What is TexQuest? TexQuest is a statewide digital resources program that provides anytime, anywhere access to high quality, authoritative digital resources.

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What is 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 public schools and open enrollment charter schools.

How do I access the TexQuest resources? Go to the high school web page. Click on the Library tab. Select the TexQuest resource you wish to use. See you teacher or librarian for the password.

What digital resources are included with TexQuest? TexQuest is a resource sharing program, administered by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, for Texas K- 12 public school and open enrollment private school communities.

What’s in Gale? Magazine Articles Newspaper Articles Excerpts from Reference Books E-books Full text Magazines News Clips Videos Audio Files Images

What is in Britannica Schools? Britannica School - 3 Levels 2 Levels Spanish Encyclopedia

What’s in Adam Matthew Digital? Digitized Reproductions of Historical: Photographs Journals & Diaries Books Maps Broadsides Drawings

Which eBooks are included in EBSCO?

What is in SIRS Discoverer? ProQuest SIRS Discoverer: K-8 General Content, Web Links, eBooks

What is Teaching Books.net? Meet-the-Author Movies & Book Readings Author Name Pronunciation Recordings Instructional Materials: Lesson Plans, Vocabulary Lists Booklists & Customizable Reading Lists Sharing Tools: QR Codes, Bookmarks And much more…..

Don’t just Google it! Check out the TexQuest resources today. You’ll be amazed at what you find!!!