Northside ISD Online Databases

No passwords are required to access the databases from a NISD computer unless otherwise noted. 
For home access, contact your campus librarian or Library Services (397-8190) for logins and passwords.

Database
Description

Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedias, images, web links, etc.


EBSCO Databases
Periodicals, books, newspapers, medical, professional, images, lexiles, translation function for many articles


Encyclopedia Britannica en Espanol
Spanish encyclopedia provided by Britannica
Library Catalog Library Catalog
Northside ISD Library Holdings
NetTrekker
NetTrekker
Educational search engine of over 180,000 online resources selected by educators to be safe, age-appropriate, & relevant

TeachingBooks.net
Authors and books, web links

United Streaming
Videos and images on United Streaming

(User ID & password required for all access)

Visual Thesaurus
Interactive dictionary and thesaurus
World Book Encyclopedia Online
Encyclopedia, web links, Spanish Encyclopedia
Federated Search
Description
NISD Elementary School
Federated Search
Provides a simultaneous search of 11 selected databases appropriate for elementary school students
NISD Middle School
Federated Search
Provides a simultaneous search of 21 selected databases appropriate for middle school students
NISD Professional
Federated Search
Provides a simultaneous search of 38 databases
Each NISD high school has its own federated search.
See the campus Library Staff for login and password information.
Database Showcase, quarterly webazine, highlights campus use of the databases
Tour de Databases, an online tutorial of Northside's databases