1. Haydn in the Stacks

   March 26 , 2012 by Bland L.

   March 31st marks the 280th anniversary of Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn's birth. His music, said to epitomize the sound of the so-called Classical Era that followed the Baroque period, is noted for its warmth, clarity, and intellect. Composers of the following generation such as Mozart (a close friend of Haydn) and Beethoven (briefly his student) picked up on his innovations and developed them further. Indeed, these followers soon came to eclipse Haydn in reputation, and it wasn't until early in the twentieth century that his music began to receive renewed attention from musicologists and performers.

2. What's your library story?

   January 3 , 2012 by Lisa G.

   Everyone Has a Story - Share Yours!

3. Literary Reference Center

   November 15 , 2012

   Literary Reference Center™ is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. It has been specifically designed for public libraries, secondary schools, junior/community colleges and undergraduate research.

4. Literature Criticism Online

   November 15 , 2012

   Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, Poetry Criticism and Shakespearean Criticism have been brought together online under a single searchable interface from Gale publishing.

5. Literature Resource Center

   November 15 , 2012

   Contains author biographies, literary criticism, bibliographies, Internet sites, genre searches, reference book entries (such as literary dictionaries) and more. This is a good site to begin a literary search.

6. Bloom's Literary Reference Online

   November 15 , 2012

   Bloom's Literary Reference Online contains information on thousands of authors and their works, an archive of 38,000 characters, plus articles on topics and themes, a timeline, and a special feature on Harold Bloom's Western Literary Canon.Students in 6-12 grade and college will find critiques of many books that are presented in the classroom. Also find detailed guides for writing critical essays and analysing important literary themes.

7. Salem Literature

   November 15 , 2012

   Salem Literature launches with our brand-new Critical Insights series. This comprehensive series distills the best of both classic and current literary criticism of the world’s most-studied literature. Each volume in the series focuses on an individual author’s entire body of work or on a single work of literature. Edited and written by some of academe's most distinguished literary scholars, Critical Insights provides authoritative, indepth scholarship suitable for students and teachers alike.

8. South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominees 2012-2013

   April 21 , 2012 by David Suarez

   Picture books are a great way to introduce children who haven't yet learned to read to books. Pick up one of the 2012 - 2013 nominees and introduce it to your favorite reader-to-be.

9. South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees 2012-2013

   April 20 , 2012 by David Suarez

   The South Carolina book awards encourage students and children to read good quality contemporary literature and honor the authors of the books annually chosen the favorites by student vote.

10. South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominees 2012-2013

    April 2 , 2012 by Heather McCue

    "The purposes of the South Carolina book awards are to encourage our students to read good quality contemporary literature and to honor the authors of the books annually chosen the favorites by student vote. The book award medals will be awarded to the winning authors the following year at the South Carolina Association of School Librarians annual conference."
    - from the South Carolina Association of School Librarians

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