[CALIBK12] Usefulness of Contemporary Authors

[Marie Slim]

There is a free online index that makes them a little more accessible to students:  http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex 
 
Our juniors and seniors use them once in a while for literary criticism assignments.  


Marie Slim 
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Troy High School 
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- Steven Colbert, I Am America (And So Can You!)

--- On Mon, 10/6/08, Colleen Vigil <cvigil at wheatlandhigh.org> wrote:

From: Colleen Vigil <cvigil at wheatlandhigh.org>
Subject: [CALIBK12] Usefulness of Contemporary Authors
To: calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 6:28 PM








I am scrutinizing our reference section because it primarily consists of dated material.  I have a large collection of the “Contemporary Authors” set.  Do any of you find these volumes useful?  How are your teachers or students utilizing them? I have never seen a single student or teacher even pick them up the three years I have been here.                                                     
 
Colleen R. Vigil
Library Clerk
Wheatland Union High School
(530)633-3100 Ext. 159
cvigil at wheatlandhigh.org
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