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Biographical and critical full-text drawn from Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Gale's Literature Criticism series.

A full-text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books and literary journals, as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center contains full text for more than 35,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism; more than 252,000 author biographies (including more than 22,000 in-depth bios); 450 literary journals; more than 693,000 book reviews; more than 78,400 classic and contemporary poems; more than 19,700 classic and contemporary short stories; more than 6,600 author interviews; more than 8,200 classic texts; and much more.

Bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the This bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.6 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. No full-text.

Includes the full-text of over 300 quality journal titles, covering literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.

Provides biographical information on the lives of over 19,000 people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture. Ranges in time from the earliest recorded European explorations to the very recent past. You can limit full text or name searches by sex, occupations and realms of renown, birth and death date ranges, birthplace and special collections (Black History, Women’s History, Asian Pacific American Heritage, American Indian Heritage, and Hispanic Heritage). Also includes articles from The Oxford Companion to United States History.

Provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags.