Electronic Resources Available Through Austin ISD Library Media Center
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Resource Title
Description
Level and
Licensing
Language(s) other
than English
Academic OneFile is the premier source of peer-reviewed full-text
scholarly content across the academic disciplines. With millions of
articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text, Academic OneFile is
both authoritative and comprehensive
Secondary,
All Campuses
Multi languages
Acceda Noticias provides Web-based access to the complete electronic
versions of many newspapers and other news media published in
major U.S. cities and from countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Columbia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Spain. It contains current and
archived full-text articles.
Secondary,
All Campuses
Spanish
TEKS
or Lexile
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Academic OneFile
Acceda Noticias
America's Historical Newspapers makes it easy for students to search
and browse hundreds of U.S. newspapers published from 1690
through the 20th Century, including titles from all 50 present states.
Secondary,
All Campuses
America’s Historical
Newspapers (1690-20th C)
The Archive of Texas History features digital facsimiles of historical
Texas newspapers as well as hundreds of government documents
about the Lone Star State.
Secondary,
All Campuses
Artemis Literary Sources integrates full-text literary content with
metadata and subject indexing and provides workflow tools to
analyze information. You can research authors and their works,
literary movements and genres. Search across your library's
Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal
articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and
overviews.
Brain Pop, Brain Pop Espanol, and Brain Pop Jr. (k-3) animated
curriculum-based content with content aligned to state standards &
21st century learning* limited use after hour access with teacher
login
Secondary,
All Campuses
Elem. & MS
All Campuses
*student access
till 5:00 pm
Spanish
Three different levels of encyclopedias (elementary, middle, and
high school). Also includes some magazine articles, authorized Web
sites, interactive lesson plans and teacher resources
All Levels,
All Campuses
Multi languages
The single-most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented
health content, this resource is designed to support the information
needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of healthrelated topics. Consumer Health Complete provides content
covering all key areas of health and wellness from mainstream
medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and
integrated medicine.
Secondary,
All Campuses
A unique historical digital image collection accessible by keyword
and date searching. It documents major events in Texas, the United
States, and the world, providing valuable primary source
information.
Secondary,
All Campuses
Huge collection of educational digital video on demand—all topics.
Recommended that teachers set up their own accounts for more
features and functionality. Contact campus ITRC, IT Facilitator, or
Library Tech for the code to setup individual teacher accounts.
All Levels,
All Campuses
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly
specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals,
including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also
contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional
Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full
text education journals in the world.
Faculty,
All Campuses
Archive of Texas History
Artemis Literary Sources
(Cross-Searchable)
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Brintannica Online School
Edition
Consumer Health
Complete
Dallas Morning News
Historical Archive
EBSCO Professional
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Electronic Resources Available Through Austin ISD Library Media Center
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Resource Title
Educator’s Reference
Complete
Description
Level and
Licensing
Language(s) other
than English
Educator's Reference Complete provides access to academic
journals, reports, and many premier reference sources in the field of
education. The database includes content in key subject areas
including administration, bilingual education, child development and
psychology, funding, health education, technology, and testing. The
majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC
database.
The Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos is a Spanish translation of
World Book’s Student Discovery Encyclopedia.
Faculty,
All Campuses
Elementary,
All Campuses
Spanish
Part of Spanish Reference Center, includes thousands of
encyclopedia articles and images. In addition to encyclopedia
content, the resource includes a dictionary, atlas, and timelines.
Enciclopedia Moderna is an appropriate resource for native Spanish
speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish
Secondary,
All Campuses
Spanish
Part of Spanish Reference Center from Encyclopædia Britannica, is
an online learning platform in Spanish for ages 6-12. Students enrich
their learning through interactive games, searches, videos,
multimedia, maps, and more.
Elementary,
All Campuses
Spanish
A dedicated search interface for all of your EBSCO school library
databases
All Levels,
All Campuses
Multi languages
TEKS
or Lexile
Enciclopedia Estudiantil
Hallazgos
Enciclopedia Moderna
Escolar Online
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For Primary and Secondary
For educators, research in professional journals, locate lesson plans,
relevant website.
Faculty,
All Campuses
Pro and cons of over 800 hot topics in business, politics,
government, education, and popular culture with primary sources,
statistical tables, timelines and editorial cartoons.
