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Using Literature Resource Center

Literature Resource Center (LitRC) is a complete literature reference database

designed for college and university student as well as the sophisticated casual user. Rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, the Literature Resource

Center is the 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.


Other features in the Literature Resource Center include

•over 5000 explications and overviews of prominent literary works

•links to 5100 websites focusing on major authors & their works

•over 6500 timeline events, to help place literature in its historical and social context

•2300 author portraits

•a guide to writing a Modern Language Association-style research paper

•and more.


Begin your research in LitRC on the JCC Library home page.

Click on this link.

Click here.


LitRC is provided by JCC

Library’s partner

institution, the Jackson

District Library (JDL)

Click on the link to

log on.


You will need an active JCC/JDL library card to use this resource.

If you are using a computer that is not part of the JCC network, you will not be able to link directly to Literature Resource Center.

If this is the case, log onto the Jackson District Library web site to begin your research: http://www.jackson.lib.mi.us/


From the JDL

web site,

begin using

LitRC in this link.


The Databases page will display.

You may wish to

familiarize yourself with the

resources available on this page.


Click to begin your

research.


Use the barcode number

from your JCC/JDL

library card,

and the PIN you

selected when you got your

card.


Get familiar with the

features on the home

page.

It is also often useful to any new searcher to explore the

topics available in

the Help files.


Take some

time to browse

the Help

topics.

Searching Literature Resource Center

Several search paths have been designed

to facilitate the literary research

process. With a data set as vast as LRC,

search paths geared toward specific

literary interests are essential to assist

the user in locating desired information.

The following search paths offer the user various approaches

to discovering literature-related

information:


Author SearchTitle Search

Keyword Search

Advanced Search

Authors-by-Type SearchLiterary-Historical

Timeline SearchEncyclopedia of Literature Search


Author Search

enables the user to find biographies,

bibliographies, and full-text criticism of an

author's works and

literary career.


Title Search

enables the user to locate a

reference to a work of

literature within author

biographies, bibliographies, critical essays,

and work overviews.


Keyword Search

enables the user to

conduct a broad search

against targeted

fields in each document.


Advanced Search

enables the user to design a more complex search using

such criteria as Author name,

Title, Critic name, Keyword, and Full Text.


Authors by Type Search enables the user

to identify an author or list of authors using a

variety of classifications,

including genre, literary

movement/time period,

nationality, ethnicity, gender,

date of birth and/or death.


Literary-Historical Timeline Search

enables user to target a specific date range for literary figures,

movements, and historical

events.


Encyclopedia of Literature

Search enables the user to

find entries for authors, works,

literary landmarks, literary and critical terms, mythological

and folkloric figures, fictional

characters, literary movements and prizes from the

entire 10,000-plus-term resource.


Let’s conduct a

sample Author Search. Enter the name and click on Search.


You may get more than one

set of results for an Author Search.

Click on a name to review the information.

For this sample search, you are looking for the

author of Memoirs of a

Geisha


A page of results will display. A set of tabs is

shown, depending on the amount of

content available on a specific

person. If your search does not find any results

for a specific data type, the

tab will be "grayed out" and

will not work.


Notice that the link provides a profile of the author's life and works. Click on the link to begin

examining the information about Arthur

Golden.


Your results will display.

Scroll through them,

skimming for mention of

the title Memoirs of a

Geisha


This is not the author

you are looking for.

Return to the top of the

screen, and click on Current

Results. This will send you back to the

previous screen.


Once returned to

your screen of results, you can make

another choice to examine.


Review the results on the screen as you did

before.

Click on the link for an

article about the author.


This is the author you

are seeking. Click on

the links to begin

gathering information in more

depth.


Skim the material

to determin

e usefulness to your

need.


Additional sources of

information are included at the bottom of the

screen.These may be

available at JCC Library or through

InterLibrary Loan.


Return to the top of

the screen to options

for printing, emailing,

or marking the item for later action.


Some searches

will provide more

information than just

basic articles.


For example,

this screen allows you to search for other authors

that write in similar

themes.


In this sample search, notice

that the Additional

Resources tab is on top.

Mousing over the other tabs

will show in yellow which

are active and ready for use.


Sometimes the name you enter

is not the “official” name. The system will find both your entry and the name that it’s indexed under.

Searching literature Resource Center

Here is an example

of the features

of an Advance

d Search.


Your Advanced

Search results will

display.Work with

them as you did for an Author Search.


A useful link for

researchers is

provided at both the

top and the bottom

of the home page.


The Research

Guide walks you through the literature

research process,

helping you to achieve a better result.

Consider using this guide

before you search.


For additional

information on citing LitRC

sources, you may

also want to consult this

link.


Please contact a Reference Librarian for help or guidance

while using LitRC:Phone 517-796-8622

Email Fax 517-796-8623

Visit the Library in Walker Hall


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