Literature
Databases
Library databases are online collections of information, organized for research. Databases contain articles, eBooks, images, maps, primary sources, and more. Start your research with these general databases, available from any Denver Public Library location or from home with a Denver Public Library Card.
Literature Resource Center Find information on authors' lives and literary criticism about their work. This database also includes topic overviews like "Pandemic Literature" and "Time Travel in Film and Literature," which make great starting points for research projects.
Literary Reference Center Full-text literary database covering all genres and time periods. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems.
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center Full-text database containing thousands of classic and contemporary poems, short stories, biographies, essays, lesson plans and learning guides. It also includes high-quality videos and audio recordings from the Academy of American Poets.
Literary Criticism eBooks in Libby Download an eBook to your computer or smartphone. Includes CliffsNotes.
Explora Middle School Find information from magazines, newspapers and reference books on a variety of topics . Includes videos, primary sources, images and biographies.
Explora High School Look up topic overviews, magazine and academic journal articles, facts and primary sources for research papers, class projects or homework. Get information from trustworthy sources that you can cite in your papers. Designed with students and educators in mind.
NoveList Plus NoveList Plus answers the question: What should I read next? Search by favorite author, title or series and find similar books.
Tutor.com Self-study guides and writing reviews by real people; upload your paper and tutors will provide suggested changes and corrections in about 12 hours.
Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) Encyclopedias about the arts, biography, country studies, history, law, literature, religion, science, and social science.
Other Online Resources
Columbine Poets of Colorado This highly active state society of poets sponsors publications and poetry contests, including the Poetry to Go Contest for students in the Denver Metro area; winning poems are displayed inside RTD buses!
Crash Course YouTube Channel: Literature John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and many other novels, teaches you literature!
Google Books Search Download full copies of public domain books like Dante's Inferno, Shakespeare's Hamlet and more.
Poetry 180 A self-guided Poem a Day activity for American High School Students. Can you read one poem each day of the school year?
Sparknotes Created by a group of students at Harvard University, this site has study guides, reference tools, and classic books online - all free!
CliffsNotes: Literature Includes over 200 free “Literature Notes.”
Writing
The Writer's Handbook: Writing a Research Paper
Purdue Online Writing Lab Resources for the writing process, grammar, punctuation and more.