Online Research
Databases
Looking for authoritative and reliable resources for your assignments? Google might seem like a “no brainer” at first, but keep in mind that many of the results or “hits” may not meet your teacher’s assignment criteria. Databases provide reliable sources, such as, articles from magazines, reference materials, academic journals, video clips, images, primary sources, and critical essays.
Link to Databases and Passwords. Requires Gcloud login.
ABC-CLIO
Online social studies curriculum including digital textbooks, references, and commentaries is now available to TISD teachers and students. ABC-CLIO integrates these three essential resources into fourteen online databases rich with multimedia.
CultureGrams
The CultureGrams Online Database provides anytime access to the World, Kids, States, and Provinces editions, photo and slideshow galleries, videos, interviews, recipes, famous people biographies, and graphs and tables.
Gale Databases
Gale provides authoritative content for students looking for reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more.
Research in Context
Research In Context combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Students will find outstanding support to complete assignments in core subjects including literature, science, social studies, and history.
World Book
An up-to-date encyclopedia containing thousands of pictures, maps and cross-reference links. The five modules are: Kids, Student, Advanced, the student Spanish language encyclopedia, Enciclipedia Estudiantil Hallazgos, and Timelines, where you can view different timelines or create your own.
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