2. Explore Your Topic

After thoroughly examining your assignment, now it's time to explore your topic. Search in Gale in Context: Biographies for information about your author. Try a search in Poetry for Students or Short Stories for Students to learn more about the poems or stories you are focusing on as well as their themes and other literary elements.

Gale in Context: Biography
Look up information on specific people. Find biographical essays, magazine/newspaper/journal articles, images and websites for people.

Poetry for Students by Michael LaBlanc
Call Number: E-Book, Use the 'search within' tool to find information about specific poems in this resource.

ISBN: 9780787635718

Publication Date: 2000-10-11

Also available in print. Call Number: Giles Reference PN1010 .P65 1997
Short Stories for Students
ISBN: 1414421850

Short Stories for Students is a great place to start! Learn more about your short story's characters, themes, style, setting, symbols and more! Use the search box to see if there is an entry on your short story (just type in the title). *Each entry also has several literary criticism essays also.