Databases for Books & Literature
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Books and Authors  In Library Use Use at home!
Backed by a team of hand-picked genre experts, Books and Authors connects readers with books. Browse books by author, title, series, genre, awards, "who, what, when, where", "if you like..." and more.
Novelist Plus In Library Use Use at home!
Online electronic readers' advisory which assists fiction and nonfiction readers in finding new titles and authors from all subjects, periods and genres. Contains full-text reviews and read-alikes for many titles.
Literature
Columbia Granger's Poetry Database In Library Use Use at home!
An authoritative reference for anthologized poetry, containing over 450,000 citations in all. Provides over 250,000 full text
poems, 1,000 poem commentaries, 600 glossary terms, approximately 500
biographies, and full-text of 14 essential Columbia University Press titles
of poetry history and criticism. Search by author, title, words in poem, subject, gender, language, nationality, poem
form, schools and movements, era, and nationality.
Dictionary of Literary Biography In Library Use Use at home!
Provides complete, full-text access to the Dictionary of Literary Biography (vols. 1-348).
Literature Criticism Online In Library Use Use at home!
Provides complete, full-text access to the following print titles: Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (vols. 1-271), Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism (vols. 1-210) and Children’s Literature Review.
Literature Resources Center In Library Use Use at home!
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. Covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors. Search by Author Name, Title, Genre, Literary Movement or Literary Themes. Also includes over 135,000 full-text poems, stories, plays and more.
Reference Books Online In Library Use Use at home!
Gale Virtual Reference Library - use reference books in the library or from home 24/7. This database contains a wide variety of books including such diverse sources as: the Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion and U*X*L Encyclopedia of Science. Find authoritative information on a large number of topics. It's like having a tall stack of reference books at your fingertips!
SIRS Renaissance In Library Use only
Use this to find information on the following: Architecture & Design, Film, Radio, Television & Video, Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy & Religion
Something About the Author  In library use  Use at home!
Complete access to the print series, Something About the Author, online.
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