RRISD Online Subscription Databases – Where to Look for…
History
EBSCO
EBSCOHost Web – World
History Collection:
content from Asia, Africa,
North & South America,
Europe & the Middle East
KidsSearch: click on
“Social Studies
Britannica
Atlases, timelines and more
in three different levels of
encyclopedias
Gale Group
Student Resource
Center:
Overviews of events, eras,
decades, timelines, primary
sources, biographies,
journal articles about U.S.
History, World History &
World Cultures.
Literature
Magazines & Journals
Newspapers
Reference:
Encyclopedias &
Almanacs
Gale Group
Power Search - Literature
Resource Center: scroll
to the bottom of Power
Search for critical analyses
of 120,000 authors and
works of literature.
KidsInfoBits: click on
“Stories & Literature”
EBSCO
EBSCOHost Web –
Middle Search Plus: 140
magazines for middle
school research, updated
daily
Professional
Development Collection:
includes 520+ education
journals
ERIC: 2200+ digests from
education related journals
Britannica
Search articles with related
newspaper sources
included
SIRS
Discoverer – World Almanac
SIRS
Discoverer: science &
Kids, Encyclopedia, Websites
for Kids
Researcher – magazines
WebSelect – general
reference websites
General reference social
sciences, health, science
environmental articles from
magazines, news services &
government documents on
topics of study
Researcher: environment
module: earth science, energy,
habitat, pollution, population
WebSelect – related web
sites
TeachingBooks.net
Student page:
Links to author web sites,
readings, author
information
Teacher page:
Links to best of the web for
book and author
information with emphasis
on author sites and lessons
plans and study guides for
books & read and taught in
K-12 grades
SIRS
Researcher: click on
“World Almanac Excerpts”
Texas Almanac
Keyword search, full text
search or browse by
chapter
World Book
“Explore Texas” contains
historical information and
biographies
http://www.roundrockisd.org/home/index.asp?page=871
Gale Group
Thompson Gale Power
Search: click on General
OneFile for news and
periodical titles from 1980
to the present, updated
daily
Britannica
Search articles with related
magazine & journal
sources included
EBSCO
Student Research Center:
search for results sorted by
resource type, including
selected full text from
almost 300 national and
int’l. titles
InfoTrac Custom
Newspapers
Information from 150 world
wide newspapers + more
than 300 additional news
sources, updated daily
Britannica School Online:
3 levels of difficulty; atlases,
web links, magazine articles.
*Includes text in Korean,
Simplified Chinese, French &
Spanish*
EBSCO
Student Research Center:
click on “Books and
Encyclopedias”
Science & Math
World Book
Living Green series; Inventions
& Discoveries Series
Gale Group
Junior Reference
Collection or the
Discovering Collection:
Science reference collection +
essays on scientific theories;
discoveries; scientists and
prominent science journals
Gale Group
Student Resource Center
Gold: reference works include
Multicultural America,
Encyclopedia of Foods,
Encyclopedia of Nations,
almanacs, fact books and
more
World Book
Three levels of difficulty;
current events and reference
materials
EBSCO
Student Research Center:
Choose “Math” on left bar for
Applied Math, Basic Math,
Geometry, Mathematicians,
Statistics, Algebra & Calculus
Choose “Science” on left bar
for 22 options including Natural
Disasters, Geology, Space
Exploration, Weather &
Climate, Energy Sources,
Chemistry and more
Prepared by J. Heath & L. Stiles 2004; updated by L. Stiles 08/10.
RRISD Online Subscription Databases – Where to Look for…
http://www.roundrockisd.org/home/index.asp?page=871
Prepared by J. Heath & L. Stiles 2004; updated by L. Stiles 08/10.