This is a free web source that leads to where reprints of criticism can be found in the Gale series hardcopy reference volumes. Gale excerpts key passages of general criticism from books and articles. A well known title covered by the index is Dictionary of Literary Biography.

Reference books on literature published by Oxford University Press.

A long established reference source, each essay about an author presents the life, style, key themes, most often used literary devices, and critical perspectives. Each essay provides a bibliography of important studies and primary sources.

Biographical essays on influential and dead Americans from all walks of life. Includes bibliographies, sometimes with locations of archival collections.

Biography Reference Bank provides biographical information on people from antiquity to the present. Contains thousands of images.

Biographical sketches of noted living authors writing in fiction or nonfiction. Contact information is sometimes provided.

A database covering authors and works most commonly studied from high school through college. Includes selected literary criticism, plot summaries, author biographies, author interviews, book reviews, poems, short stories, and images.

Reference books on classical literature and the classical world published by Oxford University Press.

This database provides many full text links to a mix of general interest publications and those in specific academic areas, such as social sciences, humanities, education, language and linguistics, arts, and literature. Publications regarded as interdisciplinary are also represented. ASC is a good general topic database for preliminary research, covering core publications and updated daily.

Author contact information may be found in The Writers Directory. Other literary titles in GVRL are Literary Newsmakers for Students, Literary Themes for Students: The American Dream, and Shakespeare for Students.

Full text access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. L/N's coverage of newspapers, magazines, and news transcripts makes it a good source for news on cultural happenings and finding information about people.

In addition to language and literature, Oxford Reference Online Premium provides reference titles in fields such as science and philosophy. This makes OROP a good source for exploring influential ideas and literary writing in a variety of specialties.