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Research Databases · Books & Literary Criticism

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Book Review Digest Plus
Citations, review excerpts, and full-text reviews of English-language fiction and nonfiction titles for adults, teens, and children.
Books & Authors
Search for books by title, author, genre, character, setting, or time period; browse recommended reading lists created by librarians and subject experts; use the “Reading Room” to create lists of your favorite titles, write reviews, and rate the books you’ve read.
Books in Print
In-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios, and videos from North American publishers and distributors. Includes thousands of full-text book reviews.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Search the full-text of hundreds of electronic reference books on a wide range of subjects, including: the arts, business, education, history, law, medicine, and science.
Humanities Full Text
This database indexes, abstracts and delivers the full text of feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama, and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs, and more.
Literature Resource Center
Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of novelists, poets, essayists, and journalists from every age and literary discipline.
MLA International Bibliography
Subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics
netLibrary
Check and read any of the eBooks in OPLIN’s collection of titles. You must use a Library computer to establish a netLibrary account. Once you have created your free account, you can access netLibrary from anywhere.
NoveList
Looking for a good novel? Use this database to locate reading suggestions, award winners, best sellers, book discussion guides, and feature articles about books and reading.
NoveList K-8
This database offers lots of ways for young readers to find great fiction titles, with thousands of book reviews, and features that allow you to search by plot, setting, series name, and favorite authors and titles. The "Teacher Resources" tab has lots of useful material for teachers and media specialists.
NoveList Plus
This companion to NoveList includes 200,000 fiction and nonfiction titles, author readalikes, award winners, book discussion guides, feature articles, and recommended reads.
Readers Guide Full Text
Indexes (1983+), abstracts (1984+), and full-text (1994+) articles from hundreds of general interest magazines.
Short Story Index
This database indexes (1984+) over 90,000 short stories from thousands of anthologies, collections, and periodicals. The full-text of over 4,000 short stories is also available.
WorldCat
Catalog of books and other materials (recordings, software, music scores, magazines, etc.) owned by libraries around the world. Millions of bibliographic records in over 400 languages.

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