ENGL 3303: Children's and Young Adult Literature

Biographical and bibliographical data on today’s most influential novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Updated monthly.

Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online provides biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.

Full-text access to scholarly and popular commentary from thousands of broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books, and periodicals.

Online access to Gale's Something About the Author series, which examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people.

A broad variety of data on today’s most pressing social issues. For each topic, this database explores issues from multiple perspectives through pro/con viewpoint essays, topic overviews, articles, multimedia, statistics, and much more.

Resources presenting multiple sides of an issue to help students realize and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills. Content Includes essays, leading political magazines from all sides of the political spectrum, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents, reference books, and writing guides.

Background and analysis on leading issues, providing pros and cons on social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global topics.