

Guide for members of the military about investing properly and achieving their financial goals.
Date: 2009
Creator: Morris, Virginia B. & Morris, Kenneth M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Diversification Through Nature Tourism : Opportunities for the Rural Business and Landowner (open access)

Agricultural Diversification Through Nature Tourism : Opportunities for the Rural Business and Landowner

"The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA)has compiled this guide to provide you with information about agricultural diversification through nature tourism. It is intended as a starting place for people interested in establishing or expanding an agriculture-based nature tourism business, and it includes many references and resources for additional information" (title page).
Date: January 2005
Creator: Texas. Department of Agriculture.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maps for New Dads (open access)

Maps for New Dads

"This guide tells you what new dads have figured out-and wished they had known in the beginning-about this mysterious business called 'being a father'" (p.5 ).
Date: 2005
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Child Support Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas State Securities Board and the Texas Investor (open access)

The Texas State Securities Board and the Texas Investor

"This brochure has been prepared by the staff of the Texas State Securities Board (the "Agency") to provide a brief introduction to the Agency and how it functions, and to give practical suggestions to investors about how to protect themselves from fraud" (Mission of Texas State Securities Board page).
Date: March 2008
Creator: Texas. State Securities Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The 2nd HOLT CAT Symposium on Excellence in Ranch Management (open access)

The 2nd HOLT CAT Symposium on Excellence in Ranch Management

This document consist of information about the Ranch Management Conference presented by King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management (KRIRM) program.
Date: October 20, 2005
Creator: King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guide to Resources on Learning Differences (open access)

Guide to Resources on Learning Differences

This document provides information on the Talking Book Program (TBP)and other resources for the parents and teachers of students with visual, reading, and physical disabilities.
Date: 2005
Creator: Texas State Library and Archives Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Agriculture Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2007-2011 (open access)

Texas Department of Agriculture Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2007-2011

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Department of Agriculture describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2007 through 2011.
Date: July 7, 2006
Creator: Texas. Department of Agriculture.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Educating Students With Visual Impairments in Texas: Guidelines and Standards (open access)

Educating Students With Visual Impairments in Texas: Guidelines and Standards

This document provides a guidelines and standards designed to determine the quality and effectiveness of programs offered to visually impaired students.
Date: April 2008
Creator: Texas Education Agency
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conservation Easements :  A Guide For Texas Landowners (open access)

Conservation Easements : A Guide For Texas Landowners

"This guidebook is intended to help Texas landowners understand one of the most flexible and effective means available to conserve and protect private property-- the conservation easement. A conservation easment is a legal agreement that ensures a property will be managed according to the landowner's wishes for years into the future" (1 p.).
Date: July 2003
Creator: Francell, Jeffrey Isaac
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Serving of Fun! (open access)

A Serving of Fun!

The document is a visual guide for understanding and remembering serving sizes for various food groups. It is "based on recommendations for active children aged 7 to 10" (p. 1).
Date: April 2007
Creator: Staples, Todd
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines of Martin Dies, Jr. State Park (open access)

Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines of Martin Dies, Jr. State Park

This document provides information on Martin Dies, Jr. State Parks.
Date: 2005
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Making every ounce count: How to give the best when mom is away (open access)

Making every ounce count: How to give the best when mom is away

This document provides tips and information about "combining breastfeeding with bottle-feeding." (p. 1).
Date: August 2001
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Consumer Guide to Better Health Care (open access)

A Consumer Guide to Better Health Care

This document explains the services provided by Medicaid, Medicaid Managed Care, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Children's Medicaid as well as how to access those programs and services.
Date: 2007
Creator: Texas. Health and Human Service Commission.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Legislature Summary of Enactments: 79th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2006 (open access)

Texas Legislature Summary of Enactments: 79th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2006

Document summarizing the laws passed by the 79th Legislature of Texas, including enacted legislation in the 3rd called session, organized by topic.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council. Research Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Program: evaluation and recommendations (open access)

The Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Program: evaluation and recommendations

This document provides information about the Substance Abuse Felony Punishment (SAFP) program and the "effectiveness of this program." Recidivism is also addressed within this document.
Date: 2001
Creator: Eisenberg, Michael
System: The Portal to Texas History
New, Renamed, and Abolished State Governmental Entities 81st Legislature: Regular Session 1st called Session 2009 (open access)

New, Renamed, and Abolished State Governmental Entities 81st Legislature: Regular Session 1st called Session 2009

This publication addresses entities that were created, renamed, or abolished by the 81st Legislature during the Regular Session and the 1st Called Session.
Date: 2009
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Insect and Mite Pests of Texas Corn (open access)

Managing Insect and Mite Pests of Texas Corn

This guide discusses insect and mite pests in the approximate seasonal order that they damage corn- pre-emergence, seedling to tassel and tassel to hard dough.
Date: February 2002
Creator: Porter, Patrick; Cronholm, Gregory B.; Troxclair, Noel; Patrick, Carl D.; Morrison, Pat & Archer, Thomas L.
System: The Portal to Texas History