Books and Book Reviews

Library Catalog

• Search for online and print books and DVDs. How to cite: APA , MLA

Research Databases

These resources are limited to FCC-affiliated users. Ask Library staff for more info, call 301-846-2444, or contact Ask a Reference Librarian.

• Academic Search Premier:: Multiple subjects are covered in this database of over 4,600 journals. How to cite: APA, MLA

• Ebrary: Over 25,000 electronic full-text books from dozens of academic, university, technical, and trade publishers. From off-campus, you will need to enter your 14-digit barcode number from your FCC ID.  How to cite: APA, MLA

Websites

· Alex: A catalogue of electronic texts in English literature, American literature, and Western philosophy.

· Amazon.com: Books and Reviews: A major bookseller on the Web, Amazon.com also provides annotations or brief reviews to thousands of books.

· BookWire: A wealth of information--reviews, information on author tours, interviews, and book industry news.

· New York Times on the Web: Book Reviews: Requires registration (free, and it only takes a couple of minutes!). Once you register and log in, click on "Books" in the navigation pane on the left.   Access to over 50,000 reviews from 1981 to the present.

· Project Gutenberg: Electronic texts of hundreds of classic, out-of-copyright titles from Aesop's Fables to Frankenstein to Heart of Darkness.