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Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry
An index to 154,000 full-text poems in English, Spanish and French.

Literature Resource Center
Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.

Michigan Authors & Illustrators

Michigan Authors and Illustrators (MIAI) is a database of information on authors and illustrators born in Michigan, who live in Michigan, or who have written books about or set in Michigan. Each entry includes biographical information, lists of works by the person and lists of works about the person.

NoveList
Fiction database that provides subject access, reviews, annotations and more for over 120,000 fiction titles. Also includes other content of interest to fiction readers such as author read-alikes, book discussion guides, book talks and feature articles.

SCIPO: Art and Rare Book Sale Catalogs

Auction sales catalogs from all major North American and European auction houses as well as private sales. Valuable sources of information on the provenance of art objects and rare books, the history of collection, and contemporary and historical market trends.


What Do I Read Next?

What Do I Read Next? includes over 119,700 recommended titles, more than 65,100 plot summaries, and awards information from 566 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more. A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month.


WilsonWeb Essay and General Literature Index
Unlocking the wealth of literature, this unique reference database offers precise access to nearly 65,000 essays contained in some 5,300 anthologies and collections—a wealth of information that might be otherwise hidden away in your library. Coverage spans the entire range of the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, art history, drama, and film.

WilsonWeb Short Story Index
Locate more than 84,000 stories—plus the full text of more than 1,600 stories. The periodicals included are those indexed in Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature and Humanities Index.

 


 

 

 

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