Leon Taylor Junior High Library

LIBRARIES MATTER!
Our libraries strive to promote reading and ensure
that students and staff are effective users of information
enabling them to be life-long learners.

Wendy Allen, District Librarian

Jennifer Ortiz, Library Assistant

Give us a call. (361)776-2232

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Several resources below require a username and/or password.
Stop by the library or email Ms. Allen, the District Librarian, for login information.

Bibliography Help: Easy Bib
Free Automatic Bibliography & Citation Maker.

High quality digital content, interactive lessons, assessments, and professional development.

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OVERDRIVE: Enjoy thousands of popular and best-selling eBooks and audio books free from your school library. Available to students & parents, faculty & staff on any device. For desktops, click the icon above. For devices, download the free OverDrive Media Console APP from iTunes or Google Play. Stop by the library or email Ms. Allen, your District Librarian, for help with login information or other assistance.

Surpass Safari Looking for a good book? Click here to search the LTJH Library collections!

8th graders, pictured below, navigate to Opposing Viewpoints in Context for research using Chrome Books.

Click the icons below to access TexQuest digital resources! Stop by the library or email Ms. Allen, your District Librarian, for login information.

News articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

An innovative Web-based full-text newspaper database which allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned fields. With InfoTrac Newsstand, you can search a collection of more than 1,000 newspapers.

An engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the new solution features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. A fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 300 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips.

Click the TexQuest icon below to access all K-12 digital resources available to students, parents and educators!

Fully integrated database containing documents, biographies, topic essays, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 300 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips. Recommended for Intermediate and Middle School. Features include: TEKS Correlation, Article Translations, Read Aloud, Bookmark, Citation Tools, and Lexiles.

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