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Biographical articles and references, searchable by name, profession, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, and birth and death dates.
- You can create a list of former and current female senators for your school report.
Biographical and bibliographical information on current writers.
- Contemporary Authors can give you a chronological list of an author's books in a series.
Sign up and have portions of fiction and nonfiction books emailed to you from your choice of genres for adults and teens.
- You can kick start your reading interests or find a new author or series using Dear Reader!
Access to several databases, including article indexes, MEDLINE, and WorldCat, an online catalog of materials in libraries worldwide.
- You can submit an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request for a book or a journal article NPL does not own right from WorldCat on FirstSearch! Click on the ILL icon at the top left of the item record and fill out the form! (NPL cardholders only)
Encyclopedias and other reference resources on a wide range of subjects, from art, business, and history to literature, medicine, and science.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library contains full-text entries from the Encyclopedia of World Biography, as well as many other reference resources.
Commentary and analysis of classic and contemporary works of literature.
- You can access full-text criticism of John Steinbeck, or almost any other author you choose!
Biographies, bibliographies, and literary criticism of authors from classical antiquity to the present.
- With Literature Resource Center, you can find articles and criticism for that Steinbeck paper.
Online foreign language learning program designed for children ages 0-6, from Mango Languages.
- You can watch a short video in 10 different languages, from Arabic to Spanish.
Learn a variety of languages online, including Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, and Russian, with this easy-to-use system teaching actual conversation skills.
- Mango Languages offers lessons in 34 languages, including Russian, Hindi, Arabic, and Thai.
Reader's advisory information for young readers' fiction and non-fiction titles with teacher resources and booktalks.
- You can get lists of books by grade level.
Reader's advisory information for fiction and non-fiction titles with lists of read-alikes, book reviews, feature articles, book discussion guides, and booktalks.
- You can discover prepared questions for your Book Discussion Group with NoveList!
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