Humanities – American Author Project
LITERATURE
Destiny Quest: Online Library Card Catalog
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- Login using your network username/password (tab on upper right side of page)
- Enter topic in “Search” box; click on “Go” twice
- Search term suggestions:
- title
- author
- title & author together
- title & the term “literary criticism” (The Grapes of Wrath literary criticism)
- author & the term “literary criticism” (i.e. John Steinbeck literary criticism)
- title & the term “literary theme”
- author & the term “literary theme”
- Results will also include ebooks and digital audio books that can be accessed via the “FollettShelf” tab
Download the following free apps to any personal device to borrow these materials:
Follett Destiny Quest (to search the online card catalog ONLY)
Follett Enlight Reader (FollettShelf ebooks ONLY)
network username/password; URL is https://wbb37523.follettshelf.com
Catalist Digital Audio (digital audio books ONLY)
Regularly install updates as prompted!
- Click on the “Web Site” tab underneath the “Search” box to access credible web resources
- 24/7 remote access
Databases:
To find additional literary criticism and author biographies, as well as information on various literary devices (i.e. plot, theme, tone, symbolism, point of view, etc.)
- Gale
- Biography in Context
- Student Resources in Context
- Literature Criticism Online
- Literature Resource Center
- Facts.com
- Bloom’s Literature
- Classroom Video on Demand (video streaming)
- MCLS (Monroe County Library System) – Databases can be accessed with your public library card
- Gale Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
- Gale Literary Criticism Online
- Gale Something About the Author Online
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (ebooks)
Websites:
HISTORY
Print Resources:
Browse the 973 books (across from the circulation desk), as they are arranged by decade.
Once you locate a decade relevant to the time period in which your author had written, get ideas regarding important people and significant events by exploring the Table of Contents and the Index.
Destiny Quest: Online Library Card Catalog
- Login using your network username/password (tab on upper right side of page)
- Enter topic in “Search” box; click on “Go” twice
- Search term suggestions:
- decade/time period (i.e. 1920’s)
- United States & decade
- specific person
- specific event
- Results will also include ebooks and digital audio books that can be accessed via the “FollettShelf” tab
- Download the free apps (listed above in the Literature section) to any personal device to borrow these materials
- Click on the “Web Site” tab underneath the “Search” box to access credible web resources
- 24/7 remote access
Databases: Search by decade/time period or specific event
- Gale
- Student Resources in Context
- U.S. History in Context
- Facts on File
- Modern World History
- World News Digest (1940’s – present)
- Classroom Video on Demand (video streaming)
LITERATURE & HISTORY
Safari Montage: Multimedia Resources (link on Databases page; use network login)
- Access to video-on-demand, audio clips, images, etc.
- Click on “Search” tab and customize your search using the limiters on the left-hand side of the page
- Save searches to your playlist
OverDrive: (ebooks and digital audio books)
- Monroe 1 BOCES Library
- Select ‘Fairport Central Schools’ from the drop-down menu
- Login with your network username & password
- Search for a book in digital and/or audio format
- Download checkout (READ format ebook or MP3 audio book) to a personal device
- OR if you don’t have a personal device, download checkout (READ format ebook or MP3 audio book) into the cloud
- You will then be able to access it from any device by going back to the BOCES Overdrive website and logging in.
- Monroe County Library System
- Adobe Acrobat Reader free download required on a personal device
Citing Sources:
- Comprehensive, centralized information on citing sources and parenthetical documentation (citing within your paper) regarding MLA 7, APA, Chicago style, etc.
- Link to EasyBib via this page or through your Fairport Google Apps
- Other links at the top of the page will provide access to more detailed, in-depth information
Inter-Library Loan (ILL): The FHS library can ILL books from most school, public, college/university and speciality libraries in the greater Rochester area region
- Databases Page
- MCLS (Monroe County Library System) – search all of the public libraries throughout Rochester
- WorldCat – select the dark blue tabs for the specific types of resources you’re looking for, and then conduct a search for those items in all public and academic (colleges/universities) libraries around the world
- Results are sorted by closest geographic location
Page Last Updated on March 13, 2019
Files & Documents
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