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Automotive: Home

Subject guide for resources that may help or inform patrons on automotive topics and questions.

Information and resources for individuals looking to be more informed on automotive maintenance, purchasing, or general information. 

Texas Department of Motor Vehicles

Texas Driver Handbook

Library Database

Library Catalog

Dare to Repair Your Car

Dare to Repair is a do-it-herself book for every woman who would rather be self-reliant than rely on a super or contractor. A guide to repairs of all kinds, including cars.

Chilton's Import Car Repair Manual, 1993-97 - Perennial Edition

Chilton's Perennial Edition Service Manual. Includes repair and overhaul procedures, thousands of illustrations, and troubleshooting. This 1997 Import Manual offers a wide range of repair information on imported cars from 1993 to 1997.

The Complete Idiot's GuideĀ® to Car Care and Repair Illustrated

Provides information on the basics of car maintenance and repair, covering such topics as maintaining a maintenance schedule, finding parts and tools, mechanical repairs, body repairs, and interior repairs.

Clueless about Cars

Guide to dealing with general car maintenance and repairs, car emergencies and buying and selling a car.

Cars: A Celebration

More than 1,800 photographs, including engine close-ups and interior shots, combine with informative captions, historical details, descriptions, and commentary on style and engineering to provide a fascinating look at various makes and models of cars from around the world.

Classic Car: The Definitive Visual History

"Featuring more than 250 iconic models from the 1940s to the 1980s, [this] is a celebration of the most beautiful and innovative cars produced since the birth of mass car-ownership. Meet the designers behind these machines and discover the history of the manufacturers that have brought them to life"-- Page 4 of cover.

Cars: freedom, style, sex, power, motion, colour, everything

Sources are eclectic, results mixed, but one thing is certain: car design is being forced up an ever tightening spiral of creativity. These machines are memorials of our tastes, yearnings and capabilities. They have layers of meaning and can, as Henry Ford knew, be read like a book... if only you know how.