ARTS & LITERATURE DATABASES
AT LAKE FOREST LIBRARY
BookLetters Available Remotely
Book reviews, information on hundreds of authors, and book lists for all ages, including best sellers and award-winning titles. Receive reviews of recommended books in your favorite genres delivered to your inbox by signing up for BookLetters email newsletter service.
Children’s Literature Review Available Remotely
Criticism of major works of children’s literature. Browse by title, author, or topic, or search by keywords or phrases. From the Gale databases page, select Literature Criticism Online to search the Children’s Literature Review
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select Available Remotely
Critical essays on contemporary authors. Essays include a
biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal works, and
sources for further study. From the Gale databases page, select
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select.
Electronic Collections Online (ECO) No Remote Access
A FirstSearch database of scholarly journals with article citations or
the full text from many arts and literature titles. 1995 to the present.
Updated daily. From FirstSearch’s home page, select ECO as the
database to search.
Gale Virtual Reference Library Available Remotely
Encyclopedias and reference sources on many topics including arts
and literature. Search individual titles or the entire collection at once.
From the Gale databases page, select Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Then view publications under arts and literature.
NextReads Available Remotely
Choose favorite subjects and genres from more than 20 fiction and non-fiction reading lists. Lists will be sent directly to your inbox with titles linked to the library’s catalog for ease in checking availability. Frequency of lists varies
from bi-monthly to monthly.
NoveList Plus Available Remotely
An EBSCO database about novels and popular nonfiction titles. Includes summaries, reviews, popularity ranking, and links to similar titles. Many different award lists and title lists by genre, theme, and series name. Book discussion
guides for some titles and author read-alike articles for many popular
authors.
Something About the Author Available Remotely
Examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults. Browse by author or search by keyword. Entries include biographies (with photographs), autobiographies, and obituaries. From the Gale Databases page, select Something About the Author.