Literature & Reading

If you are a lover of the classics of English and American literature, you will likely find what you want right here! Explore full-text works of Yeats, Shakespeare, Whitman, and even the Bible, among many others.  Find an abundance of poetry, drama, and fiction, dating from 600 A.D. to the present, updated every six months!

Looking for books to inspire readers from preschool through the sixth grade? Find guidance to sort through the maze of fiction and nonfiction, picture books, graphic novels, and magazines. Sort peer-reviewed articles by topic, author, age, title, and more. Continuously updated.

Your students can easily find what they need for homework help or research projects right here.  Explora features reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art & music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures & languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health, and sports.

Looking for something to read? You can find information on thousands of works of fiction for adults, either written in or translated into English. Even out-of-print titles are included!

Teachers and students can quickly find all kinds of information about works of literature in this handy database, covering all genres and time periods. Discover more than 36,000 plot summaries, more than one million book reviews, and over 11 thousand author interviews – just to name a few! It also features an expansive collection of full-text poems, short stories and novels!

Looking for books to light a spark in fifth to ninth graders?  Search a selective list of recommended fiction and non-fiction. More than 10,000 books in all! Updated daily.

Get help finding your next great read! Find books that appeal sorted by age, taste, genre, author, and other criteria. Updated daily.

If you are searching for information on anything from the American industrial revolution to a biography of a British prime minister, this is your place to start. Find recommendations for adult nonfiction books and reference works. Updated continuously.

Searching for a good mystery, adventure, biography, or anything else for a high school student? Find fiction and nonfiction titles, as well as curriculum-related materials.  Updated continuously.

When you are having a hard time finding what you need, how about searching records from 72,000+ libraries all over the world? That is exactly how deep you can go using WorldCat. It includes books, magazines, archives, manuscripts, maps, films, online resources, and more! Interlibrary loan anyone? Updated daily.