Special Mardi Gras Closings
Ben May Main Library will close early at 5 p.m. on the following Mardi Gras parade days: February 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and March 1.
Please also note: ALL Mobile Public Library locations will be CLOSED Sunday, March 2 through Tuesday, March 4 for Mardi Gras.
Online Research
Gale Literature Criticism

Compilation of literary commentary. Scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals.
Gale Literature Resource Center

Provides researchers with literary resources to support their literary responses, literary analysis, and thesis statements through a diversity of scholars and critics that ensure all views and interpretations are represented.
Gale Literature | Contemporary Authors

Provides access to biographical information on over 149,000 modern novelists, poets, writers, and more.
Gale Literature | Dictionary of Literary Biography

Explore the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres; multi-series.
Gale Literature | LitFinder

Provides access to a wealth of literary works and secondary-source materials covering world literature and authors throughout history. Including full-text poems and poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.
Gale Literature | Twayne’s Authors Series

Offers full-text, in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres.
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