Secondary
Only
Science news, National Science Education Standards, Science Fair
Guide, photographs, diagrams, editorial cartoons, pop-up glossary,
biographies.
Secondary
Only
Authoritative world news from 1940 to present through Reuters
news service. In addition, includes primary sources, special research
features, timelines, editorial cartoons and links to foreign news
services.
Secondary
Only
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and
specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Because
each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see
may vary if you use the database at different libraries. To see your
specific collection add your school number to the userid number.
Secondary,
All Campuses
General OneFile is a one-stop source for news, magazine, and
periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and
academic disciplines. With millions of articles available in both PDF
and HTML full-text, General OneFile serves a wide audience of
readers.
Encyclopedias provided by Encyclopedia Britannica in Spanish (2
levels), Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and French.
Secondary,
All Campuses
All Levels,
All Campuses
Spanish
The Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural
Resources focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of
environmental issues. Topic, organization, and country portals form
research centers around issues covering energy systems, health
care, agriculture, climate change, population, and economic
development. Portals include authoritative analysis, academic
journals, news, case studies, legislation, conference proceedings,
primary source documents, statistics, and rich multimedia. Use
Browse Issues and Topics, World Map, Basic Search or Advanced
Search to explore the database.
Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical
reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals,
hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner
Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest
publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles.
Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for
informational purposes only.
Secondary,
All Campuses
Multi languages
Multi languages
For Teachers
Facts On File
Issues & Controversies
Facts On File
World News Digest
Gale Virtual
Reference Library
General OneFile
GREENR (Global Reference on
the Environment, Energy and
Natural Resources) (Cross-
Searchable)
Health and Wellness
Resource Center &
Alternative Health Module
(Cross-Searchable)
Secondary,
All Campuses
Electronic Resources Available Through Austin ISD Library Media Center
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Resource Title
Description
Level and
Licensing
A comprehensive Spanish-language encyclopedia that includes over
100,000 articles, more than 9,000 images and maps, and nearly
1,000 videos, animations, sounds, and interactive media. It is
designed for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and ESL/ELL
program participants.
InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to full-text newspapers and
allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date,
newspaper section, or other fields. The database offers a one-stop
source for current news and searchable archives.
Secondary,
All Campuses
Informe Académico provides access to Spanish- and Portugueselanguage scholarly journals and magazines. The database offers a
wide range of content both from and about Latin America
Secondary,
All Campuses
Elementary,
All Campuses
Kids InfoBits
(Cross-Searchable)
Kids InfoBits is the perfect educational product for today's young
learners. It's a content-rich, authoritative, easy-to-use resource
featuring age-appropriate content covering a broad range of
educational topics. It features a modern, graphical interface, great
new content from trusted sources, more intuitive navigation,
improved resources, and much more.
Kidspage
Articles explore events and facts about plants, animals, fossils,
science, math, the earth, health, sports, people, arts, geography, and
important problems. Also, games, pictures, and activities
Hispanica Saber
InfoTrac Newstand
Language(s) other
than English
TEKS
or Lexile
Spanish
Secondary,
All Campuses
Spanish,
Portuguese
Informe Académico
(Cross-Searchable)
Kids Search provides students (grades 3-8) in intermediate and
middle schools with the most appropriate research tools to easily
obtain the information they need from their EBSCO databases.
Covers fundamental concepts like animals, colors, geography,
numbers, shapes, sounds, time, etc. through the use of interactive
atlas, online art activities, interactive games, and vocabulary builder
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Elementary,
All Campuses
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Elementary &
Middle School,
All Campuses
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PK-2nd,
All Campuses
Learning Zone
Literature Resource Center
(Cross-Searchable)
National Geographic Kids
(Cross-Searchable)
NewsBank
Opposing Viewpoints in
Context
Research in Context
(Cross-Searchable)
Salud en Espanol
Science Online
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary
criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines,
from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA
International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of
thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the
present, linked to full text where available.
Secondary,
All Campuses
Reputable, authoritative, and appropriate content that brings
children aged 6-14 the world in a way they've never seen it before.
Fun and substantive, National Geographic Kids will take them on
amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and
space.
