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Library
 
The Texas Christian School Elementary & Junior High Library is located on the second floor of the Main Campus building. The library serves students and faculty of Texas Christian Elementary & Junior High School and houses approximately 9,400 volumes and over 250 other media resources. The library staff is committed to serving students and faculty in all areas of academic research as well as supporting the school's curriculum. The library is open daily when school is in session, from 1 p.m. till 4 p.m. The library is always accessible to teachers for special projects, etc.

Texas Christian High School Library is located in the south wing of the High School Building. Periodicals are available as well as a growing library of fiction, reference volumes and other resources. Please pray about how you can help build the collection.

Internet References - If you know a website that would be helpful here, please send us an email and let us know:    office@TexasChristianSchool.org

References  
Rice University Library www.rice.edu/fondren
Houston Public Library www.hpl.lib.tx.us
Pro-quest Direct periodical database accesses over 2000 periodicals www.proquest.com/pqdweb
E-library database that accesses newspapers, magazines, books www.elibrary.com/s/edumark
Reference Desk www.refdesk.com
Merriam-Webster Online www.webster.com
Thesaurus www.thesaurus.com
World's largest free reference sight www.infoplease.com
Library of Congress lcweb.loc.gov
Encyclopedia Britannica www.britannica.com
Questia www.questia.com
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations http://www.online-literature.com/quotes/quotations.php
Information Please Kids' Almanac kids.infoplease.com
Webster's Dictionary www.m-w.com
Citation Machine http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.php
Mapquest www.mapquest.com
The Quotations Page www.starlingtech.com/quotes
Multimedia Archive  http://ap.accuweather.com
Texas Library Connection  http://trials.galegroup.com/tlc
U.S. Achievement Academy Online Library - Great Resource!! http://www.usaa-academy.com/nerc/index.html
Social Sciences/Humanities  
National Gallery of Art www.nga.gov
Texas Constitution www.capitol.state.tx.us/txconst/toc.html
Texas House of Representatives www.house.state.tx.us
Texas Senate Homepage www.senate.state.tx.us
Texas Legislature Online www.capitol.state.tx.us
White House www.whitehouse.gov
50 States www.50states.com
Map Collections memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Geographian Homepage www.geographia.com
Eye Witness www.ibiscom.com
Country Watch www.countrywatch.com
Texas History www.tsha.utexas.edu
The History Place www.historyplace.com
Congress Link www.congresslink.org
History Archive www.history.about.com
HyperHistory Online www.hyperhistory.com
National Geographic Homework Help www.nationalgeographic.com/homework/
World Atlas & Maps - About Geography www.geography.about.com/library/maps/blindex.htm
English/Languages  
Guide to Grammar and Writing http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/
Basic Spanish http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm
Academy of American Poets www.poets.org
Great Books Online www.bartleby.com
Shakespeare http://shakespeare.palomar.edu
Mathematics  
Basic Statistics www.statsoftinc.com/textbook/stbasic.html
High School Hub: Math www.highschoolhub.org/hub/math.cfm
Go math gomath.com
Do Your Math www.doyourmath.com
Math www.math.com
Science  
Biology www.highschoolhub.org/hub/biology.cfm
Chemistry www.highschoolhub.org/hub/chem.cfm
Physics www.highschoolhub.org/hub/physics.cfm
Amazing Space-Web Activities amazing-space.stsci.edu
NASA www.nasa.gov
Periodic Table Adventure http://web.buddyproject.org/web017/web017
National Science Foundation http://nsdl.org
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century www.greatachievements.org
Economics  
Virtual Stock Exchange www.virtualstockexchange.com

 

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