English Homework Help

The Librarians at Tameside Central Library have searched the web for sites that can help you with your homework. Check out our grading system!

Want to know what a word means? Try the Oxford English Dictionary . You just need your library barcode number to access this site.

Encyclopedia Britannica Library Edition  Gives you instant access to the Encyclopedia Britannica online, including the standard edition and the Student and Junior Encyclopedia Britannicas. It contains thousands of articles covering a huge range of topics including Ancient Egypt. You just need your library barcode number to access this site. 

Oxford Reference Online  Oxford Reference Online is an electronic library which contains a wealth of information about many subjects including Ancient Egypt. You just need your library barcode number to access this site.

KS3 to A level English Great resource for students covering KS3 to A level English literature and language.

Shakespeare Sparknotes Online study guides for Shakespeare plays - including summaries of Acts, character information, analysis and themes.

English Sparknotes Online study guides for nearly 300 novels, including George Orwell, Thomas Hardy, Harper Lee and E.M. Forster.

Poetry Sparknotes Online poetry study guides for poets such as Chaucer, T.S. Eliot, Emily Dickinson and John Donne.

Novelguide.com Literary study guides that include works by William Golding, Jane Austen, and F Scott Fitzgerald. Guides include quotations from the novels, chapter summaries, character analysis and author biographies.

Shakespeare The complete works of William Shakespeare.

All Tameside Libraries have a special collection of books to help you with your homework and projects.