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Literary Reference Center
• EBSCO’s LRC can complete your library’s collection of online literary resources
• Your library now owns Gale’s Literature Resource Center (LRC), which consists mainly of Gale-owned content
– Full text of author biographies, plot summaries, literary criticism, etc. from various Gale-owned imprints
• EBSCO’s LRC can add full-text content from the top literary publishers not owned by Gale
EBSCO’s Literary Reference Center (LRC)
EBSCO’s LRC can add full-text content from the top literary publishers not owned by Gale
All of MagillOnLiterature Plus, including the entire Masterplots series from Salem Press
• Masterplots (12 volumes)
• Masterplots II (58 volumes)
• Cyclopedia of World Authors (5 volumes)
• Cyclopedia of Literary Characters (5 volumes)
• Magill’s Literary Annual (32 volumes)
• Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature (4 volumes)
• Magill Book Reviews (6,800+)
• Critical Surveys (35 volumes)
• Magill’s Choice: Notable Poets (3 volumes)
• Magill’s Choice: Shakespeare
• Magill’s Choice: 100 Masters of Mystery & Detective Fiction (2 volumes)
• World Philosophers and Their Works (3 volumes)
EBSCO’s LRC can add full-text content from the top literary publishers not owned by Gale
The entire Bloom Series from Chelsea House, edited by Harold Bloom
(completely A&I, new full text added regularly)
• Bloom’s BioCritiques (38 volumes)
• Bloom’s Guides (20 volumes)
• Bloom’s Literary Places (2 volumes)
• Bloom’s Major Dramatists (24 volumes)
• Bloom’s Major Literary Characters(15 volumes)
• Bloom’s Major Novelists (28 volumes)
• Bloom’s Major Poets (42 volumes)
• Bloom’s Major Short Story Writers (32 volumes)
• Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations (106 volumes)
• Bloom’s Modern Critical Views (143 volumes)
• Bloom’s Notes (33 volumes)
• Bloom’s Period Studies (9 volumes)
EBSCO’s LRC can add full-text content from the top literary publishers not owned by Gale
Hundreds of literary reference works from university presses, societies and for-profit publishers
• Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Arte Publico Press
• Beacham Group LLC
• Branden Publishing
• Cambridge University Press
• Columbia University Press
• Continuum International Publishing
• Eakin Press
• Great Neck Publishing
• Lerner Publishing Group
• M.E. Sharpe Inc.
• Mason Crest Publishers
• Morgan Reynolds Inc.
• Oxford University Press
• Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
• Princeton University Press
• Routledge Ltd.
• Texas A&M University Press
• Texas Folklore Society
• University Press of Florida
EBSCO’s LRC can add full-text content from the top literary publishers not owned by Gale
Hundreds of literary reference works from university presses, societies and for-profit publishers
• Columbia Companion to the20th American Short Story
• Complete Critical Guide to Alexander Pope
• Continuum Encyclopediaof American Literature
• Continuum Encyclopediaof British Literature
• Encyclopedia of Literature & Criticism (Routledge)
• English Novel in History (3 volumes)
• From Romanticism to Critical Theory
• Handbook of African American Literature
• Literary Encyclopedia, The• Literary History of England (2 volumes)• Masterworks of Asian Literature • New Princeton Encyclopedia
of Poetry and Poetics• Oxford Illustrated History
of English Literature• Research Guide to Biography & Criticism• Routledge Anthology of Poets on Poets• Routledge Companion to Russian Literature• The Complete Russian Folktale (6 volumes)• Who’s Who in Non-Classical Mythology
Features available to your library with the addition of EBSCO’s LRC
* Estimate (overlap comparison not yet available for journals)
Author BiographiesIn-Depth 3,000 13,000 16,000Brief 133,000 127,000 260,000Total 136,000 140,000 276,000
Plot Summaries,Synopses, 4,329 12,500 16,839Work Overviews
Literary Criticism Essays 38,000 100,000 138,000
Full-Text journals 260 350 450*
Citation Tool NO YES YES
Category Gale LRCEBSCO LRC
(December 2006)BothLRCs
Comparison of Literary Resources Continued…
Full-Text Book Reviews 370,000 515,000 650,000**
Full-Text Poems* 0 30,000 30,000
Full-Text Short Stories* 0 13,500 13,500
Full-Text Classic Books 0 7,500 7,500
Author Interviews 320 2,500 2,820
Glossary of Literary Terms NO
Timeline YES
Category Gale LRCEBSCO LRC
(December 2006)
YESDetailed
YES withGeographic contexts
* As a distinct article type, searchable in this database ** Estimated
YESDetailed
BothLRCs
YES withGeographic contexts
Some Key LRC Features
• Browse “most studied” authors and works– Brings user to pre-selected record– Focuses user on information desired
• Result lists are segmented by content types– Biographies– Literary Criticism– Plot Summaries– Book Reviews– Author Interviews– Reference Books– Periodicals– Poems– Short Stories
• Ability to limit by major sources such as Masterplots
• Key books are highlighted, with a rotating focus on key authors
• Literary/Historical Timeline for context and perspective
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