Resources include:

• Academic Search Premier
• American Humanities Index
• Business Source Premier
• Communication & Mass Media Complete
• ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center)
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
• Health Source (Consumer Edition)
• History Reference Center
• MagillOnLiterature Plus
• General Reference (MAS Ultra: Magazines, Reference Books, Images, Biography, Documents)
• Newspaper Source
• Professional Development Collection
• Regional Business News
• TOPICsearch

Resources include:

• Science
• History-Multicultural Information
• Landmark Documents
• Geography-The World Atlas
• Health Reference Center
• Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
• Forms-Personal & Business

Resources include:

• Professional Collection (Journals)
• Newspapers
• Informe (en Español)
• Student Edition-Magazines, Newspapers, Reference Books
• Expanded Academic ASAP-Scholarly Journals, News Magazines, Newspapers
• General Reference Center Gold-Magazines, Reference Books, Newspapers
  Texas Almanac
• Health Resource Center
• Literature Resource Center-Scribner Writers, Twayne Authors
• Discovering Collection (Reference for Literature, History, Biography, Science, Social Studies, Multicultural Studies)
• Opposing Viewpoints
• Biography Resource Center
• Science Resource Center

http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

Multimedia resources aligned to state standards.  Contact your campus librarian or the Professional Library for sign-up information.

Useful Web Pages

Disclaimer:
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD is not responsible for content on remote sites.

http://www.esc4.net/

Region 4 ESC :  Region 4 Education Service Center provides professional development training and resources that support statewide goals for school improvement.

http://www.4teachers.org

Helps integrate technology into the classroom by offering online tools and resources for students and teachers in English and Spanish.

http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex

Searchable indexes that find which Gale literature series include entries on an author by name, birth date, death date, or nationality and literature criticisms by title of a literary work.

http://www.big6.com/kids/

Research and problem-solving process using library and information skills and resources.
Planners, organizers and activities for Students, Teachers and Parents.

http://www.schoolnotes.com

Access teacher-created assignments and various general reference resources using campus zip code.

http://citationmachine.net/

Allows students to complete a template with their resource’s publication information and then creates for them both MLA and APA citations.

http://www.chron.com

Newspaper & Archives (Requires zip code and personal subscription account number)

Harris County Public Library

http://www.hcpl.lib.tx.us/

Resources available from Harris County Public Libraries

Houston Public Library Databases

http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/hpl/database.html

Resources available from Houston Public Library

Biography.com

http://www.biography.com/

Search over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present.

Bartleby.com

http://www.bartleby.com/

Index to quotations from great books online.

CIA World Fact Book

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Information and maps of countries of the world.

http://www.firstgov.gov

The United States government official web portal, providing links to federal, state, local, and tribal governments nationwide.

Handbook of Texas

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/

Multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture.

High School Hub

http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm

Portal to online academic resources for high school students.

Infoplease.com

http://www.infoplease.com/

Index to current facts updated daily.

http://www.ipl.org

Internet library services provided by the University of Michigan School of Information.

Inventure Place

http://www.invent.org

Indexed information from the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Library Spot

http://www.libraryspot.com/about.htm

Virtual library resource center for Web research information.

MapQuest

http://www.cfisd.net/exiting.asp?url=http://www.mapquest.com/about/main.adp

Popular source for maps and driving directions.

Merriam-Webster Online

http://www.m-w.com/

Dictionary and thesaurus online.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

U.S. Dept. of Education’s site for career and occupation information.

http://gutenberg.net

Free electronic books presented in a variety of formats.

Scholastic Assistance for Global Education

http://wehner.tamu.edu/sage/

Wide variety of information about the global village.

CFISD Summer Reading Lists
Summer 2008

Caldecott Medal

http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html

Lists winners of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Coretta Scott King Award

http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking/index.html

Lists authors and illustrators of African descent whose books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream. "

Tayshas High School Reading List

http://www.txla.org/groups/yart/tayshaslists.html

Lists current literature for young adults recommended by Texas Library Association.