Books & Literature
Databases
AudioBookCloud (formerly Tumble Talking Books)
Audio books that you can listen to on your computer with the click of a button.
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Download Library
Download and listen to hundreds of great fiction and non-fiction books on your computer, mp3 player or iPod.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
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Global Books In Print
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Lists in-print and forthcoming titles as well as links to book reviews.
Literature Resource Center
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Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
NoveList Plus
Find reviews and recommendations for literary fiction, popular fiction and non-fiction, history, spirituality & religion, true crime, and travel and more.
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TumbleReadables
An online collection of fiction and non-fiction books that you can listen to. Ideal for people trying to improve their reading skills, new Canadians, or those with vision difficulties.
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WebLinks
Hard to Find Books
Connects people who love books, music and movies to thousands of independent sellers around the world.
IPL Online Literary Criticism
Contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
The New York Review of Books
Reader’s Corner
Looking for a good book? In Reader’s Corner you will find best sellers lists, staff’s recommended titles, links to terrific databases for booklovers and much more.
Reading Group Guides
Helps to make reading and talking about books more fun! Reading group guides contain discussion questions and background material on the author and subject, as well as suggestions for further reading.
Shakespeare Online
In depth Shakespeare information including play analyses, essays, plot synopses, answers to frequently asked questions and much more.
