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Gale Literarature This link opens in a new window
Search 20th Century Literature Criticism Online, Children's Literature Criticism Online, Contemporary Literature Criticism Online, Poetry Criticism Online, Shakespearean Criticism Online, Short Story Criticism Online, Something About the Author, and Something About the Author Autobiography series.
Latin American Women Writers This link opens in a new window
Browse or search this collection of prose, poetry, drama and essays written by influential Latin American women from the colonial era to the present.
Something About the Author Online This link opens in a new window
Thousands of illustrated biographical profiles of children's authors and illustrators. Covers both well-known writers and artists and less prominent individuals whose works are just coming to be recognized (v.225 - present).
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index This link opens in a new window
BMGI indexes sources referring to 13.6 million names, both contemporary and historical.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo contains 410 reference dictionaries and handbooks in all subject areas. You’ll find entries for words, concepts, phenomena, quotes, figures, formulae, or historical or cultural events. Subjects range broadly over the arts, humanities, sciences, social sciences, and foreign languages.

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