Library Search Apps
Many of the following are SEARCH APPS that Tomball High School's library pay is subscribed to. These search apps will help you in completing research assignments. They can be accessed from any computer or smart device with Internet connection. Students are automatically logged in to most search apps if accessed on campus.
Links to USERNAMES and PASSWORDS provided below each database. If you are having trouble, contact the librarian.
Links to USERNAMES and PASSWORDS provided below each database. If you are having trouble, contact the librarian.
Click here to access our Gale Resources page.
Need the password? Click the following link to obtain the code (must be logged into your Tomball ISD Google Account): Gale Password Link |
Designed for secondary students, the Gale resources are a multidisciplinary collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other specialized reference sources accessible from school or home.
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Click here to access our JSTOR resource page
Need the password? Click the following link to obtain the code (must be logged into your Tomball ISD Google Account): JSTOR Password Link |
JSTOR (Journal Storage) provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
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Click here to access LearningExpress
Need the password? Click the following link to obtain the code (must be logged into your Tomball ISD Google Account): LearningExpress Password Link |
LearningExpress for High Schools provides online access to a unique and extensive collection of academic, college preparation and career-related tutorials, practice tests, articles, e-books and flashcards. It includes tools for academic skill-building, college and career exploration, college admissions test preparation, military exploration and preparation, workplace skills development and more.
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Click here to access Swank (Teachers)
Need the password? Teachers must email the librarian for access info. Students are given links to the assigned videos, as well as login information, by their teachers. |
Swank Movie Streaming is convenient, controlled, and connected streaming platform that makes it easy for teachers to incorporate high-quality films into lesson plans AND Schoology.
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Click here to access Learn360
Need the password? Click the following link to obtain the code (must be logged into your Tomball ISD Google Account): Learn360 Password Link |
Learn360 is the ultimate streaming multimedia resource for the K–12 educational market—the complete district solution. Teachers, students, and parents can access more than 153,000 media resources on any Internet-enabled device, anytime, anywhere, and engaging content landing pages make it easy to find the wealth of videos, interactives, printables, audio content, and maps and flags. The entire site and all landing pages can be filtered by grade level (all grades, elementary, or middle/high) for targeted browsing.
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Click here to access Britannica.
Need the password? Click the following link to obtain the code (must be logged into your Tomball ISD Google Account): Britanicca Password Link |
Get quick facts and in-depth information on a wide variety of subjects. Start research projects with multiple resources in one place. In addition, find multimedia to use in projects and presentations.
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Click here to access EBSCO.
Need the password? Click the following link to obtain the code (must be logged into your Tomball ISD Google Account): EBSCO Password Link |
Six nonfiction and reference eBook collections with almost 200,000 titles, including: K-8 Collection, High School Collection, Academic Collection, Business Collection, Education Collection, and History Collection.
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Click here to access TeachingBooks.net
Need the password? Click the following link to obtain the code (must be logged into your Tomball ISD Google Account): TeachingBooks.net Password Link |
An online database that can be used by teachers, students, librarians, and families to explore children's books and young adult literature and their authors. The database provides access to educational materials and programs (short movies, audio book readings, book discussion guides) that add a multimedia dimension to reading in the classroom, library, and home.
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Click here to access ProQuest
Need the password? Click the following link to obtain the code (must be logged into your Tomball ISD Google Account): ProQuest Password Link |
SIRS Discoverer is a multidisciplinary database covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology.
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Other Search Apps
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ProCon.org
Provides professionally-researched pro, con, and related information on more than 50 controversial issues from gun control and death penalty to illegal immigration and alternative energy. PubMed
Comprises more than 25 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. After searching, be sure to select "Free Full-Text" to filter in only articles you can access. |