Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
Description

This website is a starting place to fulfill the information needs of Arizona citizens and provides access to unique historical and contemporary resources.

Books & Authors
Description

Books & Authors brings ease, authority and fun to the question of “what do I read next?” It is the reader’s go-to site for everything: book suggestions from experts, titles, biographies and more. Readers can use Books & Authors to enhance the experience of the book they are reading; dig deeper into its themes and origins; or learn how the author's life and times contributed to the work.

Library Card Required?
Yes

cloudLibrary eBooks
Description

Download an app, sign in with your library card number and password, and check out our eBooks.

Library Card Required?
Yes

ComicsPlus
Website
Description

Unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from a variety of publishers. Every title is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on your computer, tablet or phone—no holds or wait lists required.

Library Card Required?
Yes

Fantastic Fiction
Description

Search and browse bibliographies of over 50,000 bestselling fiction authors, with the latest books and series information for free.

Description

Gale Literary Index provides quick and easy access to author and title listings from over 130 literature products from Gale and the imprints Charles Scribner's Sons, St. James Press, and Twayne Publishers. The referenced products themselves will contain complete biographies on authors and critical essays on their writings.

Description

An integrated research experience, Gale Literature brings together Gale's premier literary databases in a new digital environment that allows researchers, faculty and students to search across these resources to discover and analyze content in entirely new ways. No other publisher offers this unmatched combination of uniquely rich literary content, dependable metadata, and intuitive subject indexing - all enriched by features and design that breathes new life into the study of literature.

Library Card Required?
Yes

Description


Access original scholarly essays on authors from around the world. Places authors and their works in personal and historical context.

Library Card Required?
Yes

Description


Gale Literature: Twayne's Author Series is an ideal starting point for research papers on literary works and figures, special projects and presentations.

Library Card Required?
Yes

Greater Phoenix Digital Library
Description

Greater Phoenix Digital Library is a web-based, digital media service that allows library patrons to download popular digital audio books, eBooks, music, and video from the library's web site.

Library Card Required?
Yes

Library of Congress
Description

Information and digital collections in American history, culture, government and more.

Literature Map
Description

Type in an author, and get a customized map showing other authors that readers of that author like to read. It's a tourist map for literature.

Literature Resource Center
Description

Full-text articles from scholarly journals and literary magazines are combined with critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, biographies, and more to provide a wealth of information on authors, their works, and literary movements.

Library Card Required?
Yes

NoveList
Website
Description

NoveList is a Readers’ Advisory database that provides author read-alikes, reviews, discussion guides and more on thousands of fiction titles.

Library Card Required?
Yes

Novelist K-8
Website
Description

NoveList K-8 Plus is a database of book recommendations for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture books, children's "chapter" books and young adult titles. NoveList K-8 is your starting place for learning about the books that you and your students need and will want to read.

Library Card Required?
Yes

Open Library (use this link inside the library)
Library Card Required?
Yes

Open Library (use this link outside the library)
Library Card Required?
Yes

Tumblebooks
Website
Description

TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love.

Library Card Required?
Yes

Worldcat
Website
Description

WorldCat contains bibliographic records of books and other materials in OCLC from member libraries worldwide.