Embedded Files
General Resources
Points of View - full-text magazines, newspapers, radio and television transcripts, and primary source documents arranged by topic.
Advanced Placement Source (EBSCOhost Web) - full-text articles from 5,000 academic journals.
OmniFile, MasterFile (EBSCOhost Web) - full-text articles from 7,000 periodicals.
Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost Web) - 400+ US and international newspapers.
Discipline-specific Resources
Arts
Humanities Full-Text (EBSCOhost Web) - 300 journals
Business
Business Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCOhost Web) - 510 business publications
Literature
Literary Reference Center (trial*)
Science
General Science Full Text (EBSCOhost Web)
Science Full Text (EBSCOhost Web)
Science Reference Center (trial*)
Social Studies
Social Sciences Full Text (EBSCOhost Web) - 625 publications
History Reference Center (trial*) - Full-text articles grouped by topic.
Sharpe Online has an archive of primary source documents.
Wellness
World Language
Humanities, Advanced Placement, and Newspaper resources above.
* We have access to these three resources on a trial basis, for which there is a username and password username: souderton1
password: ebsco
Assessing Text Complexity:
Qualitative, Quantitative, Reader & Task Consideration
Qualitative
- Structure: conventional or unconventional?
- Meanings: explicit or implicit?
- Language: literal, figurative, or specialized?
Quantitative
- Includes word length, sentence length, text cohesion
- Can be calculated using computer software
- Measures we can use: Flesch-Kincaid and Lexile Framework
Flesch-Kincaid
The difficulty of any given reading passage may be assessed using the Flesch-Kincaid grade level score, which is available in Microsoft word. If you can highlight, copy, and paste your passage into a Microsoft word document, the program will generate the score from the spell check feature. Here is an example:
Questions? Feel free to contact the library team!
How to check for the Flesch-Kincaid grade level:
1. Copy/paste your text into MS Word.
2. Click File
o Options
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· …and then select the box to “show readability statistics.”
3. Click to check for Spelling/Grammar under the REVIEW tab.
4. Go through and complete the Spelling/Grammar check.
5. At the end, along with counts and averages, a readability score will be assigned.
Click here for detailed directions to calculate a Flesch-Kincaid score.
Lexile Framework
Lexile measure is another way in which the diffculty of a passage may be determined. Many articles accessed through EBSCO and other databases have already received a lexile score, which is given in the search results.
Mr. Moll & Mrs. Cover
If you need to determine a lexile measure, Lexile Analyzer can be found here.
Reader and Task Consideration
- Prior knowledge of reader
- Motivation of the reader
*Note: The links found in this LibGuide will let you leave the Souderton Area School District Web site. The linked sites are not under the control of the School District, and the School District is not responsible for the content or accuracy of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites. The School District is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement of the site by the School District.
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