Literature
Academic OneFile
One-stop source for millions of peer-reviewed, scholarly full-text articles in HTML and PDF formats from over 14,000 of the world's leading academic journals and reference sources. Comprehensively covers the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Multimedia feature includes podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times from 1985 to present.
Anthology of Middle English Literature
Biographical and critical essays, bibliographies, and more about medieval English authors such as Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower, Sir Gawain, William Langland, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kemp, and Sir Thomas Malory. Links to websites concerned with all aspects of Medieval culture.
Arts and Letters Daily
A literary compendium of articles on “philosophy, aesthetics, literature, language, ideas, criticism, culture, history, music, art trends, breakthroughs, disputes, and gossip”.
Bibliomania: Simonds History of American Literature
A chronological history of literature in the United States divided into the following sections: Early Colonial Literature 1607-1700, The Eighteenth Century, The Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, Philosophy and Romance, The New England Poets, General Literary Development, and Recent Years.
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.
Books and Authors
For librarians and readers of all ages, comprehensive reference database for locating reviews of books, periodicals, books-on-tape and electronic media. Book jacket images, book reviews from more than 30 sources.
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.
Citation Style for Research Papers
Your teacher tells you to cite your sources. Here’s a guide to the different styles (AMA, APA, Chicago, MLA and Turabian) with colorful, easy to follow examples.
Complete Works of William Shakespeare, The
Uses the trademarked Complete Moby Shakespeare. Includes a searchable concordance.
Contemporary Novelists 7th ed., 2001
Biographical/critical essays on the most important living novelists writing in English worldwide.
Contemporary Poets 7th ed., 2001
Biographical and bibliographical information on 789 of the world's most important contemporary English-language poets, including 120 new to this edition. Entries include personal and career information, addresses, a detailed bibliography, a list of further reading sources, and more. Each entry also includes a signed critical essay covering each poet's career and works, written by an expert in the field.
Eighteenth-Century Resources
A compilation of links detailing all aspects of Eighteenth-century British culture.
English Literature: Early 17th Century (1603 – 1660)
Biographical and critical essays, bibliographies about Francis Bacon, John Donne, Ben Jonson, Thomas Hobbes, George Herbert, Sir John Suckling, John Milton, Andrew Marvell, and others. Includes primary texts and links to websites concerned with all aspects of English 17th century culture.
Fiction Connection
Discover titles similar to books you already enjoy, or explore books by topic, genre, setting, character traits, location, and time frame.
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.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).
General OneFile (1980 to current)
Source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. More than 25 million full-text articles many with images. Updated daily.
Geoffrey Chaucer
Chaucer biographical sketch, chronology of the author’s life and times, full-text of The Canterbury Tales, a self-teaching guide to Chaucer’s Middle English, interlinear translations, an audio pronunciation guide, bibliographies, and more.
Granger's Poetry Database
Index of poetry found in anthologies and the collected works of individual poets. Currently has nearly 50,000 poems in full-text and more than 400,000 poem citations.







