Prince George's Community College

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Using Online Databases
Module 4

Searching Literature Resource Center

Literature Resource Center is a subscription database that integrates selected full text literary resources and information. It contains biographical, bibliographical, and critical content of all literary periods. Sources that are included in this database includes leading scholarly journals, books, Web sites, and an encyclopedia.

To access Literature Resource Center, start at Library Media Center homepage and click on the Online Databases link or go to the Online Databases page from the Library's Web site. When you click on the Literature Resource Center (LRC) link from the Online Databases pages, the following page will load. Enter an author's name in the search box or click Title, Keyword, Advanced, Authors by Type, or Literary Historical Timeline links.

Let's say you are researching a book by the author Stansfield Turner called Terrorism and Democracy that is listed in the online catalog. To find biographical information about the author, criticism on the work, articles and overviews, bibliographies, additional resources, and literary historical timelines, enter the author's name and search.

Click on the screen image to see the results if you are viewing this tutorial from Prince George's Community College or type Stansfield Turner or Turner Stansfield if you have access to LRC from another network.

Click on the screen image below to see links to about that this author has written if you are viewing this tutorial from Prince George's Community College campus. Notice that the Biographies tab is white because this is the current link.

The results will appear with a listing of source citations like the example below. Mark your selections to print, email, download or view immediately. Click on the screen image to see the results if you are viewing this tutorial from Prince George's Community College or click on the link for Terrorism and Democracy to see a review of this book. Find another author by entering the name in the Author Search box.

To locate additional sources and authors on the topic what is the relationship between United States intelligence operations and counter terrorism, go to the next page to do a Keyword search and Title search.