LibGuides: English 12 Hero/Icon Project: Home

Pop Fiction Tips

Housekeeping
1. You will need to upload the Home Access PWs into your Google Drive so you can enter the resources from home.
2. Leave your Google Drive open for seamless downloading of articles
  1. Biography in Context allows you to upload directly to Google Drive
  2. For websites without this feature, you can always use the print menu to save to PDF, then upload the PDF to Google Drive
3. Cite your sources with Noodle Tools using the Clever Login.
  1. NT is now authenticated and accessed via Clever (It's linked from Clever on Connect.kcsd.org, too)
  2. Once you are connected to Noodle, start a new project, share it with your teacher, if requested
Gale Biography in Context is your best starting point

(Password on the Google Document you just saved to your drive)

1. 1. Biographies
  2. Pictures
  3. News articles
  4. Citations provided, download directly to Noodle Tools and edit
In addition to the wonderful electronic resources, our library has a great collection of print resources.

Books

Use the catalog link to find a biography or collective biography about your hero.

Library Catalog

Helpful Biographical Web Resources

Biography in Context
Biographies, plus multimedia and related news coverage. Covers pop culture and historic figures. ID & PW needed from home.
Biography.com
Very nice biographies of many of your heroes.
General Onefile Magazine Articles
Popular magazines can be found here. Make sure to limit your searh to full-text.
General One File:News
This is a collection of both current and archival newspapers. Very helpful if your hero is a current personality or celebrity.
Infoplease Biographies
From the Almanac.
SIRS Researcher
Depending upon your hero, you may find some helpful and interesting magazine stories from SIRS. ID&PW needed from home.
Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People
Looking for ideas?

Google

Make sure that you are choosing authoritative, accurate, and academic websites. Take a few minutes to check out the sponsor and publisher, often found at the "about us" section of the page. Stay away from student-generated content on sites like Weebly and Google Slides.