› Booklist Online
More than 130,000 book reviews for librarians, book groups, and book lovers—from the trusted experts at the American Library Association.
 

› Good Reads
Discover and share books you love on Goodreads, the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations!
 

› Literary Reference Center
A comprehensive database that combines information from over 1,000 books, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.

› Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster's online dictionary / thesaurus.

 

Novelist Plus

Premiere database of reading recommendations.

NoveList Plus has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for all ages. NoveList's expertise in books and reading means that you'll always get the best help for finding just the right books.

 

› The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Resources and lessons for students, teachers or writers at any level. 

› Scribner Writers Series
Biographies of many authors' lives and works.