- Books and Authors - Combines browseable menus and visual search technology to guide readers from every level of reading proficiency to books that match their interests.
- Gale Virtual Reference E-books- A selection of Literature Reference materials from Gale.
- NoveList- Find book reviews, discussion guides, plot summaries, and more information about 120,000 fiction titles here!
- NoveList K-8 - Search authors and titles, find reading recommendations, and connect to curriculum requirements for ages 0 through the teens.
- LitFinder - Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.
- Literature Resource Center - Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
- Kent District Library's What's Next Database - Find out what book comes next in your favorite series
- ReadingGroupGuides.com
- Poetry Foundation
- Project Gutenberg - 18,000 free e-books
- The Reading Place - @ the Downers Grove Public Library
- BookBrowser Reading Lists - from Barnes & Noble
- Great Books Online from Bartelby
- MGPL Webrary - Web Sites for Book Lovers
Books & Literature
Note: To use the databases from home, click on the link or "Home Access" wherever noted. Patrons working inside the library need not do this.
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= Free website
= Subscription-based database, paid for by the library = Free website
Last updated: 1/20/2012
