Literature Resource Center
Biographical information on over 90,000 current writers, excerpts of criticism of literary works written since 1900, as well as detailed essays on 2,000 Major writers.
Books and Reading
Books & Authors
Search for your books and authors biographies and get suggestions from
experts based on your likes.
Oxford English Dictionary
The OED is the definitive record of the English language.
Novelist Plus
Find books to read based on other novels you've liked, authors you enjoy, or types of fiction, such as romance or mystery. You can search by author, title, specific types of novels, or even lists of best books.
Gale Literature: Scribner Writers Series
Provides original, comprehensive, scholar-signed essays on the lives and works of more than 1,400 authors from around the globe and from all time periods.
Gale Literature: Twayne’s Authors Series
Offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres.
Salem Literature
Examine American and international literature, novelists, poets, and short stories, as well as how they relate to their plots and themes.
Michigan Authors And Illustrators
A searchable database of Michigan authors and illustrators. Provides biographical and contact information. Indicates whether person will do library presentations.
Literary Reference Center
Provides full-text information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
This full-text database provides a historically rich collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, and biographies.
