Library

Helen and Everett Jones Library

The Helen and Everett Jones Library, located in Ayres Hall, serves both Upper and Middle School students. Library resources include books searchable via TMI’s online catalog, multiple subscription research databases and the Librarian’s Web Picks. Print resources include books, magazines, and newspapers. The Library is the access point for student printing and copying.

Accessing databases at home or off-campus

To access the TMI databases from home (including JSTOR, Science AAAS, SIRS, and others) or while off-campus, please login to onCampus and view the Resources board for database login information. If you are accessing the databases while logged onto the regular TMI WiFi, you will be automatically logged in when you click on a database link below.

Meet the Librarian

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    Lynn Lada 

    Librarian
    (210) 564-6147

Library Hours

7.30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Mon. through Fri.
Access outside of these times requires advance coordination with the librarian and the presence of a faculty member.
Databases & Tools

TMI Library (Online Card Catalog)

  • Atriuum Atriuum
    TMI Jones Library Online Card Catalog

Academic Search

  • Oxford English Dictionary Oxford English Dictionary
    The accepted authority for the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over 600,000 words across the English-speaking world.
  • JSTOR JSTOR
    Scholarly and academic journals, books, and primary sources.  Independent
  • Access World News Access World News
    Explore current diverse perspectives, hot topics and trends from credible, vetted, international, national and local news sources. Newsbank
  • Academic Search Complete Academic Search Complete
    Over 8,500 full-text scholarly periodicals, 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.  EBSCO
  • Academic OneFile Academic OneFile
    13,000 Peer-reviewed, scholarly full-text articles.
    GALE
  • SIRS ProQuest SIRS ProQuest
    Pro and Con on leading issues, today’s news, and world conflicts, and natural disasters with maps.
    Independent
  • Britannica Digital Learning Britannica Digital Learning
     

Science & Technology

  • Science In Context Science In Context
    Millions of full-text articles from hundreds of national and global newspapers, magazines, and journals.  GALE
  • Environmental Studies Environmental Studies
    Environmental case studies, current news, reference materials, academic journals, and videos from 400 different sites about Water Privatization, Global Change, Populations, Ecotourism, Air Pollution, the Green Economy and more. GALE
  • Science AAAS Science AAAS
    INDEPENDENT
  • Science & Technology Science & Technology
    EBSCO

Special Interest & Collections

Public Libraries

Classroom Videos

  • National Theatre Collection National Theatre Collection
    30 videos of live theater productions of Othello, Romeo & Juliet, Frankenstein, Antigone and more, with learning resources for each.
  • Classroom Video On Demand Classroom Video On Demand
    After you login, you are welcome to create your own account so you can create favorites and playlists.

Music Encyclopedia

  • Grove Music Online Grove Music Online
    Encyclopedic coverage of composers and musicians, music making and music scholarship with links to audio, video and print examples.

Middle School Tools

  • Britannica School Middle Britannica School Middle
    Selections for the Middle School curriculum.
  • Middle Search Plus Middle Search Plus
    Full text articles from 140 middle school magazines, 85,000 biographies, 110,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.  EBSCO
  • Gale in Context: Middle School Gale in Context: Middle School
    For Middle School with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines and primary sources for literature, science, social studies, and U.S. and world history classes.  GALE

History

World / International

News

  • Gale OneFile News Gale OneFile News
    Access to 2,300 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers plus leading titles from around the world.  GALE
  • Gale in Context: High School Gale in Context: High School
    Topic overviews, podcasts, videos and archival clips, primary sources, biographies, magazine and newspaper articles, maps and graphs. GALE
  • General OneFile General OneFile
    General-interest periodical database, with more than 8,000 titles
    GALE
  • MasterFile MasterFile
    Full text articles for 1,700, magazines, 500 reference books,164,400 primary source documents, and an Image Collection with over 592,000 photos, maps & flags.  EBSCO

Texas

Database Collections

Jones Library Atriuum Database mobile app

Wondering what titles are available in the Jones Library? Use the Atriuum On The Go mobile app for instant access to the library's catalog from your favorite mobile device. Search for books, DVDs, CDs and more. Use features like the Scan ISBN feature to capture the ISBN located on the physical item and search the library's collection; download from Google Play or iTunes. When prompted, enter the following settings: Server: tmi-sa.booksys.net, Port: 443, Library: ESOT, Use SSL: ON
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