Books and Literature

Children's Core Collection lists quality fiction and nonfiction books, story collections, picture books and magazines for children in preschool through grade six.

Entries provide complete bibliographic data, price, subject headings, a descriptive annotation and evaluative quotations from a review when available.

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Core Collection en Español lists Spanish-language titles that are recommended for all ages and reading levels. Coverage includes original Spanish-language books, translations into Spanish, bilingual materials, and support for English-language learners (ELLs).

Core Collection en Español ofrece sugerencias de libros en español para todas las edades y niveles de lectura. Incluye libros escritos originalmente en español, traducciones, títulos bilingües, y materiales de apoyo para personas que están aprendiendo inglés como segunda lengua (ELLs por sus siglas en inglés).

Core Collections are reliable guides to help with collection development and maintenance, general reference and readers’ advisory needs. You can browse lists of award-winning books, get ideas for book displays and book lists and see recently-added books every time you log in.

Core Collections Complete includes:

• Children's Core Collection
• Fiction Core Collection
• Graphic Novels Core Collection
• Middle and Junior High Core Collection
• Nonfiction Core Collection
• Senior High Core Collection

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 eBooks from EBSCOhost has online-only, single-user, technical, scholarly and general interest eBooks.

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Fiction Core Collection has information on thousands of works of fiction for adults, either written in or translated into English. Out-of-print titles are included.

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Gale Books and Authors is a readers' advisory tool. Includes browsing, read-alikes, reviews, award winners and themed book lists.

Gale General OneFile with OneFile Collections provides over 8,000 general interest magazines, journals, newspapers, reference material and audio content.

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Gale Literature Resource Center offers literary analysis, biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods, and from around the world.

Gale Literature: LitFinder contains literary works and secondary-source materials covering world literature and authors throughout history. Including more than 132,000 full-text poems and 670,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches and plays.

Gale Literature: Scribner Writer Series contains essays on writers and literary works.

Gale Literature: Twayne’s Author Series provides in-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers.

Graphic Novels Core Collection is a list of recommended titles with descriptive and evaluative annotations, plus cover art. Annotations include review excerpts and awards the title has won. All titles are searchable by author, title, subject, genre and grade level.

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Middle & Junior High Core Collection includes thousands of entries for works of nonfiction and fiction, plus review sources and other professional aids for librarians serving readers in grades 5 through 9.

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Nonfiction Core Collection is a guide to recommended nonfiction titles for adults. Entries are continuously updated and provide complete bibliographic data, price, subject headings, a descriptive annotation and evaluative quotations from a review when available, plus information on electronic editions of works.

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NoveList Plus provides read-alikes and recommendations for fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels and audiobooks for all ages and genres.

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Publishers Directory provides librarians, booksellers and other information seekers with the most comprehensive and detailed coverage of U.S. and Canadian publishing operations. The listings for publishers and distributors of books, classroom materials, prints, reports and databases include contact information and descriptions of their operations.

This eBook is fully searchable and accessed through the Gale Directory Library.

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Senior High Core Collection includes thousands of entries for works of nonfiction and fiction, plus review sources and other professional aids for librarians serving readers in grades 9 through 12.

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Book Connections is now TeachingBooks for Libraries.

TeachingBooks for Libraries provides multimedia content to complement children's and young adult books. Resources include audiobook readings, author videos, book discussion guides and lesson plans for over 40,000 books in English and Spanish.

Access is available to anyone in Texas.

TeachingBooks for Libraries has similar content to TeachingBooks.net, and is geared towards public libraries.

TeachingBooks.net provides multimedia content to complement children's and young adult books for K-12 students and educators. Resources include audiobook readings, author videos, book discussion guides and lesson plans for over 40,000 books in English and Spanish.

For a similar resource geared towards public libraries, check out TeachingBooks for Libraries.

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Twentieth Century American Poetry is a collection of poetry written by the most important and influential American poets of the 20th century. It includes 50,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets.

Twentieth Century English Poetry contains the poetry of over 200 poets from 1900 to the present day. It includes poetry in English by poets from outside the British Isles, as well as significant translations of non-English poetry.

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WorldCat.org, the OCLC catalog of books, web resources and other materials, contains all the records cataloged by member libraries worldwide. It offers millions of bibliographic records in English and 400 other languages.

Access to WorldCat through FirstSearch expired on August 31, 2024.