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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.)

Type:Database

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.

Type:Database

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.

Type:Database

Book Review Index Online Plus

Book Review Index Online Plus Book Review Index Online Plus includes more than 5 million review citations and more than 634,000 full-text reviews from InfoTrac OneFile and InfoTrac Expanded Academic, 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.

Type:Database

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.

Type:Database

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.

Type:Website

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.

Type:Database