Recommended databases for background information
- Gale Virtual Reference Library - Literature Research This link opens in a new windowGale eBook editions of Concise Major 21st Century Writers, Drama for Students, Novels for Students, Poetry for Students, and Short Stories for Students.
- Short Stories for Students - GVRL This link opens in a new windowProvides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance.
- Oxford Reference: LiteratureSearch over 50 titles such as A Dictionary of Critical Theory, The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States and more.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library - Literature Research This link opens in a new windowGale eBook editions of Concise Major 21st Century Writers, Drama for Students, Novels for Students, Poetry for Students, and Short Stories for Students.
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Recommended online databases for finding articles about Literature and Literary Criticism
- Literary Reference Source EBSCO This link opens in a new windowContains the full text of articles/essays of literary criticism, author biographies, literary journals, author interviews, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories, classic texts, and plot summaries, synopses and work overviews as well as eBook versions of many authoritative reference resources.
- Humanities Source Ultimate EBSCO This link opens in a new windowIncludes more 1,200 journals in full-text. Provides articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.
- Academic Search Complete EBSCO This link opens in a new windowProvides a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals - of which more than 7,300 are peer-reviewed journals.
- Directory of Open Access JournalsDOAJ is a community-curated list of open access journals and aims to be the starting point for all information searches for quality, peer reviewed open access material.
- Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
Black Thought and Culture contains 1,303 sources with 1,210 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans.
Featured Resources
Dictionary of Untranslatables by Call Number: ebbok; click to accessISBN: 9780691138701Publication Date: 2014-02-09This is an encyclopedic dictionary covering hundreds of important philosophical, literary, and political terms and concepts that defy easy--or any--translation from one language and culture to another.
Teaching Tough Topics: How do I use children's literature to build a deeper understanding of social justice, equity, and diversity? by
Teaching Tough Topicsshows teachers how to lead students to become caring citizens as they read and respond to quality children's literature. It focuses on topics that can be challenging or sensitive yet significant for building an understanding of social justice, diversity and equity. Racism, homophobia, bullying, religious intolerance, poverty, and physical and mental challenges are just some of the themes explored. The book is rooted in the belief that, by using picture books, novels, poetry, and nonfiction, teachers can enrich learning with compassion and empathy as students make connections to texts, to others and to the world.
Call Number: ebook; click to accessISBN: 9781551383415Publication Date: 2020-01-10
