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NEW: Essential
Articles 13 is the latest volume in annual series for
students aged 11-18. In full colour and copiable, it
includes over 100 articles, picked from thousands,
guaranteed to spark debate on key issues and
controversies.
Essential Articles is online too! Access to the book over the internet makes it more usable and accessible for teachers and students. For more information please view the EA online tab above.
Essential Articles 13 covers a wide range of topics from a variety of viewpoints – and our Quicksearch facility will list related articles for you in seconds
How is Essential Articles used?
To support work across the curriculum in areas such as English, Social Studies, General Studies as well as for assemblies. It suits both class work & individual research. The PDFs are ideal for use with interactive whiteboards and it is a superbly flexible resource in the library/LRC.
How do students/pupils use it?
Students can get to the heart of a topic within seconds and it's accessible enough for independent research. They don’t have to weed out the irrelevant, outdated or eccentric references they might find in a web search. The attractive presentation encourages browsing, reading & research.
Essential Articles is online too! Access to the book over the internet makes it more usable and accessible for teachers and students. For more information please view the EA online tab above.
Essential Articles 13 covers a wide range of topics from a variety of viewpoints – and our Quicksearch facility will list related articles for you in seconds
How is Essential Articles used?
To support work across the curriculum in areas such as English, Social Studies, General Studies as well as for assemblies. It suits both class work & individual research. The PDFs are ideal for use with interactive whiteboards and it is a superbly flexible resource in the library/LRC.
How do students/pupils use it?
Students can get to the heart of a topic within seconds and it's accessible enough for independent research. They don’t have to weed out the irrelevant, outdated or eccentric references they might find in a web search. The attractive presentation encourages browsing, reading & research.
"Topical,
accessible, informative, colourful and eye catching -
an absolutely brilliant buy for any secondary school
library. I’m so impressed with the range and
accessibility of the articles and the brilliant
photos"
Geoff
Dubber, Chair, School Library Association, Sept
2009
Essential Articles, Fact File: "Wonderful online resources saving time for teachers, pupils and librarians. Being available 24/7 and offsite provides the level of access that all librarians wish to offer. They are inexpensive for online resources and can be heavily used if promoted at every opportunity" The School Librarian Winter 2009
"Essential Articles 12: We find this resource invaluable and suggest it to our students frequently." Mrs Madeline Secombe, Greenford High School, Ealing, Sept 2009
"I am always impressed by the range and quality of the articles." Susan Waller, Head of Learning & Life Skills, Kent College Pembury, Sept 2009
"Essential Articles is our Bible when it comes to reading material for Communication modules." John Hayes, Dundee College, Sept 2009
"The single most important resource in any school library ... Superb high quality contents covering hundreds of issues and controversies ... Much more useful, infinitely more accessible and far less biased than an internet search ... flexible, user-friendly" Eileen Armstrong, The School Librarian, 2008
"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 information about issues ... Superb high quality contents covering hundreds of issues and controversies ... Much more useful, infinitely more accessible and far less biased than an internet search ... flexible and user-friendly ... gets better with every volume"
Eileen Armstrong, The School Librarian, Summer 2008
"I have students researching obesity and they are queuing up to use Essential Articles! Ditto, Year 7 projects on animal rights - they all found Essential Articles very useful! Of course a lot of it is available online but I think it's easier to find all neatly bound and indexed!"
Barbara Turner, Kings Langley School
"Compelling articles that support focussed discussion, in contrast to ‘cut-and-paste’ internet research."
Youth Work Now
"Looks fantastic"
John Iona,Gladys Aylward School, London
"Much internet information is subjective, partial, or downright spurious - and there's simply too much for students to take in. Essential Articles helps provide manageable amounts, with curriculum focus, and balanced points of view. To cut through the clutter of current awareness, it's crucial."
Alec Williams, Trainer, Consultant and former SLA Chair
"An excellent cross-curricular resource. I'm delighted that it is to be published annually."
Miss Marion Clark, Carnoustie High School
"Great new format - our pupils really appreciate it"
Sue Bussey, Derby High School
Essential Articles, Fact File: "Wonderful online resources saving time for teachers, pupils and librarians. Being available 24/7 and offsite provides the level of access that all librarians wish to offer. They are inexpensive for online resources and can be heavily used if promoted at every opportunity" The School Librarian Winter 2009
"Essential Articles 12: We find this resource invaluable and suggest it to our students frequently." Mrs Madeline Secombe, Greenford High School, Ealing, Sept 2009
"I am always impressed by the range and quality of the articles." Susan Waller, Head of Learning & Life Skills, Kent College Pembury, Sept 2009
"Essential Articles is our Bible when it comes to reading material for Communication modules." John Hayes, Dundee College, Sept 2009
"The single most important resource in any school library ... Superb high quality contents covering hundreds of issues and controversies ... Much more useful, infinitely more accessible and far less biased than an internet search ... flexible, user-friendly" Eileen Armstrong, The School Librarian, 2008
"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 information about issues ... Superb high quality contents covering hundreds of issues and controversies ... Much more useful, infinitely more accessible and far less biased than an internet search ... flexible and user-friendly ... gets better with every volume"
Eileen Armstrong, The School Librarian, Summer 2008
"I have students researching obesity and they are queuing up to use Essential Articles! Ditto, Year 7 projects on animal rights - they all found Essential Articles very useful! Of course a lot of it is available online but I think it's easier to find all neatly bound and indexed!"
Barbara Turner, Kings Langley School
"Compelling articles that support focussed discussion, in contrast to ‘cut-and-paste’ internet research."
Youth Work Now
"Looks fantastic"
John Iona,Gladys Aylward School, London
"Much internet information is subjective, partial, or downright spurious - and there's simply too much for students to take in. Essential Articles helps provide manageable amounts, with curriculum focus, and balanced points of view. To cut through the clutter of current awareness, it's crucial."
Alec Williams, Trainer, Consultant and former SLA Chair
"An excellent cross-curricular resource. I'm delighted that it is to be published annually."
Miss Marion Clark, Carnoustie High School
"Great new format - our pupils really appreciate it"
Sue Bussey, Derby High School
What is Essential Articles online? Essential Articles online includes the whole of the book as PDFs, and includes LiveSearch; the instant way to find the statistics you need. One click will then bring you the right page – clear, colourful and ready for use. If you want to link to arguments, statistics in Fact File, then QuickSearch is the tool for you. Enter a search term and it will produce a list of statistics and articles from recent editions of Fact File and Essential Articles. You can be confident that your instant list is up-to-date and much more reliable than trawling the web. How do I access Essential Articles online? Email us for your username and password. If you wish, when you buy a site licence we can set up IP access, so no password will be required! Please see the site licence tab above for more information. What’s the cost? Well, quite simply it’s free to anyone who buys Essential Articles, on subscription or not, for use on one computer at any one time. A site licence allows multiple computers to access Essential Articles online at once, it also allows students to access Fact File online from home. Please see the site licence tab above for more information. |
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school and even allows students to login at home.
To find out more click on EA online above. We can set up IP access from your school or college removing the need for a password. This makes it easy to link to Essential Articles online from your intranet or website, making it easily accessible to students. |
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NEW! Essential Articles 12 and Fact File 2010 poster
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Essential Articles back issues
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If you are a user of Essential Articles 12 then you can login to Essential Articles online here.
QuickSearch
Search the contents of Fact File and Essential Articles here
NEW! Essential Articles 12 and Fact File 2010 poster
Download a free A3 poster listing the issues covered and how to use the resources online here
Essential Articles: general teaching and research ideas
One page pdf with great ideas here
Essential Articles back issues
Purchase back issues here.
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