Literature Resource Center

Literature Resource Center (LRC) is a fairly comprehensive database, useful for literary research and author biographies etc. Although it has a strong American focus, it still has some good Australian content.

LRC consists of three seperate sections which can be searched individually or as a group (which is the default setting and is the best way to go).

It is part of the Gale group of databases and is therefore easy to search and navigate.

Try Me

To access LRC go to the "Information on the Web" page under "Books & Reading" or "Databases A-Z"

http://ezproxy.wev.vic.gov.au/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/wh_manningham?db=LitRC




Test Me

1. Use the "Works Search" tab to find some overviews of "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. How many did you find?

2. Using "Advanced Search" find a book review of "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold.

3. A student is doing an assignment on the "muckraking movement" and needs to find a list of authors from this literary movement. Hint...use the "Person Search". Which nationality was primarily responsible for this literary movement?