Suggested Resources - 2018 - English 10: Appreciating Voice in the Short Story - Robinson Secondary Library at Robinson Secondary School

Current Events, Culture, History, & Geography

Global Issues in Context This link opens in a new window
International viewpoints on global issues and current events. Features Issue and Country Portals that bring together a variety of sources for analysis. Includes multimedia sources such as podcasts, video, and interactive graphs.
News (Gale Onefile) This link opens in a new window
Major U.S. and international newspapers; search for full text articles by title, headline, date, newspaper section, etc. A one-stop source for current news and searchable archives.
Science in Context This link opens in a new window
Covers today's most significant science topics. Includes reference content and full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.
eLibrary This link opens in a new window
Magazines, newspapers, books, television/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, and audio/video clips.
U.S. History in Context This link opens in a new window
Significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. Reference content and full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.
CultureGrams This link opens in a new window
Unique, reliable cultural information for states and countries; vital statistics; maps, history, recipes, flags, and biographies.
World History in Context This link opens in a new window
Covers significant people, events and topics in World History. Full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.

GVRL (Gale Virtual Reference Library)

Open the following database to browse reference eBooks (similar to encyclopedias); please let me know if you have questions.

Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
eReference - Articles from encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Author's Biography & Literature

Books and Authors This link opens in a new window
Explore genre fiction and non-fiction. Includes Gale's What Do I Read Next? collection. Find your next book to read, and recommendations.
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Learn about influential people in all disciplines; includes reference and periodical articles, and multimedia. Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender. Updated frequently with current events.