The Literature Resource Center, 3.0, brings together several interdisciplinary resources for literary research. One may use it to find literary criticism, biographical information about an author, historical context for an author's work, etc. Searching can be done by author, title and keyword. An advanced search option provides more detailed searching with additional search fields and limits by document type. Among the Center's resources are:
- Over 300,000 full-text journal articles from more that 170 literary journals
- 38,000 critical essays
- More that 4,000 synopses of works
- Links to over 5,000 authoritative Web sites
- 123,000+ author biographies
- 2,500 author portraits
Biographical and bibliographical information comes from full-text entries from Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biography. Contemporary Literary Criticism Select is the source for full-text criticism.
Other tools include the full-text of Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, a Literary-Historical timeline, and a "Guide to Conducting Literary Research." Instructions on citing information from the Literature Resource Center and other databases by the Gale Group can be found at http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/citing.htm.
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Gayle
Baker,
Electronic Services Coordinator
28 February 2003
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