Literature Research Guide: Home

Includes access to three databases: Poem Finder, Story Finder, and Essay/Speech/Play Finder.

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.

Facts On File’s literature database has been thoroughly revised and expanded to include the writings of renowned literary critic Harold Bloom. In addition to Facts On File’s extensive print literature collection, the database now includes Bloom’s essays and criticism that examine the lives and works of great writers throughout time and history. Unlike many resources, this database contains an archive of more than 38,000 characters, as well as a wide range of entries on literary topics, themes, movements, and genres. Other features new to Bloom’s Literary Reference Online include the addition of new Facts On File titles, redesigned browse and keyword search options, a timeline of world literature, and a special feature on Harold Bloom’s Western Literary Canon. Diverse and authoritative, this database is sure to become a standard resource for all school and public libraries.

Books & Authors provides new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors and topics. Adapted from Gale's acclaimed What Do I Read Next? Print series, Books & Authors is specially designed to complement the browsing habits of today's Web user, integrating easy-to-follow menus that allow users to broaden and narrow their searches according to author, title or series, awards, and other criteria. An -if you like- search connects readers to the themes and genres that may have otherwise gone unnoticed.

Literature Criticism Online brings together up to 10 acclaimed multidisciplinary series representing a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres. Multiple search options are combined with an engaging format that matches the look and feel of the print originals.

Salem Literature is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets. Purchasing printed reference delivers online access at no additional cost. Salem currently offers this service with our brand new Critical Insights series. Unlimited user access to titles.