{"id":22134,"date":"2024-06-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/?p=22134"},"modified":"2024-07-26T14:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T13:31:01","slug":"uniskills-focus-on-literary-reference-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/2024\/06\/28\/uniskills-focus-on-literary-reference-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"UniSkills Focus On: Literary Reference Plus\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to the latest instalment of the UniSkills Focus on blog. In this edition we will be looking at a database called <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=lkh&amp;authtype=ip,shib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Literary Reference Plus<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/06\/LS1329-UniSkills-Blog-Series3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/06\/LS1329-UniSkills-Blog-Series3-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22135\" style=\"width:960px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/06\/LS1329-UniSkills-Blog-Series3-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/06\/LS1329-UniSkills-Blog-Series3-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/06\/LS1329-UniSkills-Blog-Series3-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/06\/LS1329-UniSkills-Blog-Series3-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/06\/LS1329-UniSkills-Blog-Series3-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What does Literary Reference Plus offer?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As the name indicates, <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=lkh&amp;authtype=ip,shib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Literary Reference Plus<\/a> is a full-text database that a large number of reference works about literature, covering all literary genres and time periods. Within the database you can explore:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>189,500 classic and contemporary poems\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>39,000 classic and contemporary short stories\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8,150 classic novels\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>77,500 articles and critical analysis essays\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 27,000 plot summaries, synopses, and work overviews\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 217,000 author biographies\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 14,000 author interviews\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 680 full-text literary journals\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 2,900 full-text\u202fe-books\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 1.2 million\u202fbook reviews\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 840 critical analysis essays about popular young adult (YA) and children&#8217;s literature titles, including film analyses\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 190\u202f<em>Critical Insights\u202f<\/em>volumes\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The benefits of using Literary Reference Plus<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re studying English Literature or Creative Writing you will find <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=lkh&amp;authtype=ip,shib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Literary Reference Plus<\/a> an important reference source. You might be researching a particular author, a classic work, or a specific genre of English or American literature; whatever your focus <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=lkh&amp;authtype=ip,shib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Literary Reference Plus<\/a> will contain a wealth of information and resources that can help you with your assignments.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to access Literary Reference Plus<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many links to <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=lkh&amp;authtype=ip,shib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Literary Reference Plus<\/a> in this blog post which you can click on. Away from this blog, the easiest way to access <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=lkh&amp;authtype=ip,shib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Literary Reference Plus<\/a> is to go to the subject resources webpages for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/subject-resources\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English Language, English Literature and Creative Writing<\/a> and click on the link under the Journals and Databases tab.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Further help and support<\/strong>\u202f\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, if you need any further help or support finding, accessing, or getting the most out of your resources head over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/uni-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UniSkills web pages<\/a>. From here you can access lots more information, toolkits and video tutorials, book on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehu.ac.uk\/workshops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UniSkills Workshop<\/a> and even book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/uni-skills\/one-to-one-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one-to-one appointment<\/a>.\u202f\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you can join us next time as we look at <a href=\"http:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.asp?profile=web&amp;defaultdb=ibh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full-Text<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the latest instalment of the UniSkills Focus on blog. 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