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America’s Obituaries and Death Notices
Comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices. Each obituary or death notice is indexed by the name of the deceased person. In addition, the text of each obituary or death notice is searchable, making it easy to find just what you're looking for using a place of residence, occupation, names of family members, or other personal information (institutional name, social affiliation(s), geographic location(s), philanthropic activities, etc.)
BIR Entertainment
Search for information on approximately 450,000 music titles and 200,000 DVD/video titles. Find music or videos featuring a favorite artist or performer, or a specific genre. Also, refine searches by publication type, format, popularity, language, series, and more.
Book Index with Reviews
Easily locate information on over 3.8 million book titles including large print & books on tape. Fiction and non-fiction titles in all genres. Full-text searchable reviews from Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, CHOICE, and others.
Book Review Index Online Plus
Includes the entire backfile of Book Review Index print content (1965 - ), more than 5.6 million reviews on more than 2.5 million titles as well as full-text via links to library holdings. Reviews cover books in a wide variety of disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, and more.
BooksInPrint.com Professional
Largest, unbiased, web-based bibliographic resource in the U.S. Browse over 5 million book, audio book, and video titles. Bestsellers, award winners, read reviews, or search titles by your favorite author. Available only at library locations.
Gale Literary Index
Comprehensive index to Gale’s print literary criticism series, including Classical and Medieval Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Shakespearean, and more.
PatronBooksInPrint.com
Comprehensive database of 5 million book, audio book, and video titles. Create reading lists, search by genre or character, browse bestsellers, and more.