I feel as though I could have written this request! We have a short story unit using the Gale Short Stories for Students. Until this year we subscribed to Gale's Literary Criticism site, but I canceled for the reasons you have put forth. 230 students, for 2-3 weeks a year doesn't warrant spending nearly $4000. I thought by canceling (we've subscribed for 8+ years), they'd wake up & help us out. Charge by student or perhaps by usage. Instead the English dept has agreed to use the hardcover short story books we keep updated for 11th graders. Then in 12th grade when they are writing criticism on a novel, they won't be required to use a secondary source.

I wonder if we could get CASL list serve together & pounce on GALE for assistance!

Sue Lantelme

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Tracy,

I can access JSTOR via UCONN credentials and I see plenty of Language and Literature resources there. Granted, I'm seeing the college package of products, so you should contact them to see the list of the journals it offers for secondary schools.

-janet

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Earnshaw,Tracy <tearnshaw@rsd13.org> wrote:

Dear Colleagues,

I currently subscribe to EBSCO’s Literary Reference Center but I am looking for a cheaper option. LRC is over $3600 per year. We use it every spring when Juniors need literary criticism for their American authors project. I hate spending that much on a database that is used by one subject for one project. However, I have not found another source for literary criticism. Background information on authors is freely available, as are reviews, but full-blown critical essays are what the English teachers need. I have the print series Novels for Students, Poetry for Students, etc. from Gale but they do not cover all of the authors I need. Does anyone subscribe to JSTOR, and if you do, do you know if it contains literary journals in which students can find criticism?

Thanks,

Tracy Earnshaw

Coginchaug Regional High School

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