Biography in Context
This database combines biographies from several authoritative reference sources as well as full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.

Literature Criticism Online
Full text of articles from these major literary criticism series:

• Classic and Medieval Literature Criticism
• Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism
• Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
• Contemporary Literary Criticism
• Children's Literature Review

Search by keyword, or browse by author, title of the work, or topic.

Literature Resource Center
Use this database for your English homework and projects. It has information about authors' lives and about the books they've written. This is the place to search for literary criticism.

Novelist

If you're looking for a suggestion of a good book to read, use Novelist. This database is all about fiction. You can look up authors, books, plots, and book series.

Novelist K-8

A collection of fiction titles in which readers can find read-alikes, authors, titles, and booklists geared to younger readers.

CliffsNotes

Use Literature Notes to get information about the life and background of an author in addition to book summaries and character descriptions.

Shakespeare Resource Center

Find biographical information about Shakespeare and his works as well as background and historical information about the Globe Theatre and Elizabethan London.