Literature Resource Center

The Literature Resource Center (LRC) database provides biographical and bibliographical information on authors as well as criticism of their work.

Search:

Once you have entered the LRC, select the type of search you need:

• Author - search by an author's full or partial name, i.e. Hughes, Langston or Hughes

• Title - finds the exact title or words in the title, i.e. House on Mango Street or Mango Street

• Advanced Search - maximize your search by combining terms in different fields and/or limiting results by document type, i.e. The Yellow Wallpaper (title) and feminism (keyword) with the results limited to critical essays (document type)

• Keyword - for broad searches, i.e. Science Fiction will find material that mentions genre

• Authors by Type - search for authors by birth or death year, nationality, ethnicity genre, theme and literary movement or time period.

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Results:

LRC organizes results into categories. Click on the tabs at the top of the screen to access biographies, literary criticism, work overviews, bibliographies and additional resources.

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Printing and E-mailing Articles:

To reformat an article for printing click the Print icon located in the upper left corner of the screen. Then choose "Print" from your browser to print the document.

To e-mail and article click the E-mail icon located in the upper left corner of the screen. You can send the document in either HTML (web page format) or plain text format.

A. Harrington, 9/2007, http://www.monroecc.edu/go/library

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