Students (K to 12)

Database Name	Database Description
Book Review Digest Plus	Brings together book reviews on subjects such as art, biography, business, education, general interest, history, and more with coverage back to 1983.
CREDO Common Core Collection	General reference resource for researchers at any level. Addresses over 100 topics and includes articles from over 1,100 titles as well as thousands of short reference videos and high-resolution art images.
Explora Elementary School Edition	First stop for elementary school students just beginning to do research.
Explora for High School	First stop for high school students, this database delivers results including articles, essays, primary source documents and videos.
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia	Contains easy-to-read entries written specifically for elementary and middle school students
Houston Chronicle	Full-text from articles in the Houston Chronicle from 1985 through the present.
Literary Reference Center	Provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
MAS Ultra School Edition	For high school libraries, this contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines.
Middle Search Plus	For junior high students, this database contains full-text magazine articles, biographies, primary sources, and historical essays.
Houston Metropolitan News	Find information on community and state issues, business, cultural events, government, politics and more from over 70 Houston area news sources including newspapers, blogs and web-only content.
Newspaper Source	Provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, as well as full-text television & radio news transcripts.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context	Covers today’s hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. Supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Includes a category for the National Debate Topic.
Primary Search	For elementary school students, this database has articles from popular children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedia articles and lots of pictures.
SciTech Collection	Covers key STEM areas and carefully curated STEM related ebooks.
Science in Context	Includes contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics contained in full-text magazines and more.
TeachingBooks.net	Provides multimedia content to complement children’s and young adult books in an easy-to-use online resource. Content in English and Spanish. If you receive an error message, select "Continue to this website."
TOPIC Search	Allows students to explore current events including social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in classrooms.
20th Century American Poetry & 20th Century English Poetry	Includes the full-text of American & British Poetry from the 20th Century.