English Subject Guide: English 10

Fall 2023

LIBRARY HOURS: Mon., Tues. & Thurs:  7:30am-4:30pm;
Wed: 7:30am-3:20pm (afternoon faculty meeting);
Fri: 7:30am-4pm.
CLOSED on non-class days.

Beginning & Lower School Library Guide 

Middle School Library Guide

Useful strategies for searching within Gale Opposing Viewpoints:

Start with a question or a topic.

Ex: Who should decide whether we should eat genetically modified foods?
Ex: If meats can be grown in laboratories, how do we determine whether this is an ethical and positive development?

Brainstorm a list of keywords and phrases relevant to your topic. Be sure to think up some synonyms!

Use quotation marks for exact phrases. Here are some examples:

• "genetically modified food"
• "food production"
• "food safety"

Use truncation by adding an asterisk (*) to catch all endings of a word:

• ethic* finds ethic, ethics, ethical, etc.
• surg* finds surgery, surgeries, surgical, surgically, etc.

Now think of additional keywords or synonyms to stack that could be useful:
Good searches take skill and practice. You'll use these skills all the time in the Upper School and far beyond.

Searching the Databases & Reliable News Sources

Many of our databases require a login and password - check the link to the left to get started!

Find Some Books in the US Library

We've got a small assortment of useful books on reserve on a shelf near the grandfather clock. Ask us if you can't find it!
How to use Reserve Books

• they check out by the block
• use the green slip, and add your name and the date
• you can borrow overnight at the end of the day
• please return all books by 8:30am the next school day
• Share, share share!  Don't hoard those books! 

Click on "Search the Library Catalog" on the left side of this page. We have thousands of books, and many on subjects that may be relevant to your research. 
Use the index first, and then the table of contents to find useful information. 
Topics include genetic engineering, cloning, Frankenstein and its cultural impact, and more.

Search the Databases / Newspaper Sources

Here are some examples of some search screens (on different topics) using some of the databases:

Gale Opposing Viewpoints

New York Times
Here are some examples of how to search, albeit on a different topic.

Academic Search Premier