Books & Authors
Resources all about books and authors!
TEL resource password: elvis
FIND BOOKS
HCHS Library OPAC (card catalog)
Use this to look up books in the library.
R.E.A.D.S. Regional eBook & Audiobook Download System
It's easy to checkout e-books, downloadable audiobooks, and other digital items from Tennessee libraries. All you need is your public library card to get started.
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WorldCat: The World’s Largest Library Catalog
Find what you want in a library near you with WorldCat, a global catalog of library collections.
WHAT SHOULD I READ?
Find and read more books you'll love, and keep track of the books you want to read. Be part of the world's largest community of book lovers on Goodreads.
Young Adult books from A to Z. Including videos, new releases, interviews, top lists and much more!
YALSA Book Finder: Find great teen books
Search 4,000+ books, audiobooks, and films from YALSA's book awards and book lists.
Books & Authors (Tennessee Electronic Library)
Books & Authors makes exploration of genre fiction and essential non-fiction fun! By leveraging our entire award-winning What Do I Read Next? collection, patrons and students alike can be sure that their next big read comes with a BIG recommendation.
LITERARY RESOURCES
Project Gutenberg
Offers over 59,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for enjoyment and education.
Books & Authors (Tennessee Electronic Library)
Books & Authors makes exploration of genre fiction and essential non-fiction fun! By leveraging our entire award-winning What Do I Read Next? collection, patrons and students alike can be sure that their next big read comes with a BIG recommendation.
Gale Literary Resources (Tennessee Electronic Library)
You can research authors and their works, literary movements and genres.
LitFinder (Tennessee Electronic Library)
Provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 130,000 full-text poems and 650,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.
Literature Resource Center (Tennessee Electronic Library)
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Scribner Writers Online (Tennessee Electronic Library)
Provides original, scholar signed essays on the lives and works of authors from around the world from all time periods.
Twaynes Authors Online (Tennessee Electronic Library)
Twayne's is devoted to in-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers of the world within the context of the time period in which they lived. It provides insightful and original commentary on the history and influence of literary.