This Milwaukee Public Library list of over 100 popular African American authors contains links to the CountyCat online catalog for a quick check of titles and their availability.
Read about authors and poets, enjoy book excerpts or listen to poetry, learn about popular and interesting new books and classic titles, find publishers, bookstores, and more concerning African American Literature.
A searchable database of over 900 literary agents. Search by agent's name, book titles, or genre represented. A one-stop writer's resource about literary agents and publishing.
This site offers short book reviews by nonprofessional book enthusiasts in the categories of sci-fi, mystery/thiller, literature, romance, biography, and history. Books can also be searched by plot, character, setting and writing style.
This cd-rom contain two databases: one for books (good for researching the prices of rare books), maps, broadsides and other printed material; the other for autographs, manuscripts,
documents, signed photographs, and other material that is entirely or partly handwritten. All of these are records of items actually sold at public auction in North America, England, Germany, Monaco, The Netherlands, Italy, Australia and other countries between September 1975 and last year. The prices listed are hammer prices. Library subscription.
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This site links to literary award sites listing the winners of awards and prizes such as the Caldecott and Newbery Medals, Nobel, Booker, and Pulitzer Prizes. Science Fiction and Mystery award site links are also well-represented.
Book Collection Nonfiction: Elementary School Edition is an EBSCO database for school and public libraries. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 1,290 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on animals, weather, holidays, adventure, sports, Native Americans, the United States, Canada, biographies, nature, civics and more. Award winning titles are an integral part of this database and Book Collection Nonfiction: Elementary School Edition features 300 books that have received highly acclaimed reviews from School Library Journal, BookList, or Publishers Weekly. Search the database by entering a topic you want to learn more about. It is particularly useful for assignments when a whole class must find material on similar topics. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Book Collection Nonfiction: High School Edition is an EBSCO database for school and public libraries, which provides content including popular series from top book publishers. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 2,448 popular grades 9-12 nonfiction books, including high interest titles on careers, health, life skills, ethnicity, disabilities, adventure, sports, technology, biographies, music, science, history, civics and more. This database includes 1,464 books which are part of the Accelerated Reader program. Search a topic of interest to find full-text books on the subject. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Book Collection Nonfiction: Middle School Edition is designed by EBSCO for school and public libraries to provide content representing a wide spectrum of works, including popular series from top book publishers. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 3,089 popular nonfiction books. Book Collection Nonfiction: Middle School Edition provides an interesting variety of high interest books on careers, health, life skills, ethnicity, disabilities, adventure, sports, technology, biographies, history, science, women, civics and more. To see specific titles, click on the "Books" link on the EBSCO toolbar. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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A frequently-updated, all-encompassing Website for book award winners from all across the globe, assembled from a vast array of both Internet and print sources.
Megasite for information on many aspects of book collecting. This site includes links to most all the new and used bookstore sites (Amazon Books, Barnes & Noble, Bibliocity, BiblioFind, BookFinder.com, BookSeek, BookStacks Unlimited, etc.), information on author signatures, and the finer points of collecting.
Use this site to link to top book-related sites for online texts, book reviews, reading lists, author and publisher information, bookstores, book news, events and more. Reviews of current popular books by the American Library Association, New York Times, Washington Post, and more together with suggestions on what to read next for adults, teens, and children.
This R.R. Bowker Web site includes timely book industry news, features, reviews, original fiction, guides to literary events, author interviews, thousands of annotated links to book-related sites, and more.
Looking for what to read next? Here are dozens of booklists (mysteries, love or romantic, YA, dog and cat, science fiction, cozies, books to television, etc.) compiled by members of the Fiction_L electronic book discussion list.
This is a master index to every literary series published by Gale. It combines and cross references more than 130,000 author names including pseudonyms and variant names and more than 140,000 titles into one source to provide quick and easy access to the printed editions of Gale Publishing's 43 literary series (Click on about to read a complete description of what the index covers). This is an INDEX, not a full-text resource.
Providing one-stop keystroke access to a reference treasury, Gale's Ready Reference Shelf uses the power of electronic searching to create an integrated resource that incorporates 14 of the Gales most popular general reference databases. More than 330,000 entries for associations, research centers, publishers, publications (ranging from newspapers and newsletters to periodicals and directories), databases, television and radio stations are available 24 hours a day. Sources include: Directories in Print, Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers, Encyclopedia of American Religions, Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S., Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations, Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local Organizations, Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations, Gale Directory of Databases, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, Newsletters in Print, Publishers Directory, Research Centers Directory, International Research Centers Directory, and Government Research Centers Directory. Click for a full description of this database. Library subscription.
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This Web site provides an introduction into the main streams of philosophical thought involved with literary critical theory. It includes explanations, terminology guides, modules on the theorists who defined each school, and illustrates each theory using applied examples.
