Books & Literature
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Booklist
More than 120,000 book reviews. Includes the new monthly digital edition of Booklist magazine.
Booklist Reader
NEW: From the publishers of Booklist, this new magazine for library users features monthly themed issues, top 10 lists, author interviews and more.
BookPage
Monthly magazine highlighting new book releases and author interviews. Current freely available issues available online for January 2020-present. Also visit their YouTube channel for additional features and interviews.
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CloudLibrary Read-alongs
Hundreds of read-alongs, many based on popular movies, comics and children's books. (Children with a Kids' World-only card will need to use a parent's/guardian's hoopla account for access.
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Gale Dictionary of Literary Biography
Biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Gale eBooks
Formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library
Reference eBooks on biography, business, environment, history, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nations/world, religion, science, social science, and more. See also Access My Library app.
Gale in Context: High School
Magazine, news and reference articles for middle school through undergraduate. Covers science, literature, history, social sciences, arts, etc.
Gale Literature Criticism
Literary commentary providing a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras, and genres.
Gale Literature Resource Center
Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors and their works from every age and literary discipline.
Gale Literature: LitFinder + Contemporary Authors
Combines the content of Gale's LitFinder database of poetry and criticism and Gale's Contemporary Authors Online database of biographical information and bibliographies.
Gale Literature: Something About the Author
Examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people.
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Hoopla
eBooks, eAudiobooks, comics, videos and music. "Kids' Mode" available to highlight age-appropriate titles.
Arlington Heights cardholders onlyHoopla Read-Alongs
Hundreds of read-alongs, many based on popular movies, comics and children's books. (Children with a Kids' World-only card will need to use a parent's/guardian's hoopla account for access.
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Literary Reference Center
NEW: Includes plot summaries, critical essays, reviews and author biographies/interviews, as well as thousands of full-text poems and short stories.
LOTE4Kids (Languages Other Than English)
LOTE (Languages Other Than English) is collection of hundreds of children's read-alongs from around the world, presented in both their original languages and English.
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WorldCat Discovery
Provides the same coverage as WorldCat & WorldCat.org, with a more modern interface.