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Includes the full-text of American and British poetry from the 20th century.
Find picture books on specific subjects.*
Full-text articles from scholarly publications.
Index of articles from thousands of journals.*
A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
Contains the full text of plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries.*
Short fiction produced by writers from Africa and the African Diaspora from the earliest times to the present compiled from early literary magazines, archives, and the personal collections of the authors.*
Presents literature and essays by authors from Africa and the African Diaspora.*
An easy acess point to some of the top book-related sites, including information on awards and recommended reading.
Offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. Please Note: If you receive a message that the webpage can not be found, refresh your webpage. *
Directory of millions of books with availability information.*
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online features profiles of more than 143,000 past and present authors, historians, journalists, screenwriters, publishers, and playwrights. The biographies discuss the lives and careers of the literary figures profiled, along with the critical response to their works.
Provides the full-text of Spanish language scholarly journals.*
Full-text reference books on topics including biography, business, the environment, history, law, social sciences, medicine, religion, the sciences, and multicultural studies.*
Scholarly journal archive.*
Literary Reference Center combines information from over 1,000 books, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, and hundreds of literary journals.*
Includes Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Shakespeare Criticism, Literature Criticism 1400-1800, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Drama Criticism, and Children’s Literature Review.
Biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors and their works.*
Provides searchable fulltext and criticism of poems, plays, stories, essays, and speeches.*
Articles from general interest and current events magazines appropriate for school assignments.
Articles covering all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more.*
Read and download e-books and audio books on Education, Science, History, Texas State etc.*
Download audiobooks from Recorded Books for listening to in Windows Media Audio format. Separate account set-up in netLibrary is required.*
Online resource for helping teachers, school media specialists and kids find that next great fiction or nonfiction book to read. Includes Lexile scores.*
A complete readers resource with information on well over 200,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles.
Download e-books, audiobooks, and videos.*
Articles from children's magazines and pamphlets; designed for the elementary school student.*
Table of contents records for papers presented at conferences worldwide.
Scholarly journals on a variety of topics.*
Articles on a broad range of subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences.*
Contains searchable works of literature, author biographies, contemporary criticism, reviews, multimedia resources, and articles from literary periodicals for students K-12.
Index of the most popular general-interest periodicals published between 1963 through 1982.*
Full text of Shakespeare's plays.
Includes documents, newspaper collections, and books from the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world published in the antebellum.*
Something About the Author Online brings you thousands of illustrated biographical profiles of children's authors and illustrators totaling more than 12,000 entries and nearly 17,000 images.
Online streaming video of plays and film documentaries.*
Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business.*
Catalog of library materials owned by libraries around the world.*