. © 2006 Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved Literature Resource Center Gale Cengage Learning Literature Resource Center

© 2006 Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved 2 What is the Literature Resource Center? An online database of Secondary Material on literature Critical biographies of authors, bibliographies of works Literary reviews, critical writings, topical essays Explanations of notable works, themes, characters Links to related websites, author interviews, etc. Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature MLA International Bibliography (optional)

© 2006 Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved 3 Critical Biographies Taken from flagship Gale series such as CA or DLB 127,000 people, 140,000 articles International coverage – not just UK and US Not just novelists/poets – nonfiction writers, journalists, essayists, playwrights, screenplay writers, politicians, celebrities – anyone who has written a notable work is covered From ancient times to active contemporary writers Bibliography of works, major studies New works, awards, deaths updated continually

© 2006 Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved 4 Criticisms, Reviews, Journal Articles More than 650,000 fulltext articles from 440 journals 70,000 Critical writings from Gale’s Literary Criticism Series (CLC, NCLC, NCLC, CMLC, etc.) Other topical essays about literary movements, trends, important events, etc.

© 2006 Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved 5 Work/Character overviews Plot summaries, analyses and commentary on famous works most studied in classrooms Analyses of major characters More than 7,000 of these

© 2006 Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved 6 Multimedia Links to audio files of National Public Radio programs  All Things Considered, Weekend All Things Considered, Day to Day, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition Full transcripts of the same (usually not free!) Websites, Pictures Primary Sources / Literary Works Interviews with contemporary authors (from CA) Short stories & poems (mainly from literary magazines)

© 2006 Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved 7 Literature Resources from Gale: Easy-to-Use Interface Search Results organized into tabs by type of material Literature Criticism Biographies Topic & Work Overviews Reviews & News Primary Sources & Literary Works Multimedia MLA Int‘l Bibliography (Subscribers only)

. © 2006 Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved The MLA International Bibliography Literary research starts here: The MLA International Bibliography

© 2006 Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved 9 What is the MLA International Bibliography?  Authoritative index of articles, books, and other materials on literature, linguistics and folklore  The best place to begin your research on a topic  Edited by the MLA （ Modern Language Association)  190 milliion entries, 66,000 added every year Coverage: 1926-present (Some journal articles go back to the 1880’s) Geographical coverage: no restriction Language: no restriction Indexes non-print materials such as video and audio publications as well Updated 10 times a year  Used to be published in print format  Can be searched simultaneously in the same interface as LRC!

© 2006 Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved 10 MLA Directory of Periodicals (part of MLA Int’l Bibliography)  Directory of 4,400 periodicals on literature, linguistics & folklore  Lists addresses, contacts, publication frequency, descriptions, circulation, prices, advertising information, peer review, and submission guidelines.  Can be linked from an article entry in the bibliography Possible links from MLA to your library’s fulltext Fulltext in Literature Resource Center (subscribers) Fulltext in JSTOR (subscribers) Fulltext from publisher’s e-journal (subscribers – DOI-compliant publishers only) Open URL linking (requires link solver) MLA Citation DOI Open URL