TexQuest Blog

Infobase Learn360 has launched tools to set up Active Grade Range and Content Suppression settings in your district product. This tool is to be utilized at the district level.

A webinar for district library leaders will be held on November 16, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. CT. If you are a district library lead and would like to attend, please register in advance for this meeting:

https://infobase.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlfu6rrDspGtFJMfr3YOJT5qmcJnLTunyw

Learn360 has also added an option to provide feedback on some of The Mailbox printables. If you see the option to select "I wish this were interactive," click on the purple button to let them know if you do or do not want it interactive!

Gale's ChiltonLibrary has been updated! ChiltonLibrary now offers an enhanced user experience with added features and functionality.

Notable enhancements include:

• Improved search capability, including a searchable Table of Contents for faster, more focused results
• Enhanced article navigation
• New user interface design and accessibility improvements 
• New Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) decoder widget and model-specific recall information
• Updated video library and animations

Additional details available on Gale's blog. - https://blog.gale.com/chiltonlibrary-offering-enhanced-platform-and-new-tools/

A webinar is scheduled for 11/17/2022 from 1:00-1:45 p.m. CT.  Visit the link below to register.

Explore Enhancements to Gale’s ChiltonLibrary
Thursday, November 17, 2022 from 1:00-1:45 PM CT
Gale's ChiltonLibrary provides car enthusiasts, students, and mechanics with access to maintenance and repair information (including a video library), labor estimating, and ASE test prep questions. Join this session to review the newly released enhancements including an updated and intuitive platform, VIN searching capabilities, and a Recent Vehicles option to easily navigate back to previous searches.

Register to attend or receive the recording: https://cengage.zoom.us/webinar/register/3616642968444/WN_sesybaygQJ63VdH34z6Zlw

ProQuest added the following items:

• 6 new Controversial Issues (Controversial Monuments, Cryptocurrencies, Driverless Vehicles, Gender Pay Gap, Homeschooling, and Puerto Rico Statehood)
• 20 Dorling Kindersley DK Eyewitness book titles found under the Nonfiction Book browse
• 10 new Reference Point book title additions
• A few more biographies for a total of 305 biographies

LearningExpress has released the list of updates to the resource. You will find updates have been made to the GRE, ACT, Praxis, 3rd grade STAAR math, and so much more!

Everyone is asking, when will the other STAAR practice exams be updated? EBSCO hopes to have them all updated by March/April, if not sooner.

To view a full list of updated materials, visit the EBSCO provider support page: https://ebsco.libguides.com/texquest/learning-express.

Content and curation controls are now available on TeachingBooks. These optional tools enable:

• Distribution of resources that limits student access to only the specific materials or sets of books that teachers choose to share.
• Parental control that activates browser-specific capabilities that limit student access and searching to titles based on selected grade levels.
• Grade level curation of titles for students signing in from campus

Learn more about these content and curation controls in the TeachingBooks FAQs. A webinar will be scheduled to explain the use of the controls and answer any questions.

In case you haven't noticed, we recently launched the updated TexQuest website! Because some of the links found within our website have changed, it is possible a link you had previously bookmarked may no longer work. If you receive the dreaded 404 message, please visit our website and bookmark the new link.

Our homepage address has not changed and can be found at https://texquest.net/welcome.

We hope you approve of the new features and look and feel!