SCL Programs

You may enjoy the following programs at the library:

Strathcona Writers' Circle

T.A.L.E.S. Strathcona

We Can Help!

Email: info@sclibrary.ab.ca
Ph: (780) 410-8600

Subject Guide - Writing & Citing

Local Resources

SCL Pathfinder: Writers' Resources [pdf]

SCL Booklist: Short Classics


	Homework Pathfinders for Teens:
	Writing Resources

Databases

NoveList Plus Quick Search - a comprehensive database of non-fiction and fiction books. Find book reviews and summaries, author biographies, and suggestions for what to read next.

Canadian Literary Centre - Includes book reviews, essays, author biographies, literary criticism and more, with a Canadian focus. Some sources go back to 1971, most 1996 to current. Updated weekly.

Academic Search Elite - Journal articles about social science, education, language & linguistics, arts & literature & more.

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E-Books

Digital Downloads - Public Domain Collection 23,000 public domain titles including many classics, available for download free with your library card.

General: Encyclopedias and Guides
The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English	The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English	The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English	Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature
Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature	Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature	A Dictionary of Literary Symbols	Encyclopedia of African-American Writing
Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century	Holocaust Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work	Who's Who in Classical Mythology
Criticism
Encyclopedia of Postmodernism	A History of Feminist Literary Criticism
Language & Languages
The American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary	Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable	Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable	Dictionary of Languages
Word Origins
Shakespeare
Dictionary of Shakespeare	Shakespeare's Theatre: A Dictionary of His Stage Context