Rio Grande City High School
Library Resources
These databases contain thousands of magazines, newspapers, reference materials, professional resources, lesson plans, primary sources, videos, maps, images, etc. They are excellent resources for both students and staff. They can be accessed at school or home via the internet.
MackinVIA is a complete eResource management system that provides easy access to eBooks, audiobooks, educational databases and more. With just one login, users can view, utilize and manage all the eResources.
Comics Plus® includes digital access for every student or patron—in school, in the library, and at home. Every title is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for offline reading, with unlimited, simultaneous checkouts to maximize circulation through book clubs, reading programs, makerspace activities, and other engaging initiatives.
This database includes the most up-to-date Encyclopedia Britannica collection in both English and Spanish Includes articles, timelines, maps, charts, images, lesson plans and links to related information.

Provides a collection of learning enters with practice tests, skill-building courses, exercises, and eBook on such topics as jobs and careers, software tutorials, elementary math and reading skills, ACT, TSI, AP test preparation, and personal finance skills.
Peterson's Test and Career Prep-Provides access to research tools on careers and higher education possibilities. Includes tests for certification in a number of vocations along with career planning tools and test-taking strategies.
TEXQUEST - Learn360
This video and image database provides access to thousands of education related videos and images. It allows for searches based on subject, keyword, grade level, state standards, etc. Excellent or extending lessons for visual and auditory learners.
ProQuest-SIRS Discover– Provides full-text articles and images from over 1,000 newspapers, magazines, and government documents to be used by students grades 1-12 for research.
This database creates animated, curricular context that engages students supports educators, and bolsters achievement. Resources include movies, quizzes, games, mobile apps, experiments, activity pages , coding ad much more covering hundreds of topics in all subject areas. Available in Jr., ESL, Spanish and French app versions.
TeachingBooks.net is an easy –to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children’s and young adult books. Our online database is developed and maintained to include thousand of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K-12 environment, wit every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities.
News-O-Matic is an educational resource for students in grades K through 8. Every weekday, News-O-Matic publishes interactive daily news content that teaches children 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, media literacy, and global awareness. Thousands of schools incorporate News-O-Matic articles into their literacy, science, social studies, and social-emotional learning curricula. News-O-Matic is available across the web and all mobile devices, facilitating learning anywhere and anytime.
Provides Follett Destiny is the interface for students and educators to search and access all your print and digital resources, including eBooks, audiobooks, and interactive books, as well as items checked out through your school library.