INFORMATION SHEET

NAME

Literature Resource Center

PRODUCER

Gale Group

DESCRIPTION

"...complete literature reference database designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student as well as the sophisticated casual user....a premier Internet resource for information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more."

The foundation of the Literature Resource Center is built on Thomson Gale's three hallmark author databases: Contemporary Authors Online, offering biographical coverage of more than 124,000 writers; Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, featuring entries on all authors appearing in CLC since vol. 95 of the print series and complete profiles of 266 most studied authors from editions prior to vol. 95; and Dictionary of Literary Biography Online, containing more than 11,700 biocritical essays on authors and their works written by academic scholars.

Full description: http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?ste=119

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