Humanities International Complete provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Produced by an imprint of EBSCO Publishing, this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,100 titles and 2.47 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases, plus full text for more than 890 journals. Humanities International Complete is useful for students, researchers, and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Searching for just the right words? Lit Finder can connect you with them fast! Using the tabs along the top of the page, choose from Poem Finder (100,000 full-text poems/800,000 poetry citations and excerpts), Story Finder (thousands of full short stories online), or Essay/Speech/Play Finder (easily searchable by topic or type of work, with biographical information about the author). From ancient times to the present day, there's a way to express it in Lit Finder. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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The Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive database which provides users with a broad spectrum of information on literature from antiquity to the present day. LRC contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works. In addition, it includes reference books such as the Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature, hundreds of literary journals, author interviews, a timeline of literature, a literary glossary, and guide to various citation formats, such as MLA, APA and Chicago. This EBSCO database can be searched by author or title, and some works, such as The Canterbury Tales, Hamlet and approximately 1,000 others are conveniently contained in full here as e-books. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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This Gale product is a complete literature reference database providing online access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis for more than 140,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers and their works. Other features in the Literature Resource Center include over 5,000 explications and overviews of prominent literary works; links to 5,100 websites focusing on major authors and their works; over 6,500 timeline events to help place literature in its historical and social context, 2,300 author portraits; a guide to writing a Modern Language Association-style research paper; and more. Searching may be done by Author Name, Title, Genre, Literary Movement or Literary Themes. The database includes: Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, and Literature from 1400-1800. [For a full description of this database, go to Gale's About the Literature Resource Center.] Library subscription.
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Free literature summaries and study guides for many classic works of literature. The study guides include full chapter summaries and analysis, topics for discussion, quotes, style, themes and character analysis.
This is a public-service Web site listing poetry and related events for Madison, Wisconsin, and vicinity. It includes local poetic news, events, poetry contests, and links to many other poetry sites.
This site offers reviews of superhero, fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, nonfiction, crime and many other kinds of graphic novels for kids, teens or adults
An entire suite of readers' advisory products, NoveList contains not only a core of 150,000 fiction titles, but 4,000 articles and lists, book talks, and book discussion guides (great for book groups!). Many genres, from graphic novels to Christian fiction are included here. An EBSCO product, NoveList also offers avid booklovers author read-alikes, readers' advisory training content and a variety of other reader and staff materials. With books for all ages, lists of award winning titles, a guide to books in series, attractive cover images, and a colorful design, NoveList has something to appeal to every reader! Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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A subset of the full NoveList database, NoveList K-8 is specially designed for children and teen readers. Produced by EBSCO, this database includes author biographies, recommended titles, books in series, and book cover art images. Teachers & parents can subscribe to two special newsletters found here: NoveList School News and NoveList RA News. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Hear a book! See a book! Read a book! One More Story is an online library of children's classic and contemporary literature. Included among the over 50+ featured titles are such popular books as Crow Boy, Mouse Paint, and Pete's a Pizza. Through a simple point and click process, children can choose a book, see the illustrations and listen to the book out loud while following along as each word is highlighted. The guide is a bookworm and music accents the charming presentation - kids will want to come to the library for their personal storytime to read these books over and over again! Library subscription.
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This resource for readers provides timely information about fiction (all genres) and readable nonfiction. Established in 1994, Overbooked.org is a nonprofit website hosted by Central Virginia's Community Online (CVCO).
This collection of over 6,000 English phrases and sayings can be used as a 'phrases thesaurus' (to show a list of phrases that relate to any word you choose), for the meanings or origins of English phrases and sayings.
The Poetry Society of America provides poets with a directory of over 200 poetry-related sites. "PSA Resources" includes links to poetry journals, poetry publishers and small presses, and poetry contests.
This is the on-line version of the pre-eminent magazine for poets. It lists major contests and prizes, reputable places to submit poems, information on writer's workshops, and interviews with nationally known poets.
Poets.org is sponsored by the Academy of American Poets, which was founded in 1934 to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster appreciation of contemporary poetry. Includes titles of new poetry books with sample poems.
A source of information on more than 150,000 of the world's periodicals with data from authoritative sources, like R.R. Bowker's Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory and Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, enhanced by helpful information and hyperlinks to participating publishers and secondary publishing services.
These booklists, prepared by the Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon, help readers find authors similar to the ones they like, and offer lists of titles on various topics, like "African American Love Stories" and "Humorous Reads."
This site offers recent book reviews by professional writers and critics. It includes both popular and literary titles (fiction and nonfiction). Also included are first chapters or excerpts from the books.
This site offers hundreds of reviews of current romantic fiction, divided into categories such as historical, contemporary, time travel, and Regency. Enter contests and meet new romance authors in the New Faces column.
This free collection of summaries of more than 200 works of English and American literature is written and produced exclusively by Harvard students and graduates. This alternative to Cliffs Notes (tm) covers a wide cross-section of the more frequently-assigned texts in university literature courses.
This site is dedicated to reviewing street fiction, also known as urban fiction, street lit, or gangsta fiction. Search by author, publisher, setting, or theme.
TeachingBooks is a multimedia resource center that generates enthusiasm for books and reading by providing easy access to authors, illustrators and other book resources all in one place. Included are original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, book guides with activities for the library and classroom, audio excerpts of book readings for grades PreK-12, pronunciation of author names by the authors themselves and links to author websites. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Magazines, newsletters, serials, annuals, databases. Find them all in Ulrichsweb.com, the online version of the well-known Ulrich's Periodicals Directory. Coverage is international in scope, and historical information on ceased publications is provided. Details in each listing usually include publisher name and contact data, frequency of publication, format, indexing available, and circulation figures. Library subscription.
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The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets publishes the Wisconsin Poets Calendar, sponsors readings and workshops around the state, and provides information on contests, prizes and publishing opportunities in Wisconsin and elsewhere.
Mounted on a wall in the Central Library, this list pays tribute to a spectrum of literary talents--novelists, poets, journalists, playwrights, historian--whose work has been influenced by their life and experiences in Wisconsin.
