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EBSCO Expands Coverage With New Literary Reference Center Plus

EBSCO Publishing (www.ebscohost.com) has released Literary Reference Center Plus. The database expands upon EBSCO's Literary Reference Center and provides additional content including more than 1,100 reference books and more than 125 literary periodicals. Thirty-five extensive volumes of new reference content on contemporary literature from Salem Press also contribute to this new resource relating to fantasy/science fiction, contemporary literature, and world philosophy; it also includes the biographies of the winners of the Nobel Prize in literature.

Users of Literary Reference Center Plus will also have access to 40 full-text literary study guides to help explore novels and plays in American and English literature and to better understand the characteristics of different forms of literature. The database also contains 74 literary videos pertaining to classic literary works and authors.

Source: EBSCO Publishing