Popular Fiction
Popular Nonfiction
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Virtual Options
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Culinary Arts (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to academic journals and magazines on all aspects of cooking and nutrition. The database includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information. -
Gardening and Horticulture (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Access to 100+ journals, as well as more than 20 reference titles from Delmar, including Handbook of Flowers; Foliage and Creative Design; Computer Graphics for Landscape Architects; and more. -
Popular Magazines (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines includes the most searched magazines focusing on current events, sports, science and health issues. -
News (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts, and transcripts. -
Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers and newswires and offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources. -
Book Review Index (Gale Literature) This link opens in a new window
An online guide to book reviews that includes 5.6 million review citations from thousands of publications, with links to thousands of full-text reviews.
Genres & Formats in the Book Stacks
Literature is not housed in one central location. You can find many more on the 3rd floor in PA - PZ.
Biography books are integrated throughout the collection according to subject. A number of biographies are available as ebooks. The best way to locate a biography is to search the catalog for the name of the person and "biography."
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Biography (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new window Search for biographies based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, gender, or other keywords.
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Gale) This link opens in a new window This index contains citations that point to over 20 million biographies on nearly 6 million people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor.
Poetry is not housed in one central location; however, there are some groupings that you may want to explore:
- Collections of General Poetry: PN 6099-6110
- English Poetry: PR 500-614
- Collections of English Poetry: PR 1170-1228
- American Poetry: PS 301-326
- Collections of American Poetry: PS 580-619
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LitFinder (Gale) This link opens in a new window LitFinder provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 130,000 full-text poems and 650,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, plays, as well as secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.
