‘Essential Articles has got to rival the Guinness Book of Records as the single most important resource in any school library. It should be every student’s first stop in searching for timely, topical manageable chunks of information about issues ... Essential Articles is now published annually to keep pace with the rapidly changing headlines. It has the same bold, glossy, full-colour look as last year but a new binding (no more missing pages!) which is just as easy (and legal) to photocopy and comes with an eye catching promotional poster. It now makes a perfect partner for the annual statistical digest Fact File – a digital web guide is available which links relevant statistics to the articles. These improvements however aren’t at the expense of the superbly high quality of the contents covering literally hundreds of issues and controversies from Asbos to childhood obesity and cloning. Much more useful, infinitely more accessible and far less biased than an internet search, Essential Articles 10 offers all the facts but also features opinions and comments on the news rather than simply the news stories themselves. Students can instantly get to grips with opposing viewpoints, consider all sides of a story, find a focus and structure for their research and form their own opinions. It is flexible and user-friendly enough to use with groups or for independent research, works across the entire curriculum at secondary level and is exhaustively indexed in colour for ease of research too. Essential Articles just gets better with every volume.’Eileen Armstrong, The School Librarian Summer 2008
'An invaluable asset' Lesley Sharpling, Librarian, Oakgrove School, Milton Keynes
'Fantastic resource for all subject areas' Mrs Jan Bidwell, Librarian, Mill Hill School, London
'Looks brilliant. Super job. We all know how useful - indeed essential, these publications are to school librarians everywhere.' Geoff Dubber, Vice-Chair and Publications Co-ordinator, School Library Association
'A very valuable resource, used by pupils of all ages and teachers for many different subjects. The use of colour makes it a very attractive resource, and the layout and content get better and better. The free online index is a useful tool for making full use of Essential Articles. Well Done!' Judie Chambers, Our Lady of Sion School
'Very useful. Essential Articles 9 is also a fantastic resource for our new science curriculum where students have to research a topic chosen from a wide range of topical issues.' Mrs Heather Handley, Librarian, Brittons School & Technology College, Rainham
'Essential Articles is always a winner here, too, as are Key Organisations and Fact File' Claire Harrison, School Librarian, Thomas Hepburn Community School, Gateshead
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