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Literature
Resource Center
Includes full-text journal articles from over 200 literary journals,
38,000 critical essays, and 4,000 work overviews, plot summaries and explications.
Bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary
discipline. Covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists,
and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied
authors. Includes Merriam-Webster's® Encyclopedia of Literature.
LitFinder
Includes full-text journal articles from over 200 literary journals, 38,000 critical essays, and 4,000 work overviews, plot summaries and explications. Bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. Includes Merriam-Webster's® Encyclopedia of Literature.
NetLibrary
Over 4,000 titles covering consumer law, business, resumes and careers, science projects, and more. Cliffs Notes are also available. Spanish, French, or Chinese (traditional or simplified) interfaces are available from within the site. Note: You may browse the eBooks; just "turn" the page every 15 minutes. If you have an account, you may check out and download titles in the Adobe format for a 7 day checkout period. Find downloadable eBooks under "Advanced Search." Create a free netLibrary account.
NoveList
Helps readers decide which titles to read next. Includes discussion
guides helpful to book groups. Covers adult, young adult, children's and
easy fiction.
NoveList K-8
Over 35,000 fiction titles for K-8 readers. Thousands of subject headings to find fiction titles to support any theme or unit. Full-text reviews from respected sources such as School Library Journal and Booklist. Lexile readability indicators to ensure that students read appropriately challenging materials.
Student
Resource Center - Gold
Search authors and find information on literary eras. Includes
Merriam-Webster's® Encyclopedia of Literature.
TumbleBook Library
Animated talking e-books for children. Includes books in Spanish and French as well as puzzles and games.
What
Do I Read Next?
Uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites,
and discover award-winning titles. Find over 100,000 recommended titles,
more than 56,000 plot summaries, and awards information from 561 awards.
A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners,
upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each
month.
California Libraries Catalog/OCLC WorldCat
The California Libraries Catalog is a unique database that shows the holdings of books, videos, audio, maps, and other materials held by libraries in California. WorldCat shows the holding of many libraries throughout the world.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Provides coverage dating back to the mid-1960s on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings.
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