Research Resources
The Pearson Patriots' Library
A Frisco ISD Library
Embedded Files
Yes, there's an app for that!
Use Mackinvia.
Use Mackinvia.
Mackinvia provides audiobooks, learning databases, eBooks, and videos for all students and staff in Frisco ISD. To see what Mackinvia provides for middle school, go here. To access Mackinvia, do these steps.
Go to Mackinvia.
For the school, enter Pearson Middle School, Frisco Texas.
Enter your student ID number - the number you enter to buy lunch - for the User ID.
Enter your eight-digit birthdate. (MMDDYYYY)
Important: Save resources to your Google Drive, not Mackinvia itself. Need help? Ask a professional in the library.
Need help navigating Mackinvia? Watch this video.
Use TexQuest.
Use TexQuest.
TexQuest is a statewide digital resources program that provides anytime, anywhere access to high-quality, authoritative digital resources to all educators, students, and students' immediate families in Texas K-12 schools.
Cite Your Sources.
Cite Your Sources.
If you use MackinVia databases, such as Gale or Brittanica for Schools, the databases generate the citations for you, and you just need to copy and paste them into your document.
If you need to generate a citation because the source does not contain the citation, consider using Purdue Owl.
Understand Copyright.
Understand Copyright.
Copyright provides ownership of original works, and it is automatically applied to original works. Most importantly, copyright is U.S. law passed by the United States Congress. To ensure that you are not plagiarizing content and breaking copyright law, always cite other people's works and ideas with in-text citations and a references (work cited) page.
Avoid plagiarism.
Avoid plagiarism.
To ensure that you are not plagiarizing content and breaking copyright law, always cite other people's works and ideas with in-text citations and a references (work cited) page
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