ONLINE INSTRUCTIONAL

RESOURCES

This page will give you links to reputable resources to use for research and/or lessons. These are the best links to use to research and find academic information. Some websites will require a user name and password to access them. Please see or email your teacher and/or librarian for the specific user name and password assigned to your school.

Note: The state of Texas is not funding these databases for the 2011-2012 school year.  They will have to be purchased by the individual campuses. Contact your librarian for more information.

Title	Description	Tutorial
	Use this site to find encyclopedia articles on various topics.	Teacher's Materials -power point presentations, guided tour PDFS, , how-to documents and more.
	Use this site to find encyclopedia articles on various topics in Spanish.	Help Page - including guided tour and power point presentation on features.
	Use this site to find short videos and quizzes on a variety of educational topics.	See the User Guide.
	Use this site to find abstracts or full text of magazine and journal articles.	Use this site to Introduction to EBSCO host available here (7 min.). EBSCO host result screen tutorial available here  (6 min.).
ERIC	Educational Resources Information Center	Click here for a list of available tutorials.
	Use this site to find videos, photos, and sound files that can be streamed or downloaded for use in presentations.	See the User Guide for teachers.
	Use this site to find reviewed, grade-level appropriate websites.	Click here to help you search the site.
	Use this site to find newspaper articles from around the globe as well as primary source news articles from historical newspapers.	User Guide - Contains PowerPoint slides & factsheets describing databases within Newsbank.
	Use this site to find videos, photos, and sound files and teaching material for fiction and nonfiction books and their authors.	Video Demonstrations - Videos to see how to use TeachingBooks in the classroom.
	Use this site to find encyclopedia articles on various topics.	Online tutorial -- View the video tutorial for an overview of the features, content, and functionality of World Book Student.

 Websites by Subject Area 

The following links will give you a list of useful website geared for a specific subject. The links should not require a user name and/or password. Most links will note age or grade level appropriateness.

Art 

English Language Arts

Health

Mathematics

Music

Physical Education

Science

Social Studies

To report dead links or suggest additions, please contact Tina Billman or Saida Sanchez.