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Fiction Connection (Bowker) (Login required - click here)
Fiction Connection finds titles similar to books you already enjoy or searches for books by topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe. You can create a personalized list of titles based on the characteristics you enjoy.
Available from home. Funded by Finger Lakes Library System.
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Literature Resource Center (Thomson Gale) (Login required - click here)
The LRC includes biographical information on writers and overviews of their works. It also includes full-text literary criticisms and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Available from home. Funded with RBDB funds through the South Central Regional Library Council.
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NoveList Fiction Guide (EBSCO) (Login required - click here)
NoveList is a fiction readers' guide to finding new authors and titles. It allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a starting point to locate other authors and titles of interest. They can also enter words that describe the contents of a book they would like to read, and NoveList retrieves titles that contain these words in the book's subject headings field. In addition, users can browse over 1,200 theme-oriented book lists, 160 award lists and 1,800 fiction related web-sites.
Available from home. Funded by Finger Lakes Library System.
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Patron Books in Print (Bowker) (Login required - click here)
Patron Books in Print has more than 5 million fiction and nonfiction titles for adults and children in book, audio, and video formats. Find what you want with a quick search or get ideas by browsing by subject, author, or award. Results include editorial reviews, cover images, publisher and bestseller information, awards won, and media mentions. Visit the Fiction Room or the Children’s Room to find favorite series, recurring characters, award winners, and listings of bestsellers by year.
Available from home. Funded by Finger Lakes Library System.
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TumbleBooks (TumbleBook Library) (Login required - click here)
TumbleBooks is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which are created from existing picture books. TumbleBooks also includes a collection of full length, unabridged classics in audio format and a small collection of books in French, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese. Also available are puzzles, games and quizzes. Create a list of Favorites for easy access or preload a number of TumbleBooks in an online player in order to be played one after another. The entire site can also be viewed in Spanish and French.
Available from home. Funded by Finger Lakes Library System. Requires a Flash plug-in to view and hear animation which can be downloaded for free from the TumbleBooks Help page.
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Twayne's Author Series (Thomson Gale) (Login required - click here)
Contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles.
Available from home. Funded by NOVEL, an electronic resource access project that enables libraries across New York State to give their communities online access to the full text of hundreds of journals, newspapers and other references.
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| The Obama Diaries by: Ingraham, Laura. |
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by: Junger, Sebastian. |
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| Coming Back Stronger by: Brees, Drew. |
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| Sliding into Home by: Wilkinson, Kendra. |
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| In a Heartbeat by: Tuohy, Leigh Anne and Tuohy, Sean. |
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| Steinbrenner by: Madden, Bill. |
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