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Book Collection: Nonfiction - Elementary School Edition
Searchable full-text for more than 1,300 popular nonfiction books covering high-interest subjects like animals, weather and sports.
Book Collection: Nonfiction – High School Edition
Searchable full-text for more than 2,450 popular nonfiction books covering high interest subjects like careers, technology and civics.
Book Collection: Nonfiction – Middle School Edition
Searchable full-text for more than 3,100 popular nonfiction books covering high interest subjects like sports, technology and biographies.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
Index and full-text of thousands of poems.
Literature Resource Center Included in Research Pro search
A wealth of information that offers literary criticism, biographies, work overviews, periodical articles, web sites and more.
NoveList Included in Research Pro search
Use this database to help you find information on thousands of adult and childrens fiction titles. Locate series information, awards, genre lists, reviews and more!
NoveList K-8 Included in Research Pro search
Need help finding a good book to read? Novelist can help you locate books for grades K to 8.
Show-Me the World
Search for books and other materials found in Missouri libraries.
Worldcat Included in Research Pro search
Search for books and other materials owned by libraries worldwide.

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Sites selected by the information experts at the Library...

  • Bartleby.com
    Preeminent Internet publisher of Literature, Reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access for free to books and information.
  • Literature Resources
    Links to sites dealing with British Literature. Criticism, history and library sites are included. Developed by the British Tourism Bureau.
  • Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide
    With nearly 400 pages, including over 300 author pages, this site is a significant presence in American literature on the web.
  • Poets.org
    A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies, weekly features, and poems for love and every occasion.
  • Project Gutenberg
    Free e-books. Most are classics or other older works that are now in the public domain.

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ARTICLES & RESEARCH GUIDES

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Books & Authors

If you like Downton Abbey...

If you are a fan of the tremendously popular Masterpiece TV series "Downton Abbey," check out the similar books and DVDs on this list. They just might help fill the void until the next episode airs.

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Notable in Non-fiction

Do you want to know more about floating bath toys or more about how we think?
There are many nonfiction titles published each month on a variety of topics from how to repair your car to the life story of some famous, infamous or obscure people in our world.

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Literary Criticism

What is literary criticism? How do I find it? Literary criticism is the evaluation, analysis, description, or interpretation of literary works. It is usually in the form of a critical essay, but in-depth book reviews can sometimes be considered literary criticism. Criticism may examine a particular literary work, or may look at an author's writings as a whole.

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