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An index of poems published in books, plus full-text poems, commentaries, and definitions. (Some full-text).

A collection of electronic books with full-text searching, bookmarks, and personal notes. (Full-text).
Free software is required: download ebrary Reader™

Electronic books from academic, professional, and popular publishers. (Full-text).

Find free books on the Web by author, title, or subject. (Full-text).

English and bilingual dictionaries, quotation dictionaries, and specialized subject dictionaries. (Full-text).

An index of plays in book anthologies. Search by title, author, subject, style, genre, type of cast, or grade level. (Citations only).

Poems by 780 poets. Browse by author, title, or subject. (Full-text).

Resources on American popular culture from 1900 to the present. (Full-text).

A digital archive of unpublished manuscripts. (Full-text).

Short essays about the lives and works of important authors from around the world. (Full-text).

An index of stories published in books, journals, or magazines, plus full-text for 1,600 stories. (Some full-text).

Electronic books about authors of novels, stories and poems. (Full-text).

Thousands of full-text poems by prominent American poets. (Full-text).

Thousands of full-text poems by prominent English poets. (Full-text).

Find books and videos in the UHD Library's print and electronic collections.

A catalog of books, dissertations, sound recordings, and videos in libraries around the world. (Citations only).

 

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