Hello! My name’s Rebecca. For those who haven’t been following this series, I am the Information Literacy Librarian here at the Chester County Library. (You might recognize me as the librarian with the purple hair!) Welcome to this series here on our blog where every week (or thereabouts) I’ll be introducing you to one of the library’s databases. A library database, for those who are unsure, is essentially just an online resource that the library pays for so that you can access it for free with your library card!
Following in the past couple weeks’ trend of introducing you to newspapers, I would like to talk a little about News for You. News for You is a weekly news publication written at a basic adult English level for ESL (English as a Second Language) speakers and others with limited English proficiency. The articles cover a wide-range of subjects both domestic and international.
For those who prefer to read a physical newspaper, we do offer copies on a limited basis for free upon request at the CCL Reference Desk. But for those who don’t mind reading online, News for You Online includes curriculum and assignments for ESL students and teachers, vocabulary lists pulled from the week’s articles, teacher guides and voting guides, and more to support English language learning. The best feature, however, is the built-in ability to listen to the articles read out loud. You can click the play button at the top of each article to play the article out loud in full, or you can click on a single sentence to hear only that sentence.
Contact the Reference Desk at 610-344-5957 or ref@ccls.org to receive the login code.
Find News for You Online on our website by going to chescolibraries.org –> Tools and Research –> All CCLS Databases –> N –> News for You Digital Access
This post is number thirteen in this databases series! If you missed the previous installments, you can view them here.
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