Library

Find your next great read in the Tomball Memorial High School Library! 

Through our catalog, you can search by title, author, genre, and even topic. Once you have found a book you would like, please follow the instructions in this short video to place a hold and the book will be delivered to you.

 

 

**Please note that you must be logged into your Tomball ISD Google account to access these instruction.

 

Need help finding that just right book? These sites can help.

 

State and National Reading Lists:

 

9 Elements of Digital Citizenship by Mike Ribble:

Need more information about digital citizenship? Find it on the site below:

 

The eBook resources listed below are available to Tomball Memorial students. Please note that most of these resources require entry of a username and password for access.

 

Find usernames and passwords here. Please note that you must be logged-in to your Tomball ISD Google account to access the codes. 

 

Six non-fiction and reference eBook collections with almost 200,000 titles, including: K-8 Collection, Academic Collection, Business Collection, Education Collection, and History Collection.

 

Access eBooks available from the Tomball Memorial Library through Follett Destiny.

 

JLG Digital contains eBooks that can be accessed from any Internet-connected device.

 

Mackin VIA contains a variety of fiction and non-fiction eBooks on an assortment of topics. 

 

Project Gutenberg is a database containing a large variety of digitized books free to use. No username and password are required for access.

 

Read eBooks on a variety of interests through Sora. Access through Schoology or Classlink. 

Find information about SAT preparation and registration, specific colleges, scholarships, and financial aid.

 

Find information about jobs and careers on the resources listed below:

Occupational Outlook Handbook 

 

Create a budget for your life based on your future plans and goals.

 

Find information about each specific military branch:

 

Find information about vocational and trade schools in Texas and throughout the United States.

 

Need information that you haven't been able to find in the TMHS library? These libraries are always lending and open online.

 

 

Need something to do? 

Try one of the makerspace activities below!

 

Do you like puzzles? Let's stick together and complete this one together!

All of the databases below are available to Tomball Memorial High School students. These databases will help when completing research assignments and can be accessed from any computer or smart device with an Internet connection. Because most of these are subscription databases, a username and password are required for access.

 

Find usernames and passwords here. Please note that you must be logged-in to your Tomball ISD Google account to access the codes.

 

TexQuest provides access to authoritative digital resources for educators and students in Texas K-12 public schools. It contains an assortment of databases on a myriad of subjects and academic disciplines. 

 

 

Get quick facts and in-depth information on a wide variety of subjects. Start research projects with multiple resources in one place. In addition, find multimedia to use in projects and presentations.

 

Six non-fiction and reference eBook collections with almost 200,000 titles, including: K-8 Collection, Academic Collection, Business Collection, Education Collection, and History Collection.

 

Designed for secondary students, the Gale resources are a multidisciplinary collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other specialized reference sources accessible from school or home.

 

JSTOR provices access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

 

 

Learn360 is the ultimate streaming multimedia resource for the K-12 educational market---the complete district solution. Teachers, students, and parents can access more than 153,000 media resources on an Internet-enabled device, anytime, anywhere, and engaging content landing pages make it easy to find the wealth of videos, interactives, printables, audio content, and maps and flags. The entire site and all landing pages can be filtered by grade lever (all grades, elementary, or middle/high) for targeted browsing.

 

Learning Express for High Schools provides online access to a unique and extensive collection of academic, college preparation and career-related tutorials, practice tests, articles, eBooks and flashcards. It includes tools for academic skill-building, college and career exploration, college admissions test preparation, military exploration and preparation, workplace skills development and more.

 

SIRS Discoverer is a multidisciplinary database covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology.

 

 

 

An online database that can be used by teachers, students, librarians, and families to explore children's books and young adult literature and their authors. The database provides access to educational materials and programs (short movies, audio book readings, book discussion guides) that add a multimedia dimension to reading in the classroom, library, and home.

 

 

These do not require usernames or passwords for access.

 

 

Provides professionally-researched pro, con, and related information on more than 50 controversial issues from gun control and death penalty to illegal immigration and alternative energy.

 

Comprises more than 25 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. After searching, be sure to select "Free Full-Text" to filter only articles you can access.

 

 

Find helpful reference information on a variety of topics on the sites below:

 

 

Logos - Multilingual Online Dictionary

Rhymer - Rhyming Dictionary

 

 

Locate scholarly articles

 

Website evaluation and citation are important steps in the research process. To learn about these, please visit the sites below:

 

 

 

Tomball ISD and the Lone Star-Tomball Community Library have partnered to provide students increased access to HCPL materials through the SPARK program. 

 

 

Account Login Information:

Library Card #: T+ID Number (ex: T123456)

Pin #: Birthday Month + Date (ex: 0101)