Literature Resource Center Leading the way in Literature research

Literature Resource CenterLeading the way in Literature research

“ This generous search capability provides for a marvelous approach to literature. There is a tremendous amount of flexibility…”

— Library Journal

Winter 2010

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Agenda

Why LRC?

What’s in LRC?

- Content summary

- Additional modules available

- New content added continually

LRC demo

- Advanced Search

- Person Search

- Works Search

LRC search examples & results

Value-added services in LRC

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Why LRC?

Quality of content

Award-winning

Up-to-date

Comprehensive

Ease of use

Tailored for Literature research

Cross-searchability

All full text

Reliability

PUBLISHERS—not just aggregators

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Why LRC?

Critical and biographical coverage of authors and their works from:

all genres

all time periods

around the world

Literature PLUS: Theater, Film, Culture Studies, Area Studies, Gender Studies, Philosophy, History, Religion

Literature in context

Multiple viewpoints

Materials for a broad range of skills and interest levels

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What’s in Literature Resource Center?

Literature Criticism and Reviews

More than 75,000 critical essays from Gale Literature Criticism series and other titles

More than 390 full-text journals, literary magazines, & trade publications—more than 850,000 articles as of September 2009

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What’s in Literature Resource Center?

Biographical information

More than 145,000 author biographies

More than 7,000 interviews

More than 3,000 author images

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What’s in Literature Resource Center?

More than 11,000 work overviews, topic overviews and explications help readers understand the “story behind the story” of literary works and movements

Historical, Social and Cultural Context: Dictionary of Literary Biography and

Literature and Its Times illuminate the historical and social contexts of literary works and movements.

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What’s in Literature Resource Center?

But wait, there’s more… More than 10,000 National Public Radio segments on

books, writers, publishing and related subjects Nearly 30,000 full-text contemporary poems, short

stories, and plays Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature and

Collegiate Dictionary 5,000 links to literary Web sites

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Literature Resource Center

Literature Criticism & Reviews

*25-30 % of LitCrit series content

*c. 400 full text periodical titles

Literary Works*c. 30K

contemporary poems, short stories,

playsBiographies

* > 130,000 authors* > 145,000 biographies

* > 20,000 non-US authors

Primary Sources*c. 7,000 interviews

Work/Topic Overviews

*> 11,000 Work, Topic, & Character

overviews

Multimedia*> 3,000 author portraits* National Public Radio

transcripts, links to audio

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Content summary

Contemporary Authors* / Contemporary Authors New Revisions*

Dictionary of Literary Biography*

Literary Criticism series

Contemporary Literary Criticism* Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism*

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism* Literature Criticism from 1400-1800Classical & Medieval Literature Criticism Shakespearean CriticismPoetry Criticism Short Story CriticismDrama Criticism Children’s Literature Review

*RUSA Outstanding Reference Source

St. James Press Reference Guides to Literature, For Students Series, Literature & Its Times, and other select sources

Journals, Literary Magazines and Trade Publications: 275+ Refereed journals Over 380 periodical titles in all

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Additional modules available

Twayne’s Authors Online

Nearly 600 e-book treatments of U.S., English, and World authors and related topics

In-depth critical introductions to authors’ lives & works, literary movements and genres

By noted scholars

Scribner Writers Online

More than 2000 signed, in-depth essays on lives and works of over 1400 authors from around the world

Includes 17 multi-volume sets

New volumes added annually

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New content added continually:

More than 3,000 new biographies each year from Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Authors New Revisions, Dictionary of Literature Biography, and Contemporary Literary Criticism.

More than 3,000 selected, reprinted critical essays from books, journals and other sources, from various Gale Literature series

New content from over 390 full-text journals and from NPR programming flows into the product continually, as soon as it is released by the publishers.

We are also actively adding to our list of full text journals. Recent additions include Faulkner Journal, Papers on French 17th-Century Literature, West Branch (Bucknell), Mark Twain Journal, Pushkin Review, and Journal of Caribbean Literatures

Continuous updating of existing biographical information

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Literature Resource Center- Demo

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LRC- Advanced Search

The search function combines different topics and search fields.

The maximum of search field which can be added is 10.

The maximum of search field which can be added is 10.

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LRC- Person Search I

LRC offers many different search options in “Person Search” which can help users to retrieve the authors’ information and works for meeting users’ needs.

Person Search example: “Jane Austen”.

Jane Austen

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LRC- Person Search II

Using “Person Search” may allow users to focus on specific period, genre, even authors’ nationalities.

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LRC- Works Search I

• Works Search example: “Pride and Prejudice”.

Pride and Prejudice

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LRC- Works Search II

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Search examples & results- “Jane Austen”

The search results present multiple resources then users can browse by their demand.

The system can analyze the related topics, keywords… which are based on the search items.

The system can analyze the related topics, keywords… which are based on the search items.

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Search result- Literature Criticism

The analysis, critical essays, academic articles written by scholars are from journals (peer-review) and the literature criticism selected by Gale.

The analysis, critical essays, academic articles written by scholars are from journals (peer-review) and the literature criticism selected by Gale.

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Search result- Biographies

Including Jane Austen’s pseudonym, alias, nationality, gender, year of birth/death.

Including Jane Austen’s pseudonym, alias, nationality, gender, year of birth/death.

The full text of biographiesThe full text of biographies

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Search result- Topic & Work Overviews

“Topic & Work Overview” displays:

-Topic

-Event

-Plot

-Main idea

-Characters

“Topic & Work Overview” displays:

-Topic

-Event

-Plot

-Main idea

-Characters

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Search result- Reviews & News“Reviews & News” presents information regarding literature and publishing, such as the reviews related to works and drama/ performance.

“Reviews & News” presents information regarding literature and publishing, such as the reviews related to works and drama/ performance.

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Search result- Primary Sources & Literature Works

Including poems, the content of stories, and other documents, for example, interviews, mails and diaries.

Including poems, the content of stories, and other documents, for example, interviews, mails and diaries.

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Search result- Multimedia

Online broadcasting covers explanations. Online broadcasting covers explanations.

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Value-added services in LRC

Highlighting the keywords in red- “William Shakespeare”; “Romeo and Juliet”.

Highlighting the keywords in red- “William Shakespeare”; “Romeo and Juliet”.

Value added services listValue added services list

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Image format

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Exporting information- E-mail

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Exporting Information- download & manage bibliography

Download FormatsDownload Formats Citation FormatsCitation Formats

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Translation in different language

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Bookmark

1. Reading lists, Course packs2. Study guides3. Special interest sites4. Bibliographies,

Reference/Citations5. Electronic journals directories

1. Reading lists, Course packs2. Study guides3. Special interest sites4. Bibliographies,

Reference/Citations5. Electronic journals directories

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Marked items- my own reference/citation

Step 1. Ticking the items you need. Step 1. Ticking the items you need.

Step 2. Choosing the “Marked items” to check out the list.

Step 2. Choosing the “Marked items” to check out the list.

Step 3. Clicking the “Bookmark” then copying the URL to make the bibliography/reference list.

Step 3. Clicking the “Bookmark” then copying the URL to make the bibliography/reference list.

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Let’s take a look…

Patron from the Seton Hall University called for assistance in

formulating a search strategy in Literature Resource Center to retrieve

British and American authors who wrote political poetry during a

specific era.

Student has been assigned to write a paper on Arthur Miller’s play

Death of a Salesman, citing at least 5 critical sources.

Student has been assigned a 5-minute class presentation on aspects

of Chinua Achebe’s life that are pertinent to his writings.

Public library patron has just discovered Manda

Scott’s Boudica series & wants to know which books, what order, and

some background on series & author.

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