Thank you to all who responded to my request for a literary database that is easy
to understand. These are most of the replies that I received but many more people
also recommended the Gale Literature Resource Center. Our EBSCO rep was here
yesterday and we are going to set-up training with our English department for the
Literary Reference Center. If that doesn’t increase the usage, then we will
probably consider changing products, or the state can solve my problem by adding
the Gale Literature Resource Center because we currently receive a whole suite of
Gale products through iCONN.
I had EBSCO's product for a while but have moved to the ProQuest Learning:
Literature database. I think the resources are better organized and more
comprehensive. It also includes a huge collection of poems and authors reading
their own poetry
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The industry standard is the Gale Literature Resource Center, but it is big bucks!!
If you have less bucks, take one step down the Gale Student Resource Center Gold.
Lots of resources from the Gale literature series and periodicals. But in addition,
you also get great resources for all other subjects, too.
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Try Gale e books the "for student" series on literature.
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We use Discovering Collection because it includes Discovering Authors which we
used when it was a stand alone product.
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We use Litfinder which is put out by Thomson Gale. I think it is useful andcovers
the information that you are looking for. It is fairly userfriendly. We also use
Infotrac which encompasses the Gale Discoveringcollection and a General Reference
Center which might be easier tounderstand…
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Here are a couple of databases that are more high school oriented:
Novels for Students (also available in paper)
ProQuest Learning: Literature
Bloom's Literary Reference Online (soon EBSCO license on the Bloom's content is
almost up, I am not sure that they will be able to renew it since it is now held by
Facts on File)
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I loved using the Literature Criticism, Twentieth Century Literature Criticism,
Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism, all from Gale. I taught using these Gale
sources and I was a librarian supervising their use.
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We heavily use Gale's Literature Resource Center, but I bet it's not much "easier"
than the Ebsco product. For the easier to understand stuff, I have purchased ebook
versions of Gale's Short Stories for Students and Novels for Students volumes.
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I would recommend Facts On File: It has several databases, including Bloom's
Literary Reference, which is great for literary
criticism.*************************** Juliann T. Moskowitz Library Media Specialist
Norwalk High School Norwalk, CT 06851 juliann14@hotmail.com To be involved with
books is to live at the heart of light. ~Mary Cantwell, author (1930-2000)
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