TexQuest X-Press Newsletter

Summer is around the corner. You can almost feel the long, hot days by the pool, river, or ocean with a book in hand. Before you leave for your hard earned summer break, we have a few updates for you!

Happy searching TexQuestrians! See you soon!

The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has made the decision to not renew ImageQuest due to budgetary constraints. Access to the resource will be deactivated 5/31/2023.

As a loyal TexQuest member, Britannica is pleased to offer you the opportunity to renew today at a discounted rate of 20% OFF the list pricing. Renewing is quick and easy, and it will give you uninterrupted access to all the features of ImageQuest. To continue, contact the Britannica sales team at salessupport@eb.com, and they will gladly assist you.

Britannica has updated the interface of the landing page for Britannica Elementary and Britannica Middle school. This update contains:

• An expanded search box, much larger than what was visible before
• Quick links to popular features
• Curriculum focused content
• A new "video of the week" portion

Access the recorded webinar of the update and presentation slide deck below:

Recorded webinar

Slide deck

Don't forget to visit Britannica Education to access webinars, product guides, and our personal favorite, the asset library with a wide variety of graphic organizers in fillable PDF format.

LearningExpress has added or updated several items within their product. To stay up-to-date on what's new, simply login to LEX, then select "What's New" from the top left hand corner of the landing page. The most recent updates can be found on this document.

Here are just a few of the most recent updates/additions:

• Keyboarding/Typing Skills Tutorial
• Additional Microlessons on grammar, mathematics, science, and more!
• Algebra videos
• Learning games on the periodic table, the human body, plant and animal cells, and so much more.

EBSCO has also created setup guides if your district has either Clever or ClassLink.

LearningExpress Clever SSO Setup Guide

LearningExpress ClassLink SSO Setup Guide

You can view a complete list of updates by visiting EBSCO Connect.

Gale has added or updated several fantastic templates, escape rooms, lesson plans and so much more on the Gale Support page. Take a look at just some of the improvements!

Summer Reading activities to prevent learning loss during the summer months

Lesson Plans on a variety of content areas at all levels

Projects including trading cards, bingo games, activity guides, and unit projects

Escape Rooms that offer a fun and educational way to end the school year

Scavenger Hunts that can be used to learn the resources while covering content

Graphic Organizers that can be used in all content areas

Visit Gale Support to view marketing materials, images, training materials, and more!

The folks at Learn360 have been busy adding lots of new content. This is a small taste of some of the recent updates:

• New video titles from producers such as PBS Kids and National Geographic
• New games from Mr. Nussbaum's Learning Games and Reading Comprehension Activities
• Expanded bilingual Spanish content to include storybooks, High School Science content, and English Language Literacy resources

For a full list of recently added content, visit Learn360.

ProQuest has added the following new content:

• 3 new controversial issues (Term Limits for Members of the U.S. Congress, Standardized Testing, and Dress Code)
• 10 new animal facts (Burrowing Owl, Capuchin Monkey, Ferret, Gerbil, Grey Parrot, Hornet, Orb Weaver Spider, Ptarmigan, Snug-Nosed Monkey, and Sugar Glider)
• More eBooks to include famous person biographies from publishers such as Mitchell Lane, Lerner, Enslow, and Oxford University Press (Tree Top InFact Series)

Google Single Sign-on Access is now available for interested districts.

Leaving ProQuest SIRS Discoverer: Scholastic backfile content will be removed. The most recent publication date is 2015. Please plan accordingly if you or anyone on your campus uses this content.

TeachingBooks has added more content to their Teaching Ideas portion.

• Timely topics such as units to support monthly themes like Asian American Pacific Islander Month and summer reading
• Ready-to-use ideas like genre studies, monthly lesson ideas, and picture book engagement

Be sure to visit TeachingBooks to view these spectacular ideas!

Join us for an overview of all the resources available in TexQuest for student investigations, accommodations, and classroom support. With TEKS-aligned articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books, as well as images, videos, and full-text eBooks to support your curriculum, TexQuest has instructional resources for every classroom and library. Join us for an exploration of ways TEKS aligned resources in TexQuest support student inquiry, as well as classroom presentations and projects.

Newsletter with registration links and schedule: https://www.smore.com/k7f30

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. Supported, in part, by appropriations from the Texas State Legislature, Texas districts pay a small per student participation fee to gain access to TexQuest resources from the providers listed on this page.

The Texas State Library and Archives Commission administers all aspects of the TexQuest program and is responsible for the selection and coordination of all TexQuest resources, as well as district invoicing.

Education Service Center, Region 20 serves as the TexQuest Support Center and is responsible for help desk, technical assistance, outreach, communication, and training to support the program.

Contact us with ANY TexQuest-related question. We are more than happy to help!

Email: texquest@esc20.info
Website: texquest.net
Location: 1314 Hines, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: 844-719-1501