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Literature Resource Center Leading 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. Agenda. Why LRC? What’s in LRC? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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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