CISD Elementary Library Databases

BrainPOP

BrainPOP Jr.

BrainPOP ELL

BrainPOP Español

BrainPOP Français

Content Areas: All PK-8

Offers curriculum-based movies and interactive features to be used in classrooms while studying health, reading, math, science, writing, and social studies.

Content Areas: All PK-12

Made for today’s digital classroom, with extensive, up-to-date information sources, Britannica School is specially designed for differentiated instruction, allowing students to move easily to material of higher or lower reading levels as needed.The content of Britannia School is reliable, age-appropriate, updated continuously and closely correlated to all curriculum standards.

Content Areas: All PK-12

More than three million rights-cleared images from over 60 of the best collections in the world are now available from one site—Britannica Image Quest. Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, the National Geographic Society, and other leading names have joined with Britannica to provide the best and broadest collection of proprietary educational imagery. Teachers can use the images in their classroom activities while students turn to the site for homework assignments and school projects.

Content Areas: Social Studies PK-12

Introduces the daily customs and lifestyle of cultures all over the world, as well as to their political, geographic, and economic structure.

Content Areas: Science K-5

Provides videos, webinars, games, activities, and text for students to use to learn about different topics.

Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-based digital content for K-12, transforming teaching and learning with award-winning digital textbooks, multimedia content, professional development, and the largest professional learning community of its kind.

Content Areas: All PK-5

Visit DK Find Out! to learn about dinosaurs, space, animals, nature & more. Fun learning activities for kids with videos, quizzes & galleries at DKFindOut.com

Content Areas: All K-8

Provides access to a collection of thousands of eBooks hosted by EBSCO.

Content Areas: All K-5

Provides a dedicated search interface for the EBSCO databases owned by an elementary school.

Content Areas: All PK-5

Articles designed especially for readers in grade 1-3. Includes biographies, Mythologies, Elements, Animals, Simple Machines and Countries.

Content Areas: Social Studies 3-5

More than 6,000 illustrated articles on people, places, and events in American history. Includes eras in American history, American Indians, U.S. states, the Presidents, and much more.

Content Areas: Social Studies K-5

Contains more than 600 profiles including all biographies listed in the TEKS.

Features clean screen designs that will allow young researchers to search by name, keyword, and category. The narrative history sections, which were included in the print special volumes, are accessible, along with Appendices, Glossaries, and Timelines. Entries are searchable alphabetically or by subject, and feature extensive cross-referencing.

Content Areas: All K-5

Provides a collection of articles, images, maps, flags, charts, and graphs for use by a student doing research on a variety of subjects including animals, inventions and technology, sports, transportation, history, and stories and literature.

Content Areas: All PK-12

Provides streaming video, audio, and support materials for K-12 classrooms on the arts, mathematics, vocational guidance, language arts, science and technology, world languages, social studies, and health.

Content Areas: All PK-5

Reputable, authoritative, and appropriate content that brings children aged 6-14 the world in a way they've never seen it before. Fun and substantive, National Geographic Kidswill take them on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.

PebbleGo Animals

PebbleGo Biographies

PebbleGo Health

PebbleGo Science

PebbleGo Social Studies

PebbleGo Animales-Wilson and Denton Creek

PebbleGo Ciencia-Wilson and Denton Creek

PebbleGo Biografias-Wilson and Denton Creek

PebbleGo Estudios Sociales-Wilson and Denton Creek

Pebble Go Salude-Wilson and Denton Creek

Content Areas: All PK-5

Each Database features expertly-leveled text and navigation specifically designed for your beginning researchers. Enriched with spoken word audio, text highlighting, and audio/video media, PebbleGo builds a foundation of research skills for every learner.

PebbleGo Next American Indian Studies

PebbleGo Next Biographies

PebbleGo Next Science

PebbleGo Next Social Studies

PebbleGo Next State

Content Areas: All 3-5

The next big idea begins with research! The PebbleGo Next family of databases helps students in Grades 3-5 learn about key concepts related to American Indians and States. Robust articles, all supported by read-aloud audio and connected to curriculum, include critical thinking questions to help students connect to larger ideas.

PowerKnowledge Life Science

PowerKnowledge Earth & Space Science

PowerKnowledge Physical Science

Content Areas: Science PK-5

PowerKnowledge Life Science, Earth & Space Science, and Physical Science are online science resources specifically designed for learners in grades 3 – 6. Comprised of curriculum-correlated content, PK Science promotes STEM education, Next Generation Science Standards, digital literacy, and 21st-century learning skills while offering research, report, and homework help.

Extensive photos and videos that enhance and extend learning. Text-to-speech and text highlighting, supporting challenged readers. Interactive games that reinforce skills and content. Hands-on science fair projects, experiments, and activities.

Content Areas: All K-5

Provides full-text articles and images from over 1,000 newspapers, magazines, and government documents to be used by students in grades one through nine for research.

Content Areas: All PK-12

TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. Their online database is developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities.

Content Areas: All PK-8

TumbleBookLibrary and TumbleMath is a curated database of multiuser children's e-books.

World Book Kids

World Book Student

World Book Advance

World Book Timelines

World Book Discover

World Book Ninos

Content Areas: All PK-12

World Book combines technology with traditional editorial excellence to produce authoritative, trustworthy and unbiased information. The content is carefully curated and meticulously written to be easily understood. World Book publications help to build fluency and increase comprehension. Illustrated with attention-grabbing photos, useful diagrams and maps, the books are designed to engage even the most reluctant reader. This collection of resources kindles a lifelong learning habit for every reader.