English e-Resources in
www.tki.org.nz/epic
Literature Resource Centre
Critical essays, book reviews, biographies and
author interviews from a range of periods and
genres.
Recommended year levels 9 - 13
LitFinder
Full text access to a wealth of literary works,
biographies, reviews and more.
Recommended year levels 9 - 13
Tip
Use Gale Artemis Literary Sources
to search across both Literature Resource Centre & LitFinder.
To get better search results, use the
Advanced Search, Person Search or Works Search
options.
English e-Resources in
www.tki.org.nz/epic
Shakespeare Collection Online
A wide range of reference resources on Shakespeare;
including the full text annotated works from The
Arden Shakespeare.
Recommended year levels 7 - 13
Tip
To limit your search to information about specific Shakespeare plays,
poems or sonnets click on the Browse
works link. Select the
works from the list, submit the selection and then conduct your
search.
English e-Resources in
www.tki.org.nz/epic
Books & Authors
Search or browse for books by genre, author, age
group, period theme or find award winners.
Tip
Recommended year levels 7 - 13
If you’ve enjoyed a book and want to read something similar, search
for the title in Books & Authors and click on the
for list recommended titles.
read-a-likes tab
English e-Resources in
www.tki.org.nz/epic
Britannica School
The online version of Encyclopaedia
Britannica for students of all ages.
Tip
Britannica School is searchable in 3
different reading levels.
In each level of Britannica School you can find a link to
Britannica School Primary
list to access Learning Games, Study Guides,
Recommended year levels 1 – 8
Interactive Lessons and much more.
Britannica School Middle
Recommended year levels 5 – 10
Britannica School Secondary
Recommended year levels 7 - 13
Interactive Resources. Select The Arts from the subject
English e-Resources in
www.tki.org.nz/epic
Biography In Context
An extensive range of contemporary and
historical biographies of notable people.
Searchable by name, nationality and
occupation.
Recommended year levels 7 - 13
Tip
Click on the Advanced Search Box and use the
Person Search option.
Limit the Occupation search option to Writer for a full list of author
biographies available in Biography in Context
Other limiters include: nationality, ethnicity, gender,
birth year & death year.
English e-Resources in
Oxford English Dictionary
Online
A searchable, online version of the Oxford English
Dictionary. The world's most authoritative and
comprehensive dictionary of English.
Recommended year levels 7 - 13
www.tki.org.nz/epic
Tip
To find out about the history of a word, search for the word in the
Oxford English Dictionary Online. For each entry you will find
definitions but you will also be given the word’s
Etymology (origin and historical development).
English e-Resources in
www.tki.org.nz/epic
EBSCO Explora
Search across EBSCO resources Australia/New
Zealand Reference Centre & MasterFILE
Complete using an
interface developed especially for school
children.
Use the Arts
Recommended year levels 7 - 13
popular literature topics.
Tip
and Literature category search to browse
English e-Resources in
Virtual Reference Library
Selected reference e-books containing
biographies, literature and social science
information.
Recommended year levels 9 - 13
www.tki.org.nz/epic
Tip
Virtual Reference Library provides cover to cover, full text access of
the following
literature titles:
- Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of
World Literature
- 21st Century Novels: The First
Decade
- Non-Fiction Classics for Students
- Poetry for Students