Weapons of Mass
Instruction
Pasadena ISD’s
Electronic Resources
2015-16
“Go To” SpoTS!
Links & Info
PISD website - http://pasadenaisd.libguides.com/resources/search
- www1.pasadenaisd.org
- Departments
- Departments F-M
- Libraries & Instructional Materials
- Electronic Resources
Login Info
Eduphoria Forethought
- Scope & Sequence
- Other
- Library
- + next to Electronic Resources
PISD Portal
https://portal.pasadenaisd.org
Basic Training
Why databases?
How do I cite this?
Let’s Google that! NO!
TexQuest – training and resources
Universal Logins
Gale
Gale Resources for Pasadena ISD – “One Stop Shop”
Research in Context (replaces Student Resource Center)
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=MSIC&u=j101917&authCount=1
- “THE database…”
Kids InfoBits
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/j101917?db=ITKE
- K-5 research
National Geographic Kids
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/j101917?db=NGMK
- Science, culture, archaeology, & space
*No login needed within PISD
Ebsco - Explora
http://search.ebscohost.com
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Explora is the “new” EBSCO
Delete old shortcuts if campus name shown (should see district)
Periodicals, journals, AP Images/video, eBooks,
non-fiction materials
Translation/read-to-me
NoveList – lesson plans, read-alikes, book clubs, pairs with
TeachingBooks very well
*No login needed within PISD
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Online School Edition
http://school.eb.com/levels/middle
- The “meat & potatoes”
Spanish Reference Center – Escolar
http://escolar.eb.com/levels/secundaria
- Resources in Spanish
World Data Analyst
http://world.eb.com/
- Comparisons of countries of the world
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Unabridged
http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/
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Start searches here!
Some links connected to EBSCO
*No login needed within PISD
brainpop
https://www.brainpop.com/
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Animated content
Learning games
Interactive quizzes
Concept mapping
Grouped by subject
Aligned and searchable by TEKS
My BrainPOP – codes in Eduphoria
Discovery education
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
*aka United Streaming
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Digital content
TEKS-based
Formative assessments
Share resources within campus or district
Full and partial videos
Teachers can set up and manage students
TeachingBooks
http://www.teachingbooks.net/
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Multimedia resources on books and authors
Background on authors/illustrators
Class plans
Book guides
Read-alikes
Pairs well with EBSCO
*No login needed within PISD
TumbleBooks
http://tumblebooklibrary.com
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Login: pisdmh/library
Animated, talking picture books
Nearly 1000 titles
Lesson plans
Quizzes
Games and puzzles
Read aloud chapter books
ABC-CLIO
American History
http://americanhistory.abc-clio.com
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Department of Defense textbook
Comprehensive reference library
Updated daily by a team of subject-specific experts
High level; teacher resource
*No login needed within PISD
*Use login for feeder pattern high school
Adam Matthew
The American West Collection
www.americanwest.amdigital.co.uk
Fact & fiction of westward expansion in America
American Indian Histories and Cultures
www.aihc.amdigital.co.uk
American Indian life and the westward frontier expansion
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High level; teacher reference
Primary source
Historic maps
Photographs
Artwork
Manuscripts
*No login needed within PISD
Library Catalogs
EX: https://pasisd.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_us/txplzms
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Links to each campus library collection
Traditional books, audiobooks, eBooks (OverDrive)
See your librarian for URL