Biography Resource Center 
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
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.
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.
Use Literature Notes to get information about the life and background of an author in addition to book summaries and character descriptions.
Find biographical information about Shakespeare and his works as well as background and historical information about the Globe Theatre and Elizabethan London.