There are 22 literature databases in our collection. Most of these databases have multiple volumes inside each database. Today, American History Through Literature, let’s select 1870-1920. Students can browse through the table of contents, the book index, list of illustrations, or view this database by volume. Or, on the right-hand side of the page students can use the search window to enter a search for articles about American specific search. Let’s History that include the influence of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). There are 71 articles on American History which include information about Samuel Clemens. In addition, you may narrow this search even further by using the limited search window to the right. For today, the article on the Adventures of let’s select Huckleberry Finn. Students can change the format of this article by viewing it as an eBook, or they can listen to the article being read to them. In addition, like Opposing ViewPoints Gale’s database, there are many tools students can use. Students can cite the article for their reference page, e-mail, download, print, save, download as an MP3 file, or share this article with classmates. Also, they can highlight and take notes while reading the article, or even translate the article if English is their second language. Lastly, they can search for related subjects in this database. Most teachers ask students to write a works cited or reference page for their research assignments, so look at this tool. When students click on this tool they get a popup let’s window over the article. Students can change the citation format (e.g. MLA 8th edition, MLA 7th edition, APA, etc.). They can either copy/paste the citation into their paper, or download the citation to their computer. They can even export the citation to several different online applications.
There are 22 literature databases in our collection. Most of these databases have multiple volumes inside each database. Today, let’s select American History Through Literature, 1870-1920. Students can browse through the table of contents, the book index, list of illustrations, or view this database by volume. Or, on the right-hand side of the page students can use the search window to enter a specific search. Let’s search for articles about American History that include the influence of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). There are 71 articles on American History which include information about Samuel Clemens. In addition, you may narrow this search even further by using the limited search window to the right. For today, let’s select the article on the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Students can change the format of this article by viewing it as an eBook, or they can listen to the article being read to them. In addition, like Gale’s Opposing ViewPoints database, there are many tools students can use. Students can cite the article for their reference page, e-mail, download, print, save, download as an MP3 file, or share this article with classmates. Also, they can highlight and take notes while reading the article, or even translate the article if English is their second language. Lastly, they can search for related subjects in this database. Most teachers ask students to write a works cited or reference page for their research assignments, so let’s look at this tool. When students click on this tool they get a popup window over the article. Students can change the citation format (e.g. MLA 8th edition, MLA 7th edition, APA, etc.). They can either copy/paste the citation into their paper, or download the citation to their computer. They can even export the citation to several different online applications.
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