Literary Reference Center
EBSCO’s Literary Reference Center (LRC)
• 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 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)
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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
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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
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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 the
20th American Short Story
• Complete Critical Guide to Alexander Pope
• Continuum Encyclopedia
of American Literature
• Continuum Encyclopedia
of British Literature
• Encyclopedia of Literature & Criticism
(Routledge)
• English Novel in History (3 volumes)
• From Romanticism to Critical Theory
• Handbook of African American Literature
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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
EBSCO LRC
Gale LRC
(December 2006)
Both
LRCs
3,000
133,000
136,000
13,000
127,000
140,000
16,000
260,000
276,000
Plot Summaries,
Synopses,
Work Overviews
4,329
12,500
16,839
Literary Criticism Essays
38,000
100,000
138,000
Full-Text journals
260
350
450*
Citation Tool
NO
YES
YES
Category
Author Biographies
In-Depth
Brief
Total
* Estimate (overlap comparison not yet available for journals)
Comparison of Literary Resources Continued…
EBSCO LRC
Gale LRC
(December 2006)
Both
LRCs
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
YES
YES
Detailed
Detailed
Timeline
YES
YES with
YES with
Geographic contexts
Geographic contexts
Category
Full-Text Book Reviews
* As a distinct article type, searchable in this database
** Estimated
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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