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Science Resource Center

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Covers curriculum-related science topics and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to TEKS objectives and national standards. Researching science topics has never been easier- thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, multimedia files, articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to reviewed web sites are included.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

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Draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale sources to present a dynamic online library of current event topics-the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors.

History Resource Center: U.S.

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Provides integrated access to over 1,000 primary source documents, over 30,000 reference articles, and over 65 full-text journals covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present.

History Resource Center: World

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Offers a virtual library of the resources needed to study 20th century world history within a flexible, comprehensive and convenient search tool, drawing on themes and trends from the current history curriculum and world history textbooks.

Biography Resource Center

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This comprehensive online database combines more than 330,000 biographies from Gale sources with full-text magazine articles on contemporary and historic figures in literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, arts and other fields.

LitFinder for Schools

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LitFinder for Schools includes all of the full-text poetry, short stories, essays, plays, and speeches contained in LitFinder, including 126,500 poems, 5,000 short stories, 2,800 essays, 1,800 speeches, and 1,000 plays. LitFinder for Schools, which is international in scope and covers all time periods, also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary. A subject navigator that lists subjects of interests to students, provides over 10,000 subject headings. Basic and advanced search modes allow students to search by keyword, author, subject, work title, work date, nationality, gender, timeline, and more.

WEB FEET Core Collection

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Student-appropriate sites covering the curriculum and general reference needs of middle and high school students.

Informe

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ˇInforme!. Created exclusively for Spanish-speaking users, this full-text electronic reference tool is the first system to provide indexing, images and full text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations. Also included is a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking users.
 
Consulta

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Consulta provides a comprehensive collection of Spanish-language materials, including award-winning reference material from both Gale and Oceano, a wide range of journals, plus essential primary source documents.

Testing & Education Reference Center

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Helps users prepare for higher education and the work world in a variety of ways. This detailed database includes information on private high schools, undergraduate and graduate programs and executive education programs, searchable by location, major, tuition, sports and more. Also features interactive online practice tests for preparatory examinations including entrance exams and certification and licensing tests.

Book Reviews Index Online

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BRI Online is a comprehensive guide to book reviews that includes more then 5 million review citations from thousands of publications, including refereed journals, general interest publications, and newspapers. It includes the entire backfile from the original print edition of Book Review Index, which dates back to 1965. Built on the InfoTrac Web platform, BRI Online is searchable by author of book reviewed, title of book reviewed, publication date, reviewer, title of review, review length, journal, refereed publications, reading level, and more.

Book Reviews Index Online Plus

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BRI Online Plus includes more then 5 million review citations from thousands of publications, including refereed journals, general interest publications, and newspapers. It also includes more then 634,000 full-text reviews from InfoTrac OneFile and InfoTrac Expanded Academic. Comprising the entire backfile from the original print edition of Book Review Index, which dates back to 1965. Built on the InfoTrac Web platform, BRI Online Plus is searchable by author of book reviewed, title of book reviewed, publication date, reviewer, title of review, review length, journal, refereed publications, reading level, and more.

What Do I Read Next?

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Includes more than 93,000 recommended titles, more than 51,000 plot summaries, and awards information from more than 552 awards, helps students uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles.

Gale Virtual Reference Library - [Titles]

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Gale Virtual Reference Library provides the same trusted content we create for your library shelves now available online 24/7. It allows you to build your own custom e-book collection that meets your students needs, and cross search them with your Texas Virtual Library Collection of databases. On trial for you today are eight separate curriculum relevant e-book titles for you to evaluate. Build your own Gale Virtual Reference Library when you purchase any combination of the 400 plus titles available now!

ClassTrac

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Working in tandem with your textbooks and current online resources, ClassTrac picks up where your classroom materials leave off, delivering full-text and multimedia content -- updated daily -- that places today's events in the context of learning. Quite simply, ClassTrac is the most academically efficient and cost-effective way to leverage your investment in instructional material.

 



 

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