Gale eBooks

The following eBooks are available to FCHS students and staff:

1. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Michael Hutchins, Dennis A. Thoney, and Melissa C. McDade, Eds. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 9609 pp. 17 vols.
   
   Brief Description: A completely revised and updated version of the original work published in Germany in 1960, this edition incorporates recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community.
   
2. Dictionary of American History. Stanley I. Kutler, Ed. 3rd ed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. 5539 pp. 10 vols.
   
   Brief Description: The first comprehensive revision of this classic reference source, originally published in 1940, features updated and revised entries from previous editions, as well as more than 800 new entries covering recent events and topics not covered previously. This authoritative work serves students, scholars, and general readers interested in a wide range of topics in American history, from the well studied and familiar to the obscure.
3. Reference Guide to Short Fiction. Thomas Riggs, Ed. 2nd ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 1999. 1197 pp.
   
   Brief Description: Contains biographical and critical essays on 376 of the most important writers of short fiction writing in English worldwide, and 403 separate essays on selected works. Also includes some authors of note who did not write in English, but whose works have been widely translated and are often studied, such as Anton Chekhov and Jean-Paul Sartre. Most authors covered were born after 1750, but a few important figures from earlier periods are included as well.
   
4. Reference Guide to World Literature. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, Eds. 3rd ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 2003. 1730 pp. 2 vols.
   
   Brief Description: Contains biographical and critical essays on authors from throughout the world, as well as essays covering specific work or works of an author, with criticism and analysis of those works.

    

5. Countries and Their Cultures. Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, Eds. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. 2549 pp. 4 vols.

   
   Brief Description: Focuses on cultures and countries around the world, specifically what is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country. Entries contain descriptive summaries of the country in question, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information.