Welcome to SPHS Library ! Ms. Kavanagh, Librarian. akavanagh@sunsetparkhighschool.org
Black Thought and Culture
Collects published works by leading African American writers, spanning the 1700s to the present. Includes books, interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamplets and letters.
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Black Women Writers
Collects fiction, poetry and essays by black women published in Africa and the Americas from the 1700s to the present.
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Caribbean Literature
Searchable collection of Caribbean poems, plays, novels, short stories, and other materials from 1700 to the present. Works are in English, French, Haitian Creole, Spanish and Dutch.
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You must have a library card barcode and pin from NYPL to access these databases.
A searchable library of works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies, and key secondary sources. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Bibliography of American Literature
Describes the works of America's most important literary writers from the time of the Revolution to 1930. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Film Literature Index (FLI) annually indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other scholarly and popular periodicals selectively for articles on film and television.
Search a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres through a combined or individual search of a set of 10 literary series from Gale.**Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Features information on literary figures from all time periods in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
MLA International Bibliography
Indexes scholarship in world literature, including poetry, fiction, drama, film, linguistics, and folklore. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Philosopher's Index with Full Text
Indexing, abstracting, and full text of the literature on epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics, law, religion and science from periodicals, monographs, and other documents. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Brevity Magazine
Creative non-fiction essays often at 750 words or less.
Newsela
Nonfiction differentiated into 4 reading levels.