Literature: POWER Databases to Use for Literature

Provides both fiction and nonfiction recommendations based on your interests.

This database has biographies on more than 120,000 writers.

Explore world literature and writers throughout history (ancient to current) with a wealth of literary works, including poems, short stories, speeches, and plays — with plot summaries, what the writing means, pictures, and stories about the authors.

Over 16,000 e-books, with a focus on nonfiction titles. Easily search for topics.

Made specifically for middle schoolers, this resource combines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more.

Secondary school students will have access to age-appropriate content from magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, and engaging multi-media covering a wide range of subjects, from science, history, and literature to political science, sports, and environmental studies