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Best for biographical information and author bibliography. Can be searched through the Gale Virtual Reference Library. The above link will take you directly to the literature sub-collection search screen.
Contemporary Authors
Oxford Companion to American Literature
Oxford Companion to English Literature
Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
Contemporary Literary Criticism