| Descriptions
for Literature/Language Databases
Access PA Library Catalog
Catalog holdings of almost 3,000 Pennsylvania school, public,
academic and special libraries are included in this database.
Search by author, title, subject or keyword to locate over 44
million items.
Biography
Reference Bank (Select link under Biography heading.)
Links to biographical articles on over 470,000 individuals. Full
text articles, abstracts and photographs are available from periodicals,
feature articles, interviews, essays, performance reviews, speeches
and obituaries. Click
here for an online tutorial from the James V. Brown Library.
Biography
Resource Center
Information on the lives of more than one million people from
throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines
and subject areas.
Bloom
Literary Reference Online
Provides author bios, great works of world literature, a timeline
and, most notably, professor Harold Bloom’s selection of
authors and works that represent the greatest achievements of
the Western literary tradition.
Contemporary
Authors
A guide to current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism,
drama, motion pictures and television. Biographies of these authors
are included.
ERIC
(Select link under Education heading.)
The Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) provides full
text of 2,200 digests in addition to citations and abstracts from
over 980 education or education-related journals.
Handbook
of Classical Mythology
eBook that introduces the mythological world of the Greeks and
the Romans, combined with a chronology of myths and a dictionary
of key characters, objects, and events.
Handbook
of Hindu Mythology
eBook offering readers an accessible way of exploring complex
deities, mythological characters, and ideas of Hinduism
Handbook
of Native American Mythology eBook covering aspects
of this sophisticated, seldom-examined network of characters and
ideas.
LearningExpressLibrary
Test preparation materials and interactive practice exams, based
on official tests, that help improve scores on basic skills, academic,
civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification
exams. It provides immediate scoring, complete answer explanations,
and individualized analysis of scores. Also see LearningExpress
E-books. (Click here for available
titles.)
Literary
Reference Center (This database has been discontinued;
see Bloom Literary Reference Online, above to access "Bloom
Guides.")
Literature
Resource Center
To meet the research needs of undergraduate and high school students,
the database provides access to biographies, bibliographies and
critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.
It covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists
and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied
authors.
LitFinder
(Poems, Short Stories, Essays, Speeches, Plays)
Search for full text poems, citations and excerpts using Poem
Finder. Poet biographies, a Kids’ Korner, and the Year’s Best
Poetry are included. Story Finder provides thousands of full text
short stories with explanations, biographies, and more. Use Essay
Finder to locate full text essays and discursive writing based
on books published in the 20th century. The essays focus on humanities
and social sciences and include biographies and literary criticisms.
Click
here for an online tutorial from the James V. Brown Library.
NetLibrary
Electronic books (eBooks) are available through this link. NetLibrary
eBooks are full text searchable and available for use on personal
computers in online formats. Click
here for an online tutorial from the James V. Brown Library.
New
Dictionary of the History of Ideas
eBook bringing a global perspective to bear on timeless questions
about the individual and society. A distinguished team of international
scholars explore new thinking in areas previously covered (communism,
linguistics, physics) and present cross-cultural perspectives
on more recent topics such as postmodernism, deconstruction and
post-colonialism.
NoveList
(Scroll down on the EBSCO "Select Service" page.)
Includes fiction authors, titles and themes. Provides suggestions
of books that are similar to those of a particular author or a
certain title. Expand your reading horizons with Novelist. Librarians
can use this database as a readers’ advisory service to assist
patrons who enjoy fiction. Teachers can use this resource for
enhancement of curriculum. Click
here for an online tutorial from the James V. Brown Library.
NoveList
K-8 (Scroll down on the EBSCO "Select Service"
page.)
Information about more than 38,000 fiction titles of interest
to students in grades K-8. Full text reviews from professional
journals and book talks for selected titles are available in this
database. A good resource to expand student reading interest by
introducing new authors or additional books in a subject area.
NoveList
Plus (Scroll down on the EBSCO "Select Service"
page.)
Includes nonfiction
authors, titles and themes, concentrating on nonfiction that reads
like fiction. Provides suggestions of books that are similar to
those of a particular author or a certain title. Expand your reading
horizons with Novelist. Librarians can use this database as a
readers’ advisory service to assist patrons who enjoy nonfiction.
Teachers can use this resource for enhancement of curriculum.
NoveList
Plus K-8 (Scroll down on the EBSCO "Select Service"
page.)
Information for thousands of nonfiction titles of interest to
students in grades K-8. Full text reviews from professional journals
and book talks for selected titles are available in this database.
A good resource to expand student reading interest by introducing
new authors or additional books in a subject area.
Oxford
Reference Online (Select link under General Reference
heading.)
Provides information on many subjects including general reference,
language and quotations, science and medicine, humanities and
social sciences, business and professions. Bilingual dictionaries
provided in English/French, English/German, English/Spanish, and
English/Italian. Click
here for an online tutorial from the James V. Brown Library.
Professional
Development Collection and ERIC (Scroll down on the EBSCO
"Select Service" page.)
PDC is designed for professional educators, with 550 full text
journals included in the collection; the Educational Resource
Information Center (ERIC) provides full text of 2,200 digests
in addition to citations and abstracts from over 980 education
or education-related journals.
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