1. Mrs. Coopers Poetry Project

2. Find your Poets using Library Resources, Databases and Wikis

3. Books The TVT Library has some criticism published in book form. Some may be reference material, some may be checked out. Although we have a strong collection for a high school library, you will find even more of these books at local college libraries, where you can photocopy articles. For Reference Books: American Literature - British Literature Please use the catalog: You can locate the TVT Library catalog on your computer by going to Programs at the Start Menu.

4. REF 810.9 TWEBloom, Harold, Ed Twentieth-century American literature REF 810.9 WebWebster's dictionary of American authors REF 810.90 Hart, James D.The Oxford companion to American literature REF 811 AME American poetry REF 811.309 ENC Encyclopedia of American poetry. REF 820.8 KER Kermode, Frank,The Oxford anthology of English literature REF 820.9 NEWBloom, Harold, Ed. & IntroductioThe New Moulton's library of literary criticism REF 821.008 COL The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry REF 821.008 GAR Gardner, Helen LouiseThe new Oxford book of English verse, 1250-19 REF 821.008 NOR The Norton anthology of poetry REF 821.008 TOP The Top 500 poems REF 821.009 COLThe Columbia history of British poetry REF 821.03 OXFThe Oxford companion to twentieth-century poetry REF 822.3 AND Andrews, John ed.s.William Shakespeare:his world, his work REF 822.3 BOYBoyce, Charles.Shakespeare A to Z : the essential reference REF 822.3 ONI Onions, C. T.A Shakespeare glossary /

5. Go to Tarbut.com Click on About TVT From the pull down menu select TVT Library resources

6. What on-line materials do we subscribe to and how do I access them? Tarbut V'Torah Library World Book Online ProQuest Database Encyclopedia Judaica e-book Library Wiki page

7. World Book Online. http://www.worldbookonline.com http://www.worldbookonline.com Login ID: tarbut Password: 5099500

8. From home: Go to http://www.worldbook.com/ tarbut 5099500 Password Login

10. What's happening @ the library: ©2007 NBPLcontact the library: (949) 717-3800 Catalog Downloadable Books Articles & Databases Your Library Account Hours & Locations Bestsellers & New Titles Using the Library Events Calendar Children's Services teens@nbpl Literacy Business Resources Support NBPL About NBPL About Newport Beach News & Press Contact Us Type in: http://www.city.newport-beach.ca.us Click in Articles and Databases Click on Literature Resource Center You will get a login prompt: This resource requires authentication. Please enter the 14-digit number on the back of your library card (disregard the spaces), then click the "login" button. Borrower ID Click here for help! 23254002705487

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13. Databases (you will need passwords from home, possibly from school) Proquest Can be accessed through Tarbut webpage or Newport Beach Public Library EBSCO - Student Research Center You can narrow the search to Health and then use keywords Also, scroll down the EBSCO page to Health and Medicine Databases to access even more health related information. EBSCO - Student Research Center Can be accessed through Orange County Public Library Opposing Viewpoints Opposing Viewpoints Includes viewpoint essays, reference information, statistics, periodical articles, web links, images Can be accessed through Orange County Public Library Websites

14. EBSCO Databases EBSCO Databases * Literary Reference Center - LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. LRC contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works.Literary Reference Center * Academic Search Premier Articles from academic journals, including literary criticism. Some of these listings will be citations – you may need to visit a college library to make copies from the actual journal. * MAS Online – general magazine articles, good for a contemporary article relating to the theme or character you choose. * NovelList - No criticism, but contains book reviews, biographical information, and often, first chapters.Academic Search PremierMAS OnlineNovelList

15. Type in your library card number My card number can be used for the demo: 2507070991

16. Literary criticism is not widely available on the internet because most of it is copyrighted material published in academic journals or books. The following sites will be of some help: The IPL Literary Criticism CollectionThe IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period. The sites are selected with some thought to their overall usefulness. Further links are available at the IPL Online Literary Criticism guide at the bottom of the site. http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit

17. About.com Login to: http://classiclit.about.com/od/unitedstates/America_United_St ates_American_Literature.htm http://classiclit.about.com/od/unitedstates/America_United_St ates_American_Literature.htm

18. The Best of the Best: Multnomah County Public Library Homework Center: http://www.multcolib.org/ho mework/

20. Other wikis Encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org Dictionary: http://en.wiktionary.org Quotations: http://en.wikiquote.org News: http://en.wikinews.org Books: http://en.wikibooks.org Wikipedia definition of wikis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/wiki MediaWiki FAQ http://mediawiki.org/wiki/ Wiki Cheat Sheet http://meta.wikimedia.org /wiki/Cheatsheet