Literary Reference Center

  • Username: TDSB email

  • Password: TDSB password

  • Google Drive and Google Classroom integration

  • Easy-to-browse categories of most studied authors and works, plus the ability to sort search results by content type, publication date, subject or publication

  • Text-to-speech for HTML articles

Literary Reference Center is a rich full-text literary database covering all genres and time periods. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems.


  • Citation tool to help students format bibliographic references, as well as the ability to save, print and e-mail citations directly from the interface

  • Mobile-friendly interface available 24/7 via desktop, smartphone

  • Autocomplete and spell checker to ensure the correct search terms are applied

  • Personal folders for saving and sharing content