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Literature & Books

Articles & Databases
The Library subscribes to databases that contain articles and reseach materials that are not available on the open Internet. All
databases may be accessed from inside the Library. Most databases may be accessed from home using your library card and PIN; please see notes for each database.

Books In Print with Reviews
(Remote access requires MARINet library card & PIN.)

Bowker database of approximately 5 million book, audio book, and video titles.

California Libraries Catalog (Access from home)
California Libraries Catalog (In-Library use only)
Search for books at libraries in California and across the United States. To request a book from another library, please ask at the Reference Desk or call 789-2661.

Fiction Connection
(Remote access requires MARINet library card & PIN.)

Find books to read using the unique AquaBrowser which allows you to broaden or narrow your search in a new, fluid way. Give it a try!

Literary Reference Center(In-Library use only)
Literary Reference Center(Access from home or work; Belvedere & Tiburon residents only)
LRC is a comprehensive database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, and hundreds of literary journals.

Literature Resource Center (In-Library use only)
Literature Resource Center (Access from home or work; Belvedere & Tiburon residents only)
Biographies and criticism from Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Maintained by the Gale Group.

NetLibrary (Remote access requires a MARINet library card & PIN, and a member account which must initially be set up inside the library.)
A collection of over 5000 full-text electronic books.

NoveList
(Remote access requires MARINet
library card & PIN.)
Readers' Advisory resource. Find new fiction books and authors based on your old favorites.

NoveList K-8
(Remote access requires MARINet
library card & PIN.)
Especially for our younger readers! This special access to the NoveList database has been designed with children in mind. It makes it easy to find good books to read.

Overdrive Digital Book and Music Download Center
(Requires MARINet library card & PIN.)

The Overdrive/Califa Digital Download Center features hundreds of ebooks, audio books, and digital music that you can download for use on your personal computer, PDA, or portable MP3 player. These materials are not available for download to Library computers.

Safari Tech Books Online (Remote access requires MARINet library card & PIN.)
A shared collection of e-books on computer topics from Safari Tech Books Online, including titles published by O'Reilly Press.

World of Poetry (In-Library use only)
World of Poetry (Access from home or work; Belvedere & Tiburon residents only)
Columbia Granger's full-text database of poetry, with commentaries & biographies.

 

Web Sites
The following resources are available to anyone with access to the Internet. If some cases, you may need to create a free account for full access.

Amazon.com Books
Search for a title to see both professional and reader reviews.

Bartleby.com Online Books
An alphabetical index to full-text classics available for free from Bartleby.com.

Google Book Search
An alphabetical index to full-text classics available for free from Bartleby.com.

Project Gutenberg
A library of over 19,000 free electronic books whose copyright has expired in the United States.

More Books & Literature Web Links
The Library's collection of links to books and literature resources on the Web.


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