Elementary &
Middle School,
All Campuses
Newspaper articles current and historic from 1600s. Texas Archives
and popular periodicals. Includes Big6 resource center, interactive
research tools, “Inspiration” –style idea maps, and a KidsPage with
educational activities.
Secondary,
All Campuses
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for
those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of
today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven
Press series, the solution features continuously updated viewpoints,
topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news
articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio
files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly
portal experience.
Created specifically for middle-schoolers, 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.
Secondary,
All Campuses
The single-most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented
health content, this resource is designed to support the information
needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of healthrelated topics. Consumer Health Complete provides content
covering all key areas of health and wellness from mainstream
medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and
integrated medicine. In Spanish
Secondary,
All Campuses
Curriculum-oriented database that offers a comprehensive,
authoritative overview of the sciences. Diagrams, experiments,
essays, definitions and biographies are arranged by topic and
contain thousands of hyperlinks that create thematic paths through
the content. Only database with secondary math activities.
Secondary
Only
Spanish
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Middle School,
All Campuses
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Spanish
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Electronic Resources Available Through Austin ISD Library Media Center
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Resource Title
Scribner Writers on GVRL
Student Research Center
(Cross-Searchable)
Student Resources in
Context
Student Resource Center –
Junior (Cross-Searchable)
Description
Scribner Writers Series provides original, scholar signed essays on
the lives and works of authors from around the world from all time
periods. Entries include concise essays, citations, and biographical
information that places the author and their works in personal and
historical context.
Secondary,
All Campuses
Students (grades K – 3) have access to a variety of sources including
full-text primary magazines, newspapers, Funk & Wagnall’s New
World Encyclopedia, American Heritage Children’s Dictionary,
Encyclopedia of Animals, reference books, biographies,
country/state/province reports, photos, maps, flags and more.
Elementary,
All Campuses
SRC provides students in secondary and middle schools with the
most appropriate research tools to easily obtain the information
that they need from their EBSCO databases.
Secondary,
All Campuses
Language(s) other
than English
TEKS
or Lexile
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Student Resources In Context is an engaging online experience for
those seeking contextual information on a wide array of subjects.
The solution merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated
reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news
articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and
links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal
experience.
Student Resource Center - Junior offers easy access to awardwinning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering
all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social
studies, and more, SRC - Junior provides a premium selection of
reference material, more than 340 full-text periodicals and
newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia,
including hours of video and audio clips. New to the database are
Lexile reading levels for periodicals, an integrated national and state
curriculum standards search with content correlated to the
standards, and popular topic pick lists. For Middle Schools only.
Web-based resource designed to generate enthusiasm for books and
reading by providing thousands of author programs and K–12 book
resources.
Twayne’s Authors on GVRL
Level and
Licensing
Secondary,
All Campuses
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Middle Schools,
All Campuses
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All Levels,
All Campuses
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The TumbleBookLibrary Preimer is a collection of TumbleBooks
(animated, talking picture books, graphic novels) TumblePuzzles, and
TumbleQuizzes, as well as TumbleResources for teachers.
Elementary,
All Campuses
Twayne's is devoted to in-depth critical introductions to the lives
and works of major writers of the world within the context of the
time period in which they lived. It provides insightful and original
commentary on the history and influence of literary movements.
Secondary,
All Campuses
This resource offers biographical information (with photos and
other reproducible handout materials), historical information, flags,
timelines, career information, science project experiments and
science diagrams.
Online version of the encyclopedia. Includes tables, animations,
pictures, audio clips, historic articles from previous World Book
Yearbooks, Texas resources, special reports, teacher resources and
other resources such as “Today in History” and “Through the Year.”
Includes research libraries geared towards secondary level, full of
primary sources. Databases include Law, Political Science, US
History, and World History.
Multi languages
on Magazines
Spanish, French
Elementary,
All Campuses
All Levels,
All Campuses
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*With the exception of Discovery Streaming, and BrainPop, these online resources are provided by the AISD Library Media Center. If you have questions, please contact
your campus librarian or Library Technology 512-414-3905. These online databases are licensed for the staff and students of Austin ISD. They are intended for
educational use by the staff, students and their parents, and should only be used by them.
Please do not post or distribute this information to non-AISD personnel, staff, or students.
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