The State of Texas helps pay the bulk of the cost for all Texas students and their families to have access to some databases. Currently, we receive a much reduced rate for Britannica Online and Gale Group/Cengage databases, both of which cover general information, and for the Matthews photo databases about the American West and American Indians. Gale databases have journals, magazines, news, books, National Georgaphic for Kids and more. Britannica Encyclopedia is no longer published in print. Searching Britannica Online in a search engine does not take students to the site that is paid for.
Each campus has a login and password for the databases and a link to the site for its campus. If students use Destiny Discover and are logged in with their Spring ISD username and password, they won't need to remember any other logins. The databases are integrated into Destiny Discover. (See Destiny Search in the Resources tab above for more help.)
Some campuses purchase additional databases for their students. The school librarian can assist students with that information.
Students with a Harris County Public Library card may access more databases at http://www.hcpl.net/ref/dbsubs.htm and applications for library cards are located at http://www.hcpl.net/about/library-cards and we encourage all students to get their own library cards.
We can also recommend some online databases that are free.