Books and Authors

American and English Literature: Full-text Collections provides access to famous works of poetry and drama, including Shakespeare and the Bible.

Contemporary Authors provides biographical and bibliographical information for more than 90,000 authors in the world. Categories include critical reviews, contact information, and awards won.

LitFinder provides access to thousands of famous poems, stories, essays, plays, and speeches.

Novelist Plus offer readers a way of finding new books based on likes and dislikes. Also offers recommended reads, book reviews, book lists, and book discussion guides.

Ohio eBook Project allows downloading of popular book titles in eAudiobook and eBook format, as well as music and video, all from the comfort of home! For more information, see our FAQ page.

Online Book Clubs is a service that sends free excerpts of popular books straight to your email. Book clubs include a non-fiction club, a business club, and a teen club. Want to discuss the title? Join the online forum. Did you miss a chapter? Request it again.

OCLC’s WorldCat searches the contents of over 10,000 worldwide library catalogs. (In order to request items from libraries participating in WorldCat's resource sharing initiative, please contact the library by phone or email.)