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	Reviews, columns and recommended reading lists from Booklist magazine.	Click here from home.
Contemporary Authors Gale	Entries on over 100,000 authors with full-text articles.	Click here from home.
Literature Reference Collection   Virtual Reference Library Gale	Over 330 encyclopedias and specialized reference sources. Includes a large collection of reference works on fiction, nonfiction, poetry and more.	Click here from home.
Literature Resource Center Gale	Traditional literary reference works, critical information on authors and their works, current journal articles, and additional resources.	Click here from home.
NoveList	Helps you find new fiction books to read by searching favorite authors, titles, subjects, and genres.	Click here from home.
Student Resource Center - Silver Gale	Full-text coverage of 95 magazines, primary documents, photographs, and illustrations.	Click here from home.
TumbleBook Library	A collection of animated, talking picture books, puzzles and games. Includes books in Spanish, French & Chinese.	Click here from home.
WorldCat FirstSearch	Over 62 million library records in 400 languages.	Click here from home.

Free Web sites

Books for the Blind

Voices of Vision Talking Book Center - Talking books and magazines, books and magazines in Braille and playback equipment mailed free to eligible readers.

Books for Sale/Book Industry

Alibris – Bookstore with over 60 million used, new and out-of-print books.

Amazon.com - Largest online bookstore.

BarnesandNoble.com – An online bookstore.

BookWire - Information on books and the book industry.

eBooks

Google Books - Digital database that includes full views, limited views or snippets of thousands of books.

Project Gutenberg - Free access to thousands of public domain books.

Literary Criticism

Cliffs Notes - Searchable study guides for literature and other subjects.

IPL Online Literary Criticism - Critical and biographical Web sites about authors and their works.

New and Recommended Books, Music and Movies

Readers’ Services at the Des Plaines Public Library - Coming attractions, new DVDs, staff picks and links to Internet sites about books, movies and music.

Poetry

The Academy of American Poets - Information about poets and poems.

Scripts and Screenplays

Internet Movie Script Database - Free full-text screenplays.

Simply Scripts - Free full-text plays, TV scripts, screenplays and more.

The Wednesday Club at the Newberry Library - First Wednesday of the month beginning at 5:30 PM. Join other young professionals for beer, wine and light refreshments, followed by a talk or performance highlighting a book from the Newberry's collection. $9.00. For more information: Wednesday Club