Gale in Context: Middle School

Reliable and trusted information on a variety of topics to support middle school student research for government, U.S and world history, geography, literature, sciences, and social issues.


Explora: Public Libraries

Search EBSCO in a whole new way with the Explora visual interface.



Twayne’s Authors

This resource is available to CLP cardholders only. In-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers.


Something About the Author

This resource is available to CLP cardholders only. Biographical sketches and examinations of the lives and works of major authors and illustrators for children and young adults.


Scribner Writers

This resource is available to CLP cardholders only. Original, scholar-signed essays on the lives and works of authors from around the world from all time periods.


Literature Resource Center

Up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews.


Dictionary of Literary Biography

This resource is available to CLP cardholders only. Features biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world’s most influential literary figures.


Gale in Context: Elementary

Elementary students in kindergarten through grade five will find age-appropriate content covering a broad range of educational topics such as animals, arts, geography, health, literature, people, social studies,and technology