Books, reading and literature

Check out these research databases on books and reading.

Books in Print

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Bowker's Books in Print lets you locate bibliographic information, availability, reviews, and other information about millions of books, audio, and video products. Read more...

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database

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The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) is an excellent tool for evaluating and selecting children's books. Read more...

Credo Reference: Literature

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12 Literature reference works are available in Credo Reference (formerly Xreferplus).

Digital Downloads

Digital Downloads, previously known as Mid-Ohio Library Digital Initiative or MOLDI, offers access to thousands of online audio, print, and video titles. Read more...

Fiction Connection

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Looking for a great read? Use Fiction Connection to find book suggestions based on books you have already read, authors you like, or topics of interest. Read more...

Granger's World of Poetry Online

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Looking for a poem? Granger's has full text of over 150,000 poems. Search by author, subject, and words any where in the poem. Read more...

Literary Reference Center

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This comprehensive database from EBSCOhost provides a broad spectrum of full-text information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Read more...

Literature Online

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Literature Online is a collection of poetry, prose, drama, novels and short stories spanning centuries of English and American Literature. Read more...

Literature Resource Center

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Designed to meet the research needs of undergraduate and high school students, the Literature Resource Center from Gale provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors Read more...

netLibrary

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Access any of the 2,768 eBooks in Worthington Libraries eContent collection and 3,400 publicly-accessible titles. Read more...

Nonfiction Connection

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Looking for a great nonfiction read? Use Nonfiction Connection to find book suggestions based on books you have already read, authors you like, or topics of interest. Read more...

One More Story

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One More Story is a library of the best of children's classic and contemporary literature. Read more...

Readthebooks.com

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Here's a neat site for elementary and middle-school students to find a book for school or fun. Read more...

Scholastic BookFlix

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Scholastic BookFlix is an online literacy resource that pairs video storybooks with non-fiction titles. This unique format allows children to watch a story and then learn more. Read more...

WorldCat (OCLC)

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This huge world-wide database of library materials provides records of any type of material cataloged and held by OCLC member libraries. Read more...