HISD Online Databases General Information
Hisd Online Databases Contact: Debbie Hall, Library Technology
Supervisor 713-861-1204
You can access HISD’s databases from several sites:
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Resource |
Type |
Curriculum Connection |
Content Notes |
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AP Photo Archive |
Image database |
All |
Search by date, topic, and location; maps, graphs, and timelines |
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ABC-CLIO |
Database |
Social Studies |
American history; world history; world geography |
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CountryWatch |
Database |
Social Studies |
Political, geographic, and economic information |
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Grolier Online |
Encyclopedia |
All |
3 general encyclopedias; Spanish Encyclopedia; New book of Popular Science; Lands and People; America the Beautiful |
| Big Chalk- ELibrary Curriculum Edition | Magazine, newspapers, images, reference books, transcripts, and audiovisuals | All | Provides full-text and multimedia information to enhance research |
| Big Chalk-History Study Center | Social Studies | Contains over 40.000 documents that showcase historical events ; includes primary, secondary, and multimedia sources | |
| Big Chalk- Literature | Language Arts | Provides more than 80, 000 searchable works of poetry, prose and drama | |
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Big Chalk-JuniorQuest |
Magazine and journal database |
All |
Provides over 125 magazines and journals for upper elementary and middle School |
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Big Chalk-ProQuest Gold |
Magazine and journal database |
All |
Provides over 525 fill-text magazine articles High School |
| Nettrekker | Web site database | All | Organizes websites to provide access to age-appropriate academically sound web sites |
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Turnitin.com |
Academic integrity check |
All |
For Middle and High School; prevent plagiarism |
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WilsonWeb |
Magazine and journal database |
All |
Teacher resource for educational articles |
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World Book Online |
Encyclopedia |
All |
Atlas, dictionary, magazine articles; teacher tools ;Spanish encyclopedia |