Database of biographical and critical essays on authors and their works from all time periods and all parts of the world. Find information about historical authors such as Homer, Shakespeare and Dickens, and modern writers like Zadie Smith and J.K. Rowling. Also includes thousands of images. For librarians, researchers and students.

Database of literary works and information about authors throughout history. Contains over 130,000 fully accessible poems and 650,000 poetry quotes, as well as short stories, speeches and plays. Also includes secondary material such as biographies, images and more. For (literary) researchers and students.

Essays on the life and work of more than 1,400 authors from all over the world and from different eras. Each essay contains biographical information that places the author's work in personal and historical context. Useful for anyone who is engaged in literary research.

Digitized series of nearly 100 English-language books with essays on the lives and works of more than 1,400 authors from all over the world and from all time periods. Read about Plato, Shakespeare, Isabel Allende and the Grimm brothers and place their works in personal and historical context. For literary research.

All parts of Gale's Something About the Author series. Contains information in the form of texts and images about the life and work of authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults. Ideal for anyone who delves into literature for young people.

Hundreds of books from the Twayne's Author Series about authors from around the world and from different eras. Contains detailed information about the life and work of the authors, the history of literary movements and the development of literary genres. Useful for anyone working with the study of literature.

The news from over 2,300 international newspapers, from 1980 to the present day. In particular, many local, regional and national American newspapers. Also contains thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts. Useful for anyone who researches developments from recent decades.

Portal to subject information about German linguistics and literature. Search for books, articles and documents about German studies. You can also self-publish here. In addition, the site offers help with your own (digital) research, including tools, useful resources and a news blog. For students of German and German studies.

Fully digitized collection of books, magazines and pamphlets in the field of women's history. Curated by Aletta Jacobs in the 19th century. Useful for anyone interested in topics such as women's history, feminism and the women's movement.

Database of work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Includes, among other things, all 143 volumes of the Weimar editions from 1887-1919. Contains Goethe’s literary and scientific texts, diaries, letters, illustrations and notes. Indispensable for anyone who wants to delve deeper into the work of this writer.