Reference Databases - Books & Literature
Fiction
Connection 
- Click
here to access Fiction Connection from home.
- Find book suggestions
based on books you have already read, authors you like, or topics of interest.
- Global
Books in Print with Reviews
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here to access Global Books in Print from home.
- The world’s largest, unbiased, web-based bibliographic resource. Find what
you’re looking for quickly and easily, using this comprehensive database of
14.8 million book, audio book and video titles available from 43 markets worldwide.
How
Novel! Canadian Young Adult Literature
- This site includes cover art, annotations, reviews and publisher information for about 500 young adult novels as well as some author photographs and biographies.
- Large
Print and Talking Books in Sequence
- This database is a list of fiction and non-fiction large print books and talking books that are part of a series. This list shows if the books are available in large print, talking book or both, by the letters "LP" and "TB". Some books in this list may not be available at Saskatoon Public Library.
- Literature
Resource Center
- Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline, covering more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers.
- NoveList
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here to access NoveList from home.
- An electronic readers'
advisory resource which assists fiction readers in finding new authors and
titles, with information about over 92,000 fiction titles for readers of all
ages.
- NoveList K-8
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here to access NoveList K-8 from home.
- Discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers. Materials for all K-8 grade levels, including picture books, children's "chapter" books and young adult titles.
- Novels
in Sequence
- A listing of fiction titles that are part of a series, or works of fiction
that can be read in a particular order. Most of the titles listed are owned
by the library; those that are not in the collection have been included because
of questions asked at the Fiction Desk at the Frances Morrison (Main) Library.
- Patron
Books in Print
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here to access Patron Books in Print from home.
- The industry's largest web-based bibliographic resource, with patron-focused
features such as the winners and nominees of over 400 book industry awards,
titles by your favorite author, or fiction titles in a favorite series or
featuring a favorite character. Find what you’re looking for quickly and
easily, using an unbiased and comprehensive database of 5 million book,
audio book, and video titles.
- Picture
Book Story Time Themes
- Picture Book Story time Themes list popular topics for picture book story times. They include suggestions for materials to use in the creation of a program, including books, finger plays, poems, music, videos and other formats.
- Talking
Books at the Library
- A catalogue of the library's Talking Books, full-length books that have been read aloud onto cassettes and are for the use of people who are unable to read print because of a visual, physical or perceptual disability.
Additional Resources
- Books & Literature Subject Guides
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