Literary Reference Center™
Literary Reference Center™ offers cross-searchable access to the full text of thousands of texts, short stories and poems plus a wide range of other content such as author biographies and interviews, literary criticism, book reviews and literary journals.
Relevance to the National Curriculum
Literary Reference Center™ is suitable for the teaching, learning and coursework requirements of English Language and Literature at Key Stage 4 and A/AS level, and the International Baccalaureate.
Content
Updated every week with new and revised content, Literary Reference Center™ offers access to:
- The full text of 8,200 classic texts, 18,000 classic and contemporary short stories, and 68,000 classic and contemporary poems.
- Over 164,000 author biographies and more than 5,600 interviews.
- More than 630,000 book reviews, over 31,000 plot summaries and work overviews, and the full text of over 450 magazines and journals, and 1,400 literary reference works.
Other special features:
- Users can choose to search particular categories of information (such as biographies, interviews, plot summaries and works available in full text), or to search across the database and then refine by categories such as subject, author, type or publication.
- Browse authors - and most studied authors - by name, country, culture, genre and movement.
- Browse works - and most studied works - by title, genre and locale.
- A literary/historical timeline enables students to identify key milestones from antiquity to the present day.
- A glossary provides detailed definitions of literary terms and topics, and a dictionary and encyclopedia are available for younger students.
- Help with citations, and a research guide, are available for older students.
Reviews
"This is a beautifully conceived and realised product, with extraordinary content and powerful navigability, for literary researchers from high schoolers to postgraduates." Library Journal (see the full review)
Access options
A range of access options is on offer to enable teachers and learners to use Literary Reference Center™ both within the school (for example, by IP address) and from home (for example, via Shibboleth, and/or username and password).
An unlimited number of staff and students at subscribing schools can access Literary Reference Center concurrently so it can be used in the classroom with confidence.
Pricing
Pricing is calculated according to the total number of learners at a school, or schools within a region - so the more schools that subscribe to a resource as a group, the lower the price per learner is likely to be.
All suppliers have guaranteed that the prices negotiated by JISC Collections for Schools are the lowest available.
- Download the price list for all resources for individual state-funded schools
- Download the price list for all resources for individual independent schools
- Download the price list for all resources for buying groups
- Download a spreadsheet enabling individual schools and buying groups to calculate prices for all resources
Subscription and invoicing information
- The agreement for Literary Reference Center™ runs until 31 August 2012.
- Schools and buying groups can subscribe at any time but are committed until the end of the subscription year in which their subscription starts i.e. 31 August 2011 or 31 August 2012.
- Charges will be prorated - for example, if a subscription starts on 1 October 2010, the cost of the subscription will be for 11 months until 31 August 2011.
- Please note that subscriptions will not be set up, and access granted, until a signed copy of the Acceptance of Licence Agreement Form (see below) has been received by the JISC Collections for Schools Helpdesk.
- An invoice for the requested subscription period will be issued when the signed copy of the Acceptance of Licence Agreement Form (see below) is received.
- View the Licence Agreement for Literary Reference Center™
- Download the Acceptance of Licence Agreement Form for Literary Reference Center™
How to subscribe
Subscribing to JISC Collections for Schools resources is easy. Click here to find out more.
How to get the best price
Prices offered through JISC Collections for Schools are guaranteed to be the lowest available. Schools subscribing individually to one or more JISC Collections for Schools resources benefit from discounts on publishers' list prices in the majority of cases, but schools subscribing as part of a buying group can achieve discounts of up to 80%.
A buying group can consist of any group of schools in a region with a combined total of at least 2,500 learners that places an order for a resource at the same time.
Local authorities, and organisations such as School Library Services, are taking an active role in coordinating buying groups in many areas in order to achieve the highest possible discount.
In addition, an increasing number of schools in informal local or regional networks are also working together to secure the best possible pricing.
To find out what is happening in your area, or if you would like help setting up a buying group, please contact us.
Support for teachers
A range of step-by-step guides, tutorials and lesson plans is available:
- Download a search help sheet
- Download the detailed user guide
- Find out how to browse works
- Find out how to browse authors
- Download a helpful guide to literary research, writing, and critical reading with instructions on avoiding plagiarism, evaluating information sources, step-by-step tools for writing a research paper, and more.
- Download the quick start guide
Free trials
Free 30-day trials of Literary Reference Center™ are available to enable schools and local authorities to assess its value in teaching and learning.
- Request a free trial for your school, or for a group of schools
Subscriber services
Login URL
http://search.ebscohost.com
Further information
- View further information and full list of contents
- View Flash Facts
- Download the quick start guide
- Download a search help sheet
- Download the detailed user guide
- Find out how to browse works
- Find out how to browse authors
- Download a helpful guide to literary research, writing, and critical reading with instructions on avoiding plagiarism, evaluating information sources, step-by-step tools for writing a research paper, and more.
- View tutorial on visual search
- View tutorial on basic searching
- View tutorial on creating search and journal alerts
- View tutorial on personalization
Technical, administrative, and user support
Email info@jisccollectionsforschools.org.uk
phone: 01865 339461