American Indian Histories & Cultures Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Browse through a wide range of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals. American West History From early topographical sketches and pioneers’ accounts, to photographs of Buffalo Bill and his ‘Wild West’ stars, explore the fact and the fiction of westward expansion in America from the early eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Browse a wide range of rare and original documents including printed books, journals, historical maps, broadsides, periodicals, advertisements, photographs, artwork and more.
AR BookFinder Complete guide to Accelerated Reader books
Brittannica School Features a variety of articles on diverse subject areas; supportive educational tools; videos; learning games; “how to” for research papers, book reviews, science reports and presentations. Offers support for ESL/ELL, student research and project-based learning.
Destiny Access to all TISD libraries and additional resources such as Destiny Quest and WebPath Express
EBSCOhost Online periodical and monograph materials databases for grades K-12
Gale Group InfoTrac Provides in-depth, up-to-date information needed to conduct research across the full range of scholarly, academic, business and general interest topics
Maps101 Electronic historical matter, current events, Spanish materials, videos, and maps
Spanish Reference Center Consists of Enciclopedia Moderna (advanced resources) and Escolar Online (basic resources)
TeachingBooks.net Electronic materials for book and author studies – contact a librarian for login information
TexQuest The Texas State Library and Archives Commission statewide database program for K-12 public schools
TumbleBook Library Collection of animated talking picture books. Also, it includes tools for language learning, read-along books, videos, puzzles and games.