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Recommended Sites - Books and Literature
is broken into the following categories: Award Winners,
Book Reference, Literary Criticism,
News and Reviews, What to Read Next
and Writing.
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Award
Winners |
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Caldecott
Medal Winners |
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View a list of medal winners from 1939
till today through the link above or learn
more about the Caldecott Medal. |
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Coretta
Scott King Award Winners |
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View a list of African-American children’s
book award winners through the link above or learn
more about the Coretta Scott King Award. |
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Maryland
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award |
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Outstanding children’s book lists selected
by Maryland media specialists, with winners chosen by Maryland students. |
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Newbery
Medal Winners |
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View a list of medal winners from 1922
till today through the link above or learn
more about the Newbery Medal. |
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Book
Reference |
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ABEBooks |
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This book site is especially good for information
on the value of rare books and first editions which can be found by
doing an advanced search. |
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Bartleby.com |
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E-text version or reference works, poems,
fiction and nonfiction all searchable by a cross index. |
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Booklist
Center |
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Includes lists prepared by authorities
in dozens of fields as well as a comprehensive listing of award winning
books, listed under “Titles in Alphabetic Order.” This site is maintained
by a retired librarian. |
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Books
and Book Collecting |
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Links to new, used and antiquarian book
sellers on the web. Hundreds of links arranged by type; childrens,
new, used, bibliography etc. |
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Books
in Print.com Professional |
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Bibliographic Information on book in print
or out of print, reviews. Access to this database is available both
in branches and remotely. For remote access,
follow this link
and enter your library card number at the prompt. |
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Patron Books In Print.com |
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Personalized reading lists, reviews, bibliographic
information, titles mentioned on the radio, tv or in magazines and
upcoming titles. Access to this database is available both in branches and
remotely. For remote access, follow this link and
enter your library card number at the prompt. |
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BookSpot |
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A commercial site with links to hundreds
of book related sites including information on romances, mysteries,
science fiction, young adult and children's books. |
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On-Line
Dictionaries |
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Links to more than 800 dictionaries in
160 different languages including Esperanto and Vulcan. This site
is maintained by Bucknell University. |
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Poet’s
Corner |
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A searchable compilation of over 6,000
poems by 700 poets. |
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Teenreads.com |
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Part of the book report network this has
plenty of information about authors and books for teens.
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Yahoo
Authors' Links |
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Links to hundreds of author sites, from
contemporary and historical to popular and literary. |
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Literary
Criticism |
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Cambridge
History of English and American Literature |
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An 18 volume historical encyclopedia of
literary criticism that is searchable by keyword. |
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Digital
Librarian: Literature |
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Literature sites on topics ranging from
the Bhagavad-Gita to William Faulkner. This site is maintained by
librarians. |
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Legends |
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History, lore and literature surrounding
King Arthur, Robin Hood, pirates and privateers and others in ballads,
fiction and film. This site is maintained by volunteers. |
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Literature
Resource Center |
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Literary topics including criticism, plot
summaries, author biographies. Access to this database is available
both in branches and remotely. For remote
access, enter your library card number at the prompt. |
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Online
Literary Criticism Collection |
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Links to over 2500 critical and biographical
web sites about authors and their works, maintained by the University
of Michigan School of Information. |
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Spark
Notes: Online Study Guides |
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An online source similiar to Cliff Notes. Access to
this website is available both in branches and remotely. |
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News
and Reviews |
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Bookwire |
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Trade news, best seller lists, reviews
and author tour information from RR Bowker, the publisher of Library
Journal and Publishers Weekly. |
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What
to Read Next |
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Based
on the Book |
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Mid-Continent Public Library site which compiles over 1,000 books,
novels, short stories and plays that have been made into movies since
1980. Searchable by movie, book and author.
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BookSpot |
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A commercial site with links to hundreds of other book related sites
including information on romances, mysteries, science fiction, young
adult and children's books. |
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FictionConnection |
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Find another book to read like the one
you just finished. Access to this database is available both in branches and
remotely. For remote access, follow this link and
enter your library card number at the prompt. |
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LibraryThing.com |
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Allows people to catalog their libraries, 200 titles for free and a small fee after that, and serves as a readers advisory service, fiction and nonfiction, by connected these libraries with subject headings which can be searched. |
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NonFiction Connection |
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Find another book to read like the one you just finished.
Access to this database is available both in branches and
remotely. For remote access, follow this link and
enter your library card number at the prompt. |
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Novelist |
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Reader’s Advisory to help you find books
to read like one you just finished. This subscription is provided
by Sailor. Access to this database is available both in branches
and remotely. For remote access, enter your library card number at
the prompt. |
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Novelist K-8 |
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Reading suggestions for students in grades
K-8. This subscription is provided by Sailor. Access to this database
is available both in branches and remotely.
For remote access, enter your library card number at the prompt. |
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Overbooked |
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Specializes in literary and genre fiction
information. Overbooked Originals include author web pages, annotated
lists of nonfiction, fiction and mystery books which received starred
reviews, themed booklists, featured titles lists and hot lists of
hard cover US fiction releases. |
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Patron
Books In Print.com |
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Personalized reading lists, reviews, bibliographic
information, titles mentioned on the radio, tv or in magazines and
upcoming titles. Access to this database is available both in branches
and remotely. For remote access, follow this link
and enter your library card number at the prompt. |
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Stop, you're killing me: A site to die for, if you love mystery books |
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An index of mysteries by author, character, location along with many other figures for mystery lovers. A free online newsletter also available. |
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What Do I Read Next? |
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Reader’s Advisory to help you find books
to read like one you just finished. Access to this database is available
both in branches and remotely. For remote
access, enter your library card number at the prompt. |
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What's
Next |
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Provides searches for adult and children's
fiction in series. A "series" is two or more books linked
by character(s), settings or other common traits. Searches can be
made by title, author (last name, first name) or series by filling
in any or all of the search fields. |
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Writing |
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Internet
Resources For Writers |
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Hundred of links covering all types of
writing, fiction and nonfiction with information on agents, awards,
guides, exercises and reference material. |
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