RRISD Subscription Databases Digital Knowledge Center
RRISD Databases
1RRISD Library Catalog
2Union catalog of books, audiovisual materials and professional
resources. RRISD Subscription Research Resources
BookFLIXCareer CruisingCultureGramsEBSCO HostEncyclopedia
Britannica SchoolGale Cengage DatabasesPebbleGoSocial Issues
Resources SeriesTeachingBooks.netTumbleBooksWorld Book
Web3BookFLIX
CareerCruising
Career resources, including planning tools, vocational guidance
and college information
EBSCO Host
610 databases include:Magazines, journals, newspapers, general
reference, images.Features:Journal and search alertsEmailing of
articlesPersistent URL to source EBSCO Searchasaurus
7Graphic interface for Middle and Elementary studentsIncludes
magazines, journals, Encyclopedia of Animals, General Encyclopedia,
Images and Dictionary.EBSCO Student Research Center
8EBSCO Kids Search
9EBSCO Host sample search
10Results may be displayed by type of resource:Book
ReviewsGovernmentMagazinesNewspapersPoints of View
(editorials)Images
Lexile information included, also possible to search by
Lexile.Britannica
11Direct link to appropriate grade level:
Britannica ElementaryComptons by Britannica for Middle
SchoolEncyclopedia Britannica for High SchoolAll level linkSpanish
EncyclopediaBritannica Levels
12Supplemental materials support Language
ArtsMathematicsScienceSocial Studies
Britannica Global Reference Center
13Encyclopedias in Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and
French.Gale Resources
14Use PowerSearch to search multiple databases.Create login to
save searches, create search alerts and RSS feedsGale Kids
InfoBits
15Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in
Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally
appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree
search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine,
newspaper and reference content for information on current events,
the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and
more.
Gale Literature Resource Center
16Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of
more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.
Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more
than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed
Scribner print series. Twayne World, US, and English Authors each
contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary
Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a
total of 600 full-text titles.
Gale Professional Collection
PebbleGo
PebbleGo Animals
Check Resources for Educators for National Standards
correlations, lesson plans, etc.19PebbleGO Earth & Space
PebbleGO Biographies
PebbleGO Social Studies
SIRS Discoverer (K-6)
Check Educators Resources for lesson plans guides TEKS
correlations23TEKS correlations link to resources that include
Lexile reading level, images, charts, maps and graphs.SIRS
Researcher (6-12)
24TEKS correlationsSKS WebSelect subject searchable web
sites
TeachingBooks.net
25TeachingBooks.net (staff)Multimedia Author ProgramsBook Guides
for PK-12 TitlesBook ReadingsBook AwardsThematic Booklists
TeachingBooks.net for StudentsAuthors Up-closeBook
ReadingsAuthor WebsitesTumbleBooksEbooks for KidsLarge PrintRead
along textSpanish
26TumbleBooks Nonfiction
View/listen online, take a comprehension quiz, play a gamealso
lesson plans and book report forms. Nonfiction resources include
grade level, Lexile, and Accelerated Reader information.27World
Book Web
28World Book Online EncyclopediaDictionaryAtlasesSurf the Ages
(Timelines)Current EventsMulti-Media Showcase
World Book Advanced
World NewspaperspersWorldl Book Discover
Differentiated learning, ESL students32
Student Encyclopedia in Spanish33World Book Early Peoples
RRISD Research Resource Page
37SummaryDatabase usage2001-02 108,611 searches2002-03 560,065
searches2003-04 738,453 searches2004-05 891,511 searches2005-06
2,631,600 searches*2006-07 1,323,211 searches2007-08 - 1,640,150
searches2008-09 2,355,303 searches2009-10 2,406,333 searches2010-11
4,145,980 searches2011-12 3,347,581 searches2012-13 3,738,646
searches
*includes access to several databases discontinued the next
school year.Library items checked out2001-02 1,028,7922002-03
1,411,1982003-04 1,043,1802004-05 1,173,1762005-06 1,183,9352006-07
1,214,7002007-08 1,233,1462008-09 1,303,7202009-10 1,405,0752010-11
1,581,2052011-12 1,583,2222012-13 1,530,030
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