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Bookflix - Connect In Library or Connect Remotely - A literacy resource for grades PreK-3 that pairs classic fictional video storybooks with related eBooks. Animation, audio and interactive games are designed to reinforce core reading skills. NOTE: Available to public libraries. All other users must click on the link to connect remotely. Flash Player 9 and a DSL or higher connection are required. Paid Subscription Resource - Available to all Wyoming library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

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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Books In Print (In Library Only) - Offers complete, unbiased bibliographic information on over 5 million in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming book, audio, and video titles. Featuring over 30,000 full-text previews, 140,000 tables of contents, and over 700,000 reviews of titles by over 200,000 publishers with cover images, author biographies and annotations.
Chadwyck-Healey Literature Collections - From poetry and drama to fiction and specialty collections, researchers can access hundreds of years of literature from renowned authors and poets. Many of the collections are cross-searchable using the LION interface.Paid Subscription Resource - Available to all Wyoming library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

Contemporary Literary Criticism (Gale) - Profiling 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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Drama for Students (Gale) - Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context. Paid Subscription Resource - Available to Campbell County library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

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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LION (Literature Online) - A library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 328 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.Paid Subscription Resource - Available to all Wyoming library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.

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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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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NoveList (part of EBSCOHost) - A fiction database designed for readers in all genres. Describe a plot with author readalikes, find reviews, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. Other content of interest to fiction readers includes 'What We're Reading', Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists.Paid Subscription Resource - Available to all Wyoming library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.
NoveList K-8 (part of EBSCOHost) - Discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in the classroom. Users can also browse hundreds of theme-oriented book lists for readers at all grade levels, and look for award-winning and recommended titles in Best Fiction.Paid Subscription Resource - Available to all Wyoming library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.
Novels for Students (Gale) - Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance. Paid Subscription Resource - Available to Campbell County 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.
Poetry for Students (Gale) - Features discussion and analysis of poems of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Provides an overview of the poem and discussion of its principal themes, images, form and construction. Paid Subscription Resource - Available to Campbell County library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library.
Proquest Learning : Literature - A literature database specifically for K-12 students. Find authors, criticism, study guides, multimedia and more.

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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Short Stories for Students (Gale) - Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussionsPaid Subscription Resource - Available to Campbell County library cardholders. Have your library card number & PIN handy for access outside the library. of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance.

Twayne's Authors Online (Gale) - Comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors 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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Other Resources
FirstSearch - Search the Worldcat database using the First Search interface. Additional options for searching and library staff functions are available from this interface.
Wyoming Authors Wiki - Includes fiction and nonfiction, by Wyoming authors. Searchable by author, county, and genre.