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Credo Reference contains the full text of over 240 major reference works including: dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, books of quotations and a host of subject-specific titles covering everything from the arts to accountancy and law to literature.

Authors and Their Works

NoveList NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 120,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles.

NoveList K-8 NoveList K-8 allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers.

Literature Resource Center includes information about authors and their works and is intended for high school students, as well as undergraduate and graduate students.

MagillOnLiteraturePlus A terrific one-stop source for information on literature, authors, criticism, etc. and includes full text of the 60 volume Masterplots series.

Twayne’s Author Series provides information about authors and their works for high school students.

Book Review Digest - Full Text 1983+
Complete reviews of books past and present for children and adults.

National Newspapers provides book reviews from the nation’s major newspapers.

Academic Search Premier provides complete articles from scholarly journals/ magazines for the serious researcher.

Poems, Short Stories, Drama and Essays

Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online

LitFinder has complete poems, short stories, essays, plays and speeches, as well as explanations of them.

Contemporary Poets provides biographical and bibliographical information on 789 of the world's most important contemporary English-language poets.

Short Story Index 1984+ has information on where to find short stories that have appeared in published books. Contact the library for the books.

Essay & General Literature Index 1985+ has information on where to find essays on economics, political science, and history, and criticism of literary works, drama, and film. Contact the library for copies of the essays.


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