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EISD Library Card Catalogs (K-12)
Destiny Library Manager helps school librarians create an engaging and collaborative learning community, while supporting efficient management of the school library collection and district digital resources. The Destiny Library management systems helps librarians connect students, teachers and parents to the content they need when they need it.
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Tumblebooks
TumbleBook Library Educators' Resources website is where one click will give you instant access to a grade appropriate classroom activity. All of the activities are designed to compliment the books in the TumbleBook Library collection.
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TexQuest
TexQuest is a statewide digital resources program of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission that provides anytime, anywhere access to high quality, authoritative digital resources to all educators, students and students' immediate families in public schools and open enrollment charter schools in the great state of Texas.
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AR Book Finder
Searching for books that have Accelerated Reader quizzes is easier than ever with AR BookFinder, the new, web-based book searching tool from Renaissance Learning. With this free online tool, students, parents, teachers, and librarians can search for interesting and appropriate books quickly and easily-and open up a whole new world of reading possibilities. You can search for books that have a corresponding Accelerated Reader quiz. You can search by reading level, interest level, title, author, and subject. You can also print a book list. Simply select the titles that interest you, place them in their AR BookBag on the website, and print a list of titles you can take to the bookstore or public library.
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AR Home Connect (K-8)
Renaissance Home Connect improves the school-to-home connection by allowing parents and students to log in to a Web site and view the student’s reading practice and progress towards goals. Access to online results promotes discussion between parents and students, which motivates students and can make reading practice even more effective. In addition, parents can specify up to six email addresses to receive automatic updates in English or Spanish on their student’s reading progress. See your child's teacher to activate this AR home program.
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World Book Online
The World Book Web is a suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites. Password protected. See your child's librarian or library assistant.
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American Library Association
The ALA is the oldest and largest library association in the world. Includes association information, news, events, and advocacy resources for members, librarians, etc.
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Texas Library Association
Welcome to the website of the Texas Library Association! Now a century old, TLA is the largest state library association in the U.S. Its 7,000+ members are employed in all types of libraries (academic, public, school, and special). TLA's membership also includes library vendors and citizens who support libraries as trustees, members of Friends of the Library organizations, and library users.