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Literature databases:

Contemporary Authors

(Put in barcode and PIN and click on "Dewitt Infotrac and Gale Databases" on the lefthand side of the screen to access this database) Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.

Contemporary Literary Criticism

(Put in barcode and PIN and click on "Dewitt Infotrac and Gale Databases" on the lefthand side of the screen to access this database) Contemporary Literary Criticism Select is an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.

Poem and Story Finder

This database offers a wide range of ways to browse, including genre, subject, and more specific keyword searches. Also featured is a special "Kids Korner" that locates literature of interest to young people. The LitFinder database doesn't only feature poems and stories, but also has a comprehensive index of plays, essays, and speeches.

*Twayne's Authors Series*

View full text discussions of an author's works and a chronology of the author's life when you browse hundreds of important names in literature from its beginnings to its contemporary incarnations. And not only does Twayne's Authors Series database allow you to search specific topics, it also helps you brainstorm a topic if you're not sure what to write about.