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Biography in Context (Gale) - Search for people - both current and historic figures from all eras and fields of endeavor. Paid Subscription Resource - Available to all Wyoming library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

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Books & Authors - Explore genre fiction and essential non-fiction. Paid Subscription Resource - Available to all Wyoming library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

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Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale) - Selected eBooks on a wide variety of subjects such as literature, history, culture, and health. Paid Subscription Resource - Available to all Wyoming library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

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Literature Criticism Online (Gale) - Offering access to the Contemporary Literary Criticism series, which profiles novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, scriptwriters, and other creative writers who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. The profiles provide full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text, prefaced by a full citation and annotation and most entries include an author portrait. Paid Subscription Resource - Available to Campbell County library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

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Literature Resource Center (Gale) - A complete literature reference database designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student as well as the sophisticated casual user. Paid Subscription Resource - Available to all Wyoming library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

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Literature Resources from Gale (Gale) - Research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across several major Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews. Paid Subscription Resource - Available to all Wyoming library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

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LitFinder (Gale) - Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. For students or patrons seeking a deeper view into literature, LitFinder also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more. Paid Subscription Resource - Available to all Wyoming library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

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MasterFILE Premier (part of EBSCOHost) - This database is designed specifically for public libraries and provides full text for more than 1,730 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines. A perfect, general interest database to start your research! Paid Subscription Resource - Available to all Wyoming library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature - This eBook is written by an international roster of more than 300 authors, the Encyclopedia comprehensively documents and interprets the books read by children throughout the world. With a global perspective that pays attention to significant international trends and the multicultural expansion of the field, it includes brief biographies of every major author and illustrator. Also included are feature essays on all genres of children's literature, individual works, and prominent trends and themes, as well as general essays on the traditions of children's literature in many countries throughout the world. Paid Subscription Resource - Available to Campbell County library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.
Oxford Music Online - This invaluable research tool brings together 50,000 articles on all aspects of music, sophisticated search and browse capabilities, Sibelius-enabled musical examples, and extensive links to musical sites on the Internet, make it the unsurpassed musical authority. Now accessible through the Oxford Music Online gateway, and cross-searchable with the new Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Paid Subscription Resource - Available to Campbell County library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

Scribner Writers Online (Gale) - Essays on more than 2,000 authors and literary genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner print series in a searchable eBook format. Paid Subscription Resource - Available to all Wyoming library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

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Student Research Center (part of EBSCOHost) - A friendly, easy to use interface to a broad array of topics, specifically designed for students in grades 6 through 12.Paid Subscription Resource - Available to all Wyoming library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

 

Other Resources
Wyoming Authors Wiki - Includes fiction and nonfiction, by Wyoming authors. Searchable by author, county, and genre.
Wyoming Biography Database - Index to books that contain biographical profiles of Wyoming people. The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are best represented although there are some contemporary figures.